Wargame Airland Battle: Task Force Beowulf
May 14th, 1985 0730 hours:
Warsaw Pact Forces have split Norway in two after slicing through Sweden. Swedish forces have retreated into the north of the country while some units have been evacuated across Kattegat Bay into Denmark. Stockholm has fallen to a surprise Soviet amphibious assault. Norway forces bolstered by NATO landings at Haakonsvern, Alesund and an airlift of British Paratroopers to Bodo have stymied the PACT advance.
Norwegian defenses around Oslo are in danger of crumbling while the umbrella of anti-air protection over the capital is thinning. In a daring night time crossing of the Baltic, Task Force Beowulf a Danish battlegroup attempts to relieve besieged Oslo with a landing at Fredrikstad. US F-14 Tomcats and German Starfighters assist the depleted Danish air force in providing air support. With American anti-submarine aircraft and Los Angeles class attack submarines providing a protective ASW screen 20 miles east of the convoy.
The battle along the highway to Oslo to follow...
(Oh and if you can't tell, I am really enjoying Airland Battle.)
Warsaw Pact Forces have split Norway in two after slicing through Sweden. Swedish forces have retreated into the north of the country while some units have been evacuated across Kattegat Bay into Denmark. Stockholm has fallen to a surprise Soviet amphibious assault. Norway forces bolstered by NATO landings at Haakonsvern, Alesund and an airlift of British Paratroopers to Bodo have stymied the PACT advance.
Norwegian defenses around Oslo are in danger of crumbling while the umbrella of anti-air protection over the capital is thinning. In a daring night time crossing of the Baltic, Task Force Beowulf a Danish battlegroup attempts to relieve besieged Oslo with a landing at Fredrikstad. US F-14 Tomcats and German Starfighters assist the depleted Danish air force in providing air support. With American anti-submarine aircraft and Los Angeles class attack submarines providing a protective ASW screen 20 miles east of the convoy.
The battle along the highway to Oslo to follow...
(Oh and if you can't tell, I am really enjoying Airland Battle.)
Task Force Beowulf prepares to engage the Red Army. The Chinook supply helicopters have been a real blessing in game. |
Comments
Cheers
I've logged 12 hours of gaming with the beta so far and everything I have seen seems more thought out than EE.
Chris
It took me a couple of tries but I did manage a minor victory. It's a scenario that rewards assaults and having fresh troops to do them.
I've been to Antietam. Well worth the trip. Harper's Ferry is also pretty close to there I think. No real battlefield to look on but the town is well preserved and they do mark the positions held by Jackson's men.
Beautiful countryside.