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Brattleboro, VT

Port 0(0)
Airport 0(0)
Woods/Mountain Hex
Temperate Zone
Resources - 1
Manpower -0
HI - 0
Oil - 0

On a partial OT, Phoenix, Arizona had a POW camp during WWII that had, among other inhabitants, captured sailors from the Kriegsmarine/uboat fleet. These guys were a little surprised to learn what "rivers" can be like in this part of the world (I've heard varying accounts of this escape from Papago park).

http://home.arcor.de/kriegsgefangene/us ... _park.html

It's my understanding that more than a few of these sailors drifted into town, were largely ignored by the locals, and returned to the camp when they got hungry.

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

The "OC" hex (between Sand Diego and LA).

In 1941 it would be:


AB 1(6) (Eventually El Toro MCAS (2 x 10,000 ft) and Tustin MCAS (2 x 10,000 ft, 1 x 8,000 ft))

Port 2(2) Shallow draft harbor at Newport Beach [:)]

Fortifications: 2 (a few coastal guns in concrete emplacements in Huntiungton Beach)

Industry...not so much I guess, although a great deal would be right on the border with LA

Your hex is in AE.

I'm in the Portland hex, which doesn't show the merchant shipyard that was here during the war. Vancouver, WA built more aircraft carrier deckspace that all foreign navies combined. Kaiser cranked them out in record numbers.

There is essentially nothing left but pictures of the old shipyard.

There is a fort near the old shipyards, but I don't know what the fortification level is for an 18th century wooden fort. (It's a historical landmark now.)

Bill

I live in Chicago, IL. What are the stats?

Port: 9 (9) -- Largest number of boat slips of any port in the US; betcha didn't know that!
Airfield: 9 (9)
HI: 2000 (LOTS!)
Oil: 0

Plus, the homeport of not one, but TWO, US CVs!!!!!

Denver [X(][:)][8D]
Port 0(0)
Airfield 9(9) and 6(3) and 6(3) [:'(]
Resources 240
Heavy Industry 120
Oil 60
Fort 3

West Yellowstone, Montana

Mountain and forest terrain
Arctic weather
Port (0)0
Airfield 1(0) in Summer, nonexistant in Winter
Resources none
Oil none
HI none
road net is small road in summer, trail most of winter ( some times none at all )

Olympia, Washington... part of the Seattle base in WIPT (Seattle includes Seattle, Tacoma, Bremerton, Olympia and Everett). I am interested to see the AE treatment of this area (can't do a mouseover on the screenshot that was posted last month!). 

Chicago
Port 1
Airport 10
Woods/Mountain Hex 0  ... ha ha, ain't no woods here
Temperate Zone
Resources - 9
Manpower -9
Oil - 0

La Salle, CO
Port 0 (0)
Airfield 1 (3) - Pilot Training Field in Greeley with Air Force Satellite Detachment
Clear Hex - 5,000 Ft Altitude
Semi-Arid Zone
Resources - 50  (LOTS of Agriculture and Uranium) 
Manpower - 0
HI - 5  (Ethanol Plants)
Oil - 5 (LOTS of drilling going on right now)
RR Hex - Main North/South Line for Union Pacific RR with accompaning Rail Yard.

ORIGINAL: bradfordkay

Olympia, Washington... part of the Seattle base in WIPT (Seattle includes Seattle, Tacoma, Bremerton, Olympia and Everett). I am interested to see the AE treatment of this area (can't do a mouseover on the screenshot that was posted last month!).

In AE the Tacoma hex includes McChord and Fort Lewis. The port starts at 5 (6) and the af at 2 (7), 2 manpower, 680 resources, 80 light industry, and 40 repair shipyard. (Subject to change before release of course.)

Bill

ORIGINAL: Ol_Dog
Don't give credit or blame to Lemay for Regensburg.

According to the unit history of the 451st Bombardment Group (H), flying from Italy with the 15th Air Force -

"On August 16th the Group was awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation (1st of 3) for its outstanding work in the bombing and destruction of the Messerschmidt Airplane Factory in Regensburg, Germany, February 25, 1944."

The Group lost 6 B-24s that day along with many badly damaged.

Oh, I do not blame LeMay for bombing my city, he just happened to lead the raid on that day. The factory was a very fine target and luckyly a few kilometers out of the city back then. After hitting the factory they flew to north africa, to avoid the fighters on their way back home, even if it was about 1500km instead of 900km back to England. This fist raid was on 8/17/43 there were several after this one, most of them out of italy later on.

Thank god all the heavy bomber raids against the factory and railway yards found their target, this saved Regensburg from the fate of many german cities. Our medival old town, in the city center, is one of very few, to survive the war. Now it is UNESCO world cultural heritage.

I live in Southport, United Kingdom.
 
Flat, Urban and boring !

ORIGINAL: Elessar

ORIGINAL: Ol_Dog
Don't give credit or blame to Lemay for Regensburg....

Oh, I do not blame LeMay for bombing my city...

...this saved Regensburg from the fate of many german cities. Our medival old town, in the city center, is one of very few, to survive the war...

I have been in Germany a number of times, but it was only this past October that I really gained an appreciation of the destruction of the war. I was in a small town outside of Darmstadt (Modau) and in Oberstdorf and spent a lot of time learning the history and Geography of the area from my son's host family. Even Darmstadt, which is not that large of a City suffered tens of thousands of casualties ina fire-bombing.

The discussion stemmed from me expressing my appreciation for German Urban and Industrial Architecture and how many of the cities look so modern as a result.

Bratislava - Slovakia, Central Europe
Clear hex, river on S and SE hexsides
AF 2 (3)
Port 1 (0) (river port)
Forts 0
RR hex
MEN 1
HI 10
OIL 50
RES 0
Mild Climate.

ORIGINAL: Elessar

Thank god all the heavy bomber raids against the factory and railway yards found their target, this saved Regensburg from the fate of many german cities. Our medival old town, in the city center, is one of very few, to survive the war. Now it is UNESCO world cultural heritage.

Wow...beautiful architecture.

ORIGINAL: Crimguy
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http://home.arcor.de/kriegsgefangene/us ... _park.html

It's my understanding that more than a few of these sailors drifted into town, were largely ignored by the locals, and returned to the camp when they got hungry.

Good story. Very civilized POW's ..and genteel capture.

Astoria, Oregon. We made CHS anyway.

Irving/Dallas, Tx
 
port 0(0)
AF 10
Resources 200
HI 1000+
Manpower 30
Oil 30
 
We have a few producing wells left around here.....most are natural gas now. I guess we shouls say DFW area. More airfields than you can shake a stick at.
 
 

I am amending mine. Chicago should be AF Size 5 (9).

O'Hare is way overstacked, there is not enough aviation support. There can't be any engineers in this hex, because it's not expanding either right now. We also need an Air HQ, because too many airplanes don't fly!

ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

I am amending mine. Chicago should be AF Size 5 (9).

O'Hare is way overstacked, there is not enough aviation support. There can't be any engineers in this hex, because it's not expanding either right now. We also need an Air HQ, because too many airplanes don't fly!

Yep been at DFW.. big place