Panzer Grenadier:
War Plan Gray

Aqui é Portugal
- Portuguese President Oscar Carmona, Ponta Delgada, Azores. 26 July 1941

Strategically placed in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, the Azores archipelago had been a Portuguese possession since 1427. By 1940, the United States, Britain and Germany all considered occupying the islands, and in early 1941 the Portuguese dictator Antonio Salazar ordered mobilization and began pouring troops into the islands. If anyone tried to take the Azores, the Portuguese would fight to keep them.

In May 1941, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the U.S. Navy to prepare War Plan Gray to occupy the islands by force if necessary. The Americans would land with a brigade of Marines and a division of Army troops; the Portuguese would defend with the equivalent of two divisions and almost all of their small air force.

Eventually the Americans sent their forces to Iceland instead, but the diplomatic confrontation – and renewed threats of invasion – lasted until August 1943, when it had become obvious that the Germans would not be able to invade Portugal in retaliation. At that point the Portuguese consented to allow the British to base forces there under the terms of the 1386 Treaty of Windsor.

War Plan Gray is a Panzer Grenadier expansion based on the American plans to invade the islands, and Portuguese plans to defend them. It comes with are 88 new playing pieces plus a set of 10 scenarios so you can play with them.

War Plan Gray is a free expansion set exclusively for our Gold Club. It’s a download; you’ll have to assemble the pieces yourself. You’ll need maps from Saipan 1944 and pieces from Golden Journal No. 36: Atlantic Marines.

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Note: This product is a digital download. Pieces require assembly.

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Stock Code: APL1557

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Status: Coming Soon!

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