Monday, July 9, join us for This Day in WWII invasion of Sicily

[Brooke]

Join us to commemorate Operation Husky, the allied invasion of Sicily, which started on July 9, 1943.
 
It was the largest amphibious invasion to date and, following the battles in North Africa, the first step to invasion of contental Europe.
 
Fierce air battles between the allied air forces on the one side and the Luftwaffe and Regia Aeronautica on the other, tactical bombing, anti-shipping, shore bombardment, airborne landings, amphibious assaults, Patton vs. Montgomery in the race to Mesina -- all were part of Operation Husky.

[Brooke]

More details on setup:

http://ahevents.org/events/this-day-in-wwii/609.html?task=view

Welcome to This Day in WWII: Operation Husky!
 All are welcome to play.
 Runs on July 9 in Special Events I Arena at two times:
 -- at 3 pm Eastern Time (8 pm UK time)
-- and at 8:30 pm Eastern Time
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Objective: Kill enemies, destroy ground objects, sink enemy ships, and capture bases.
 
Event duration: 2 hours, but play as much or as little as you want of that.

Unlimited lives, but arena enforces at most 2 deaths in any 7-minute span. It says "Your max deaths have been exceeded" until you can fly again.
 
Allies (Bishops):
 -- Aircraft available from a47, a118, a119:
 -- B-17G, B-24J, B-25C, B-26B, Boston III, C-47, Hurricane IIC, P-38G, P-39D, P-40F, Spitfire V.
 -- Vehicles available at all fields (including captured ones): M16, M3, M4A3(75), M8.
 -- Available from CV's: F4F-4, Seafire II, LVTA2, LVTA4.
 -- Ships start in 11.2 (three task groups).

Axis (Knights):
 -- Aircraft available from a4, a11, a22:
 -- Bf 109G-2, Bf 109G-6, Bf 110G-2, C-47, C.202, C.205, FW 190A-5, Ju 87D-3, Ju 88A-4.
 -- Vehicles available at all fields: M8, Panzer, SdKfz, Wirblewind.
 
No dot radar is available -- only sector counters.
 Destroyed barracks and ammo bunkers stay down for 10 minutes.
 All ships require 15,000 lbs of damage to sink.
Task groups (and ability to launch LVT's) stay around for 45 minutes after CV is sunk, then disappear.
 
Points:
 -- 1 point per kill of an enemy.
 -- 0.1 points per object destroyed.
 -- 25 points per base capture.
 -- 13 points per ship sunk.
 
Side split 50/50.
 
Arena Settings:
 Terrain = italy_1
 ArenaFlags = 5166
ChangeCountryTime = 0
 DeathMaxCount = 2
 DeathTimeMin = 7
 ExitWhileMoving = 508
 FlightModeFlags = 5248
 FuelBurnRateMult = 1.0
 ObjectHardnessMults[SHP] = 2.22
 RadarMode = 0
ResetAirFieldCnt = 1
ResetTotalFieldCnt = 1
 StratFlags = 1
 TaskGroupRespawnTime = 45
 
Object Settings:
 Bunk Ammo, Down Time = 10
 Bunk Barr, Down Time = 10
 Ship, Hardness = 6.76
 
Map of the battle region:

[Bruv119]

[Flossy]

First of these two events will be at 8:00 pm UK time (3:00 pm Eastern) - come along and have some fun! 

[Brooke]

Thanks for the pics, Bruv! <S>

[Brooke]

OK, folks -- time to start thinking about tonight's running of Operation Husky.

Are you going to hit those beaches?  Is Patton or Montgomery going to make it to Messina 1st this time?  Or, are the Italians and Germans going to stop the invasion altogether?

Time to get into your P-38, P-39, P-40, F4F, Hurricane, or Spitfire; or into your Bf 109, Bf 110, FW 190, C.202, or C.205.  Time to start up those engines in your B-24, B-17, B-26, B-25, or Boston; or in your Ju 88.  Time for Stukas to attack those allied fleets and "get some".

[Shuffler]

  Brooke


Very enjoyable evening. I'll be on board for the next event too.

[Brooke]

Excellent!  I'm very glad that you liked it and will fly in next month's This Day in WWII:  Battle of Britain.

[Squire]

Yes I definately recommend TDIWW2. Great fun.