Author Topic: Next Friday night TOD? (Read 489 times)

jordi · « **Reply #1 on:** August 06, 2002, 08:50:25 AM »

I think we are waiting to hear back what the CM's who were at the CON found out in thier discussions with HITECH as to the problems and possible fixes for the SE Arena will or might be and when they might be implimented.

We need to get as many problems fixed so that BoB runs as smoothly as possible !

Hopefully more news later this week ?

Ripsnort · « **Reply #2 on:** August 06, 2002, 08:51:14 AM »

Thanks Mike!

skernsk · « **Reply #3 on:** August 07, 2002, 09:23:26 PM »

The next Friday TOD will likely take place in two weeks (no joke intended)

HTC is planning to reroute the SEA and we want to wait for that to happen. I will likely be posting for squads to pick sides by Monday.

The next TOD will go back to Western Europe. It is based on the Dieppe landings and will be titled Operation Jubilee. Here is a blurb.

At dawn on 19th August 1942, six thousand and one hundred Allied soldiers, of whom roughly five thousand were Canadians, landed at the French port of Dieppe in their first major test of the defence of the German-held coastline of Europe since Dunkirk.

A combination of over-rigid planning, inadequate communication; lack of supporting firepower; and in the final hour before the raid, absolute bad luck inflicted on the Allies made the Dieppe raid one of their worst defeats in World War Two.

The codename given to the operation was ‘Jubilee’ the purpose was to destroy local defenses, capture prisoners, remove German invasion barges and hold for a limited time the town of Dieppe. It was also seen as a way of taking pressure off the Russians, a test for future invasions.

In total the RAF committed approximately 70 squadrons to Operation Jubilee equipped with Spitfires, Hurricane Mk IIcs, Boston IIIs, Blenheim IVs, Mustang Mk Is for tactical reconnaissance, Hawker Typhoons, B17Es, and assorted air-sea-rescue units.
Opposing the RAF on 19 August 1941 were JG2 and and JG26 with FW 190 A’s, Me 109s. KG2, KG45 and KG77 equipped with Do 217s, Ju 88s, and He 111s.

The RAF flew 2,955 operational sorties on 19 August 1941, losing 97 planes and 62 men. The Germans admitted to 48 aircraft lost in action, about half of what the RAF pilots claimed. The attacking force lost approximately 1,000 men killed, 600 wounded, and 1,900 captured.

Two years after the raid on Dieppe, the Canadians landed at dawn on 6th June 1944, participated in the Battle of Normandy and on 1st September 1944, the 2nd Canadian Division liberated Dieppe.
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Vulcan · « **Reply #4 on:** August 08, 2002, 05:31:59 AM »

tiffies?

did he say tiffies?

TIIIIIIIFFFFFFFFFFFIEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEES

Rip if Mag-33 isn't allied AND flying tiffies u better get some testicular-insurance pronto!

skernsk · « **Reply #5 on:** August 08, 2002, 09:19:00 PM »

Don't get too excited Vulcan since the Typhoon that we have is a late war version. The one flying during this time period had alot of bugs that needed to be worked out.

The Typhies will be limited and won't be carrying bombs or rockets.