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Rami's mission & scenery thread

RAF Vs Luftwaffe - Greece released!

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A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 Campaigns Add-Ons

Description: This is my chronicle of the Royal Air Force in Greece from the time of the German invasion on 6 April, 1941 until the abandonment of Greece on 24 April. This campaign, "Phase II" of the Balkans project, is meant to follow the campaign titled "RAF Vs the Regia Aeronautica," which covered the Royal Air Force effort against the Italians.

There has been little effort by other designers to chronicle this period of the war in Greece, although Don Pyers might have intended to continue his Gladiator campaign to include some of this activity. All missions in this campaign have been created from the ground up using various sources, including the works of Roald Dahl, Christopher Shores, Brian Cull, and Nicola Malizia. Each mission contains a synopsis of either the actual event or the overall tactical situation in Greece that allows the flyer to get a sense of the history and the losing effort to keep Greece from being trampled by the German military. When possible, the missions have included the actual pilot names, including "Pat" Pattle, who was killed during "The Battle of Athens," & Pilot Officer Roald Dahl, who would later become an intelligence officer, screenwriter, and most famously, a renowned author of children's books.

Starting in Central Greece, this campaign attempts to cover most of the major missions and events that steadily force the Greeks back from their northern defensive lines to the Thessaly Plain, and then their efforts to defend the city of Athens and the final withdrawal of Allied forces from the mainland.

The Cretan campaign will pick up after the fall of Athens and the abandonment of the mainland, as the Germans steadily increase the pressure prior to their airborne invasion, where once again the Allies will lose their grip on the island, albeit with considerable losses for the Germans.

Enjoy!

"Rami"

To check it out, rate it or add comments, visit Royal Air Force Vs Luftwaffe - Greece.zip
The comments you make there will appear in the posts below.
 
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Good evening,

I decided to release the Greek portion of the Royal Air Force's effort against the Luftwaffe as an individual campaign, rather than wait until the Cretan campaign is completed. This campaign is long enough for your enjoyment, with twenty-two missions that extend from 6 April, 1941 to 24 April, 1941. During the course of the campaign, the Royal Air Force will be steadily forced back from Central Greece toward the area around Athens, and after a climactic battle on 20 April, retreat briefly to bases on the Peloponnese. After enduring devastating Luftwaffe raids there, this first campaign will end as you evacuate to Crete to continue the fight.

I am getting close to having the bomber and fighter campaigns for Operation Marita finished, but this should suffice for the time being. This campaign is not a remake of other work, it has been built up from scratch through research. When possible, I use the actual ship and pilot names to ensure maximum historical accuracy, although some missions have been consolidated, as pilots were frequently flying more than four sorties a day!
 
Nice Work

Kali Mera Rami

Love your work.:salute:

Just thought I would let you in on this (I hope no-one else is listening).

I have pretty well finished a group of RN Destroyers, Classes A-I. As usual, they have no real DP's but they look OK as targets.

At the moment (today) I am working on a RN Tribal Class destroyer.

These may be of interest to you in this campaign.

It will take at least 4 weeks to get 'em done as I may be pretty busy.

Cheers,

Stuart
 
Lest we forget.

I spent a few days on the island of Leros during an island hopping holiday. I knew nothing of the major sea and air battles that took place on the island during WWII, but they were very bloody, with the allies on the losing side.

There is a cemetery on the island, which is beautifully maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, who do a wonderful job all over the World. It was so peaceful there, and reading the epitaphs of so many young men who died in the conflict, actually brought tears to my eyes.

So much of WWII history is centered on Europe, that Greece and others countries that also suffered greatly, are largely forgotten.

Dennis.
 
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511Flyer said:
I spent a few days on the island of Leros during an island hopping holiday. I knew nothing of the major sea and air battles that took place on the island during WWII, but they were very bloody, with the allies on the losing side.

There is a cemetery on the island, which is beautifully maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, who do a wonderful job all over the World. It was so peaceful there, and reading the epitaphs of so many young men who died in the conflict, actually brought tears to my eyes.

So much of WWII history is centered on Europe, that Greece and others countries that also suffered greatly, are largely forgotten.

Dennis.
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Dennis,

Thank you for your compliments. This is one of the reasons I chose to do the campaigns in Greece. One of the more popular campaigns I updated and released was the Gladiators! campaign, which I greatly expanded to thirty-five missions. Given the response to that, I decided to continue the story. Given the fact that it's in an area often unexplored in CFS2, and the fact that the terrain can have an enormous impact on the outcome of aerial combat, I felt like it was a worthwhile endeavor. There are two German campaigns coming, as well as a campaign from Rhodes and Sicily that centers on Cretan and naval actions.
 
Hello Rami!

Thank you for this new campaign!

Last week I returned from a few weeks of vacation in Greece. We were on the island of Zakynthos, off the west coast of the Peloponnese. On the way, we also drove through the area from the Albanian border south towards Patras, where much of the action of the Gladiator campaign happened. A very fascinating mountainous landscape, very different from what we usually associate with Greece! I tried to imagine what it was like, flying there, often in bad weather...

I'll start with installing your Balkans campaigns in my Med install now, and fly them on my days off. I'm looking forward to your next campaigns in this theater!

Once again, thanks for all your work!

Wolfgang
 
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kelticheart said:
Impeccable work, historically sound, as always my friend! :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

Thank you very much!
KH :ernae:
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Stefano,

You'll enjoy reading the mission descriptions...I didn't hold back on any of them. Operation Marita will be the same way. Right now, there are 42 missions for those two (bomber / fighter) campaigns.
 
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Hey guys,

Hooraw noticed a flaw in the campaign file, and so it required a minor correction.
 
Okay, so I lied...

Hey guys,

I'm finishing up the German campaigns for Operation Marita, and discovered that I was a base short in the eastern Aegean from the source documents I have been using for the Balkan campaigns. Achim was generous enough to build a base on the island of Karpathos, between Crete and Rhodes. It was used as a major base of operations for Cr-42s, He-111s, and Ju-87s in the Eastern Aegean.

I'll add it to the Greece package this weekend. Thanks, Achim! :ernae:
 
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Good morning,

The JHS_Greece package has been updated to include this base. Enjoy!
 
Wow, Achim!

Excellent work as usual!

Rami,

Thanks for your time on station also!

When I need a break from the island hopping in the Pacific rim, I will be back to the Med and Europe.
 
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Devildog,

I'm in the final stages of Operation Marita. There will end up being about sixty missions, evenly split between a bomber and a fighter campaign.

I'm not sure whether I'll do the British Cretan campaign right away, I may go back to Europe and continue working on the 20th Fighter Group.
 
Operation Marita.zip

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A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 Campaigns Add-Ons

Description: This is my chronicle of the Luftwaffe in Greece from the time of the German invasion on 6 April, 1941 until the abandonment of Crete at the end of May. These two campaigns, "Phase III" of the Balkans project, is meant to follow the march of the Luftwaffe and Wehrmacht through the invasion as they wrested control of the sky from the Allied forces trying to hold them back. The two campaigns are flown from the different perspectives of a German fighter and bomber pilot, highlighting the major engagements during the campaign, and is, for the most part, historically accurate.

There has been little effort by other designers to chronicle this period of the war in Greece, although Don Pyers might have intended to continue his Gladiator campaign to include some of this activity. All missions in this campaign have been created from the ground up using various sources, including the works of Roald Dahl, Christopher Shores, Brian Cull, and Nicola Malizia. Each mission contains a synopsis of either the actual event or the overall tactical situation in Greece that allows the flyer to get a sense of the history and the losing effort to keep Greece from being trampled by the German military. When possible, the missions have included the actual pilot names, including "Pat" Pattle, who was killed during "The Battle of Athens," and Pilot Officer Roald Dahl, who would become an intelligence officer, screenwriter, and most famously, a renowned author of children's books.

Starting from bases in Bulgaria, this campaign covers most of the major missions and events that steadily force the Greeks back from their northern defensive lines to the Thessaly Plain and their efforts to defend the city of Athens and the withdrawal of Allied forces from the mainland. After the fall of Athens and the abandonment of the mainland, the scene shifts to Crete, where once again the Allies will lose their grip on the island, albeit with considerable losses for the Germans.

Enjoy!

Andrew Talbot

Any comments or feedback is welcome, either contact me through mailto: drew3424@comcast.net
or, you can PM me through my SOH surname: Rami

To check it out, rate it or add comments, visit Operation Marita.zip
The comments you make there will appear in the posts below.
 
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