Unser Ziel ist Bayeux - Chain of Command Campaign.

With the release of the schooner sized campaign, "Unser Ziel ist Bayeux", from the Too Fat Lardies, I now have the opportunity to get my Panzer Lehr and as small collection Late war British on the table. Having not played much in the late war period I am excited to get more familiar with the second edition of Chain of Command and reinforce the new rule developments in my mind. 

In preparation I have generated some leaders for both sides using the original At the Sharp End supplement. 

So here's a quick note to introduce you to the leaders in the campaign. 

Here are the “Dramatis personae”  I rolled up:

Lehr Abteilung 130:

Senior Leaders: 

Lehr Abteilung 130 will be lead by Leutnant Norbert Drexer a 29 year old form a rural farm boy from Bavaria. He has been commissioned from the ranks following showing his worth on the battlefield. He is a model National Socialist, a true believer.

The Obergrefreiter for the platoon is Kurt Fischer a charming and well spoken but on nonsense former waiter from high quality restaurant near the Berlin Opera House. He is 30 years of age and has the presence of a lumbering giant. 

Junior Leaders: 

Zug One and commanded by the strapping six-foot Gefreter Heinrich Koch, a 25 year old from Frankfurt who rebelled against his communist father by joining a Sturmbteilung  he is a true believer in the  ideological clash with international communism & capitalism. 

Zug Two is lead by a former factory work form Spandau, (and possibility a former trade unionist) the 42 year old Bobbi Klein who is only slightly shorter than the lumbering giant Fischer. 

Zug Three is led by rural farm boy and model citizen from Pomerania, the 24 year old Ernest Schafer  whose unremarkable average stature is only exaggerated by the size of his fellow NCOs. 

6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry :

Senior Leaders: 

The Senior Leaders of the 6th Platoon are Lieutenant Norman Collier a native of Durham and ex-Grammar School Student and then Master (Classics & Latin), Aged 27, he is an average sort,  unremarkable.

The Platoon Sergeant, 31 year old Ernest Lincoln appears an average sort. However his background as a circus entertainer proves him to be useful in a tight spot. But don’t get drawn into a game of find the lady with him. 

Junior Leaders: 

Section One is lead by the whilly 42 year old farm hand David Vickers from Stoke-on-Trent. He is tall and thin.

Section Two is commanded by the former Harland and Woolf engineer at 31, Fredrick Williams is an average sort of NCO expected.

A factory worker from. Bristol has recently been ported to corporal and given responsibility for Section Three. George Taylor is under nourished pale and thin.

While the campaign ladder notes suggest the German’s can deploy a fresh platoon for every location and the British can on Location One, Two & Four I will keep the same officers to proved a little bit of a narrative in the  proceedings  and attempt to ensure  do not make  rash and wasteful decisions while commanding both sides. 

All being well I’ll play the first games over the next couple of weeks.