Platamon #1*
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Anzac vs German Special Forces 8/800 Brandenburg (meeting Engagment)*

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14 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 West end of the trail and you must move quickly to the village to the South and to the road leading North in order to assist the AUX forces to the local defense.*
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Secondary Objectives:*
1. You should capture the two villages in the middle.*
2. You should destroy the enemy base of operation near the beach to the East.*
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INTEL:*
You will face one Bn of Brandembourg troops.*
The village will be target of a multi-directional attack, and the enemy patrols will try to infiltrate your lines and attack the village from the rear.*
You should take advantage of the Cav Transport to move your forces off-road to the road to the North.*
The two villages to the middle are heavily guarded and you must try to first neutralize the enemy artillery before starting your attack.*
The road to the North will face an assault by the third way of Brandembourg invasion force.*
All roads after the second bridge from the west will be heavily guarded.*
The enemy is aware of your presence and sooner or later will advance toward your direction.*
I suggest you to buy one 6in HOW artillery section along with two Ammo trucks.* 
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Historical Background*
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The Germans attack 21 Battalion above the Platamon Tunnel (text from www.nzetc.org)*
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In this period 14–16 April, when the rearguards were assembling at Elasson, Kalabaka and Dhomokos, the Germans launched three separate attacks along the Aliakmon line. On the coast above the Platamon tunnel they forced the withdrawal of 21 New Zealand Battalion, in Olympus Pass to the north of Mount Olympus they were checked by 5 New Zealand Brigade and in the Servia Pass to the north they were roughly handled by 4 New Zealand Brigade.*
That towards Platamon was the most unexpected and consequently the most serious of the three attacks. In the morning of 14 April a train came through from the north and stopped at Platamon, the siding on the south side of the tunnel. The Greek general in control gave Lieutenant-Colonel Macky a certificate stating that this was the last train from Katerini. For the German armoured column had crossed the anti-tank ditch and the New Zealand Divisional Cavalry Regiment was withdrawing through the lines of 5 Brigade on the slopes of Mount Olympus.*
About 3 p.m. General Freyberg came up by train to explain the situation. As the Allied forces were withdrawing to Thermopylae, 21 Battalion must halt any attempt to advance down the coast and through the Pinios Gorge towards Larisa. With the country as rough as it was the Higher Command still thought that the most the battalion would have to face would be an infantry attack. The actual demolitions in the tunnel and along the track were now the responsibility of Lieutenant-Colonel Macky; for the evacuation of wounded the railcar on which the General had come up would be available.*
Your unit has been deployed in the region of Olympus mountain and you have been oredered to proceed to the Platamon castle in order to help the 21 Bn in the defense of the region.*
As soon as you approached the area the 21 Bn HQ has contacted you and informed you that a group of a motor boat, three assault boats and men from 8/800 Brandenburg Regiment are trying to outflank 21 Battalion by sea.*
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