Re: [WW] some Normandy options

["Peter" <spezbaby@yahoo.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Erik Kjerland" <erikk@lithtech.com>
To: <weirdwars@gamerz.net>
Sent: June 4, 2001 3:45 PM
Subject: [WW] some Normandy options


> Here are the campaign kick-off options I'm thinking of for my players:
>
> Airborne Troops
> The party will be members of the 82nd or 101st Airborne flown in behind
> Utah. The party will be WAY off course and end up discovering something
> weird almost immediately. Once they hook up with their units again and
> report, they'll be interviewed by OSI pretty quickly.

You should read John Keegan's "Six Armies in Normandy" for what he has to
say about Airbourne operations (especially Normandy). The number of
casualties due to broken legs and drowning was exceptionally high. I would
not have wanted to be a parachutist in WWII.

Peter


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