Post by sgtdiez on Jun 8, 2017 18:39:57 GMT -5
Operation Husky
EVENT DETAILS:
GAME INFO:
Price-
Preregister and paid:
GERMAN/ AXIS: $60
USGI/ALLIED: $60
$80 at the gate
(Note: There will only be a partial refund for people pulling out at the last minute.)
Registration-BE ADVISED PRE-REGISTRATION WILL END A WEEK BEFORE THE EVENT...ON 3/17
EMAIL: northeast_surplus@yahoo.com
with your name unit and which side you are playing on...to the above email.
PAYMENTS:
Paypal: guerrillanyc.com/
Minors 12+ are allowed to play with a waiver signed by both parents.
(Note: Email is not the same as paypal so make sure you send your info to the right spot.)
Registration Format-
Name(Last, First):
Age:
Team(Allied/Axis):
Unit/Impression:
Timeline- (Times will be strictly enforced)
05/13
-0800 Field Opens
Players will be able to check in, and set up camps.
-1000 Rule and Safety Briefing
-1100 Players will depart to their respective HQ's and conduct training.
-1230 Game Start
05/14
-1300 Game Ends
(Note: There will be no scheduled breaks for food during the game, however there will be downtime and the occasional unscheduled breaks. Players are expected to bring food and water for the event into the field with them.)
Required/Recommended Equipment-
Uniforms:
Period correct uniforms are required. We will be going by the 20ft rule, if your uniform looks correct from 20ft away then it will pass muster.
This means no modern uniforms WHAT SO EVER.
Weapons:
Must also be of period correct.
AXIS AND ALLIED FORCES be prepared to be staying in the field the entire weekend Rain or Shine. You will be able to set up base camp with shelter but there will be limited oppurtunity to return to your vehicles.
All gear please try and stay time period or at least military, no civi or molle back packs.
Game Rules: Will be updated shortly
background:Operation HUSKY involved four separate airborne operations, two by the Bristish and two by the 82nd Airborne. The first operation HUSKY I spearheaded this airborne invasion of Sicily. Led by Col. James M. "Slim Jim" Gavin, the 505th PIR, and the 3rd Battalion of the 504th PIR were organized into a Regimental Combat Team. Their first objective was to parachute into an area around Gela on the southern shore of Sicily to close off roads leading to the beaches and secure the drop zone for the next operation. They were also to take out Objective Y which was a series of 16 concrete "pillboxes" ( above right) from which German gunners controlled movement on the nearby roads. Under a nearly full moon the paratroopers crossed over the Sicilian coast on schedule and jumped on their assigned drop zone on 9 July 1943 -- an event which British Prime Minister Winston Churchill termed, "not the beginning of the end, but the end of the beginning."
The second operation called HUSKY II involved the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 504th PIR, led by Colonel Reuben H. Tucker. They loaded the C-47 aircraft and took off for Sicily from the dusty airstrip near Kairouan, Tunisia. Near the Sicilian coast, however, a nervous Allied naval vessel suddenly fired upon the formation. Immediately, all other naval vessels and shore troops joined in, downing friendly aircraft and forcing planeloads of paratroopers to exit far from their intended drop zones in one of the greatest tragedies of World War II. Twenty-three of 144 USAAF transports were shot down by friendly fire and a total of 318 American troops were killed or wounded in the operation.
Colonel Tucker’s plane, after twice flying the length of the Sicilian coast and with well over 2,000 holes in its fuselage, finally reached the drop zone near Gela. By morning, only 400 of the Regiment’s 1600 soldiers had reached the objective area. The others had been dropped in isolated groups on all parts of the island and carried out demolitions, cut lines of communication, established island roadblocks, ambushed German and Italian motorized columns, and caused so much confusion over such an extensive area that initial German radio reports estimated the number of American parachutists dropped to be over ten times the actual number.
Meanwhile, the troopers of the 504th 3rd Battalion along with the 505th PIR fought an enemy superior in numbers and equipment. Ambushes were conducted and even Objective Y, the deadly pillboxes, were secured. By continuing to fight in small groups the 82nd led the Germans and Italians to continue to overestimate the number of airborne invaders thus impeding any meaningful counterattacks. The German Herman Goering Panzer Division was another matter. Even though outmanned and outgunned, the 82nd used raw courage and fighting spirit to block the steel behemoths of this Division from advancing toward the Allied landings on the beachhead.
By D+3, they had accomplished their initial mission and were relieved by the 1st Infantry Division to return to regimental control. On 13 July, the 504th moved out in the attack, spearheading the 82nd Airborne Division’s drive northwest 150 miles along the southern coast of Sicily. With captured Italian light tanks, trucks, motorcycles, horses, mules, bicycles, and even wheelbarrows pressed into service, the 82nd encountered only light resistance and took 22,000 prisoners in their first contact with Nazi and Fascist forces. Overall, the Sicilian operation proved costly both in lives and equipment, but the unit gained valuable fighting experience and managed to hurt the enemy in the process. It was with this experience and pride that the 504th returned to its base in Kairouan, Tunisia, to prepare for the invasion of mainland Italy.
EVENT DETAILS:
GAME INFO:
Price-
Preregister and paid:
GERMAN/ AXIS: $60
USGI/ALLIED: $60
$80 at the gate
(Note: There will only be a partial refund for people pulling out at the last minute.)
Registration-BE ADVISED PRE-REGISTRATION WILL END A WEEK BEFORE THE EVENT...ON 3/17
EMAIL: northeast_surplus@yahoo.com
with your name unit and which side you are playing on...to the above email.
PAYMENTS:
Paypal: guerrillanyc.com/
Minors 12+ are allowed to play with a waiver signed by both parents.
(Note: Email is not the same as paypal so make sure you send your info to the right spot.)
Registration Format-
Name(Last, First):
Age:
Team(Allied/Axis):
Unit/Impression:
Timeline- (Times will be strictly enforced)
05/13
-0800 Field Opens
Players will be able to check in, and set up camps.
-1000 Rule and Safety Briefing
-1100 Players will depart to their respective HQ's and conduct training.
-1230 Game Start
05/14
-1300 Game Ends
(Note: There will be no scheduled breaks for food during the game, however there will be downtime and the occasional unscheduled breaks. Players are expected to bring food and water for the event into the field with them.)
Required/Recommended Equipment-
Uniforms:
Period correct uniforms are required. We will be going by the 20ft rule, if your uniform looks correct from 20ft away then it will pass muster.
This means no modern uniforms WHAT SO EVER.
Weapons:
Must also be of period correct.
AXIS AND ALLIED FORCES be prepared to be staying in the field the entire weekend Rain or Shine. You will be able to set up base camp with shelter but there will be limited oppurtunity to return to your vehicles.
All gear please try and stay time period or at least military, no civi or molle back packs.
Game Rules: Will be updated shortly
background:Operation HUSKY involved four separate airborne operations, two by the Bristish and two by the 82nd Airborne. The first operation HUSKY I spearheaded this airborne invasion of Sicily. Led by Col. James M. "Slim Jim" Gavin, the 505th PIR, and the 3rd Battalion of the 504th PIR were organized into a Regimental Combat Team. Their first objective was to parachute into an area around Gela on the southern shore of Sicily to close off roads leading to the beaches and secure the drop zone for the next operation. They were also to take out Objective Y which was a series of 16 concrete "pillboxes" ( above right) from which German gunners controlled movement on the nearby roads. Under a nearly full moon the paratroopers crossed over the Sicilian coast on schedule and jumped on their assigned drop zone on 9 July 1943 -- an event which British Prime Minister Winston Churchill termed, "not the beginning of the end, but the end of the beginning."
The second operation called HUSKY II involved the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 504th PIR, led by Colonel Reuben H. Tucker. They loaded the C-47 aircraft and took off for Sicily from the dusty airstrip near Kairouan, Tunisia. Near the Sicilian coast, however, a nervous Allied naval vessel suddenly fired upon the formation. Immediately, all other naval vessels and shore troops joined in, downing friendly aircraft and forcing planeloads of paratroopers to exit far from their intended drop zones in one of the greatest tragedies of World War II. Twenty-three of 144 USAAF transports were shot down by friendly fire and a total of 318 American troops were killed or wounded in the operation.
Colonel Tucker’s plane, after twice flying the length of the Sicilian coast and with well over 2,000 holes in its fuselage, finally reached the drop zone near Gela. By morning, only 400 of the Regiment’s 1600 soldiers had reached the objective area. The others had been dropped in isolated groups on all parts of the island and carried out demolitions, cut lines of communication, established island roadblocks, ambushed German and Italian motorized columns, and caused so much confusion over such an extensive area that initial German radio reports estimated the number of American parachutists dropped to be over ten times the actual number.
Meanwhile, the troopers of the 504th 3rd Battalion along with the 505th PIR fought an enemy superior in numbers and equipment. Ambushes were conducted and even Objective Y, the deadly pillboxes, were secured. By continuing to fight in small groups the 82nd led the Germans and Italians to continue to overestimate the number of airborne invaders thus impeding any meaningful counterattacks. The German Herman Goering Panzer Division was another matter. Even though outmanned and outgunned, the 82nd used raw courage and fighting spirit to block the steel behemoths of this Division from advancing toward the Allied landings on the beachhead.
By D+3, they had accomplished their initial mission and were relieved by the 1st Infantry Division to return to regimental control. On 13 July, the 504th moved out in the attack, spearheading the 82nd Airborne Division’s drive northwest 150 miles along the southern coast of Sicily. With captured Italian light tanks, trucks, motorcycles, horses, mules, bicycles, and even wheelbarrows pressed into service, the 82nd encountered only light resistance and took 22,000 prisoners in their first contact with Nazi and Fascist forces. Overall, the Sicilian operation proved costly both in lives and equipment, but the unit gained valuable fighting experience and managed to hurt the enemy in the process. It was with this experience and pride that the 504th returned to its base in Kairouan, Tunisia, to prepare for the invasion of mainland Italy.