GUNMAN Proudly presents…
COLD WAR Operations weekend
April 4-5 2009
tuddenham, Suffolk
only £45
The setting is 1982, location: the border of Communist East Germany and Poland, British and American troops have been set to a war torn area on the border to help Polish Republic Guards repel a sizable force of East German and Russian troops for helping the Polish Communist Republic movement from staging a military coo after there defeat in 1981.
The history of Poland from 1945 to 1982 spans the period of Soviet Communist dominance over the People's Republic of Poland following World War II. These years, while featuring many improvements in the standards of living in Poland, were marred by social unrest and economic depression.
Near the end of World War II, German forces were driven from Poland by the advancing Soviet Red Army, and the Yalta Conference sanctioned the formation of a provisional pro-Communist coalition government which ultimately ignored the Polish government-in-exile; this has been described as a betrayal of Poland by the Allied Powers in order to appease Soviet leader Josef Stalin.
The new communist government in Warsaw increased its political power and over the next two years the Communist Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) under Bolesław Bierut gained control of the People's Republic of Poland, which would become part of the postwar Soviet sphere of influence in Eastern Europe. A liberalizing "thaw" in Eastern Europe following Stalin's death in 1953 caused a more liberal faction of the Polish Communists of Władysław Gomułka to gain power. By the mid-1960s, Poland was experiencing increasing economic, as well as political, difficulties. In December 1970, a price hike led to a wave of strikes. The government introduced a new economic program based on large-scale borrowing from the West, which resulted in an immediate rise in living standards and expectations, but the program faltered because of the 1973 oil crisis. In the late 1970s the government of Edward Gierek was finally forced to raise prices, and this led to another wave of public protests.
This vicious cycle was finally interrupted by the 1978 election of Karol Wojtyla as Pope John Paul II, strengthening the opposition to Communism in Poland. In early August 1980, the wave of strikes led to the founding of the independent trade union "Solidarity" (Polish Solidarność) by electrician Lech Wałęsa. The growing strength of the opposition led the government of Wojciech Jaruzelski to declare martial law in December 1981. However, with the reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union, increasing pressure from the West, and continuing unrest, the Communists were forced to negotiate with their opponents.
Scenario
Cold War – Poland 1983
Overall story
East German and Russian communist insurgence has secretly set up a staging point inside the North Eastern border of Poland. It’s believed by the west that they intend to force a military Coe on the newly elected Polish Republic government and return Poland to communist rule.
The communist insurgence has set up key positions around a well-defended CP and built a supplies runway for a large staging area. The Coalition has sent in a task force made up of elements of the United States Delta Force and the British Army SAS. The objective is to gather intelligence in readiness to launch operations to clear insurgence forces. The Insurgence must hold onto this staging ground and supplies they have massed for the arrival of the main Communist Army, which could arrive at any time!
This will lead to the fall of the new Poland under Democratic rule and a return to Russian communist rule.
The event will feature
Long and short recon missions
Offensive and defensive operations across the whole site
Dozens of individual missions all tied together in a linear story
Mobile units for both sides
Radio communications towers and the very best in props and affects.
A non-stop, action packed war, this is a skirmish weekend with the very best elements of Filmsim added to the mix. Both sides will be fielded by Gunman Marshals and co-ordinated through out the whole experience.
I'm capping at 50 players to make this a tight weekend.
booking form will be up nxt week.
Heer Schmidt
