Update for Turning Tide - US Armored Recon Company and Dieppe files

Even though there was an intensive search on mistakes in the files before publicing, I have to tell to my regret that we still found a few mistakes in both files.
For both files a v1.1 is now up for download.
I hope there are no more mistakes to find.

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2nd Army File from the poll: Turning Tide - US Armored Recon Company (v1.0) and 1 file for Dieppe

The first new file is Turning Tide - US Armored Recon Company (v1.0).
There is not much to tell about it. Works the same way as the other files.
One thing I like to say is that I want to give credits to a person, on the FoW forum known as Lap1964, because he helps me with checking the Turning Tide files on mistakes.

The other file is Dieppe - Forces (v1.0) from the Dieppe PDF. This a Mid War file.
I started to work on this file some time ago but never finished it. Now, between building the other files, I also decided to finish this one.

For both files there is  an Excel 2003, Excel 2007 and an OpenOffice version.

The links:
- Army Excel Files. (Page on my blog)
- Flames of War Army Excel Files.

A last note: the Turning Tide - Ranger Battalion (Normandy) has been updated to v1.1. The OoB wasn't working properly and you couldn't fill in points in Cell D3 in the Ranger Company sheet.

These are the last files for a while.
I think everybody who follows this blog will know the reason.
As soon as it is possible for me I will start working on the other files again.

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A Personal Message

First lets welcome the new followers. Normally I do this at the beginning of each month but because of the reason below I do it now: Max Messina, Scary Biscuits, Daywalker and FoxPhoenix135. Sorry if i forgot someone. May I welcome you to.

Normally the following isn't something I would tell everybody or tell it on the WWW but somehow this is something I like to tell. Although it ain't the nicest story.
Between now and Sunday it will become silent on my blog for some time. How long it will take I don't know.
Why? Simple said:  I need to undergo Brain-surgery.
If everything goes as planned then coming Monday (24th) i will undergo the surgery.
I know about the tumor for about 6 years but until a few months back there was no reason to do something about it. When it started to grow the decision is made to remove it or remove as much as possible.
Because mine is a low-graded tumor there is no panic but when i do nothing it will grow and it will become a high-graded tumor and thats not good at all. So it is better to remove it now.
After the surgery i have to stay about a week in the hospital and be careful for another 6 weeks. And not driving a car for 6 months.
So I think I won't be found much behind my computer the first couple of weeks.

How about the  Army files?
I am working on them and I hope that I can have a few done before I go to the hospital.
Those that aren't finished will be done as soon as I am feeling up to working on the files again.

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Today in Dutch WWII History: The Bunker Drama.

In January 1944 in Konzentrationslager Herzogenbusch the Bunker Drama took place.
A German woman, who is kept prison in the Camp, provided all kind of information about the other prisoners to the camp leaders. By doing this she hoped that she would be released sooner. The other women in the barracks warn her to stop doing all this. After a last warning they cut her hair.
The leader of the barrack is locked up for this in the camp prison (Bunker). Ninety women from her barrack wrote their name and number on a list in the camp administration to protests against this act.

Two days later, on 15 January, all these women were brought to the Bunker. 74 women were locked up in one Cell: Cell 115. The size of the cell is about 9 square meters. Because the cell is full and there is absolutely no room left in this cell, the other 16 women were placed in another cell. Cell 117.
In Cell 115 panic broke out . There was no fresh air and it was very hot. More and more women became unconscious due to the lack of oxygen.
At Sunday 16 January after 14 hours the the door of the cell goes open.
Ten women didn't survive the night:
Helena Bagmeijer-Krant
Nelly de Bode
Maartje den Braber
Lamberta Buiteman-Huijsmans
Anna Gooszen
Mina Hartogs-Samson
Johanna van den Hoek
Lammerdina Holst
Antoinette Janssen
Huiberdina Witte-Verhagen

This drama soon became known outside the camp and all kinds of resistance papers wrote about this drama. The Germans were very annoyed that the news leaked. The camp-commander Grünewald is discharged and sent to the Russian front were he got killed.

Cell 115

Photo: FP Media VOF



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1st Army File from the poll: Turning Tide - Ranger Battalion (Normandy)

The first file of the Poll is done.
It is the file that had 1st place: Ranger Battalion (Normandy).

Something new is added in this file.
Row 12 of the Ranger Company sheet. Here you first select an Assault Division.
Some of the support platoons, Boat section and  Assault Engineer Combat platoon (left out the DD Tank platoon because this one is already rated as Confident Trained and has the same point cost in both the 1st and 29th Assault company), that can support the Ranger Company can be from the 1st or 29th Assault Division.
Selecting an Assault Division is important to get the right Skill and Motivation and the right point cost for the platoons. Standard it is set on 1st Assault Division.

Although I added this new feature to the file it ain't sure it will stay. There are some things unclear for the Ranger Battalion on the subject of which Assault Division supports the Rangers.
On page 186 of Turning Tide it nowhere says how it should be done, like in other forces, and there are no markings in the diagram. So I asked a question on the forum, see this LINK, and hope that BF will come up with an answer.

There is, as always,  an Excel 2003, Excel 2007 and an OpenOffice version.

The links:
- Army Excel Files. (Page on my blog)
- Flames of War Army Excel Files.

Thanks for reading.