1st Fallugah
 

Date: April 2004
Battle Location: Fallugah, Iraq
Battle Type: USMC assault vs. Mujahideen defend
Design by: Suhiir.

The killing of five American soldiers in Habbaniyah followed days later by the death and mutilation of four Blackwater military contractors in Fallugah led to moral outrage in the United States. Operation Vigilant Resolve is intended to 'pacify' the city of Fallugah.

The USMC strategy of foot patrols, less aggressive raids, humanitarian aid, and close cooperation with local leaders was overridden when US Army general Kimmitt, deputy director of U.S. military operations in Iraq, declared there would be an 'overwhelming' response to the Blackwater deaths.

During the night of 4 April 2004, and morning of 5 April, US forces surrounded the city.

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This is still something of a "work in progress" so suggestions are appreciated.

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Two turns in and units seem to be retreating in the wrong direction (Marines forward to the left and Al Qaeda to the right)

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Fixed!

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Thanks.

It looks like a tough urban fight.

I will keep you posted.

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Yeah ... well ... it was a tough urban fight vs fanatics who LOVE IEDs.

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Problem is still there.

The file says last updated 8/29 so I think it is still the old file without the changes.

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screen shot of downloaded file:

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Sorry!
Made the change forgot to upload the new version.

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I'm on turn 30....




....it's Stalingrad. :)


I edited the scen some before starting, switched Player 1 side to get the "correct" retreat direction for both sides, and extended the map from 40x40 to 40x130, added some random houses and roads on the new terrain.

Made a two scen campaign and switched the USMC to a heavily reinforced Swedish Amphibious Battalion (- been working on a custom OOB, want to try it out some).

The Muj are entrenched and have decent AA and indirect fire capability. My Swedish/Iraqi force is larger then the original scenario's USMC but more fragile, can't afford to take too many point blank salvos in the face. I went for the lower part of the map and intended to work my way to the far side, while taking my time and avoiding losses. Tried to target AA positions so that I could use helicopters as spotters but had to switch to counterbattery tasks because rockets and mortars became problematic...

In reality the (later) USMC advance into Fallujah kept a pace the insurgents could not cope with..., things are going much slower for me I think...