Dover

**Dover** is a scenario in *Panzer Corps 2*.

## Briefings

So, General %playername% is it? I see your record in France is very impressive, and for what it's worth, my daughter in the Wehrmachthelferinnen certainly speaks highly of your command.

But none of that matters now, because your decisions, and your victories, have brought us to this most perilous of missions. The time has come to launch Operation Sea Lion, the invasion of Britain!

**Primary Objective: Capture all Victory Hexes.**

**Bonus Objective: Raid Ashford before capturing the last Victory Hex.**

**Bonus Objective: Destroy 6 Radar Installations.**

Before you begin, there are several matters we need to cover.

High Command has certainly done their best to support the invasion, but that fact comes with as much good news as bad news.

The most important thing you need to be aware of, despite any propaganda you may have heard recently, is that we most definitely have not won the air war over Britain.

Despite months of effort from the Luftwaffe, we never managed to achieve air supremacy. Therefore, you should expect extreme resistance from enemy aircraft at all times during this operation. Be sure to dedicate fighter coverage over your landing craft they cross the English Channel.

Additionally, Admiral Lutjens and the Kriegsmarine have dedicated as many surface ships as they could put together to challenge the Royal Navy. The brand new battleship *Bismarck* has been rushed into service, accompanied by heavy cruisers *Admiral Hipper* and *Admiral Scheer*.

They even cobbled together the half complete *Graf Zeppelin*, to serve as our one and only aircraft carrier. Keep a combat patrol over it at all times, the ship is likely to be quite fragile in it's barely completed state.

How much protection these ships can provide you against the Royal Navy, well we'll just have to find out when you encounter them. Strange as it sounds, our submarines haven't spotted a single Royal Navy vessel between us and your target beaches.

Speaking of which, your target beach is here, around Hythe. You should fully expect your landing to be contested by whatever infantry and artillery the British have been able to scrape together, so be sure to secure a supply point as quickly as possible.

Once ashore, the Luftwaffe has requested you dismantle those damn radar stations that gave them such trouble during the air war.

The invasion can only proceed to the next phase after we secured our beachheads, so be sure to push in as far as Canterbury.

Ideally, we will have quite a front to work with between your forces landing here and other forces landing at Brighton.

We are past the point of no return now. Good luck, Herr General.

### Debriefing

**Historically, Operation Sea Lion would be postponed many times, before finally being canceled in the autumn of 1940. Despite all of Germany's successes in the war so far, launching an invasion of Britain proved to be beyond their capabilities.**

**The primary contributor to the cancellation of the operation was the Luftwaffe's inability to defeat the British Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain. With the air space over the Channel and southern England contested, Germany knew their chances of success were slim to none.**

**As Winston Churchill famously put it: Never was so much owed by so many to so few.**

## Locations

* Boulogne-sur-Mer

* Dover

* Folkestone

* Hythe

* Lydd

* Canterbury

* Ashford

* Rye

* Woodchurch

* Cliffs of Dover

* Liane River

* Boulogne-sur-Mer

* Dover

* Folkestone

* Hythe

* Lydd

* Canterbury

* Ashford

* Rye

* Woodchurch

* Cliffs of Dover

* Liane River

## Messages

* Herr General, as part of the preparation for Operation Sea Lion, I have a special proposal to offer your command. As shipping your invasion force, and all of the supplies they will need in the upcoming campaign, across the English Channel presents an unusual logistical challenge, I believe a compromise is required.

To make sure there is enough of everything, we need to set your supplies to a fixed amount. As partial compensation, a dedicated detachment of salvage haulers will be made available to join the invasion.

You have %d Commendation Points.

Would you like to reset your prestige to 8500 and gain 9 Commendation Points?

Authorize the Exchange

 Decline the exchange

* You accept the offer and fixed resource amount with it. You now have exactly 8500 prestige and %d Commendation Points.

* You choose to reject the offer. You still have %d Commendation Points

* Bonus Objective to Raid Ashford completed.
Earned Commendation Points: 1.
Total Commendation Points: %d.

* Bonus Objective to Destroy Radar Installations completed.
Earned Commendation Points: 1.
Total Commendation Points: %d.

* Herr General, as part of the preparation for Operation Sea Lion, I have a special proposal to offer your command. As shipping your invasion force, and all of the supplies they will need in the upcoming campaign, across the English Channel presents an unusual logistical challenge, I believe a compromise is required.

To make sure there is enough of everything, we need to set your supplies to a fixed amount. As partial compensation, a dedicated detachment of salvage haulers will be made available to join the invasion.

You have %d Commendation Points.

Would you like to reset your prestige to 8500 and gain 9 Commendation Points?

Authorize the Exchange

 Decline the exchange

* You accept the offer and fixed resource amount with it. You now have exactly 8500 prestige and %d Commendation Points.

* You choose to reject the offer. You still have %d Commendation Points

* Bonus Objective to Raid Ashford completed.
Earned Commendation Points: 1.
Total Commendation Points: %d.

* Bonus Objective to Destroy Radar Installations completed.
Earned Commendation Points: 1.
Total Commendation Points: %d.

## Notes

* Players will be given the option to set their prestige to 8500 in exchange for gaining 9 Commendation Points at the start of the scenario.
* Capturing Ashford at any time and destroying all six RADAR units will each award 1 Commendation Point.
* Notable allied units:
	+ The KMS Admiral Hipper, a CA Admiral Hipper-class Capital ship.
	+ The Admiral Scheer, a CA Admiral Hipper-class Capital ship.
	+ The KMS Bismarck, a BB Bismarck-class Capital ship with 15 Strength points.
	+ The KMS Graf Zeppelin, a CV Graf Zeppelin-class Carrier with 5 Strength points.
* Notable enemy units:
	+ 54th Squadron, a Level 2 Hurricane Mk.I with 13 Strength points and a hero with the Evasive traits.
	+ 234th Squadron, a Level 2 Hurricane Mk.I with 13 Strength points and a hero with the Avenger trait.
	+ 245th Squadron, a Level 2 Hurricane Mk.I with 13 Strength points and a hero with the Ignore Mass Attack trait.
	+ 38th Matilda II, which has a hero with the Precision Weapon trait.