T2000: WHITEOUT (v2.2 PBP Campaign)

[Legbreaker]

Originally Posted by Snake Eyes

As a resident of Anchorage at the time, I always thought it was goofy that the 6th's light fighters were deployed and defence of the Last Frontier was left to the Mountain troops and a bunch of Lower 48 weekend warriors, but whatever. Turns out I wasn't the one it had to make sense to.

Alaska wasn't exactly on the front lines or at real risk of being invaded. Makes sense therefore for reservist troops to take over from a regular unit for garrison duties. Hindsight of course tells us Alaska would soon become yet another front for the US and it's allies (in this case Canada) to worry itself sick over.

[M-Type]

Speaking of Canada, does anyone have any TO&E information on them? Didn't see them represented in the NATO guide (can't say I looked hard ), and I know later in the Alaskan Campaign they team up with American stragglers to hold the border, so I can see them counter-attacking back into Alaska, full force.

Not that that information is needed now, but I was curious.

[Olefin]

There is a Challenge Magazine article I havent seen on Canada (Canada 2000 in issue 30) - does anyone have that?

Other than that there is only the one entry I have seen on Canada in Going Home with the unit that is stuck in Poland.

I know there are other mentions too in Challenge Magazine but I havent seen them either - i.e. Red Maple and Native Canadian Ranger Regiment

[Olefin]

Keep in mind that the US troops in Alaska were making attacks into Siberia before the Soviets invaded Alaska

if you look at the US Army Vehicle Guide those weekend warriors were pretty darn good troops

i.e.

1ST INFANTRY BRIGADE (Arctic Recon)
An Alaskan National Guard Brigade. The brigade came into
federal service on 7/3/96 and assumed responsibility for local
security and long range recon patrols along the Bering Straits.
Throughout the last half of 1996 and the first half of 1997, the
brigade mounted aggressive deep patrols across the Bering Strait
into Soviet territory and fought numerous small actions with
Soviet arctic forces.

In June of 1997 the brigade repulsed a
number of Soviet commando raids across the strait but was forced
to withdraw westward after Soviet arctic mechanized units
crossed to the U.S. side.

Now if you are talking about the weekend warriors of the 47th that is a different issue

i.e.

47TH INFANTRY DIVISION
A National Guard Division consisting of the 1st (Minnesota
NG), 34th (Iowa NG), and 66th (Illinois NG) Brigades. The division
came into federal service on 11/1/96 and began deploying
by air and sea to Fort Richardson, Alaska where it relieved the
6th Infantry Division (Light) of internal security duties. In July
of 1 997 outposts of the division were attacked by Soviet Spetznaz
units and shortly thereafter by elements of two arctic
mechanized brigades.

[Olefin]

You are right about the NATO guide - missed that in my first search. One thing is that it mentions Canadian troops in action against the Soviets on the Pacific coast but then has them in the Maritimes and not the Pacific.

I think that they meant to put them in British Columbia and not the Maritimes.

[M-Type]

Originally Posted by Olefin

I think that they meant to put them in British Columbia and not the Maritimes.

They just decided "Hell with this war!" and boogied on out.

[Olefin]

Actually I think they just messed up when they edited it - if I remember correctly those units they said were in the Maritimes are mentioned in other canon areas as being the units that engaged the Soviets in the Pacific.

if they did boogie thats a heck of a boogie - cant go much further unless you grab a trans-Atlantic ship.