INITIAL FORCES, SEP I 42

Initial Conditions

Naval Defenses

Coastal Defenses:

Level 1: 6B:0327, Hammerfest (6B:0330), 6B:0628, Alta (6B:0632), 6B:1021, 6B:1120, Kirkenes (6B:1122), 6B:1219, Petsamo (6B:1220), Tromso (5C:0307), 5C:0504, 5C:0811, 5C:0814, and Bodo (5C:1217).

Level 2: Vardo (6B:0820) and 5C:0812.

Level 3. Harstad (5C:0712).

Level 4:5C:0916.

Norwegian Coast Barrage: Place in any friendly-owned coastal hexes, no more than 1 point per hex. 6 mine points.

Miscellaneous

Forts: Place forts in 6B:1219, 6B:1319, 6B:1419, and 6B: 1420.

Airfields: Place 3-capacity permanent airfields in Alta (6B:0632), Lakselv (6B:0729), 6B:1321, Bardufoss (5C:0708), and Bodo (5C:1217).

Intrinsic AA:
1 point light AA: Petsamo (6B:1220), Harstad (5C:0712), and Narvik (5C:1010).
2 points light AA: Alta (6B: 0632).

Rail Capacity. 5 REs.

Available German Forces

20th Mountain Army (Eduard Dietl)

Place within 2 hexes of Petsamo (6B: 1220):
2x 7-8 Mtn XX 2,6
1x 3-8* Mtn III G
2x 2-6* Inf III 193,388

Kirkenes (6B:1122):
1x 2-4* Fort X Kirkns

Place in Norway east of 6B:0625 (inclusive) on coastal hexes:
1x 3-5-4* Fort XX 210

20th Mountain Army Reserves

Select two of the following units at random and place within 1 hex of Petsamo (6B1220). Place the remaining two units in Norway east of 6B0625 (inclusive) on coastal hexes:
2x 0-1-5 Cons III 6,43
1x 1-8 Bicycle II 68
1x 1-6 Punitive II PK KM)

Army of Norway (Nikolaus von Falkenhorst)

Place anywhere in Norway east of 6B:0531-0630-xx30 hexrow (inclusive) and west of 6B.0626 (inclusive):
1x 4-5* Static XX 230

Place anywhere in Norway west of 6B:0531-0630-xx30 hexrow (exclusive):
1x 4-6-6 Inf XX 199
1x 3-5-4* Fort XX 270

Narvik (5C. 1010).
1x 2-4* Fort X Narvik
1x 1-2-0* Port Fort AA=1

Tromso (5C.0307):
1x 2-4* Fort X Tromso

Mo i Rana (5C.1521)
1x 7-6 Inf XX 196

Army Norway Reserves

Stack with any unit of Army Norway or piece on any road or rail hex in Norway.
3x 0-2-5 Cons X XV, XVI, XVII
2x 1-6 Pun II 999 C, 999 D

Kriegsmarine
Petsamo (6B:1220):
1 pt naval transport any ID
Alta (6B.-0632):
1x 12-pt TF KM-3 KM)
Narvik (5C. 1010):
1 x 5-pt TF KM-1 KM)
Bodo (5C. 1217):
2x landing craft any lDs (KM)

Luftwaffe. Place at 6B.1321:
1x Ju 87D 3D4 5-1/10

Place at any friendly-owned airbases.
1x By 138C 21331 SF40
1x He 111H 31333-5V20
3x Ju 88A 4135 3-7S26
1x Ju 88A 4134 3-7V24
2x Me 109F-3 6F7 1/8

Available Breakdowns

Place in breakdown boxes:
3x 8 Mtn XX HQ E, F, G
3x 6 Inf XX HQ A, P, R
4x 3-8* Mtn III E, E, F, F
6x 2-6* Inf III P, P, P, R, R, R
2x 1-2-6* Inf III A, A
1x 1-6* Inf III A
2x 1-2-4* Fort III A, B
2x 1-2-4 Fort III A, B
1x 2-4* Static III A
1x 1-4 Static III A
2x 0-1-5 Cons III A, A

Place in breakdown box G:
1x 7-8 Mtn XX 3

Regular Reinforcements

Sep II 42

Note: German ground reinforcements arrive in Mo i Rana (5C:1521) from Southern Norway, having spent the number of hexes of rail movement listed after the city of origin.

Dombas (16 hexes):
1x 7-6 Inf XX 181

Trondheim (24 hexes):
1x 3-8* Mtn III G

Via air transfer from Trondheim: It is 21 hexes in air distance from Trondheim to Bodo (5C: 1217).
2x Me 109F-3 6F7 1/8

Oct I 42

Place at any friendly-owned airbase in Norway.
1xJu88A4 4135 3-7/26

Major Naval Fleet Units

The Allied player controls virtually all of the British Home Fleet along with the U.S. Navy's Task Force 99. The Kriegsmarine includes virtually half the entire German surface fleet. To give players an idea of just what they've been entrusted with, the major fleet units are listed below:

Type	RoyaI Navy	U. S. Navy	Kriegsmarine
Battleships	Anson Duke of York King George V Malaya	Massachusetts New York Texas	Tirpitz
Battlecruiser:	Renown	-	-
Pocket Battleship:	-	-	Admiral Scheer
Fleet Carriers:	Formidable Furious Victorious	Ranger	-
Heavy Cruisers:	Berwick Cumberland London Norfolk Suffolk	Augusta Brooklyn Philadelphia	Admiral Hipper
Light Cruisers:	Argonaut Charybdis Jamaica Phoebe Scylla Sheffield	-	Koln
AA Cruisers:	Curacoa Delhi	-	-

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