410520_05: Rock, Paper, Fallschirmjager_Alt - PzC 13 Salerno '43
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| Rating: | 9.55 (2) |
| Games Played: | 1 |
| SM: | 5 |
| Turns: | 80 |
| Type: | Custom |
| First Side: | Axis |
| Second Side: | Allies |
Crete, May 20th 1941: There were several plans proposed for the Invasion of Crete, ranging from one major Drop Zone, to others where troops would arrive scattered in 7 locations. The final plan for "Operation Merkur", or "Mercury", represented a compromise imposed by Reichsmarshall Goering calling for a morning assault in the Maleme\Canea sector, followed up with two afternoon drops in the vicinity of Rethymnon and Heraklion. [Size, large] Designer Note: This scenario features an historical, yet variable, Axis Airborne arrival. It starts with the drops around the Eastern Maleme-Canea Sector, then it features Axis Strategy Operations for the follow on Axis reinforcements. The German Player can pick from 1) The historical plan as defined in the _01 Scenario. 2) A reverse order where a small force drops at Heraklion, before the Rethymnon drops, followed by later drops at both Heraklion and Rethymnon. 3) All follow on drops in the Maleme Sector.
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Axis Major Victory | 90 | 10 |
Well, we had been too shortly into the action to state anything meaningful or formative ...
Seemed alright, but commanding a light infantry division with little support turned out to be a pretty frustrating business, the ANZAC and even Greeks were putting a stubborne defence, cutting certain elements off and decimating them early on on landing.
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