Mediterranean Theater Expansion - Scenario Suggestion
Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2020 4:25 pm
I've noticed that there's a bit of a gap in the Mediterranean campaign, if you manage to take Rome in early 1944 but don't take Trieste in the immediate aftermath. The US 5th and BR 8th armies just kind of disappear at this point, and it seems like this middle path is just a tad bit incomplete. It would be great to see maybe two more scenarios down this middle alternate path to keep up with an alternate history projection, and to establish a little more logic behind the US 5th Army not showing up on the German border (or as units in the 7th Army).
1. In late 1944, it seems reasonable that the Allied Armies in Italy/15th Army Group would have conducted an operation to secure/liberate Yugoslavia. The British were in Greece in October during the civil war, and if the 8th Army is sitting just across the river from Trieste it seems like most of Yugoslavia south of Slovenia would be ripe for the pickings. This scenario could primarily be a stretched supply line challange where you want to take as much as possible before the Soviets arrive (large area, short time frame).
2. In March of 1945, it seems very likely that the 15th Army Group would have conducted a campaign into Austria at the same time as the Soviets launched Operation Spring Awakening. This could be a large map challenge like those along the Rhine, where the push could go from the Slovenian border all the way up to Bohemia if the player moves fast enough. Shattered but elite and heavy German armored formations arriving in the wake of Spring Awakening could up the challenge late in the scenario.
Obviously I could just replay Road from Rimini until I get to Trieste, but there's a certain emptiness to the current tree down this one particular potential path that I think could make the choice not to keep replaying Rimini more meaningful (and potentially less frustrating) for a player.
Oh, also, the scenario description for Lombardy-Liguria has August 1st as the start date, but the in-scenario turn tracker starts on September 1st.
1. In late 1944, it seems reasonable that the Allied Armies in Italy/15th Army Group would have conducted an operation to secure/liberate Yugoslavia. The British were in Greece in October during the civil war, and if the 8th Army is sitting just across the river from Trieste it seems like most of Yugoslavia south of Slovenia would be ripe for the pickings. This scenario could primarily be a stretched supply line challange where you want to take as much as possible before the Soviets arrive (large area, short time frame).
2. In March of 1945, it seems very likely that the 15th Army Group would have conducted a campaign into Austria at the same time as the Soviets launched Operation Spring Awakening. This could be a large map challenge like those along the Rhine, where the push could go from the Slovenian border all the way up to Bohemia if the player moves fast enough. Shattered but elite and heavy German armored formations arriving in the wake of Spring Awakening could up the challenge late in the scenario.
Obviously I could just replay Road from Rimini until I get to Trieste, but there's a certain emptiness to the current tree down this one particular potential path that I think could make the choice not to keep replaying Rimini more meaningful (and potentially less frustrating) for a player.
Oh, also, the scenario description for Lombardy-Liguria has August 1st as the start date, but the in-scenario turn tracker starts on September 1st.