Kursk Scenario: Operation Edelwiess Trimmed Down

Included in this zip folder is the Unit Artwork necessary to create a new Luftwaffe Nationality folder for your kursk game. Place the zip folder into your Kursk directory and When you extract the files into you Kursk directory make sure that you check use folder names. When completed, the artwork should be in a folder titled Luftwaffe. The scenario files should extract into your main Kursk Directory and the one sound file for gliders should extract into your media folder. 


Scenario Description:

Kursk Hypothetical Campaign Game: Historically, not only were
the Russians ready for the German offensive on the Kursk Salient,
They new exactly when it was coming. Russian spies had provided
Stalin detailed information on the offensive months earlier.
Marshal Zhukov and successfully argued that the best way to defeat
the German attack was to build a defense in depth. By July 5th
1943, The Russians had constructed 6 separate defensive belts
complete with mines, barbed wire, bunkers, antitank traps and
Miles of infantry trenches. It turned out to be an impossible
Task for the Wehrmacht to reduce the Salient. But what if the
German operational planners were made aware of the Russian defenses
and had time to augment operation Citadel with counter measures.
But what would these measures be? Col. Gen. Kurt Student was
brought in and was given the task of putting together an Airborne
Operation that would break up the Salient. He returned with plans
to drop Three Fallschirmjager Divisions (26,000 men) deep into
the Salient behind the Russian defensive belts. They would capture
Kursk and Oboyan and the important bridges across the Seym and
Psel rivers. And then they would dig in and wait the arrival
of the Panzer Divisions. This plan was code named Operation Edelweiss.
Student argued that the Russians would be eager to get at the
Fallschirmjager units and would have to weaken their outer defenses
to do so. (This Hypothetical assumes that Hitler didn't sour
on large scale German airborne operations after Crete and in
fact allocated resources to Student to develop a full Army (FJAOK
1). Many in the Wehrmacht wanted to break up his command  and
use his men as normal foot soldiers, So Student was eager to
prove that a large Airborne Operation could be successful and
that his men were the best soldiers in the Fatherland. Many Wehrmacht
Generals argued that it would be days before the FJ Divisions
could be relieved and that it would be impossible for them to
hold out that long against a determined enemy. But Student brushed
there concerns aside and argued that his men had been Training
for two years and were ready for anything. By June, Hitler was
desperate for a victory and after hearing Student's confidence
in his men, gave the order to include Operation Edelweiss In
the overall campaign plans for operation Citadel. One element
that Student didn't emphasis though was the shortage of transport
Plans. It would take three days to get all the men and artillery
Into the salient. Also, Student had no way of knowing that his
Men would be dropping right on top of 8 Russian Tank Corps! On
the Russian side, they where confident that they were ready for
the Germans, so when the first Fallschirmjager units began to
drop from the sky in the early morning hours of July 5th,  a
command paralysis of several hours ensued. Adding to this confusion
was reports that Germans, disguised as Russian couriers were
passing out false orders to Russian units. (This scenario is
best with explicit supply). 
 