D.O.W. Wednesday Open Mission 28/12/22 @ GMT18:00This scenario is a simulation and does not have any political message.
GIBRALTAR - THE RECONQUISTA by Connaugh GIBRALTAR - THE RECONQUISTA
By Connaugh
SITUATION:
Spain claims Gibraltar, a 6-square-kilometre Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom in the southernmost part of the Iberian Peninsula.
Then a Spanish town, it was conquered by an Anglo-Dutch force in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession on behalf of Archduke Charles, pretender to the Spanish throne.
The legal situation concerning Gibraltar was settled in 1713 by the Treaty of Utrecht, in which Spain ceded the territory in perpetuity to the British Crown stating that,
should the British abandon this post, it would be offered to Spain first. Since the 1940s Spain has called for the return of Gibraltar.
Spain has now ordered its Armored Forces to cross the border and take possession of Gibraltar.
EXECUTION:
The Extremadura and Cantabria Brigades are to capture the following objectives
and defend Gibraltar from any attempt of the UK to retake the peninsula:
Airport
Terminal
Town
Gun Batteries
Lighthouse
FORCES:
1/Extremadura 3 x Leopard 2A5 Tanks...
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