Scenario for HOTT WW2

Raid on Dieppe – Aug. 19th, 1942

                 With Stalin clamoring for some Allied action on the western front, Churchill requested that the Combined Operations staff come up with some project to prove to the Germans (and the Russians) that the Western Allies were capable of mounting an operation against the Atlantic coast of France.  What Lord Mountbatten and his staff proposed was a combined land, sea and air assault to capture a French port.  However, the Chiefs of Staff for rapidly degraded the sea and air components to almost nothing and the Royal Marines were replaced by a Canadian Infantry Division, mostly for political reasons. 

                The convoy to Dieppe ran into German patrol boats crossing the channel.  The short firefight did nothing to disrupt the Allied formation, but it did alert the German defenders all up and down the coast.  The landing crafts, in many cases got lost and were 40 minutes behind schedule, so the landing took place in broad daylight instead of the planned pre-dawn darkness.  Finally, the Canadians expected to be met by only 500 German conscripts.  They met nearly a whole German division of veterans, who had just arrived from the eastern front.

Game Length  18 turns  -- Canadian player moves first.

Canadian Order of Battle

2nd Canadian Division

Commander Roberts (d6 command; breakpoint  11AP)

9x Infantry

2x Churchill tanks (Heavy Tank)

11x Landing craft  (combat D4 D4; move 6”; carry one stand;  1 AP)

Morale --  all Canadian troops have two recoils before they are destroyed

                 Paratroop stands have four recoils before they are destroyed

German Order of Battle

302 Infantry Division

Commander Haase (d6 command; break point  12AP)

8x Infantry

1x Motorcycle Infantry  (moves like a truck)

2x Heavy Weapons

2x AT gun (horse drawn)

4x Heavy Artillery guns (immobile)

Morale – all German stands have 3 recoils before they are destroyed.

Deployment

The Canadian player places;

two Landing Craft, carrying one infantry each 12” off of Pourville

one Landing Craft, carrying one infantry 12” off of Puys

two Landing Craft, carrying one tank each 12” off of Dieppe

four Landing Craft, carrying one infantry each 12” off of  Dieppe

The German player places;

two infantry stands in Dieppe

one infantry stand in Pourville

one Heavy Weapons stand in Puys

one Light AT gun at Arques-la-Bataille

the four Heavy Artillery and a Heavy Weapons stand at the locations marked on the map.

Reinforcements

                 Whenever the Canadian player rolls a “6” for command he may place his remaining two Landing Craft (carrying one Infantry stand ea.)  12” off of any beach.   This costs him 1 PIP for each landing craft.  He may still use the remaining 4 PIPs to command elements on shore

Whenever the German player rolls his first “6” on the command roll he places 3 Infantry stands at entry point B on the map.   Placing this whole force cost the player 1 PIP.  He may still use the remaining 5 PIPs to command elements on the table.  The Division HQ stand is with this group.  Before this time all German elements are considered out of command.

Whenever the German player rolls his second “6” on the command roll he places 3 Infantry and a Light AT gun stand at entry point A on the map.   Placing this whole force cost the player 1 PIP.  He may still use the remaining 5 PIPs to command elements on the table

Whenever the German player rolls his third “6” on the command roll he places 1 Motorcycle Infantry stand at entry point C on the map.   Placing this whole force cost the player 1 PIP.  He may still use the remaining 5 PIPs to command elements on the table.

Victory Conditions

                The first army to reach its Breaking Point loses.  In additon, the Canadian player can win an automatic victory if he at any time has elements in Dieppe, Puys and Pourville simultaneously.   If neither player breaks and the Canadian player does not achieve automatic victory the game is considered a draw.

Scenario Variants 

Special Rules

1.  All cliffs are impassable to all ground units

2.  All sea walls give the defender to the landward a close combat bonus of +1

3.  It costs 0 PIPs to disembark from a Landing craft.  Once the Landing craft touchs shore the element it is carrying automatically is placed on the land but still toughing the landing craft.  The land element cannot move further that turn

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