I got an e-mail from the "boss" a few days ago that the Friday TOD will be resuming on April 12th. We have not done a Norway TOD so that is the one that is selected.
It is based in mid 1944 and will incorporate several variants of aircraft. In order to simplify the planeset I left several aircraft that could be available out. I also plan to work on a moving front in this TOD as flight times can be extremely long on this map without the aid of CV's.
Criteria for choosing where the front is will be based on damage inflicted as well as playability. Also, the objective scoring will not be utilized in this TOD, so it will be the same types of objectives (I will do my best to make them interesting).
One last thing....perk planes are not in the write-up, but they "may" appear in small numbers throughout the TOD.
Here is some info on the TOD.
Norwegians were surprised and unprepared when Nazi Germany, with its superior military might, attacked Norway on 9 April 1940. The general public, and their political leaders, had believed that Norway would be able to stay out of the second world war, just as the country had maintained its neutrality in World War I. They believed that Norway was strategically on the periphery, protected by British naval power, and thought that Norwegian neutrality was also in the interests of the warring nations on both sides.
The Norwegian neutrality proved to be of little consequence. Strategic interests led both sides to make plans which involved violations of Norwegian boundaries and operations on Norwegian territory. From mid-December 1939, both the German and Allied sides analyzed scenarios involving operations in Scandinavia.
Underground military groups were established in parallel with civilian resistance, and a prime objective was to assist in the Allied and Norwegian intelligence operations. The groups were useful in reporting the movements of German vessels and the transport of troops and material, especially in connection with the battles around the Soviet Kola peninsula.
In November 1944, Norwegian intelligence was heavily responsible for the sinking of the 41,700 tonne battleship Tirpitz in a fjord not far from Tromsø. When progress was eventually made in arming the underground Norwegian groups, often by parachute drops from Allied aircraft and supplies from the Shetland bus, the military groups became more of a problem for the Germans. When the war ended, the underground resistance forces consisted of 44,000 soldiers.
As the German collapse drew near, there was serious concern about the choice of tactics, which the occupying troops in Norway would choose. But it ended well - the German commander in chief, General Böhme, followed the capitulation orders which he had received from his superiors in Germany on 7 May, 1945. A day later, an Allied mission flew into Oslo, followed by Allied and Norwegian military detachments. In time, power was transferred back to the right hands. The Government returned home from Great Britain and on 7 June, 1945, King Haakon followed.
THE WAR DURING 1944
JANUARY 31st ; ITALY: ALLIED LANDING AT ANZIO.
FEBUARY 14th ; PACIFIC: U.S MARINES ATTACK THE MARSHALL ISLANDS OF TARAWA AND KWAJALEIN.
JUNE 6th -AUGUST; FRANCE: NORMANDY INVASION OF FORTRESS EUROPE.
JUNE 12th ; ITALY: ROME LIBERATED BY ALLIES.
JULY 20th , GERMANY; ATTEMPT ON HITLER'S LIFE BY MEMBERS OF HIS GENERAL STAFF FAILS.
AUGUST 25th ; FRANCE : PARIS LIBERATED BY ALLIES.
OCTOBER 25th , PHILLIPINES; ALLIED LANDING ON LEYTE.
Allied planes
- Mossie
- Mustang III (P51b)
- F4uD
- F6f Hellcat
- Lancaster
- Spitfire Mk IX
- Seafire
Axis Planes
- Bf109G6
- Bf109G2
- FW190F8
- FW190A8
- FW190A5
- Ju88
- Bf 110G2
Okay If you read this far go ahead and CHOOSE which side you would like. I will do my best to accomodate everyone.
