Welcome to Operation Unthinkable!

Historical Context (Alt History)

Faction 1 - The Crusaders

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The year is 1945 shortly after WW2 has ended, Churchill is indignantly voted out of office by the British public, and Patton having miraculously survived a car crash earlier in the war, returns to command in peacekeeping duty in the US occupied sector of Germany. Both are incredibly bitter and resentful.



Patton invites Churchill to dine in the Eagle's Nest in Bavaria, and from there they formulate a plan and plot against Stalin and the USSR. Most of it is fancy and just internal musings and rhetoric until....



There is a huge accidental border clash and a skirmish near Leipzig, where a Soviet armed convoy makes an accidental incursion into US lines, causing an escalation after 37 US army soldiers are co-indentally killed after an unexploded bomb detonates nearby.



Patton and Churchill act upon this and respond by rousing a 'counterattack' with US volunteers. This leads into a snowball effect of aggression as the two talismanic figures rally troops in the US sector and begin an assault, over the coming months there is a call for British and Canadian volunteers and what becomes known as a 'Crusade against Communism' this is surprisingly well supported by the military, initially.



Faction 2 - the British and US Forces

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Back home however there is outcry and calls to stand down in Britain and in US. Churchill is seen as an un-elected warmonger, and Patton as a renegade.



The forces which have taken the Red Army by surprise, and left Stalin completely shocked, moving through Czechoslovakia they have already pushed the Soviets to the Oder river in Poland.



However a huge act of indignation is suffered when the US and British Governments jointly announce that the forces being led by Patton and Churchill are renegade crusaders and mercenaries, declaring all actions unlawful and them persona non grata. Supply to their armies is cut off all fuel is kept under armed guard. Halting their advance.



There are a series of raids on US and British military bases by a co-ordinated effort from the Crusaders, these in-turn escalate with the British Army and United States Forces having no choice but to counter assault and more actively attempt to disarm the Crusaders. Friendly fire incidents and confusion run amok as accidental fire turns into real skirmishes..

Faction 3 - Nationalist Uprising

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Help come to the crusaders from surprising sources however: there are huge uprisings in Poland and in the Ukraine where Nationalists take control of Krakow and Kiev, and offer their support to the Crusaders. Later Romanian Nationalists also pledge their allegiance.



Using stolen Red Army equipment the Ukranians take key Red Army positions and together with the Crusaders combine to form a well organised fighting force numbering 200,000 at its peak. The Polish Home Army is reformed and is seeking vengeance against the communists, ambushing armoured columns and stealing equipment also. Both fall under the command of Patton and Chruchill who seek to organise all forces loyal to the Crusade.

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Stalin is furious and even though the Red Army is temporarily thunderstruck by the simultaneous issues and escalation of aggression across Southern and Eastern Europe, they have amassed and well organised army in a matter of two months, and are poised to counter attack across the whole front.



Will the uprisings and the Crusaders be put down mercilessly, or will their courage hold fast?

The Rules

All matches best of three.





Any Allied faction can be used in any combination, no Axis factions can be used.





Higher seed chooses faction first.





New you cannot be the same faction twice in the same match.



Maps:



- Round of 16 - Crossroads



- Quarter Finals - Langrekskaya



- Semi Finals - Kholodny Ferma Winter



- Final - Faymonville Approach





you cannot be the same faction twice in the same match. - Round of 16 - Crossroads - Quarter Finals - Langrekskaya - Semi Finals - Kholodny Ferma Winter - Final - Faymonville Approach Starting positions: random





Win condition: victory point, 500 points





Mods: no mods or coldtech.





Obs delay: 3 minutes





Obs delay bypass password: off

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