The Dodecanese Campaign

Disaster in the Aegean
September to November, 1943

Designer and Developer Notes

by David Hughes


Counters

You can make counters for the British brigade breakdown battalion from the template provided below. Hopefully these counters will appear as extras in a future GRD release.

Axis Order of Battle

Initial Forces, Sep I 43 Allied Player Turn

Note: Brackets [] enclose place names that don't appear on Europa maps. They are included for historical interest.

Initial Conditions.

Airfields: Place one 3-capacity permanent airfield at: Eralkeion (15B:2310), Khania (15B:2114) [Maleme], 15B:2411 [Tympaki], Rodi (20A:2230) [Maritsa], 20A:2331 [Calato], 20A:2432 with 3 hits [Cattavia]

Optional 3 capacity airfields (see scenario special rules): Larissa (15A:4913), Thessalonike (I 5A:45 10) [Sedes]

Place one 1-capacity temporary airfield at: Scarpantos (15B:2503). Intrinsic AA: As per the Second Front intrinsic AA chart.

Amphibious Repair: 1, 2
Accumulated Replacements: 4 ARPs Southeast.

German:

Place anywhere in Greece or on the island of Crete:

    2x 2-6 Inf III A, B
    1x 1-5 Para II BFJ (OKW)
    1x 2-10 mot hv AA IIIAA=4 38 (LW)
    1x 0-2-5 Cons X 11
    3 pts pos AA
    1x landing craft any ID (KM)
    1x NT any ID (KM)

Place on Rodi (20A:2230):

    1x 4-6* Inf X RhdsSt
    1x 1-8 It Pz II Rhodos
    pt pos AA

Fliegerkorps X
Place at any Axis airbase:

    1x Me 109G6 8F6 2/9
    2x Ju 87D 3D4 5-III0
    1x Ju 52 1 T2 0/20

Reinforcements and Replacements

Oct I

Place at any Axis airbase: 1x Ju 88A4 4135 3-7/26

Oct II

Place at any port in mainland Greece: 1xNT

Nov I

Place in any city in Greece:

    1x 2-6 Inf III C
    1x 2-10 mot hv AA III AA=4 98 (LW)
    1x landing craft any ID (KM)

Place at any Axis air base:

    1x Me 109G6 8F6 2/9
    1x Do 217E 4B5 3-9 M 24
    1x Ju 52 1T2 0/20

Withdraw: 1x Ju 87D 3D4 5-1/10
Replacements: 4 ARPs Southeast

Allied Order of Battle

Initial Forces, Sep I 43 Allied Player Turn

Initial Conditions.

Airfields: Place one 3-capacity permanent airfield at Limassol (20A:3615), Nicosia (20A:3413), 18A:5017 [Gambut]

Place one 1-capacity temporary airfield at: Coo (1513: 1902) [Antimachia]

Intrinsic AA: As per the Second Front intrinsic AA chart.
Accumulated Replacements: 4 ARPs British MTO Tac Air, 2 ARPs British MTO Antiship
Naval Repair Points: 2.

British:

Place at Haifa (20A:4710):

    1x 3-8* Inf X 234
    2x NT any
    1x Hurri 2C 5F5 2/9

Place at Alexandria (20A:4930):

    1x 1-5* Marine Cmdo 11 RFME
    1x NT
    1x 2 pt TF (RN)
    1x Hurri 2C 5175 2/9 (Br)
    1x C-47 OT2 0/34 (Br)

Place at any airbase on Cyprus:

    1x Bftr 6C 6HF5 3 S 26 (Br)
    1x Spit 5 7F6 1/10 (SAAF)

Italian:

Place at Samos (15B: 1401)

    1x 1-6 Inf III any
    1 pt pos AA

Place at Coo (15B:1901): 1x 0-1-6 Cons III any

Allied MTO Antiship OB

British: Royal Air Force (RAF):

    1x Well 13 3NB4 3-4 V 24
    1x Bftr 10 6HF5 3 S 24

British: South Aftican (SAAF): 1x B-34 3B5 3-5 S 18

Reinforcements and Replacements

Oct I (in Allied initial phase)

    2x P-38G 6-7 2-1/16(US)

Oct II (in Allied initial phase)

Withdraw:

    2x P-38G 6-7 2-1/16 (US)

Nov I

    6 AR-Ps MTO Tac Air (Br)
    2 ARPs MTO Antiship (br)

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