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End of Senussi Uprising
Description: This event will remove the negative effects brought in play by
the Sanussi Uprising.
Historical notes: The Senussi uprising ended, when all their troops were
ordered to withdraw from Egypt in March 1917. The Senussi were
severely beaten by the superior British forces several times and since the
Egyptian population did not join the jihad, the Ottoman's hopes to occupy
the Suez-Canal were lost.
Conditions: the event [stratagem] “Senussi Uprising” has been occurred,
and the event [stratagem] “Wassmuss” is not in play or it has been played
with option #1 or #2 (not option #3).
Difficulty: die roll 5+.
Modifiers: -1 if Wassmuss is leading the Senussi Uprising (“Wassmuss”
event played and option #3 has been chosen).
Enter in play: Events phase, any turn.
Option #1: (historical choice) Senussi uprisings quelled – Uprisings in Libya
calmed. Italy may free the garrisoning Corps eventually located in rebel
areas.
Notes: once successfully in play, the event is discarded and cannot occur
again.
Clemenceau loses office (Historical Variant)
Description: This event will remove all benefits coming from Clemenceau
ministry in France.
Historical notes: When Clemenceau became Prime Minister in 1917
victory seemed to be a long way off and the government had to combat
increasing resentment against the war in France. Air raids were causing
huge physical damage to Paris as well as damaging the morale of its
citizens and the scarcity of resources led to an increasing number of
demonstrations. In March, 1918 the Western Allies were caught off guard
by the German spring offensive and as the German line continued to
advance the fall of Paris could not be ruled out. Although Clemenceau was
respected for his strong leadership, it was believed that if he stayed in
power France would be lost and that a government headed by Briand
would be beneficial because he would make peace with Germany on
advantageous terms. After several secret sessions of the Chamber of
Deputies and the Senate, Clemenceau’s hold on the premiership became
increasingly shaky and led to his resignation on April 9th.
Conditions: the event [stratagem] “Clemenceau” has successfully occurred.
Difficulty: die roll 5+.
Modifiers: +2 if Paris is under German control.
Enter in play: Events phase, any turn.
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Option #1: (historical choice) Clemenceau loses office – Clemenceau is no
longer Président du Conseil. France loses all benefits coming from him
being in office!
Notes: once successfully in play, the event is discarded and cannot occur
again.
27.5 Stratagems
Here all events are grouped into Battle, Diplomatic, Economic, Military,
Political, Spy and Technological stratagems.
Battle Stratagems
Surprise
Description: This event will give you an outstanding bonus in the battle
(both naval or land). If the current battle is a naval encounter, the side
playing this event receives a +1 die roll bonus to the Naval Surprise test
(beware that this modifier can be modded). If it’s instead a land battle, the
following bonuses are going to be applied. In Movement War, if the side
playing this event is the defender, he inflicts a -3 malus to the attackers
combat die rolls (beware that this modifier can be modded); this malus
decreases by one point during each combat round, so becoming 0. On the
other hand, the attacker has no benefit if playing this event in Movement
War. In Trench War, instead, both attacker and defender may benefit of the
above mentioned bonus/malus (for the attacker is a bonus to the die roll,
for the defender is a malus to the enemy’s die rolls). In addition, if played
by the attacker, the defender may not bring any reinforcements during the
first two combat rounds (exactly during the Flash Bombardments, but
beware this bonus can be disabled by modding) and the attacker benefits
of a +1 die roll bonus on the Flash Bombardments die rolls (also this one
is moddable). If played by the defender, instead, the attacker suffers from
a -1 malus to the Preliminary Bombardments die rolls (also this one is
moddable), whichever is the type of selected Preliminary Bombardment.
Finally, last but not least, the nation playing this event will benefit from a +2
bonus die roll modifier for all large river crossing tests (beware that this
modifier can be modded)!
Historical notes: “Surprise becomes effective when we suddenly face the
enemy at one point with far more troops than he expected. This type of
numerical superiority is quite distinct from numerical superiority in general:
it is the most powerful medium in the art of war”. Carl von Clausewitz (“On
War”, 1832, Book 6, Chapter 2)
Conditions: automatic.
Difficulty: die roll 3+.