Ghana Forever
Africa Orientale Italiana #9
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(Defender)
Italy
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Britain
(Attacker)
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Total |
| Side 1 |
0 |
| Draw |
0 |
| Side 2 |
2 |
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Total |
| Side 1 |
0 |
| Draw |
0 |
| Side 2 |
2 |
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Total |
| Side 1 |
0 |
| Draw |
0 |
| Side 2 |
0 |
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| Overall Rating, 2 votes |
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Scenario Rank:
--- of 940 |
| Parent Game |
Africa Orientale Italiana |
| Historicity |
Historical |
| Date |
1941-02-05 |
| Start Time |
06:00 |
| Turn Count |
32 |
| Visibility |
Day |
| Counters |
83 |
| Net Morale |
0 |
| Net Initiative |
1 |
| Maps |
2: 89, 91 |
| Layout Dimensions |
56 x 43 cm
22 x 17 in |
| Play Bounty |
178 |
| AAR Bounty |
227 |
| Total Plays |
2 |
| Total AARs |
0 |
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Introduction
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The British invasion of Italian Somaliland had first to cross a wide stretch of barren near-desert before reaching the River Juba, where the Italians were thought to be making their defensive stand. The invaders met little resistance at the first Italian post they encountered, but at the airfield and fort of Bulo Erillo the Somali troops in Italian service waited for a fight.
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Conclusion
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The Somalis put up fierce resistance; Second Gold Coast Regiment lost most of its white officers in the attack. The Gold Coast troops, long-service professionals mostly recruited in present-day Ghana, overwhelmed the defenders and took the airfield and fort along with 140 prisoners. The road to Jelib, the key position on the Juba line, stood open.
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Display Relevant AFV Rules
| AFV Rules Pertaining to this Scenario's Order of Battle |
- Vulnerable to results on the Assault Combat Chart (7.25, 7.63, ACC), and may be attacked by Anti-Tank fire (11.2, DFT). Anti-Tank fire only affects the individual unit fired upon (7.62, 11.0).
- AFV's are activated by tank leaders (3.2, 3.3, 5.42, 6.8).
They may also be activated as part of an initial activating stack, but if activated in this way would need a tank
leader in order to carry out combat movement.
- AFV's do not block Direct Fire (10.1).
- Full-strength AFV's with "armor efficiency" may make two anti-tank (AT) fire attacks per turn
(either in their action segment or during opportunity fire) if they have AT fire values of 0 or more
(11.2).
- Each unit with an AT fire value of 2 or more may fire at targets at a distance of between 100% and 150% of its
printed AT range. It does so at half its AT fire value. (11.3)
- Efficient and non-efficient AFV's may conduct two opportunity fires per turn if using direct fire
(7.44, 7.64).
Units with both Direct and AT Fire values may use either type of fire in the same turn as their opportunity fire,
but not both (7.22, 13.0).
Units which can take opportunity fire twice per turn do not have to target the same unit both times (13.0).
- Demoralized AFV's are not required to flee from units that do not have AT fire values (14.3).
- Place a Wreck marker when an AFV is eliminated in a bridge or town hex (16.3).
- AFV's do not benefit from Entrenchments (16.42).
- AFV's may Dig In (16.2).
- Closed-top AFV's: Immune to M, M1 and M2 results on Direct and Bombardment Fire Tables. Do not take step losses from Direct or Bombardment Fire. If X or #X result on Fire Table, make M morale check instead (7.25, 7.41, 7.61, BT, DFT).
- Closed-top AFV's: Provide the +1 modifier on the Assault Table when combined with infantry. (Modifier only applies to Germans in all scenarios; Soviet Guards in scenarios taking place after 1942; Polish, US and Commonwealth in scenarios taking place after 1943.) (ACC)
- Armored Cars: These are Combat Units. They are motorized instead of mechanized. All have their own armored car leaders, who can only activate armored cars (6.85). Do not provide the +1 Assault bonus (ACC).
- Reconnaissance Vehicle: 8.23 Special Spotting Powers Both foot and vehicle mounted recce units (1.2) possess two special spotting abilities. The first ability is that they can spot enemy in limiting terrain at one hex further than the TEC specifies for other units and leaders. For example, an enemy unit in town can normally be spotted at three hexes or less, but a recce unit can spot them at four hexes.Their second ability is that they can place a Spotted marker on any one enemy unit they can spot per turn, just as if the enemy unit had "blown its cover" by firing. Such Spotted markers are removed as described earlier.
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Italy Order of Battle
| Regio Corpo di Truppe Coloniali |
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| 2 Errata Items |
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Two British infantry have their full strengths printed on the back. They should both be "2-3" when reduced.
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Ignore the direct fire values.
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