Sitka Force (Devil's Brigade)

[MacDuro]

Sitka Force

The First Special Service Force trained for this missions in southern France at Lake Albano, located south of the recently liberated city of Rome. It was during this training period that Brigadier General Fredrick, the man who had been with the Force from the start, announced he was leaving to assume command of the First Airborne Task Force, which was preparing for the invasion of France. Needless to say, the men of the FSSF were shocked by their commander's announcement.

In early July, the Force moved to Santa Maria di Castelabate for continued amphibious training in preparation for its role in Operation Dragoon. In August it moved to the staging area on the island of Corsica. From Corsica, the FSSF made assault landings at the Ile du Levant by the Sitka Baker Force and the Ile de Port-Cros by the Sitka Able Force , two islands in the Iles d'Hyères chain off the coast of France. The Force's main objective was to knock out the coastal guns that would threaten the main Dragoon assault forces , the guns were finaly a german fake.

On August 14, 1944, the transports carrying the FSSF were positioned roughly three miles off the coast. Early morning on August 15 found the men paddling ashore in rubber boats under the cover of darkness. Knowing the most accessible beaches would obviously be the most heavily guarded, Colonel Edwin A. Walker, the new commander of the FSSF, selected the areas that had steep cliffs on both islands for landing points.

The landings at both Ile de Port-Cros and Ile du Levant went smoothly and virtually undetected. Levant was taken by 8:30 that evening, but Port-Cros held out longer, putting up resistance that led to the deaths of four members of the Force. But eventually, with the assistance of artillery and a rocket attack provided by the HMS Dido and the USS Barry , the entire mission objective was accomplished. Both Ile de Port-Cros and Ile du Levant were in Allied hands.

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Sitka Able

[ September 09, 2007, 09:36 PM: Message edited by: MacDuro ]

[junk2drive]

Looks very nice. You must have put a lot of work into it.

Your text sounds as if this should be played from the Allied side. Your screenshots are from the Axis side and give away positions by the transparent buildings.

Fix your url link. Put the cmg file in a zip.

[MacDuro]

The map should be played Allied vs Ai or H2H , allied forces arrives on boats...

I deleted the screen that can give information for the player about the enemie , the rest are not important . I worked on the map for several weeks , looking for info and maps , i tried to do the most historically accurate ... thx

[junk2drive]

You could replace the screenie with one from the Allied POV.

Anyway, good job. Thanks for sharing. Did you have the battle playtested?

Tell us a little about yourself.

[MacDuro]

Originally posted by junk2drive:

You could replace the screenie with one from the Allied POV.

Anyway, good job. Thanks for sharing. Did you have the battle playtested?

Tell us a little about yourself.

The batlle was test some month go in two Spanish Tournaments . First it was played in www.puntadelanza.net and later in www.panzerzug.es

In both times with good results for the people , it seems that they liked it .

Replce the screen could be little difficult , showing the allied side will give a important clue about their atack