PC1 remake Mod opinions wanted

[Thunderhog]

Noticing a good bit of spelling mistakes and such in the Finnish route, do you want feedback on that or is that already noted?

[Grondel]

Noticing a good bit of spelling mistakes and such in the Finnish route, do you want feedback on that or is that already noted?

any feedback is always welcome. especially typos.

sers,
Thomas

[Retributarr]

Assault on Gibraltar:

Operation Felix
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Felix

Operation Felix (German: Unternehmen Felix) was the codename for a proposed German invasion of Spain and seizure of Gibraltar during the Second World War. Subject to the co-operation of the Spanish dictator, Francisco Franco, the operation did not occur chiefly because of Franco's reluctance to enter the war due to influence of British intelligence.


Invasion plans of Nazi Germany and probable routes of British invasion.

After the Fall of France in June 1940, Hermann Göring advised Adolf Hitler to occupy Spain and North Africa, rather than to invade the British Isles. As early as June 1940, before the armistice with France had been signed, General Heinz Guderian also argued for seizing Britain's strategically-important naval base of Gibraltar. Guderian even urged Hitler to postpone the armistice so that he could rush on through Spain with two Panzer divisions, take Gibraltar and invade French North Africa. General Alfred Jodl, Chief of Staff of Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW) operations, presented Hitler with a formal plan to cut Britain from the east of its empire by invading Spain, Gibraltar, North Africa and the Suez Canal, instead of invading Britain.

Planning
German military leaders proceeded to prepare for a large-scale operation against Gibraltar, codenamed Operation Felix. The plan called for two German army corps to enter Spain across the Pyrenees. One corps, under General Ludwig Kübler, was to cross Spain and assault Gibraltar, and the other, commanded by General Rudolf Schmidt, was to secure its flanks. Air support would need one fighter and two dive-bomber wings. The overall command of Felix was to be assigned to Field Marshal Walther von Reichenau. The plan also made provisions for the occupation of Spanish possessions in North Africa: Spanish Morocco, Río de Oro, and the Canary Islands, whose ports could then be used as bases for German U-boats.

Proposed German order of battle
Expeditionary Corps (forming the covering force); General Rudolf Schmidt

*[/size]16th Motorized Infantry Division (to concentrate at Valladolid)
*16th Panzer Division (Cáceres)
*SS Division Totenkopf (Seville)
49 Gebirgsarmeekorps or Army Mountain Corps (forming the assault force); General Ludwig Kübler
*Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment
*98th Regiment of the 1st Mountain Division
*26 medium and heavy artillery battalions
*3 observation battalions
* 3 engineer battalions, which would use up to 150 "Goliath" remotely-controlled mine clearing vehicles
*2 Nebelwerfer battalions
*Regiment Brandenburg (detachment of 150)

Diplomatic issues
On 12 November, Hitler issued Führer Directive No. 18, which stated that "political measures to induce the prompt entry of Spain into the war have been initiated.... The aim of German intervention in the Iberian Peninsula (code name Felix) will be to drive the English out of the Western Mediterranean". It also mentioned the potential invasion of Portugal if the British gained a foothold and requested for the occupation of Madeira and the Azores to be investigated.

British countermeasures
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Felix

British garrison: spring 1941
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Felix

Gibraltar's fortifications
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortifica ... _Gibraltar

See also: List of fortifications of Gibraltar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_f ... _Gibraltar

Map of Gibraltar with identified Harbours:

"Gibraltar Harbour"... with... North Mole, Detached Mole, and South Mole

For a "Better Map View"... Try... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... -edit2.svg

Tunnels of Gibraltar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_f ... _Gibraltar


Admiralty Tunnel

Felix-Heinrich
On Hitler's insistence, the OKW developed a revised plan for the capture of Gibraltar, which might have been implemented once the German invasion of the Soviet Union had been completed. Codenamed Felix-Heinrich, the plan was submitted to General Franz Halder on 10 March 1941. It proposed that as soon as the invading forces in the Soviet Union reached a line between Kyiv and Smolensk, hopefully by 15 July, units could then be withdrawn to prepare for the Gibraltar operation, which it was thought could begin on 15 October. Felix-Heinrich would broadly follow the original plan, with the same forces, but with new supporting units.

[Thunderhog]

Hey, found a bug on the NH 1943 map Voronezh on map position 18,8. You put a major airfield right in the middle of the river

[Grondel]

Hey, found a bug on the NH 1943 map Voronezh on map position 18,8. You put a major airfield right in the middle of the river

nice catch will be fixed next update.

sers,
Thomas