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[SAS~Poltava]

So, finally, my big monster campaign "Years of Triumph" has moved into the BAT universe! Which of course is the proper place for it to be! "YOT" can be seen as a show-case for many of the great MODs that has come to grace this wonderful old game of ours, and these are brought together in the ultimate manner in BAT! So this campaign is also a tribute and a big THANK YOU to all talented modders that has used their talent and time to transform IL-2 into the most comprehensive combat flight sim EVER!



“Years of Triumph” is a static campaign, 132 missions long, where the player flies as a Luftwaffe fighter pilot during the years of 1937-1941, using most of the early variants of the famous Messerschmitt Bf 109, from the B2 to the F2. The player will participate in the following sub-campaigns or segments:
•   Spanish Civil War 1937
•   Invasion of Poland September 1939
•   North Sea Battles Autumn of 1939
•   Phoney War Winter 1939-40
•   Invasion of Holland May 1940
•   Battle for France May-June 1940
•   Battle of Britain July-October 1940
•   Battle over Malta Spring of 1941
•   Campaign against Yugoslavia & Greece April 1941
•   North African Battles Summer of 1941
•   Operation Barbarossa, June to September 1941
•   Operation Taifun, October to December 1941

You can download it here: http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=Downloads3&file=details&id=1869

The unit you follow is a sort of composite of several German Luftwaffe units. Most missions are based on history. But rather than following the exact doings of a single Geschwader I have tried to give the player a sense of how it could be like to be a Bf 109 pilot during these years. Only historical aircraft and historical maps are used. It follows the actual historical course of the battles portrayed. Note that a couple of the aerial combats are pretty one-sided, in German favour, but this is the early war period, right?

REQUIREMENTS: This campaign has been built with and for BAT, the WAW module. If you have BAT 3.8.2 you have everything you need!

PLAYTESTERS: The work on this campaign has been very much helped by Whistler, j.vandeinsen, CMW, Crazy G, Flying_H, Gerson and Lanius - thanks for your GREAT help! And important feed-back has also come from Vampire Pilot, Marsei13(BG) and Dikkjo. Thanks!

CONVERSION: Quite invaluable help in converting the campaign to BAT came from WillyP and Edc1! Could NOT have done it without you!

SIMPLE BUG FIX: If you find it almost impossible to take off on a certain mission, then it's probably a map glitch. (The map needs the classic Friction Mod by Zuti, that is not compatible with BAT.) I will try to fix this, using invisible runway plates (thanks Vampire Pilot for the tip) but in the meanwhile: use the auto-pilot to get off the ground!

UPDATE: This campaign has now been updated to version 3.1. This include small fixes, mostly skin adjustments, plus some AI adjustments and the addition of invisible airfield plates to some of the older maps, to make take-off easier.

SOURCES: This campaign has been long in the making, and the list of consulted works is long. These however are the more essential ones:
Bender, RJ: "Legion Condor - Uniforms, Organization and History". San Jose 1992.
Bergström, C: "Barbarossa - The Air Battle: July - December 1941". Hersham 2007.
Bishop, P: "Fighter Boys - Saving Britain 1940". London 2004.
Caldwell, DL: "JG 26 - Top Guns of the Luftwaffe". New York 1991.
Collier, B: "The Battle of Britain". London 1969.
Jackson, R: "Air War over France 1939-40". London 1974.
Larrazabals, JS: "Air War over Spain". London 1974.
Mitcham, SW: "Eagles of the Third Reich - Men of the Luftwaffe in WWII". Mechanicsburg 2007.
Shores, CF, Cull, B & Malizia, N: "Air War for Yugoslavia, Greece and Crete 1940-41". London 1987.
Shores, CF: "Pictorial History of the Mediterranean Air War. Volume III: Axis Air Forces 1940-45". London 1974.
Weal, J: "German aces of the Russian Front". Oxford 2002.
Zamoyski, A: "The Forgotten Few - The Polish Air Force in World War II". Barbsley 2004.

Thanks for looking. And thanks for the support! 

Shiny screenies will follow!

[henkypenky]

Congretulations with this achievment, thank you very much for this effort!

[pilotpimpf]

Thank you so much,enjoyed this campaign when it was first released and now its in BAT.

So many dedicated people involved in this and what with all the hard work that's gone into BAT it's just simply amazing

This will keep me flying and fighting for many enjoyable hours days.

Ray/PP

[Hans-Joachim Marseille]

Awesome! Thx very much!

[Venator77]

Looks great! Also >downlaod

[SAS~Poltava]

So many dedicated people involved in this and what with all the hard work that's gone into BAT it's just simply amazing

Yes, indeed! This is truly a collective effort, in more ways than one! 

[EHood]

Thank you again, Poltava.  Don't mean to sound flip, but the timing is fortuitous. I have a feeling a lot of us are going to be very busy with this campaign over the next few weeks.

[larschance]

Looking forward to completing this. Good work Poltava and the guys who worked on this for you.
Do I load this via BAT382/Missions/Campaign/DE or do I load it into BAT382/jsgme?

[SAS~Poltava]

It is a standard install. The campaign is dropped into the DE folder.

[johnpaulgeorgeandringo]

Hi THANK YOPU VERY MUCH for all your hard work .

[larschance]

Being confined to home I am already on my fourth mission with two bombers claimed. Great fun. The height above sea level threw me at first and I had to refly the first mission as I collided with my flight leader, then with a bomber target on the second attempt. Those Spanish mountains are dangerous especially on the third mission.
Highly recommended for all you guys trapped indoors in these surreal times.
Thanks again Poltava for all your hard work.

[Toasted_Toad]

Thanks Poltava for all your work, especially with your IRL commitments.
Really looking forward to this campaign.