The Invasion of France ! 1940May 10, 1940 was Operation Fall Gelb (Case Yellow) also know as The Fall of France. Here, we offer May 13, 1940, The Invasion of France!
"German Forces are racing through the Ardennes and most of the Allied Forces are out of position in northern Belgium! The Axis have mowed through the villages of Luxembourg and Belgium!
Commander, what are our orders!"General Gamelin has been removed, General Manstein has fallen ill and new Generals are required.
Will you step up, Sir!If you are Allied, you won't suffer General Weygand's two day delay in stopping the German advance, I hope!
Index:The Front Lines
Objectives
Start time and frame dates
Order of Battle
RAF Bases
Allied Army Ownership
Luftwaffe bases
The Wehrmacht Ownership
The Battlefields (Neutral starting bases in play)
Bases not in play
Historically based OoB
Trigger points
Settings:
Vox
Lives
Basic Arena Settings
Special Settings
Radar
Icons
WarningFlags
Weather
Terrain
Feedback is Welcome
The AvA War concept
The History
The Front Line:Sedan (v118) on the Muse River (see jpg) was the first Axis goal in Operation Fall Gelb, but the French are rushing a weak Calvary screen from Sedan into block them in the Ardennes forest.
In this running, the battle lines are drawn along a north south line. The Axis have lost the element of surprise but they've still captured A184 and Bastogne, and overrun v185, v163, v153, v144, a147, v134, v128, and v119 and all points east. They have not yet deployed their airforce at A128.
The new Allied general has redeployed his forces at A151, v162, A97, and A118, in position to block the Axis invasion.
Objectives:Major Allied Victory - Push the Axis East to the Rhine River.*
Minor Allied Victory - Hold the Axis to their starting bases.
Major Axis Victory - Capture a solid line of bases all the way to the Channel coast or Antwerpen A182.**
Minor Axis Victory - Capture any base along the Muses River, V162, V152, V118.
* Any base on the Rhine River will qualify.
** A line is any line of vehicle spawn points. Any base along the coast qualifies.
Start time and frame dates: 9pm EST Saturday Nights
Frame 1: September 3
Frame 2: September 10*
Frame 3: September 17*
*The battles will pick up with the field ownership as it stands at the end of the previous frame.
Order of Battle:The RAF - A/Fs 97, 126, and 151
Spit 1 and Hurricane 1 (at A151 and A97)
Boston (at A126)
The Allied Armies
They own A177, A151, v162, A145, A126, v118, A97 and all bases to the west.
Jeep
M3(including tank killer with 75mm)
M8
M16
Fi156 (for Allied observation plane)
M4A3(76)W (see Trigger Point - capture of neutral battle field)
The Luftwaffe - A/Fs 147 and 184
BF109E-4 and BF-110C-4b (at A184 and A147)
Ju88A-4 and H111-H (at A184)
The Wehrmacht
They own v185, v163, v153, v144, A147, v134, A128, v120 and all bases to the east.
Jeep
M3(including tank killer with 75mm)
M8
M16
SdKfz251
Fi156
Panzer IV F (see Trigger Point - capture of neutral battle field)
Neutral starting bases in play (initial battlefields):v152, v121, v173
Bases not in play:Any base without a vehicle spawn point is out of play and doesn't count toward a win. There are no vehicles available at those bases except for a97.
Historically based OoBFirst Corp at Namur v162
Ninth Corp at A145
Huntziger at Sedan v118
Hoth at v185
Reinhardt at v153
Guderian at A128
Trigger points:v173 or v152 or v121: Capture of any of these three releases the Panzer IV F and the M4A3(76)W.
v121: If the Axis capture v121, then Axis fighters are enabled at A128 and bombers at A147. Axis bombers remain at a disadvantage until then. Once Axis bombers move to A147 they are not disabled at A147 any later time.
v118+a89: If v118 Sedan and A89 are captured by the Axis, then the Allies loose A97 as their airfield for the remainder of the tour.
Settings:Vox: Cross Country channel 223 monitored by the CMs and players
GVs: Unlimited lives.
Planes: Unlimited lives.
Bombers: Unlimited lives. No formations. 2000lbs of bombs Max. MA bombsight.
Manned Guns: Active.
All bases will have GV's, but not all bases will have planes.
Basic Arena Settings:Fuel Burn Rate: 1.0
AI Ack: Man on the street annoying.
Protect Objects: On
KillShooter: On
Ditches Score Kills: On
Enable Flight Reconnect: On
Objects destroyed: Stays down for MA standard, including town buildings.
Town down for capture (a sliding scale*):
<20 players in the arena: 20%
20-40 players: 40%
>40 players: 50%
*player counts are based on players in-flight at frame start, not total arena population.
Radar:Tower Only Radar: 39600 feet(6 miles) dot dar tower only, range ring active. ATC encouraged. 10 second delay
Radar minimun altitude 300 feet. darbar radar is the same.
Icons: 3k Friendly 0k enemy both Planes and GVs.
WarningFlags:GVs: 1 miles
Fighters: 2 miles
Bombers: 3 miles
Weather: variable with probability of low laying fog.
Terrain: AvAeto
Feedback is Welcome in these setups!The AvA War concept:
Until such time as these tours draw more players, we will use close airfields and short flight to make up for low numbers. When the roster fills with more participant, we will extend the flight times by picking bases further from the front lines.
The History:The early stages of World War II saw successful German invasions on the continent aided decisively by the air power of the Luftwaffe, which was able to establish tactical air superiority with great efficiency. The speed with which German forces defeated most of the defending armies in Norway in early 1940 created a significant political crisis in Britain. In early May 1940, the Norway Debate questioned the fitness for office of the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. On 10 May, the same day Winston Churchill became British Prime Minister, the Germans initiated the Battle of France with an aggressive invasion of French territory. RAF Fighter Command was desperately short of trained pilots and aircraft, and despite the objections of its commander, Hugh Dowding that the diversion of his forces would leave home defenses under-strength, Churchill sent fighter squadrons to support operations in France where the RAF suffered heavy losses.
