SEC 26 "Battle of Tunisia"
Frame 3 "The run for Tunis"
Event is open for everyone, welcome!Start time Sunday the 29 May at 8:00pm UK, 21:00 CET, 10:00pm EET (Finland/Russia), 3:00pm EST
Background
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BACKGROUND
Victory at Casablanca, Oran, and Algiers gave the
Allies solid toeholds in the western Mediterranean.
But it offered no guarantee of easy access to Italy
or southern Europe, or even to the eastern end of
the Mediterranean.
Pressed between the veteran British Eighth Army on
the East, and the green but eager U.S. forces on
the West, the Afrika Korps fights the final delaying action.
Even before the fighting in northwest Africa ended,
intense negotiations between American and French
officials began. On the morning of 10 November
in Algiers Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark, deputy
to Lt. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Commander in Chief,
Allied Force, met Admiral Jean Francois Darlan,
commander in chief of the collaborationist Vichy government's
military forces. The different motives and needs of
the two sides made these sessions difficult for all.
The Allies were in a hurry to gain French help in
fighting the Germans and Italians before the Axis
could reinforce its units in Africa. On the same
day talks in Algiers opened, British Lt. Gen.
Kenneth A. N. Anderson began moving his Eastern
Task Force into position off Tunisia for the next
series of landings. With Clark and Darlan still in
the early stages of negotiations, the enemy acted.
On 11-12 November German submarines fired several
near-misses at the American aircraft carrier Ranger,
scored hits against three ships, and sank three
transports off Casablanca. Intelligence sources
reported Axis aircraft and transports en route to
Tunis. Meanwhile, across the negotiating table
General Clark found a frustrating lack of
urgency in his French counterparts.
Orders Frame 3
Allies
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Bishops, 60% of participants
-- Fighter avaible at A64 A6 A8
Hurri I, IIC, IID
P38G
P40E
Spit5
Spit9
-- Bomber Fields A64 A6
Lanc
B25C
Boston
C-47
-- Wirblewind enabled everywhere on land.
Allied Orders Frame 3
Primary Target: Destroy HQ near Tunis, Bomb the Capital Capture
Secondary Target: Will be announced to the allied CO when the frame 3 starts
Axis
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Knights, 40% of participants
-- Fighters avaible at A66 A67 A1 A68 A7
Bf-109F4
Bf-109G2
Bf-109G6
Bf-110C
C. 202
FW-190A5
-- Wirblewind enabled everywhere on land.
Axis Orders Frame 3
Primary Target: Destroy all Radar Basis close to the frontline! Defend Tunis!
Secondary Target: Will be announced to the axis CO when frame 3 startss
ARENA SETTINGS
Terrain: Tunisia
Event start, game time: 16:00
Time multiplier: 1.0
Fuel Multiplier: 1.0
Icons: Using FSO standard Icons Settings
9000ft both, full icon detail 2400ft
Radar: Sector bars disabled.
Base flashing set to 5 miles (26400).
Tower Range 5 miles (26400) for display to aid players.
Killshooter: Off.
Friendly collisions: Off.
Kill messages: Off.
2 lives for every player.
Both sides may rearm/refuel on hotpads.
Formations: Off
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