Ivanov Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 I'm reading a book about the Aegean campaign of 1943. Who knew that in late 1943 the Germans conducted successful airborne operation and defeated the British thanks to... the air superiority...https://www.amazon.co.uk/Churchills-Folly-Cassell-Military-Paperbacks/dp/0304366552 I'm posting it here to encourage the modders to look at this campaign. It would fit perfectly into the CMFI scope. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 (edited) There was a scenario done for the Crete landing already for CMFI. I played one against @Broadsword56a while back that was pretty fun. The Gamers had a tactical combat series game on the Battle for Leros with some interesting info. Edited July 2, 2019 by sburke 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 4 hours ago, sburke said: There was a scenario done for the Crete landing already for CMFI. I played one against @Broadsword56a while back that was pretty fun. The Gamers had a tactical combat series game on the Battle for Leros with some interesting info. What was it called? Can't remember seeing one and couldn't find one at TSDIII. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 It was called the Guns of Retimo. All I have (still surprisingly) are the actual PBEM turns. I don't have the BTT file. @Broadsword56may. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 10 hours ago, Ivanov said: I'm reading a book about the Aegean campaign of 1943. Who knew that in late 1943 the Germans conducted successful airborne operation and defeated the British thanks to... the air superiority...https://www.amazon.co.uk/Churchills-Folly-Cassell-Military-Paperbacks/dp/0304366552 I read that several years ago. Very interesting coverage of a little-known battle. Strongly recommended for those with an insatiable interest in all facets of the North African or Mediterranean Campaigns. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 12 hours ago, Ivanov said: Who knew that in late 1943 the Germans conducted successful airborne operation and defeated the British thanks to... the air superiority... I knew. And I haven't been able to read a book since 1658. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostRider3/3 Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 14 hours ago, Ivanov said: I'm reading a book about the Aegean campaign of 1943. Who knew that in late 1943 the Germans conducted successful airborne operation and defeated the British thanks to... the air superiority...https://www.amazon.co.uk/Churchills-Folly-Cassell-Military-Paperbacks/dp/0304366552 I'm posting it here to encourage the modders to look at this campaign. It would fit perfectly into the CMFI scope. Interesting.. I just ordered this book. Will read it and whip out a Scenario after I finish reading the book. Never done any Campaigns but I can at least do a really good scenario. Want to get all the accurate details and such. Will post again when finished. LOL probably in a month or two. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivanov Posted July 3, 2019 Author Share Posted July 3, 2019 4 hours ago, GhostRider3/3 said: Interesting.. I just ordered this book. Will read it and whip out a Scenario after I finish reading the book. Never done any Campaigns but I can at least do a really good scenario. Want to get all the accurate details and such. Will post again when finished. LOL probably in a month or two. Great news! You Sir are amazing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combatintman Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 (edited) I've looked into this too and got one map done and it would make a cracking campaign with a bit of historical licence - I don't think there's much need to Mod for this one but you have to live with the fact that you can't pick Italians after September 1943 so if you want them as co-belligerents then you have to use a scenario date selection that does not reflect the actual date. Here are some interweb research links that I delved into while thinking about doing this as a campaign: https://www.feldgrau.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2714 http://www.ww2wrecks.com/portfolio/the-battles-for-kos-and-leros-1943-the-new-edition-of-churchills-folly/ https://www.rapid-fire-uk.com/free-downloads/ http://www.kingsownmuseum.com/ww2-1ko-leros-01.htm https://www.leros.gr/it/informazioni-turistiche/the-detailed-history-of-leros-island.html https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=75&t=170900 http://battleofleros.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-battle-of-leros-and-italian-coastal.html http://www.fireandfury.com/scenarios/scenleroslanding.pdf http://www.leros.org/battle_leros_eng/the_battle_of_leros.html http://fliphtml5.com/yaln/mzci https://lerosisland.gr/en/listing-category/historical-tourism-en/italians-builds-en/ http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/43-11.htm https://www.dodecaneso.org/content/la-rete-dallarme-antiaereo-dellisola-di-leros/ http://www.leros.org/lerostouristhttp/roadleros.pdf http://www.iprom.co.uk/archives/caithness/Dodecanese.html http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-1Epi-c4-WH2-1Epi-l-3.html http://testofbattle.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=429&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0&sid=7fe1e84a20d6f7429c5c5ed5dc75a6b0 https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.de/projekte/landungsfahrzeuge/beschreibung.php https://www.feldgrau.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12828 https://www.asisbiz.com/Luftwaffe-Units.html https://www.axishistory.com/books/366-germany-kriegsmarine/kriegsmarine-sicherungsstreitkraefte/6759-21-unterseebootsjagdflottille http://www.rerumromanarum.com/2017/12/portolago.html https://www.facebook.com/battleofleros/ http://www.academia.edu/13231745/THE_EVENTS_ON_KOS_IN_OCTOBER_1943 http://www.academia.edu/9129648/German_Special_Forces_of_World_War_II https://durhamlightinfantry1920-46.weebly.com/kos-1943.html Edited July 6, 2019 by Combatintman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 You can pick your Italians at an incorrect date, save them along with your Germans as a core file in the same way you would for a campaign and then import it into a scenario set to the correct date. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostRider3/3 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Just got my book. Will now read and look over a lot of materials. I will at the end of my read put together a Scenario. Never done any Campaigns so I will leave that to the experts. Will post when I have completed the read and submit where about the Scenario will be related and with what units. James. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOS:96B2P Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 13 hours ago, Sgt.Squarehead said: You can pick your Italians at an incorrect date, save them along with your Germans as a core file in the same way you would for a campaign and then import it into a scenario set to the correct date. +1 Nice tip. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benpark Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 If I recall, you can probably purchase the Italian units at the date available, then reset the date to the intended one, and purchase the rest of the forces. I don't recall ever needing to save as a core file. That may be one less step, or proof my memory is out of room. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOS:96B2P Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 4 minutes ago, benpark said: you can probably purchase the Italian units at the date available, then reset the date to the intended one, and purchase the rest of the forces. +1 That's right. I forgot about this. I just double checked and this worked. It is also much simpler. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 (edited) 39 minutes ago, benpark said: If I recall, you can probably purchase the Italian units at the date available, then reset the date to the intended one, and purchase the rest of the forces. I don't recall ever needing to save as a core file. I was never sure if the TOE would update to the new date setting in the scenario and TBH, I just like making unit cores......Either way it can be done. CM is incredibly flexible, especially if you come at it from an odd 'angle of attack', the things I've watched @MOS:96B2P & @37mm do to it in recent months have really blown me away, it's just staggering what can be done.....Best PC wargames in the world, bar none, IMHO. Edited July 6, 2019 by Sgt.Squarehead 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicky Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 (edited) Isn't that the area that the LRDPG were involved in after oddly being repurposed after North Africa involving retraining for mountain warfare in Lebanon/Syria... Edited July 7, 2019 by Wicky 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 IIRC they were active along the Adriatic Coast (see Post 1943 Operations): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Range_Desert_Group I've got a decent book about it somewhere.....Not exactly high-paced action, but I think there's a scenario or two in it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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