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[SAS~Poltava]

Update: edc1 has just delivered campaign segment number 10: North African Battles May-June 1941! (I will make a separate post about this with screenies soon.) And he has started working on the Malta segment. Marvellous. This is gaining speed 

A small hitch: some segments are taking more time than required, because I am tempted to replay some missions again and again! 

[SAS~Poltava]

The North African Battles segment is finished! It consists of 9 missions showing the fighting over Libya during May to June 1941. During this period the British launched "Operation Battleaxe", which had the goal of clearing Eastern Cyrenaica of German and Italian forces, and lifting of the siege of Tobruk. It was the first time during the war that a significant German force fought on the defensive. The operation did not succeed though. The British lost over half of their tanks on the first day and only achieved victory at one of their three thrusts. Eventually the British narrowly avoided outright disaster by successfully withdrawing just prior to a German encircling movement which would have cut them off from retreat. In the air the fighting was hard, with the Axis coming out as victors there as well. (The Allies lost three times the number of aircraft as the Axis.) Many of the missions are large-scale, with big patrols or fighter-sweeps over the chaotic battlefield. You will fly the Bf109-E7 - essentially an E4, but with a drop-tank capability. The map used is the Libya NE by JV69.

The conversion work for this campaign segment has been done by Edc, who has done an excellent job in all the extra ground detail that is needed when there is taxi-to-takeoff to be done. Superb job, Stan! Some screenies:

[SAS~Poltava]

Modder Loku has pointed out to me that the invasion of Greece has been left out of the campaign, and that is a fair comment. Therefore I will add some mission over Greece, directly linked to segment 9, The invasion of Yugoslavia. (And it will be renamed The Invasion of Yugoslava and Greece - these operations were very much linked in real life.) In these new missions you will of course meet the aircraft of the RHAF, plus some from that expeditionary force the British sent to Greece, mainly Gladiators and Hurricanes.

[j.vandeinsen]

Oh man, looks awesome.

I am aboard the hype train now

[SAS~Poltava]

The Fall Gelb segment is finished! Depicted in 4 missions is the fighting over Holland, beginning on May 10, 1940, the attack, without a declaration of war, using paratroop landings deep into enemy territory and fast moving panzer spearheads, was textbook "Blitzkrieg". It only took 4 days and a massive terror bombing on Rotterdam to break the Dutch will to fight and force their surrender. You are in the first waves here, escorting paratroop laden Ju-52's, and strafing Dutch aircraft on the ground. The Dutch airforce was not bad, but many of their machines were obsolete and they were simply overwhelmed by the might of the Luftwaffe - this despite some attempts by the RAF to help them out. You will meet among other enemy aircraft Fokker D.XXI's, Fokker G1's and Fokker C.X's, in a pretty uneven contest - just as in real life. You will fly the Bf109-E3. The map used is the epic West Front (summer) by GilB57. Some screenies:









Thanks for looking! 

[SAS~Poltava]

Battle for France segment is finished! Depicted in 9 missions is the climatic German offensive in the west in May 1940. In the previous segment you had to take on the small Dutch airforce, but now you must face both the RAF and the big French L'Armee de l'air. As mentioned before: don't underestimate the French, many of their machines and their pilots are first rate! And here they will appear in big numbers. But luckily for you, the Luftwaffe still holds the numerical superiority. (In real life this was exacerbated by the fact that the Germans often attacked with whole Gruppen while both British and French for most of the time operated in just squadron strength. There is a variety of missions to be performed: Free Hunts, Fighter Sweeps, Escorts, Ground Attacks etc. There is often a lot of aircraft in the air, resulting in big, swirling dog-sights. You will fly the Bf109-E3 in this segment as well. The maps used are BOF by Asheshouse and Canons classic Channel 1940. Some screenies:









Thanks for looking! The work goes on! 

[Mission_bug]

Looks awesome Peter, I will have to take a look once you finish it although it will now most likely take me years to slowly get through it all.

Thankfully now there are nearly all of the necessary types represented during the conflict available in stock or modded form, if you wait a while longer you never know what might appear to replace the few frankens still left to be replaced.



Wishing you all the very best, Pete.

[SAS~Poltava]

Pete!

One of the intentions I have with this campaign is to showcase the HUGE content of BAT, using a maximum number of types - within logical and historical reason. (For instance: in one of the missions over Yugoslavia in April 1941 you will probably run into the Rogozarski LVT-1, the “Hurrischmitt”, but just one, as only one was ever used operationally.)

So if there are more aircraft types coming up - is that even possible? I mean, the question with BAT is not what aircraft you can find there, but what aircraft you CAN'T find there! - I am more than willing to hold my horses and give these new ones a chance of appearing in the campaign as well! No problems! 

All the best
/P

[Mission_bug]

Hello Peter, good to know even the rare one off types are getting a outing, more the merrier because some things never get a showing in a campaign.

I have no inside information as to what will come, however, things do pop up with unnerving regularity so it seems, we have many new toys each week to play with, truly spoiled for choice.

I have seen mention of two versions of Potez twin in various forums so for the French scenario maybe they will become available as you update, maybe not, however, I know from past experience of updating my Indochina stuff that just as you release an update it feels like you need to start all over again.


I gave up on trying to keep my campaigns current, thankfully you have not.


Take care.


Wishing you all the very best, Pete.

[edc1]

Hi Peter,
Check your PM for another one
Cheers edc1

[SAS~Poltava]

Stan, got it - Excellent! And really fast work! See my mail! 

[SAS~Poltava]

Invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece segment is finished! Depicted in 6 missions is the German invasions of Yugoslavia and Greece, in april 1941, yet another "Blitzkrieg", with both nations being crushed in a matter of weeks. Your opponents will field a curious mix of aircraft against you: PZL 24's, Gladiators, Hurricanes and Bf 109's (the Yugoslav airforce bought both types before the war) plus aircraft of their own making, primarily the IK-3. (You will probably also run into a truly unique aircraft, the Rogozarski LVT-1 – The “Hurrischmitt”, a unique combination of a Hurricane fuselage with a German DB601A that the Yugoslavs created.) The Greeks got hurried help from the British, so you will once again run into your old arch-enemy: the RAF, but the fights are - as per history - not as large as the previous segment. You operate from an airbase at Brindisi on the Italian coast. You will fly your trusted Bf109-E4 in this segment as well. The map used is the classic ItalyAfricaGreece, Volperossas version. Some screenies:









Thanks for looking!