Axis and Allies Express Series

I just saw the new Axis and Allies Express Series thread.  It’s a good central location so I’m re-posting here my Operation Exporter suggestion from the other thread:

Here’s an operation that somebody might want to use for an Express game: the Syria-Lebanon campaign (also known as Operation Exporter), which was the Allied invasion of Vichy French-controlled Syria and Lebanon, in June-July 1941.  The main forces were the British (plus some Commonwealth units) and the Free French on one side, versus Vichy France and Germany on the other:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria-Lebanon_campaign

I also thought of another operation that might be good for a very small-scale amphibious assault game: the Japanese occupation of the Andaman Islands in 1942:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_the_Andaman_Islands

I’m not planning to design any Express games, so anybody who wants to tackle these scenarios is welcome to claim them.  If I think of any other obscure battles that might be usable for Express, I’ll post them here.

A couple of ideas for people who’d like to see the Russians lock horns with the Japanese:

1. The Soviet–Japanese Border Wars of 1938 and 1939, consisting of:

a) The Changkufeng Incident
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lake_Khasan

b) The Battles of Khalkhin Gol
          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Khalkhin_Gol

(Note in that last one the presence of an obscure Russian general named Georgy Zhukov…)

2. The Soviet invasion of Manchuria in 1945:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Manchuria

@spartan:

So far current map claims are:

East Africa seems to be missing from the list.

I would like to take Syria. Also im interested in a Russian-Japanese border skirmish but i already have to much on my plate. Also im having trouble finding good maps for hundred regiments and shanghai. Please PM me any useful maps u may find.

I already took Okinawa… It was my idea originally. I either posted that in Croesus or reloader-1’s topic page under variants if you want proof.  :lol:

@CWO:

@spartan:

So far current map claims are:

East Africa seems to be missing from the list.

your right

Here are some more ideas, in no particular order.  Some are well-known operations, others less so.

The Dieppe Raid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieppe_Raid

Tha First Arakan Campaign
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arakan_Campaign_1942–1943

The Chindit Expeditions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chindit

The Caucasus Campaign (the parallel operation to the Stalingrad Campaign)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Blue#Army_Group_A_action_-_Caucasus_campaign

The Crimean Campaign and the Siege of Sevastopol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sevastopol

Anvil-Dragoon (the invasion of Southern France soon after D-Day)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Dragoon

Operation Husky (The invasion of Sicily)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Husky

The Battle of Kohima ("the “Stalingrad of the East”)
and
The Battle of Imphal (“the biggest Japanese defeat of the war on land”)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kohima
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Imphal

The Battle of Wake Island
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wake_Island

The Battle of Guam (1944)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Guam_(1944)

The First Battle of Corregidor
and
The Second Battle of Corregidor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Corregidor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Corregidor_(1945)

The Invasion of Yugoslavia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Yugoslavia

Operation Market-Garden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bridge_Too_Far_(film)

The Indian Ocean Raid (1942)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean_Raid

The Battle of Budapest (“The Stalingrad of the Waffen SS”)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Budapest

The Invasion of Hong Kong
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hong_Kong

I’m already using Wake Island and Guam in my Japanese Empire conquest one

Ummm Im gonna drop the Chinese ones to take up some of these. I call Operation Market Garden. CWO i think you deserve a full mention and credit in the creators of this game. Without you half of this wouldn’t have been possible. Well it would but it wouldn’t have been as good.

Alright I have made a VERY ROUGH edition of my Syria&Lebanon Campaign. Most territories (excluding Iraqi territories, trans Jordon territories, and The Duck’s Bill) are named after cities found on the Syria map on the wiki page CWO found. I used Microsoft Paint to make it. I included few sea zones as sea battle was little use in the syrian campaign. However the player that controls the sea can use it to ferry troops around. The lines you see between territories are rails, rodes, and tracks (i guessed they meant paths). Because Syria is mainly desert these are used for movment. Im not totally sure how it will work but I havent focused on the rules much. Also I am dropping the Chinese campaigns (srry to those who got excited about them) and i will work on operation market garden. I prefer the European and African theaters.

alright ill start a new topic. also u said the list was updated. on here? i dont see many changes

Cool. youll need a bigger board though. How can u show the invasion of an entire country with just one territory? (well i guess they did do it with france  :lol:)

Awesome. So your keeping it to just one territory? Will german reinforcments be able to enter play from there?

Maybe there should be a child board set up for this so that it is easier to find all the maps.