Drang Nach Osten: Commonwealth set-up
Commonwealth set-up
Commonwealth pre-war production
Commonwealth player's notes
War situation
The Commonwealth controls all possessions normally controlled by it in 1939, plus Crete and Lemnos (formerly of Greece), and the CW has conquered Iraq. All units below are British unless otherwise specified. Planes without a pilot must go into reserve. Note that 8 of the CW convoy points are escapees from Greece's merchant marine (thus "free" to the CW). Any planes that don't have a pilot are placed into the reserve pool.
Special note for CW carrier planes: draw 18 carrier planes. You may place any 10 on any carrier, anywhere (note: 2 CVs won't have a carrier plane). The remaining 8 carrier planes go into reserve.
As usual, only convoy points may be set up at sea for a neutral major power.
Note that the BB Valiant, and CAs Cumberland and Berwick are now Turkish units for all purposes, available upon Turkish setup.
Set up in Canada:
- Canadian INF
- Canadian FTR (but no PIL)
Set up in United Kingdom:
- MECH, MOT, INF, GAR, ART, AA, INF division
- 1 PIL, 3 FTR-2, ATR-3, 3 LND-3, 2 LND-2
Set up in Northern Ireland:
Set up in Gibralter:
Set up in Egypt:
Set up in Palestine:
Set up in Gibralter/Malta/Egypt/Iraq/Palestine/Trans-Jordan/Anglo-Egyptian Sudan:
- Wavell
- 2 MECH, MOT, Canadian MOT
- 4 PIL, 2 FTR-2, FTR-3, 2 LND-3, LND-4, NAV-2, NAV-3
Set up in Aden:
- MOT
- PIL, 2 FTR-2
- CV: Courageous, Furious, Illustrious; BB: Conqueror, Duke of York, Hood, Howe, Lion, Prince of Wales, Renown; CA/CL: Dido, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, London, Newcastle, Nigeria, Suffolk, York
Set up in Tanganyika:
Set up in South Africa:
- South African INF
- PIL, South African FTR-2
Set up in India/Burma/Ceylon:
- Indian MECH, Indian MOT, 3 Indian INF, Indian GAR, Indian TER
- 2 PIL, 2 FTR-2, Indian FTR-2
Set up in Malaya/Singapore:
- Alexander, MOT
- 3 PIL, 3 FTR-2, NAV-2, NAV-3
- CV: Ark Royal, Glorious, Indefatigable; BB: Barham, Malaya, Ramillies, Revenge, Royal Oak, Royal Sovereign, Warspite; CA/CL: Ajax, Birmingham, Cornwall, Danae, Devonshire, Durban, Effingham, Emerald, Hawkins, Kent, Liverpool, Manchester, Norfolk, Sheffield, Southampton
Set up in Australia:
- Australian MECH, Australian MOT, Australian GAR, Australian TER
- 1 PIL, Australian FTR-2
- CV: Eagle; CA/CL: Australia, Belfast, Canberra, Dortershire, Gloucester, Shropshire, Sussex
Set up in New Zealand:
Set up in anywhere in Europe:
- CV: Argus, Formidable, Hermes, Unicorn, Victorious; BB: Anson, King George V, Nelson, Queen Elizabeth, Repulse, Resolution, Rodney; CA/CL: Arethusa, Bonaventure, Carlisle, Ceres, Curacoa, Fiji, Frobisher, Girg. Averoff (Greek), Kenya, Mauritius
Set up anywhere:
- Gort, INF, AA, ENG
- 5 TRS, Queen Mary/Queen Elizabeth, 2 SUB, 95 CPs
July/August 1942
- CV: Indomitable [fu], BB: Thunderer [fu]; 2 PIL, FTR-2, FTR-3, Australian INF
September/October 1942
- BB: Temeraire [fu]; 2 PIL; Mountbatten
November/December 1942
- CV: Implacable [fu], CA/CL: Sydney [fu]; 2 carrier planes
January/February 1943
- CV: Audacious [fd], CA/CL: Gambia, Ontario [fu]
March/April 1943
Construction Pool
- BB: Iron Duke, Vanguard; CA/CL: Ceylon, Jamaica, Newfoundland, Royalist, Swiftsure, Trinidad, Uganda; SUB
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