TOTAL WAR 1985

[wulfir]

1985,
August...

...the Big Showdown in Europe has finally commenced.

In this thread there will be a few scenarios, the majority loosely based on the hypothetical WWIII set-up described in the various books by John Hackett.



“The World Wars were characterised
by the fact that the resources of whole nations
were placed at the disposal of the military,
and that massive losses were accepted in a “total war”.

- Marco Smedberg,
Warfare; from Austerliz to Baghdad

[wulfir]

OPERATION STOSS

West Berlin is to be taken in a lightning move by primarily East German forces. In the French sector, paratroopers of the Luftsturmregiment 40 "Willi Saenger" are to assault the Berlin-Tegel Flughafen...

[PlasmaKrab]

Great, Hackett scenarios! Testing right away!

What do you have on the French sector forces at that point? I once tried a full-scale Berlin battle based on the existing Berlin map, and I ran out of formation slots about half-way...
Five brigades plus reinforcements can do that to a scenario.

[wulfir]

PlasmaKrab said:
Great, Hackett scenarios! Testing right away!

To be fair, the OPERATION STOSS scenarios are not quite Hackett based, but there is some material floating around, so I thought it could be fun to include. IIRC Hackett had the WP leave West Berlin more or less untouched...

PlasmaKrab said:
What do you have on the French sector forces at that point?

The main army combat formations were, from what I understand, one tank Bn (11th Regiment Chasseurs) and one mech inf Bn (46th Regiment d'Infanterie), supported by an engineer company.

But there were also a number of Misc forces, including the Base Ariénne 165 at Berlin-Tegel. The actual plans of deployment etc is of course mostly guesswork, but what the h*ll...

[The_Warrior]

You can do Team Yankee battles. Harld Coyle's book is set in Sir John Hackett's stoy of the third world war. It will give you alot more battles. Also, don't forget the Third World War, Untold Story. This is also by Sir John Hackett.

[Smersh]

very nice. looking forward to more scenarios.

[centurion77]

"But there were also a number of Misc forces, including the Base Arié®®e 165 at Berlin-Tegel. The actual plans of deployment etc is of course mostly guesswork, but what the h*ll..."

I added the Gendarmerie company with AML 60's

[Suhiir]

Good books both of them.

[gila]

Good for the Vikings,they are almighty,,never won a war but cheers anyway