Toaw Scenario: Overlord 44

France, Normandy,
June 05, 1944,

Allied army of 840 units opposed to German army of 902 units
for a battle of complexity 3.52 at Company(I) level
on a 2.5 Km/Hex map
for 200 turns of Half Day each.

by James D Burns submited on 12-12-2002

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Briefing
The battle for the liberation of Europe. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS German units suffer shock effects for the first two turns to simulate the suprise and general disorder for the first day of the invasion. All three Allied airborne divisions will be withdrawn on July 15th, 1944 (turn 82). There will be several news events to remind the players. German rail will drop to 100 on turn 30, this represents the collapse of rail transport in the invasion area due to massive allied air attacks on the rail net that occurred during the campaign. Minor ports add 1 or 2 points of supply when the allies repair them, they are: Grandcamp - 1 point Barfleur - 1 point Courseulles - 1 point Port-en-Bessin - 2 points Isigny - 2 points St. Vaast - 2 points The ports are set to a 10 turn delay with a 12 turn variance after that to become operational once occupied. Allied supply is set to 20 until turn 24 when it drops by 9 points. Early capture of as many minor ports as possible is vital to keep allied supply at an acceptable level. Cherbourg will add 10 points of supply gradually as it is repaired over time. It will also double Allied replacements once repairs are finished. All repairs are set to a variable number of turns for each repair step, so there is no set schedule for when a repair step will occur. If storms occur on June 19th, they will last 6 turns and may damage or destroy either or both Mulberries. This will effect naval transport points for the rest of the game. Allied naval units will withdraw the majority of their ships on turn 4. This simulates the constant need to return to England to rearm. The remaining ships on station simulate the average fire support available at any one time during the campaign. There is a 25% chance that Hitler will release the 319th Infantry division from garrison duty on the Channel Islands if Cherbourg is threatened. If this does occur, the division will appear at the Port of Cherbourg. The Royal Marine Support Rgt. will withdraw on turn 4. U.S. heavy bombers are available for one turn only on turn 98. British heavy bombers are available for one turn only on turns 65 and 86. These formations are set to internal support and should be used alone in carpet-bombing missions to break open the enemy front lines. Players should only use U.S. bombers against enemy units adjacent to U.S. units. British bombers should only support British units. SCENARIO NOTES With over 1700 units this is a huge scenario, and players should realize they will spend quite some time with this undertaking before reaching a decisive level of victory or defeat; just as it was in history. I strongly recommend players read the "Overlord.doc" file before they begin this scenario. The Le Havre unit is not meant to represent historical units, rather it represents area coastal guns/mines/motor torpedo boats/etc. that kept the Allies from effectively operating in the area east of the invasion beaches. Be warned the unit is powerful and sits on a diamond symbol. For the best gameplay, it is recommended that you don't airdrop or land units in the first 4 turns in locations that do not match their exact hex names in Europe (click the remove units button to view hex names clearly before you move). This will best represent the historic invasion. If a specific invasion beach is not taken and additional units arrive to land at that beach, a player has the option to assault the beach from sea with those units, or leave them in England until turn 5 at which point they can land wherever they want. This simulates the backlog that would have occurred if the allies failed to take a specific beach. Landing schedules were so full for the first 24-48 hours that there would not have been room to unload at any of the adjacent beaches until all the scheduled build up units were ashore. All units start the game as veteran units. This is not meant to imply units were experienced in combat prior to the landings but the 25% jump up or down in proficiency makes the game play extremely difficult to predict/control. Normandy was a slow grinding battle of attrition that lasted for over 2 months. If even one early-arriving German division rolls poor proficiency for most of its units, it will evaporate too easily during combat and destroy the accuracy of the scenario. Making units veterans stops them from evaporating too easily, and helps simulate the slow grinding battle. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank the following people for their invaluable assistance with this scenario: Pete Abrams, Jon Martina, Tom Porto and Ray Wolfe. Additionally, I would like to thank Randall C. Reed, who's extensive past research on this subject made the creation of this scenario much easier.

Briefing

The battle for the liberation of Europe.

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

German units suffer shock effects for the first two turns to simulate the suprise and general disorder for the first day of the invasion.

All three Allied airborne divisions will be withdrawn on July 15th, 1944 (turn 82). There will be several news events to remind the players.

German rail will drop to 100 on turn 30, this represents the collapse of rail transport in the invasion area due to massive allied air attacks on the rail net that occurred during the campaign.

Minor ports add 1 or 2 points of supply when the allies repair them, they are:

Grandcamp - 1 point
Barfleur - 1 point
Courseulles - 1 point
Port-en-Bessin - 2 points
Isigny - 2 points
St. Vaast - 2 points

The ports are set to a 10 turn delay with a 12 turn variance after that to become operational once occupied. Allied supply is set to 20 until turn 24 when it drops by 9 points. Early capture of as many minor ports as possible is vital to keep allied supply at an acceptable level.

Cherbourg will add 10 points of supply gradually as it is repaired over time. It will also double Allied replacements once repairs are finished. All repairs are set to a variable number of turns for each repair step, so there is no set schedule for when a repair step will occur.

If storms occur on June 19th, they will last 6 turns and may damage or destroy either or both Mulberries. This will effect naval transport points for the rest of the game.

Allied naval units will withdraw the majority of their ships on turn 4. This simulates the constant need to return to England to rearm. The remaining ships on station simulate the average fire support available at any one time during the campaign.

There is a 25% chance that Hitler will release the 319th Infantry division from garrison duty on the Channel Islands if Cherbourg is threatened. If this does occur, the division will appear at the Port of Cherbourg.

The Royal Marine Support Rgt. will withdraw on turn 4.

U.S. heavy bombers are available for one turn only on turn 98. British heavy bombers are available for one turn only on turns 65 and 86. These formations are set to internal support and should be used alone in carpet-bombing missions to break open the enemy front lines. Players should only use U.S. bombers against enemy units adjacent to U.S. units. British bombers should only support British units.

SCENARIO NOTES

With over 1700 units this is a huge scenario, and players should realize they will spend quite some time with this undertaking before reaching a decisive level of victory or defeat; just as it was in history.

I strongly recommend players read the "Overlord.doc" file before they begin this scenario.

The Le Havre unit is not meant to represent historical units, rather it represents area coastal guns/mines/motor torpedo boats/etc. that kept the Allies from effectively operating in the area east of the invasion beaches. Be warned the unit is powerful and sits on a diamond symbol.

For the best gameplay, it is recommended that you don't airdrop or land units in the first 4 turns in locations that do not match their exact hex names in Europe (click the remove units button to view hex names clearly before you move). This will best represent the historic invasion.

If a specific invasion beach is not taken and additional units arrive to land at that beach, a player has the option to assault the beach from sea with those units, or leave them in England until turn 5 at which point they can land wherever they want. This simulates the backlog that would have occurred if the allies failed to take a specific beach. Landing schedules were so full for the first 24-48 hours that there would not have been room to unload at any of the adjacent beaches until all the scheduled build up units were ashore.

All units start the game as veteran units. This is not meant to imply units were experienced in combat prior to the landings but the 25% jump up or down in proficiency makes the game play extremely difficult to predict/control. Normandy was a slow grinding battle of attrition that lasted for over 2 months. If even one early-arriving German division rolls poor proficiency for most of its units, it will evaporate too easily during combat and destroy the accuracy of the scenario. Making units veterans stops them from evaporating too easily, and helps simulate the slow grinding battle.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I would like to thank the following people for their invaluable assistance with this scenario: Pete Abrams, Jon Martina, Tom Porto and Ray Wolfe.

Additionally, I would like to thank Randall C. Reed, who's extensive past research on this subject made the creation of this scenario much easier.