STABSBLATT 90

From: kolley@worldaccess.nl (Thomas Kolley)

Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 00:00:00 +0000

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Officer's Club Grand Strategy. -confidential- -eyes only-
Nr. 90   Auflage 30
Herausgeber, Redactor, Zensor, Druck: Th. Kolley   Preis DM 4 (&
Mitgliedschaft). Email DM 2
OC 7 Playday Every second Thursday
Auswertungsbegin,  Donnerstag,  jede  2.Woche.
FTP: ftp.unterland.de   (soon operational)
Webpage: http://www.ts.umu.se/~hanz/west/west.html

1. Angetreten zum Rapport .(Briefing)

Maps:
All maps are now in color and *.gif. This time there should be no
problem. all maps are again improved and more informational. High
mountain dark grey. An division usually deploys two inf symbols in
front which means that one reg is reserve. Allied armored division
deploy usual 2 Combat commands A and B, showing an tanks and an inf
symbol. Division border now added on the allied side. A German ID is
more comlicated but mostly works in the same pattern. German
Panzerdivisionen can deploy 2 Kampfgruppen with the same symbols as
Allied AD.
The new maps will by at hompage and eventually ftp side at the las
thalve of the next week. There should be no problem this time since
all problenms now solved.
.
Army law book:
Chapter 1
What do we forget all the time:
1. If you plan an divisional attack on PD 21 (date 20 in your order)
the earliest possibility is 23. also if you attacked on 20 the last
time.  You need to name the date in your attack order. From now on
-everybody has done a few turns now and is considered a veteran-
attack order without a date will not be executed.
2. Your orders must come in ONE Order of the day/Tagesbefehl per
position/function with date in the EMAIL dares.
3. Your order must follow your front from north to south or from west
to east concerning army�s, corps and division.. Orders who jump from
division to division or follow not this line will be not executed.
4.I you think your orders were not carried out to the letter (Were
have you been the last war, anyhow?), something seems to be forgotten
or wrong (Murhy�s law applied) you not to dares your staff and NOT the
poor GM who has nothing to do with it.
5. Informal orders or request, por examplo in an conversational letter
to the GM are not execute by your staff because they know nothing
about it.  You need to write an order with all parameter required.
6. An GM/umpire error is NOT an GM error but fog of war, you name it.
Why? Because I said it. It is not possible to change is afterwards
EXCEPT it would be an very unrealistic outcome according to GM
judgment. Why? Because I said it. If all your orders are executed to
the letter, boy, YOU are a lucky guy today!
7. Your order of the day is not an report of the day but an order of
the day while an report of the day is done by your staff for you. You
write an report for your next in Command and an order for your staff.
8. An STRONG FEATURE in OC is its realistic approach to the �Fog of
War�. Expect in a war that things go wrong all the time. The
�friction� of von Clausewitz. Why should the military be better than
normal working guy�s anyhow. This realistic and unic OC feature is
maintained by you (formal wrong orders, not my  messages and
announcement, laziness, bad day, stupidity, ignorance of military
matters, of time and space, marching capabilities, forgetting your
order, no positive account, you name it) and by me (overworked,
running PD after a nightshift, too much other hobby�s like military
shooting, training a guarddog, computer, driving my new (used) BMW,
etc). And there are even game events guided by dices and circumstances
which can create confusion and errors. There is no alternative to an
realistic simulation, the only alternative would be to play chess.
Even then it is not only rational and logic but also an creative
thing.
The only one you can blame is your staff and of course yourself. Never
blame the GM.
9. In order to get corps or army units involved in combat (in the
combat system) you must atttach them to division. This concernes ART,
tank, TD, ENG  and the like. Some commando�s and other special units
might not. Ask me (your staff) about it.

2. News from the stars and stripes
Writers wanted, who of the Allied team can fill out this space as I
did before. Your text must be in the weekend before PD.
The Allied side of the hill:

SHEAF General ***** Hanz Johansson hanz@ts.umu.se
RAF/USAAF Air Marshall McFleck stuz1@ivd.uni-stuttgart.de
RN: Admiral Adrian Adriangm@tui.lincoln.ac.nz
Special Operation HQ: General Reiner reiner@HP-Cluster.desy.de
Dutch resistance: bvdijk@pi.net

Army groups:
21th Army Group Field Marshall �Monty� Andriese dick@IAEhv.nl
1 th can army & 2nd british army (2 player)
12th Army Group General Johansson hanz@ts.umu.se
9th, 1th &  3rd us army (3 player)
6th Army Group General Koehler stefan@k2.lfn.unterland.de
7th us army & 1ere armee francaise  (2 player)

We need you, yes you, who els? Availiable: 1th US Army and perhaps 1th
Canadian army.

The Dutch resistance is now up and operational.  Walcheren was
attacked by pinpoint RAF bombardments (AM Mc Fleck). At least one
German gun batterie was completely destroyed.

2nd UK Army Order
To: CinC 43 Wessex Division, General Thomas.
Send messages (with loudspeakers) to  the surrounded German forces in
Berlicum and Heeswijk:
' You are surroundered and you can better surrender, further withstand
is useless'.
This Is to announce that this enemy units capitulated due to the
outstanding psychological warfare of 2n UK army and the lack of
communications the enemy experienced had with their own HQ.

The area west of Venlo is further cleared from the enemy. it seems,
that the Jerry�s are happy to accept surrender, specially the CAP IV
troops.
The Lowland and Highland divisions continuing are continuing their
attacks successfully.
North of Aachen the 9 USarmy attacks were continued. 6 USAD reported
in the front as an German Panzerdivision moving up.
1th US Army divisions attacked the first time. no reports yet.
The fighting of 3rd US Army in the Thionville and Metz area are
continued. When does the ?German counterattack come? There was
substantial air support reported: 100 planes ground support of 9 AD
and 26 ID at Hagondange
200 planes ground support of 2 AD and 35 ID at Metz; attack units of
17 SS and  36 VgD
7th US Army made their first move since the 18. It seems that General
Koehlers gave some succes promising orders. .
In the French Army area much rochade type movement and chaos and
daring dash to the Rhine over Muehlhausen which could be the sensation
of the day. The German army group G shows pretty weak and
disorganized. no blame on General Venema who is without any
leadership, reinforcement or .communiction with higher command as
prisoners report.

3. Das Oberkommando der Wehrmacht gibt bekannt.
Writers wanted, who of the German team can fill out this space as I
did before. Your text must be in the weekend before PD.
Fanfares: Tatata!!
Erfolg! An Luftwaffe mission succeeded to stop the ground support of
the enemy airforce in the Aachen area. There was no reaction from
USAAF mission control and an message from SHEAF could not be
intercepted. So no fighterbomber reached the target area. How will the
US Army ever succeed without their usual overwhelming air and ART
support  the German soldiering skills?

The German side of the Hill
OKW/OB West: Feldmarschall Niemann jens_niemann@s2.maus.de
Luftwaffe: Feldmarschall Niemann.
Waffen SS: Generaloberst d. Waffen SS Foley MarkFoley@aol.com
Kriegsmarine: Admiral Wolter Kolley@worldaccess.nl
OKW Reserve:
6 SS Pz Armee & 5. Pz Armee

Heeresgruppen:
Heeresgruppe H: General d. Fallschirmjaeger  Wolter
Kolley@worldaccess.nl
AOK 15 & FAOK 1
Heeresgruppe B: General Niemann jens_niemann@s2.maus.de
AOK 7 (1 player)
Heeresgruppe G: General  Generaloberst der Waffen SS Foley from 23.
on.
AOK 1 & AOK 19 (2 player)

We need you. Available positions as General der Panzer, der Luftwaffe
(ground forces) and Waffen SS.

Heeresjustiz
General Paspa ist sofort zu verhaften. Ein Kriegsgerichtsverfahren ist
f�r den 22.10. einzuleiten. Anklagepunkte: Wehrkraftzersetzung,
Verletzung der Pflichten eines Offiziers f�r Volk und Vaterland,
Feigheit vor dem Feind, Befehlsverweigerung, Hochverrat.
FM Niemann

Aus den Tagesbefehl AOK 7:
Aufruf an alle Soldaten: Der 22. wird ein entscheidender Tag f�r uns
und f�r die n�chsten Monate. Es ist deshalb �u�erst
wichtig, da� gerade morgen jeder Soldat seine �u�erste Anstrengung
unternimmt, um seinen Kampfauftrag zu erf�llen. Wer morgen gut k�mpft,
kann vielleicht schon n�chsten Monat Heimaturlaub machen. Doch wenn
jetzt die Front zusammenbricht, dann werden wir noch mehr Opfer
bringen m�ssen.
Deshalb, AN ALLE SOLDATEN DES AOK 7: MORGEN ist ein entscheidender
Tag. Was Ihr morgen leistet, wird euch f�r Wochen Arbeit und Kampf
ersparen. Hilfe ist unterwegs, aber Ihr m��t harren, damit diese Hilfe
von Nutzen
sein kann. LEISTET FANATISCHEN WIDERSTAND! Gott mit uns allen.

Our Wunderwaffe V1 or V2 is used on enemy concentrations in Front of
AOK 7 at Aachen. It is reported that Us Troops are flying in panic
towards Omaha beach...

Bei s � Hertogenbosch gekang es der 107 Panzerbrigade durch ein
tactisches Ausweichmanoever die  4USAD ins leere laufe zyulassen. (no
second tankbattle).

The enemy GAD (Guards armored division)seems to move on Tiel. but we
are prepared. We know the enemy intentions!

4.  OC 7 : Wacht am Rhein , Westfront Oktober 1944 - Januar 1945
Note that we are now in the normally bi-weekly rhythm.
note that this Auswertung will arrive probably not before Wednesday
because of a heavy normal live workload.
Next PLAYDAY: 19.10.1995 (23.10.1944). EMAIL moves must be in 1 day
earlier. Mail: PD until 10.00h.

5. Rangliste (ancienity list) 1.Europ�ischen Wargame Club:
RK : Ritterkreuz, OG: Old Guard (stayed with me a long time), EK: Iron
cross, DSC: destiguished service order, VC: Victoria cross, etc.
                    + clubmember only        - leaving member
Klasse: Magnificant Seven (Die glorreichen Sieben)
No 01  66  003 Jens Zahn, RK & Eich),Ostmed., EB) (+) OG  GERMANY
EMAIL: sw0315@aixrs1.hrz.uni-essen.de (Jens Zahn)
No 02  51  010 D.Andriese, (Victoria Cross) DSC, DSO , OG THE
NETHERLANDS EMAIL: dick@IAEhv.nl
No 03  44  007 J.Kasperzak, Am Pannofen 5,  47595 GELDERN 02831-88886,
Fax 80866 (EK I, VwAbz) OG (+) GERMANY
No 04  38  005 Thomas Golser  (Roter Condor Orden) OG (+)  SWISSE
EMAIL:
No 05 22  019 Markus Jonda, (DSC Ostmedaillie)OG GERMANY EMAIL:
stefan@k2.lfn.unterland.de
No 06 18  027 Markus Fleck, (VC)  GERMANY
EMAIL:lecki@studbox.uni-stuttgart.de or stuz1@ivd.uni-stuttgart.de
No 07 10  038 10 Hanz Johansson, EK II  SWEDEN Email: hanz@ts.umu.se
Klasse: Dirty Dozens  (Das dreckige Dutzend)
8 036  U.Kasperzak, Am Pannofen 5,  47595 GELDERN 02831-88886, Fax
80866 (+ -) GERMANY
5 034 Guido Lux, Karl-Elsasser-Str. 17, 12347 BERLIN, 030-6253411 EK
II (+ -)  GERMANY
4 043  Jens Niemann (Held der Arbeit, fuer die Waffenbruedersachft)
GERMANY EMAIL: Jens Niemann, _niemann@s2.maus.de
3 035 Frank Wolter, Togostr.7, 13351 BERLIN, Tel.: 030/451 75 25.
IfStAbz  GERMANY
2 017 Ferdinant Knau�, Universit�tsstra�e 60, D-40225 D�SSELDORF,
Telf. 0211/319759 EK 1 OG (+) GERMANY
2 031 Bob v. Dijk,  Email:bvdijk@pi.net (and GM email adres untill
noted otherwise) THE NETHERLANDS
2 031 H.Venema, use GM EMAIL adress THE NETHERLANDS
2 041  Robert Reiner, GERMANY EMAIL: reiner@HP-Cluster.desy.de oder
'reiner@ips103.desy.de' or 'F15ROB@dsyibm.desy.de'
Klasse: Kelly�s Heros  (Sto�trupp Gold)
039 Glenn Adrian,  NEW ZEALAND, EMAIL: Adriangm@tui.lincoln.ac.nz
040 Drew Lossos, CANADA, EMAIL: ai625@freenet.carleton.ca
041 Tony Baldacci,  P. O. Box 14518, South Lake Tahoe, CA USA,
tandmb@sierra.net
042 Mark Foley, 2385 Lake Park Terrace, Scotch Plains, NJ  07076,
USA, MarkFoley@aol.com
044 Francisco Lopez ESPANA, EMAIL: fjbtn@ibm.net
045 Stefan Koehler, GERMANY , EMAIL: stefan@k2.lfn.unterland.de

Aspiranten:  0

Executed at dawn: 043 Bill Paspa, Vasilis Paspaliaris., 1985 Malvern
Rd, East Malvern, VIC 3145, Australia., Tel:  61 3 9571 9721,
EMAIL: vasilis@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU. Convictet of desertation and
theft of my money (DM 15). A man who�s word as an officer and
gentleman is worth nothing.  He seems to run an pbem company. Do not
trust him!
Deserter: No 2  52 015 Markus Finger, Postfach 64, CH-3604 THUN,
033-225385  RK with Eichenlaub) OG   (+ -)

Promotion: Hanz Johansson moved up to the magnificant seven and Jens
Niemann ( �Held der Arbeit�, �Fuer die Festigung der
Waffenbruederschaft� into the dirty dozens.
Officer`s Club,Thomas Kolley,  Eburonenpoort 63, NL 3991 JV HOUTEN

Here the ways you can leave this list:
Leaving service with honors (grossen Zapfenstreich): You a fine
Officer and Gentleman said correctly BEFORE PD that you quit and you
did not steal money from me.
Deserter: You did not leave as an Officer and Gentleman (no answer,
did not send promessed money, etc).
Executed at dawn: You were caught a thief of comrades and left with a
minus on your account.

Deutsche Wetteramt:
Date    Temperatur    Skies   Ardennen /Vosgese  North Sea
Special
23       Cool         clear
24       Cool        overcast                                     Rain
25       Colder       clear                overcast               Rain
Quite sure
26       Cold        overcast                                     Rain
27       Cool                 overcast            Storm          Rain
28       Cool                 clear               Storm
29       Cool                 overcast
Expectations: more overcast, but some periods with clear.

more...

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