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The Operational Art of War III |
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The Operational Art of War III |
TOAW is an open-ended operational wargame. It ships with a fairly large number of real life and “hypothetical” scenarios.
Here's a listing of the stock alternate history scenarios that ship with the latest patch of TOAW.
One of my hobbies (a very infrequent one) is to convert older TOAW scenarios to TOAW3 compatible versions ever since I managed to find a old version of the first game at my library's bookstore.
Converted Scenarios from Older Versions of TOAW
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DIXIE Scenario design by: Col Wayne Close Date:
1 May 1937 Download (Includes TOAW I and TOAW III versions) NOTES: Scenario may be unbalanced and require correction, especially in regards to motor transport levels, as the design for that changed between TOAW I and III. |
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BRIEFING: In 1861 and 1863, the South posted decisive victories that caused Abraham Lincoln to lose the 1864 election. The McClellan administration immediately sued for peace and the Confederate States of America were officially a sovereign nation of loosely connected entities. Lee's 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania proved to be the decisive campaign; a huge risk that paid off. The two armies met at Gettysburg and the day was won by Stonewall Jackson's bold flanking maneuver of the Union right on Cemetery Hill. Jackson's Corps rolled down the Union line sending the Blue troops running. The subsequent capture of Harrisburg sealed the Union's fate. The two countries uneasily existed side by side for the remainder of the 19th century. Both attempted to expand westward but failed to acquire much new territory. California and Oregon had broken away in 1865 and formed the Western Republic with Utah and most of the other territories. The US was able to gain Nebraska and North and South Dakota. The South's only gain was the 1870 Texas annexation of the Indian Territories. Tensions over slavery and trade relations, particularly Texas oil, continued into the 20th century. The triumph of Germany in the Great War only exacerbated the problem by isolating the Americas further from European influence. As the world's only super power, Germany attempted to mediate between the two Americas but to no avail. By the late 1930s nerves were at a breaking point. It was just a matter of who attacked first. Union saber rattling caused the South to fortify Richmond and deploy the balance of their forces on the border. The Union responded with forts and deployments of their own. On 1 May, 1937 the North struck. The primary targets were the capital at Richmond and the Texas oil fields. |
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ZHUKOV
ATTACKS Scale:
15km (EE/Balkans/Med) Download (Includes TOAW I and TOAW III versions) NOTES: Scenario may be unbalanced and require correction, especially in regards to motor transport levels, as the design for that changed between TOAW I and III. |
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BRIEFING: Stalin initiates MP-41 (Mobilization Plan 41) days after German and allied forces invade Yugoslavia and Greece on April 5, 1941, and issues orders for an attack on Germany between May 15 and June 22. As the OKH commander, you must sweep through the Balkans as fast as possible to prepare for Barbarossa, and to prevent your forces from being caught flat footed by a First Strike. |
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An
Alternative History of WWII: Part I Date:
July 42 Download (Includes TOAW I and TOAW III versions) NOTES: Scenario may be unbalanced and require correction, especially in regards to motor transport levels, as the design for that changed between TOAW I and III. |
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BRIEFING: This series of scenarios of an alternative history line for WWII is based on two premises. These are: 1. The US lost the Battle of Midway and all their carriers were destroyed. 2. The Axis powers developed an agreed Strategic Plan for fighting the Allies. The loss of the carriers at Midway has stopped any further US offensive operations in the Pacific. America goes on the defensive retaining more troops at home to defend any possible Japanese invasion, reducing support in N Europe and the Mediterranean and eliminating any imminent threat of Allied invasions. This enables Hitler to transfer more divisions to the Eastern Front. The Axis now agree to conduct a joint campaign, with the Japanese opening a new front from Manchuria, designed to cut the Trans-Siberian Railway and isolate Vladivostok. Realising that they can only mount a limited offensive against the Russians, they plan to annexe the area running from Udskoye in the North East down to Blagoveshchensk and then defend their gains. In preparation for the anticipated counter attack on their left flank they are already building defensive forts along The Great Wall of China, at Yala and Mukden. |
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An
Alternative History of WWII: Part II Date: 28th July 1942. Download (Includes TOAW I and TOAW III versions) NOTES: Scenario may be unbalanced and require correction, especially in regards to motor transport levels, as the design for that changed between TOAW I and III. |
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BRIEFING: This series of scenarios is based on two premises, firstly that the US lost all their carriers at Midway and secondly that the Axis Powers had an effective cooperative Strategic Plan for fighting the Allies. The loss at all its carriers at Midway puts the Americans on the defence, and fearful, at least politically, of a possible Japanese invasion, they retain troops at home and reduce supplies to Europe. This eliminates any early chance of an Allied invasion enabling the Germans to retain the 11th Army in Crimea and transfer Luftwaffe VI, 24th Pz Korps, the newly formed GbH-Falk Korps, and the 6th Inf Korps to the Eastern Front. The first phase of the Axis Strategic Plan called for a limited invasion of Eastern Russia. This was executed in SCENARIO I, "THE MANCHURIAN AFFAIR" where Japan succeeded in taking both Khabarovsk and Vladivostok. Consequently, three Russian armies, the 24th Reserve, the 21st (SW Front) and the 28th (Stalingrad) are all now moving to the Japanese Front Reserve, just as the German East Front Summer 42 campaign is about to begin. This scenario (2nd in series) covers Army Group South`s advance, with orders to secure all territory west of the Don, cut the Russian supply line at Michurinsk and seize Voroneth, Stalingrad and all the Caucasian Oilfields. The scenario starts shortly after the start of the Japanese invasion from Manchuria but not late enough for the Russians to recover from their disastrous attack on Kharkov which resulted in severe tank losses and the virtual annihilation of the 6th and 57th Armies. |
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An
Alternative History of WWII: Part III Date:
1 Sept 1942. Download (Includes TOAW I and TOAW III versions) NOTES: Scenario may be unbalanced and require correction, especially in regards to motor transport levels, as the design for that changed between TOAW I and III. |
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BRIEFING: This series of scenarios covering an alternative history line for WWII is based on two premises. Firstly that the US lost all their carriers at Midway and secondly that the Axis Powers developed an effective Strategic Plan to fight the Allies. The loss of 3 carriers at Midway removed any chance of further US offensive operations in the Pacific. America goes on the defensive retaining more troops at home to defend any possible invasion. This drastically reduces support for N Europe and supply to the Russians and also eliminates any imminent threat of Allied invasions enabling Hitler to transfer extra divisions to the Eastern Front. The first phase of the Axis Strategic Plan was a limited Japanese invasion of Eastern Russia (see SCENARIO I THE MANCHURIAN AFFAIR" ) where Japan succeeded in capturing Khabarovsk and Vladivostock. This forced Stalin to move three armies from Stavka Reserves to the Japanese Front weakening the Russian defences to meet the German Summer 42 offensive, (see SCENARIO II "TWO BLOODY RIVERS" ) in which the Germans, reinforced by more units from the west, succeed in taking Voronezh, Stalingrad and some of the Caucasian Oil Fields. We now move back to early Sept 42 and the delayed drive on Moscow has finally started. Russian reactions are mixed, because although there has been more time to prepare Moscow`s defences and less time for the Germans to advance before the winter sets in, all the Stavka Reserve Armies have been despatched to the Don, Stalingrad or Japanese Fronts. The Germans aware of the absence of the Reserve Armies are optimistic but then they do not know about "Operation Mars"! |
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Weserübung II v 1.1 Date:
12 April 1940 Download (Includes TOAW I and TOAW III versions) NOTES: Scenario may be unbalanced and require correction, especially in regards to motor transport levels, as the design for that changed between TOAW I and III. |
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BRIEFING: Germany´s attempt to neutralize Sweden by capturing Stockholm and major towns in southern Sweden. If German forces achieve this quickly enough there is a great chance of gaining control over iron mines in nothern parts of Sweden. These iron mines are vital to german war production. Why didn´t OKH/OKW include Sweden in op Weserübung? Find out in this scenario. Notes The German forces OOB are not historically corrrect in all aspects. German Infantry division regimental numbers are purely fictional. The Swedish forces are as close to historical OOB and TO/E as I´m able to achieve. In cases where Swedish equipment didn´t exist in TOAW equipment data base I have used similar non-swedish equipment. |
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