BATTLE OF FRANCE
Suddenly, on May 10, 1940, the Phony War
ends. The British and French, convinced
that they have correctly anticipated a
second version of the WWI Schlieffen Plan,
await a German onslaught through Belgium.
Instead the radical new Panzer armies,
led by young, aggressive German generals,
strike unexpectedly through the Ardennes
forests and into the rear of the Allied
armies advancing confidently into Belgium.
Only light and disorganized ground units
are available to oppose them. Grasping the
only tools at hand, the Allied generals throw
all their aviation units into the area in a
desperate attempt to buy time for their
armies to regroup.
ALLIES (Bishops)
Boston III
C-47
Hurricane I
Spitfire I
Jeep
M3
M8
AXIS (Knights)
Bf-109E4
Bf-110C4
C-47
Ju-87
Ju-88
Jeep
M8
Sdkfz 251
NOTES
The current lack of available French aircraft
limits the Allied plane set to the RAF. The
Boston III may be viewed as representing some
of the few but fine French bombers. No Spitfires
were actually employed in the Battle of France
until the Dunkirk evacuation. We have no 1940
armored vehicles; we have substituted M8s, which
are as close as we can get.
As always, thanks to the map makers for this
wonderful Ardennes08 terrain, which shows off
the planes of the era.
Fog is set at 12.5 miles.
Traditional AvA bombsight (must be calibrated).
Radar settings as follows:
Tower 079,200 (feet)
Sector 105,600
Fuel is 1.0 burn rate.
Ack is .25 (that is, considerably less effective than MA)
Friendly mid-airs are off.
Killshooter is on.
Strat is disabled.
Ten troops required for base capture (map room setting
is .0015)
There is no radio channel one. By convention,
people use channel 200 for cross-country
communications.
AND PLEASE REMEMBER: Civil behavior is valued,
and required, in this arena.
