INITIAL FORCES, SEP I 42

Initial Conditions

Miscellaneous

Forts: Place forts in 6B:1119,6B:1318,6B:1418,6B:1519, and 6B:11520.

Airfields: Place 3-capacity permanent airfield in 6B:1618.

Soviet Coastal Defenses:
Level 1: 6B:111119.
Level 2: 6B: 1417 (Polyarnyy).

Soviet 14th Army (V.A. Frolov)

Place in Soviet Union on or east of the line 6B:1620-1520-1519-1418-1318. In addition, no more than one RE may deploy in 6B.1119; this RE is automatically supplied by small Soviet naval craft for the duration of the scenario.
2x 5-6 Rifle XX 10 (Gds), 14 (w)
4x 3-6 Rifle XX 152 Ural, any
1x 2-6* Mar X 12 (NvI)
1x 2-6* Rifle X 72 (NvI)
2x 1-8 Ski X 5, 6 (w)
3x 2-6 Art X any
2x 1-6 It AA III AA=2 any
2x 1-6 Eng III any

VVS. Place -at any Soviet-owned airbases:
1x Hurri 2 5F5 1/10
1xYak-1 5F5 1/9
1x IL-2 3A4 3/8

RAF. Place at any Soviet-owned airbases:
1x Hamp 3133 2-4V19
1x Hurri 2C 5F5 2/9
1xWhirl 6F5 2-1/14

Naval

Place off-map 30 hexes from west edge of map 5C.
1x 16-pt TF ENTF-1 (RN)
3x 8-pt TF ENTF-2, ENTF-3, ENTF-4 (RN)
1x 8-pt TF WNTF-2 (USN)
2x 6-pt TF WNTF-1, WNTF-2 (USN)
1x 4-pt CG CG-1 (RN)
1x 4-pt CG (1 hit) CG-2 (RN)
1x 4-pt CG (1 hit) CG-1 (USN)
19 pts naval transport any IDs
9x landing craft any IDs
1x Albacore 2A2 3-1VC15 (FAA)
1x F4F-4 5F5 1C12 (FAA)
1x Fulmar 2 4F4 OC 14 (FAA)
1x Sfire 1/2 6F6 1 C8 (FAA)
1x S.Hurri 2 5F5 OC9 (FAA)
1x F4F-4 5F5 1C12 (USN)
1x SBD-3 3D3 3-1C13 (USN)

American (Lloyd R. Fredendall)
2x 8-8 Inf XX 5,34
3x 2-8 Art III 17,36,178
2x 2-8 Eng III 5,112
1x 1-8 hv AA III AA=2 209
2x 0-1-8 Cons III 342,346

Place in the Sullom Voe Holding Box.
1x A-20B 4A4 3-1/14
1x A-20C 4A5 3-1/13

British (Kenneth Anderson)
1x 7-8 Mtn XX 52 Low
3x 10-8 Inf XX 1, 2, 3 (Can)
2x 8-8 Inf XX 15 Sct, 49 WR
3x 3-6 Marine X 101, 102,103 (RM)
1x 2-8 Mar Cmdo X Layf
3x 1-8 Mar Cmdo X Forf, Norf, Timf
1 x 8-7-8 Art XX Grp AA=1 3
1x 6-8 Art X 1 (Can)
1x 0-2-6 hv AA X AA=4 MNBDO 2 (RM)
1x 2-3-8 Eng X 10
1x 1-2-8 Eng X 1 (Can)
1x 0-1-5 Cons X 6
1x 1-8 Mtn II 1 (Nor)
1x 1-8 hv AA II AA=2 2 (Can) 2x 0-8 It AA II AA=1 1, 6 (Can)

RAF. Place in the Sullom Voe Holding Box.
1X P-51 7F6 1/15

And-Shipping Forces.
1x Bftr 6C 6HF5 3S24
1x Sunder 3 3135 2-1SF32

Available Breakdowns

Place in breakdown boxes:

American:
2x 8 Inf XX HQ D, E
2x 3-8* Inf III D, E
4x 2-8* Inf III D, D, E, E

Soviet.
2x 6 Rifle XX HQ A (Gds), E (w)
2x 2-6* Rifle III A (Gds), E (w)
4x 1-6* Rifle IIIA (Gds), A (Gds), E (w), E (w)

British Army.
1x 8 Mtn XX HQ 52 Low
2x 8 Inf XX HQ A, B
3x 2-8* Mtn X52 Lo/155,52 Lo/156,52 Lo/157
2x 3-8* Inf X A, B
4x 2-8* Inf X A, A, B, B

Canadian:
1x 8 Inf XX HQ A
3x 3-8* Inf X A, A, A

Conditional Reinforcements Ferried Aircraft.

The fighters listed below are ferried by escort carriers and can be flown off to a friendly-owned airfield at any time by flying an air transfer mission. On the Sep I 42 turn (only), one fighter may do so. On the Sep II 42, or any subsequent turn, two fighters may do so.

American:
2x P-40F 6F6 1/12

British:
1x Hurri 2C 5F5 2/9

Norwegian

If, at the start of any Allied initial phase, the Allied player owns 10 point cities in Norway, or Narvik and 7 point cities in Norway.
Replace: 1-8 Mtn II 1 (Nor)
If this unit is already in play:
Convert. 1-8 Mtn III (Nor) to: 2-8 Mtn X 1 (Nor)

Conditional Withdrawal Anti-Shipping Forces

Withdraw the Anti-Shipping Forces when no German naval units remain on the map.

Regular Reinforcements

Place Allied reinforcements in the UK Holding Box. They must be shipped to Norway via naval transport.

Sep II 42

American:
1x 2-8 Art III 190
1x 2-8 Eng III 19

British:
Withdraw.
1x 8-pt TF ENTF-4 (RN)
1x 4-pt CG (1 hit) CG-2 (RN)
1x Fulmar 2 4F4 OC14 (FAA)
1x S.Hurri 2 5F5 OC9 (FAA)

Oct I 42

American:
Withdraw.
1x 6-pt TF WNTF-2 (USN)
1x 4-pt CG (1 hit) CG-1 (USN)
1x F4F-4 5F5 1C12 (USN)
1x SBD-3 3D3 3-1C13 (USN)
9x landing craft any IDs
1 pt naval transport any ID

Oct II 42

British:
Withdraw.
1x 8-pt TF ENTF-2 (RN)
1x 4-pt CG CG-1 (RN)
1x Albacore 2A2 3-1VC15 (FAA)
1x F4F-4 5F5 1C12 (FAA)
1 x Sfire 1/2 6F6 1 C8 (FAA)

Dec I 42

American:
1x 3-8* Mtn III 10/87

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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