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Anzac Advance vs German Delay *

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26 April 1941 *

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Scenario Design: Pyros Lambert*
Map Design: Pyros Lambert*
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Primary Objectives:*
You should deploy in the East edge of the map and you must assist to the defense of the area.*
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Secondary Objectives:*
You should be very cautious with the casualty rate of your Core Force because you might face total destruction during this battle!*
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INTEL:*
You will face ALL AROUND the battlefield: two airborne Infantry Bn, one airborne AT coy, one airborne Weapon Coy and one airborne Pioneer Coy near the Isthmus bridge.*
The battle will take place on a chaotic battleground.*
I suggest you to deploy your artillery assets somewhere to the East edge of the map.* 
You should resupply all the AUX vehicles ASAP because their supply levels are critical.*
Be cautious with the enemy ON-Map artillery units and try to counter-strike them at any occasion (look for smoke traces).*
Whenever possible try to take advantage of the tall buildings.*
Expect heavy air strikes during the first turn of the battle.*
The enemy won't have any heavy artillery support or significant air support after the first turn of the battle.*
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Historical Background *
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The Germans Attack from the Air   *
(text from www.nzetc.org)*
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Now, on 24 April Marshal List had decided that the narrowness of the front and the state of the roads made it necessary for General Stumme (XXXX Corps) to control the advance, with XVIII Corps under command. He had to break through to Athens and establish a bridgehead over the Corinth Canal.*
To accomplish the latter objective it was decided to use the parachute troops which had originally been assembled to take the island of Lemnos.1 No battle report describing the capture of the canal area has been discovered but the plan had been prepared shortly after the breakthrough at Rupel Pass. Reinforced, Parachute Regiment 2 (Colonel Sturm), using five groups of Ju52s and 2000–2500 troops, was to land and block the escape of British troops to either Crete or Egypt; gliders were to be used to land troops close to the bridge to prevent its being destroyed; and the units already concentrated about Larisa were to attack on the morning of 26 April.*
The Luftwaffe had hitherto been content to bomb Argos and Corinth and strafe the highway between them, but about seven o'clock that morning the canal area was heavily and systematically dive-bombed and machine-gunned. The anti-aircraft gunners were magnificent, but before long many of them were wounded and all their guns wrecked. Then about 7.25 a.m. the Ju52s came over, flying low in groups of three to drop the many-coloured parachutes supporting the troopers and their supplies. At the same time gliders crash-landed near the bridge, the men from one near its south end rushing on to clear the demolitions. *
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