Kingfish

Just found this cool site. Click on any region that is highlighted in Blue (basically any region that has a coastline). After it zooms in pass the cursor over each red dot to see the location, and how many photos each one has. Now click on a dot and see the great photos. Edit: seems the image link doesn't work, but here is the main link: France coastline

BTW, does anyone know of a good online site for topo maps of the Brest / Crozon area?

Mark, For some reason I cannot replay to your e-mail from work. I understand and concur with the results on pages 1 & 2, but need you to explain page 3 to me. Please e-mail me at home.

Amazing what you guys come up with. Steve, That is an incredible site, and no, I've not seen it before. Many thanks for it. Dandelion, Thanks for the follow up. I did some more research online to see what guns were organic to the MFBs, but have not found anything (yet). I did come across one interesting tidbit regarding German coastal artillery. Seems there were batteries set up in Pas de Calais that regularly bombarded the English coast. This I never knew, or thought possible. One battery was 380mm, the other 210mm, with the latter firing it's last shells on Sept 9th, 1944 shortly before the Canadian 3rd division captured it.

Yes I am. I took a break to do some Normandy scenarios, and now am heading west again. Questions regarding your last post: what calibur weapons did the various Mar.Flak-Abt have, and were these weapons fixed to defend the port facilities, or could they have contributed to the defense of the perimeter? Also, in your first post your mentioned that only the first battalion of the 2nd FJ artillery regiment made it to Brest, and this was equipped with 75mm guns. However, according to this site, the first Bn had 12x 105mm guns. Given that it was 1944, and the division was recently rebuilt following heavy losses in Russia, could it be that the division traded in it's Pack for the heavier guns?

I've uploaded a new scenario to the Proving grounds called "Thury-Harcourt". Historical, large map, 60 turns, about 6000 points combined. Pits elements of the independant British 56th brigade against units from the German 271st infantry division. Your feedback is appreciated.

Bumping this one up as I have resubmitted both ops to the proving grounds. Slight change made to friendly map edges in 'Grimbosq-the crossing', otherwise both ops are identical to the originals.

I suggest d/l Michael Dorosh's "Little Stalingrad". Excellent Op.

But it might also mean that those tanks that had burnt would show lots of hits. Michael </font>

According to the footnotes under each table the data (at least for the Shermans) was collected 6th June - 10th July, 1944, so it was during the initial battles for the bridgehead and bocage country. Keep in mind that it was common practice, especially for the Germans, to continue to hammer away at knocked out vehicles until they burned, thereby preventing those vehicles from being recovered and repaired. A scientific team touring the Normandy battlefield would find many burns outs because of this fact, and not simply because the tanks themselves were prone to brewing up.

Your troops / guns will arrive embarked as long as there is sufficient lift capability arriving with them. For instance, take a full strength British rifle platoon (HQ, 3 squads, Piat & 2" mortar). It requires a min of 4 vehicles to arrive embark, 3 of which must have a passenger capacity of a squad (tank, HT, truck or Ram).

Having just e-mailed Holien my vote for top AAR I have to say that choosing the one out of the top 5 was the most difficult thing to do for ROW IV. Organizing, launching, replacements, scoring, all these are gravy compared to picking the top one. Excellent AARs.

I have a scenario that is based in part from a 1:100,00 scale IGN map of Noyers-Bocage. The map shows a small stream that winds thru the area near the town, but as with all maps of this scale the detail is lacking. Can anyone confirm that the location of the stream? Better yet, can anyone e-mail me a map scan or aerial pic of the area? Thanks in advance

The 'Enforcer' will make sure you get your "1 for 1"

According to this site, the 346th ID withdrew out of the pocket and across the Seine, although it suffered heavily during the time.

While the Balkans campaign delayed the start of Barbarossa, it wasn't the only delay. Liddel Hart mentions the ground conditions along the Russo-German border as being unsuitable for launching a full scale offensive, especially in Poland where several rivers were at full flood stage. This is important to note since the Germans were counting on speed to encircle the Russian armies deployed along the border. Something else to consider is that although Germany planned on invading Greece (albeit only far enough to secure her southern flank), she never planned on going into Yugoslavia. A coup brought a pro-western goverment to power in Belgrade, and this forced the Germans to devote a sizeable chunk of those forces that were earmarked for AG south.

Reload the last turns before the ceasefire and play thru to the end to see if you do get the AAR screen. If you can't pbem than ask your opponent for his password, then reload the game as a hotseat and burn thru the remaining turns. BTW, how did you like the Op? I tried to keep it as close to Wild Bill's version as the game engine allowed.

Seek, Strike and Destroy: U.S. Tank Destroyer Doctrine in World War II

Richie designed Methode Champenois, I designed Wolf in Sheep's clothing and Jwxspoon designed Proof of Honor.

DOH!!! How %$#^! embarrasing is this? I screwed up on the final calculations. Instead of using Capt T's score, I accidently typed in The Capt's (section 2) score. On the spreadsheet they are next to each other in Proof of Honor. Anyway, here is the corrected score for section 3: Bryce Baker / -1.51 + 0 = -1.51 Mick OZ / 0.15 + .78 = 0.93 Melnibone / 0.35 + 0 = 0.35 Capt T / 1.01 + .78 = 1.79 winner of section 3 My apologies for the error, and thanks to all who brought it to my attention.

All these came up in a google search under 'Gestapo in Berlin'

Good evening gents. It is time to announce our winners. As I explained to the 12 finalists by e-mail, I used the modified Nabla scoring system to calculate the final scores. This is the same procedure I used to finish up ROW III. First, lets post some scores. These are the total score (3 scenario scores added together): mPisi / 0.07 Heavy Drop / 2.03 Deadly 88 / 1.34 Enoch / -3.44 Walpurgis Night / 6.62 The Capt / -3.35 Boris / -2.35 Londoner / -0.92 Bryce Baker / -1.51 Mick OZ / 0.15 Melnibone / 0.35 Capt T / -1.05 As you can see, Walpurgis night has the highest score with 6.62(not bad). The AAR bonus is 4% of that (.2648 or .26 rounded down). Multiply the bonus by the number of AARs each player submitted (see Holien's post above), then add it to the total scores gives us the final scores (and our 3 winners): mPisi / 0.07 + .78 = 0.85 Heavy Drop / 2.03 + .78 = 2.81 (winner of section 1) Deadly 88 / 1.34 + 0 = 1.34 Enoch / -3.44 + 0 = -3.44 Walpurgis Night / 6.62 + .78 = 7.40 (winner of section 2) The Capt / -3.35 + 0 = -3.35 Boris / -2.35 + 0 = -2.35 Londoner / -0.92 + 0 = -0.92 Bryce Baker / -1.51 + 0 = -1.51 Mick OZ / 0.15 + .78 = 0.93 Melnibone / 0.35 + 0 = 0.35 Capt T / 1.01 + .78 = 1.79 (winner of section 3) Congratulations to Heavy Drop, Walpurgis Night and Capt T, winners of the ROW IV tournament Edit: corrected score for section 3 [ October 19, 2004, 03:37 AM: Message edited by: Kingfish ]

A day more, and that is it my friend(s). Today was supposed to have been the day, but real life dropped the hammer on me here, so you all get a one day extension. Now, if by this time tomorrow you do not have your AARs in....oh well.

La Bijude On July 8th the British 2nd army launched Operation Charnwood. This was another attempt at capturing Caen, a city that was supposed to have been taken on D-Day. Following a massive bombing attack the night before which leveled the city (but missed most of the German defenders) the reinforced British I Corp began the advance at 0420 hours. While the veteran British 3rd and Canadian 3rd infantry divisions advanced on the right and left flanks respectively, the newly arrived British 59th division attacked due south from Cambes-en-Plaine. It's phase one objectives were the capture of Galamanche and La Bijude, two small villages located just inside the German lines. By 0730 the 6th Bn, north Staffordshire had captured La Bijude. However, before the could consolidate their gain the Germans counterattacked and forced them to withdraw. For some reason this was not relayed to high command. As a result, when the 7th Bn. Royal Norfolk was ordered to advance on Epron they did so with the assumption that La Bijude was in friendly hands. That assumption would have disastrous consequences... Combined arms / 60 turns / allied attack 3000 points each side. [ October 16, 2004, 03:54 PM: Message edited by: Kingfish ]

There are several scenario / Ops that deal with the fighting in and around Bastogne. Here are a few that I have on my HD: Ardennes: Team Desorby 7 roads to hell Marvie Merry Christmas at Hermoulle Wiltz Assenois We can't wait Fear in the fog Task force Rose Most of these are at the depot. E-mail me if you can't find them there and I will send them to you