Cabra-Kildare War of 1962

I was lucky enough to take part in an epic wargame last night, kindly hosted by Sydney, who commissioned McCarthy and I to create a large scale Memoir '44 scenario. He had a couple of requests, that the battle be stretched over two game days, that there be fortifications, plenty of opportunity for combined arms as well as paratroopers and couple of other things. 

Donogh and I put our heads together and decided that it would be simpler to write a bespoke scenario rather than trying to find a battle in history that fit the requirements. Thus was born the Cabra-Kildare War of 1962. 

But first a little background. 

 

                                                            Tea Plantations of Maynooth

CIA FACTBOOK 1961 Edition

Commonwealth of Kildare (formerly British PG Tipps)

Founded: 1949

Principal Industries: Tea & Tourism

Population 7.6 million

Head of State: HRM Queen Elizabeth II

Premier: Prime Minister Albertus Sydney of the Conservative Party

Capital: Enfield

Enfield – Capital City of the Commonwealth of Kildare

                                                               Nightlife in Enfield

Government: Parliamentary Democracy

Language: Spanish (official) Creole (official) English (official)

Affiliations:

Member of the Commonwealth

Strong trade ties with the United States

Kildare infantry manning .30cal mg during fighting in Tetley province,1957

Formerly the British colony of PG Tipps, the Commonwealth formally declared independance after a two year transitional period in 1949. The handover was relatively smooth and a small expatriate community remains. Crop failures in 1951 and 1952 led to a communist insurgency in the east of the island, the states of Nescafe, Starbucks and Bewleys, which developed into a brief but bloody civil war that wracked the island from 1957-58. A peace deal signed in Paris in December 1958 partitioned the island in two, the Peoples Democratic Republic of Cabra and the Commonwealth of Kildare.

The Commonwealth is made up of three constituant states, Barrys, Lyons and Tetley. Barrys is the smallest and richest of three, being home to Enfield, the capital city, and the resorts and tourist spots that bring in much of the Commonwealth's foreign exchange. Agriculture is the countries largest employer, with tea taking up the lions share of the arable land.

While the Commonwealth still has strong ties with the United Kingdom, the United States is its largest trading partner and is also the source of the majority of the islands tourists.

Kildare Armed Forces

Army – The Army of the Commonwealth of Kildare

                                   Army of the Commonwealth of Kildare Soldiers on parade

2 Divisions Infantry

Infantry armed with M1 Garand, .30 LMG, M3 SMG, 82mm mortars and 3.5 inch bazookas.

Sherman tank of the Armoured Corps in combat in

Starbucks province during the Civil War of 1958

One tank brigade

Sherman tanks (76mm gun)

1 Artillery Brigade

M2 105mm Howitzer

75mm Pack Howitzer

Airforce – The Royal Kildare Airforce

                                                            Spitfires of the Royal Airforce

Four squadrons P51 fighters

Twp squadrons Spitfires

Navy – The Royal Kildare Navy

Corvette “The Lady Frances”

Frigate “The Lady Emily”

Coastal patrol boats