GURPS WWII: ALL THE KING’S MEN

(C) 2002 Brian J. Underhill

All Rights Reserved

 

AA Title Page [1 pages]

 

AA Table of Contents [2 pages]

 

AA Introduction [1 page]

                  DD About the Author

                        BOX About GURPS

                        BOX Page References

 

AA 1. England at War [24 pages]

      BB World War I

                        BOX Establishing Character Background

                  DD Trench Warfare

            CC The Western Front

                        BOX The Hindenburg Line

                  DD Battle of the Marne

                  DD Battle of the Somme

            CC The Southern Fronts

                  DD The Italian Front

                  DD The Balkan Front

            CC Africa and the Middle East

                        BOX The Egyptian Expeditionary Force

                  DD Palestine

                  DD Mesopotamia

                  DD The Dardanelles

                        BOX Battle of Gallipoli

            CC Naval Operations

                  DD Jutland

                        BOX The Koenigsberg

                        BOX The Sinking of the Lusitania

            CC The Air War

                        BOX British Aces

            CC Aftermath

                  DD The Treaty of Versailles

      BB Interwar Developments

                        BOX British Government

                        BOX SUBHEAD King George VI

                        BOX SUBHEAD Queen Elizabeth

            CC The Anglo-Irish War (1916-1921)

            CC The Anglo-Afghan War (1919)

            CC Uprisings in India (1919)

                  DD The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

                        BOX The Black Acts              

            CC The Russian Civil War (1918-1920)

      BB WWII

                        BOX Neville Chamberlain

                        BOX Winston Churchill

                        BOX The Confetti War

            CC France

                        BOX Field Marshal Lord Gort, VC

                  DD Operation Dynamo (Evacuation at Dunkirk)

                        BOX Admiral Bertie Ramsay

                  DD Operation Catapult (Mers-el-Kebir, Oran)

                        BOX Admiral James Somerville

                  DD Liberation

                        BOX Major-General Sir Percy Hobart

            CC Scandinavia

                        BOX Battle of the Barents Sea

                  DD Narvik

                        BOX Operation Alphabet (Evacuation of Narvik)

                  DD Trondheim

                  DD Oslo

                        BOX Operation Gauntlet (Sabotage on Spitzbergen Island)

            CC East Africa

                        BOX General Sir Alan Cunningham

                        BOX Operation Ironclad (Invasion of Madagascar)

                  DD Eritrea

                  DD Somaliland

                  DD Ethiopia

            CC The Mediterranean

                        BOX Operation Mincemeat (Deception in the Med)

                  DD Crete

                  DD Malta

                        BOX Lieutenant-General Sir William Dobbie

                  DD The Balkans

                  DD Greece

                        BOX Lieutenant-General Sir Ronald Scobie

                  DD Italy

                        BOX General Sir Richard McCreery

            CC Southeast Asia and the Pacific

                        BOX Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival

                        BOX Lord Louis Mountbatten

                  DD The Indian National Army

                        BOX Field Marshal Lord William Slim

                  DD The Chindits

                        BOX Major-General Orde Wingate

                  DD New Guinea

                  DD Dutch Timor

                  DD Singapore Island

      BB The Naval War

            CC The Battle of the Atlantic

                  DD Convoy Operations

                  DD Sinking of the Bismarck

                  DD The Graf Spee

            CC The English Channel

                  DD The Channel Dash, 1941

            CC The North Sea

                        BOX Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser

                  DD Skapa Flow

                        BOX U-47

            CC The Mediterranean

                  DD The Battle of Matapan

                        BOX Admiral Sir Andrew B. Cunningham

      BB The Air War

                        BOX Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Caswell Tremenheere Dowding

                        BOX Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park

            CC The Battle of Britain

                        BOX Air Chief Marshal Sir T. Leigh-Mallory

                        BOX Radar

            CC The Bombing of Berlin

                        BOX Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur T. “Bomber” Harris

            CC The Middle East Air Force

                        BOX Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder

      BB The Road to Victory

      BB Aftermath

                        BOX VE Day

            CC Punishment

            CC Reconstruction

            CC Research

 

AA 2. The British Army [16 pages]

      BB The Commonwealth

            CC Great Britain

                        BOX Field Marshall Earl Alexander

            CC Canada

            CC Australia and New Zealand

                        BOX General Sir Thomas Blarney

                  DD The Maori

            CC India

                  DD Gurkhas

      BB Military Organization

                        BOX Organizational Units

            CC British Territorial Army

            CC British Expeditionary Force

                        BOX Hussars, Guards, and Other Monikers

            CC Royal Marines

                  DD No. 43 Commando

                        BOX Force Viper

            CC The Long Range Desert Group

                        BOX Major Ralph Bagnold

            CC The Reconnaissance and Royal Armored Corps

            CC Paratroops

            CC Special Air Services

                        BOX Colonel Sir David Sterling

            CC Special Operations Executive

                  DD Gadgets and Equipment

                        BOX Historical Operatives

            CC British Intelligence

                  DD Bletchley Park

                        BOX Codes and Cyphers

                        BOX SUBHEAD Enigma

                        BOX SUBHEAD ULTRA

      BB Military Strengths

                        BOX Lend-Lease

            CC The British Army

                        BOX Gun Size Conversion Table

            CC The Royal Air Force

            CC The Royal Navy

      BB Serving in the British Army

                        BOX Prisoners of War

                  DD Enlistment and Conscription

                        BOX Military Decorations

                        BOX SUBHEAD Victoria Cross

                        BOX SUBHEAD The George Cross

                        BOX SUBHEAD The Distinguished Conduct Medal

                        BOX SUBHEAD Military Cross

                        BOX SUBHEAD Order of the Bath

                        BOX SUBHEAD Distinguished Service Order

                        BOX SUBHEAD Distinguished Flying Cross               

                        BOX SUBHEAD Air Force Cross

                        BOX SUBHEAD Distinguished Service Cross

                        BOX SUBHEAD Officer of the Order of the British Empire

                        BOX SUBHEAD Service Stars

            CC Women at War

                  DD First Aid Nursing Yeomanry

                  DD Auxiliary Territorial Service

                  DD Women’s Auxiliary Army Corp

                  DD Women’s Auxiliary Air Force

                  DD Women’s Royal Navy Service

 

AA 3. Characters [14 pages]

      BB Creating a Character

                  DD Point Values

      BB Advantages, Disadvantages, and Skills

                        BOX British Ranks

            CC Advantages

                  DD Rank

                  DD Reputation

            CC Disadvantages

                  DD Codes of Honor

                  DD Enemy

                  DD Fanaticism (England)

                  DD Social Stigma (Indian)

            CC Skills

                  DD Area Knowledge

                  DD Cryptanalysis

                  DD Languages

                  DD Savoir-Faire (Military)

                  DD Survival

      BB Character Templates

            CC British FANY Nurse

            CC British Intelligence Agent

            CC Female SOE Operative

            CC Gurkha Soldier

            CC Royal Marine

            CC SAS Commando

 

AA 4. The British Armory [25 pages]

      BB Personal Gear

            CC Armor

                  DD Doughboy Helmet

                  DD Battle Dress

                        BOX Uniforms

            CC Miscellany

                        BOX The British Kit

                  DD Canteen

                  DD Compass

                  DD Entrenching Tool

                  DD Food and Rations

                  DD Gas Mask

                  DD Mine Detector (Polish)

 

      BB Weapons

 

      BB The Motor Pool

            1. Ordnance 25-Pounder (towed artillery)

            2. Daimler Dingo (armored scout car)

            3. Humber Light Reconnaissance Car

            4. Bedford Truck (utility truck)

            5. Universal (Bren-Gun) Carrier (APC)

            6. Light Tank Mk VI (light tank)

            7. Mk VI, Crusader (A15) (cruiser tank)

            8. Valentine (infantry tank)

            9. Matilda II (A12) (infantry tank)

            10. Churchill (A22) (heavy tank)

            11. Hawker Hurricane (fighter)

            12. Supermarine Spitfire (fighter)

            13. de Havilland D.H.98 Mosquito  (fighter-bomber)

            14. Avro Lancaster (bomber)  

            15. Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax (bomber)

            16. Short S-25 Sunderland (maritime patrol a/c)

            17. HMS Hood (battlecruiser)

            18. HMS King George V (KGV class battleship)

            19. HMS Sheffield (Southampton class cruiser)

            20. HMS Glowworm (G class destroyer)

            21. Fairmile Motor Launch (multi-purpose coastal defense boat)

           

AA 5. The Middle Eastern Front [10 pages]

                        BOX Field Marshall Sir Claude Auchlinlek

            CC Oil in Arabia

                  DD Arabian Revolt Against Palestine

                        BOX The Peel Commission

                        BOX The MacDonald White Paper

      BB Iraq

            CC Battle of Habbaniya

                        BOX Rashid Ali

                        BOX SUBHEAD The Golden Square

      BB Syria and Lebanon

            CC Operation Exporter

                        BOX Moshe Dayan

                  DD Quneitra

                  DD Mezze

                  DD Damascus

      BB Persia

            CC Operation Countenance

                  DD Teheran

                        BOX Kurdish and Luri Tribesmen

 

AA 6. The North African Front [20 pages]

            CC Desert Warfare

                  DD Supply Lines

                        BOX Naval Support

      BB The Italian Invasion

            CC The Italian Army

            CC The British Eighth Army

                        BOX General Sir Archibald Wavell

            CC Sidi Barrani

                        BOX Field Marshal Lord Wilson

            CC El Agheila

            CC Bardia

            CC Tobruk

            CC Battle of Beda Fomm

            CC Benghazi

      BB The Siege of Tobruk

            CC The Deutsches Afrika Corps

                        BOX General Erwin Rommel

            CC Operations Brevity and Battleaxe

            CC Operation Crusader

      BB Rommel’s Second Campaign

            CC Benghazi

            CC The Gazala Line

            CC Bir Hakiem

                        BOX The Cauldron and Knightsbridge

            CC Mersa Matruh

                        BOX General Sir Richard O’Connor

      BB El Alamein

                        BOX Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery

            CC Battle of Alam Halfa

                        BOX Lieutenant-General Sir Brian Horrocks

                        BOX Operation Supercharge

      BB Operation Torch

            CC Tripoli

            CC The Mareth Line

            CC Kasserine Pass

            CC Tunis

 

AA 7. Campaigns [10 pages]

      BB Campaign Style

            CC High Adventure

                        BOX Cinematic Rules

            CC Realistically Gritty

            CC War is Hell!

      BB Campaign Units

            CC His Majesty’s Men

            CC Elite Units

                  DD Gurkhas

                  DD The Red Berets

                  DD The Black Watch

            CC Special Forces

                  DD Special Air Services

                  DD Special Executive Operations

                        BOX Adventure Seed: SOE

                  DD Long Range Desert Group

                        BOX Adventure Seed: Long Range Desert Group

                  DD No. 43 Royal Marines Commando

      BB Campaign Theaters

            CC France

                        BOX Adventure Seed: France, 1940

                        BOX Adventure Seed: Normandy

            CC Scandinavia

                        BOX Adventure Seed: Arctic Sabotage!

            CC The Middle East

                        BOX Adventure Seed: Persian Oil

            CC North Africa

                        BOX Adventure Seed: Tobruk

            CC The Mediterranean

                        BOX Adventure Seed: Supply Lines

            CC China-Burma-India

                        BOX Adventure Seed: The Burma Road

            CC The Air War

                        BOX Adventure Seed: Occupied France

            CC The High Seas

                        BOX Adventure Seed: Wolf Hunter

 

AA Glossary [1 page]

 

AA Timeline [1 page]

 

AA References [1 pages]

 

AA Index [2 pages]

(C) 2002 Brian J. Underhill

All Rights Reserved