Crete 2002
These pages are a write up of a 2 day demo game played as part
of Call To Arms, a wargaming competition weekend staged by the Wellington
Warlords on 3rd-4th of August at the
St Pat's hall in Wellington, New Zealand.
This originaly came about from a desire of mine to play a game of
Spearhead for longer than the five hour's normally avaliable on saturdays
at the local club. I had read of the wargaming weeks stages by Kathies
Comics in England where huge battles were staged over large areas involving
thousands of stands. The idea to replay Crete came about from a discussion
with fellow members of the Spearhead yahoo group( thanks , Nic). Also the
pervious year the New Zealand Army had celebrated the 60th anivesary of
the battle. The actions of the 2nd NZ division around the Maleme airfield
and prison valley were central to the loss of the island. Crete was also
the first and last large scale parachute drop attempeted by the germans
in world war 2. It was a close battle that could have gone either way, therefore
perfect for a refight. Now, read on....
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