Key information

Operation Overture (2021) I

Wagner

Deploying

Friday 30 July 2021, 18:00 UTC

Situation

ANGOLA USED TO BE ONE OF THE RICHEST COUNTRIES ON THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA WITH THE MAJORITY OF ITS WEALTH COMING FROM EXPORTING OIL AND DIAMONDS. OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS A SHARP DECLINE IN THE PRICE OF OIL AND THE GLOBAL TURN AGAINST EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY AND LED TO A SLOW COLLAPSE IN THE GOVERNMENT’S CAPACITY TO PROVIDE BASIC SERVICES OUTSIDE THE CITIES. AS OCCURS FREQUENTLY IN THESE SITUATIONS, GROUPS OF LOCAL LEADERS AND WARLORDS FOUND THE OPPORTUNITY TO USURP POWER AND BUILD SMALL FORTUNES FOR THEMSELVES, COMMITTING ALL MANNER OF ATROCITIES AND WAR CRIMES ALONG THE WAY. RELIGIOUS INSURGENT MOVEMENTS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE CHAOS AND QUICKLY BEGAN TO SPREAD THEIR RADICAL VIEWS. WHILST THE GOVERNMENT IS MANAGING TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE MAJOR CITIES AND BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE (WATER AND ELECTRICITY), THEY HAVE LOST CONTROL OF THE REMOTE TOWNS AND OUTSKIRTS. THE MILITARY FORCES HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMED AND MANY MEN AND WOMEN HAVE DESERTED TO SUPPORT THE MILITIAS AND INSURGENCIES. COMPETING WARLORDS PAY SOLDIERS WITH MONEY OBTAINED FROM ILLEGAL MINING, ARMS DEALING AND LARGE SCALE CRIME. FAMINE AND LACK OF BASIC SERVICES HAVE TAKEN THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS PEOPLE IN THE RURAL AREAS OF THE COUNTRY AND SOMETHING MUST BE DONE BEFORE THE SITUATION SPIRALS OUT OF CONTROL. THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL HAS PASSED A RESOLUTION COMPELLING ANGOLA TO ACCEPT THE SUPPORT OF THE BLUE HELMETS IN AN EFFORT TO ALLOW FOOD AND SERVICES TO REACH THE CIVILIAN POPULATION. Campaign Goals FOLLOWING A SEMI-SUCCESSFUL MISSION IN MALI, THE BRITISH WILL BE LEADING THE FIRST CADRE OF BLUE HELMETS TO ARRIVE IN ANGOLA AND WILL BE TASKED THREE MAIN OBJECTIVES: - PROTECT THE CIVILIAN POPULATION AND COVER THE BASIC NEEDS (FOOD, WATER AND MEDICINE) - PROVIDE PROTECTION AND SUPPORT TO LOGISTICAL OPERATIONS - BUILD AND MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIPS WHICH LEAD TO PEACE OUR FORCE WILL STAGE AT THE UN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING IN SWAGGA AND LOGISTICAL SUPPORT ELEMENTS WILL BE DELIVERED VIA C-130 AT THE AIRFIELD. Intelligence - THERE ARE ONE OR TWO FACTIONS OPERATING AROUND SWAGGA. - THE DIAMOND AND MINING TOWNS OF RONGO, KOMARIA AND RANGOLAN HAVE HAD SPORADIC SMALL ARMS CONFLICT. - NON-VERIFIED REPORTS OF THE PREVENTION OF FLOW OF GOODS INTO THE COUNTRY VIA THE RONGO - CRUZAR ROAD. - AN UNKNOWN PARTY HAS DAMAGED THE MOBILE PHONE ANTENNAS AT LOCATIONS (094,105) AND (O87,086), CUTTING OFF COMMUNICATIONS FROM THIS AREA TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY. - THE MAIN ROAD LEADING FROM KOMARIA TO ELSAVILLE HAS BEEN CUT OFF BY MINES. THESE MINES MAY BE A LEFTOVER OF THE CIVIL WAR CONFLICT OR COULD BE NEW. WE NEED TO GATHER MORE INTELLIGENCE ON THIS POSSIBLE MINEFIELD. Continue reading

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Attributes

Time of day

Day

Weather

Clear Skies

Type

Peacekeeping

Terrain

Flat

Map

Angola

Loadouts

British Army (Blue Helmets)

Deployment contacts

FL Runs the night and leads the ORBAT.
SA Runs the server and the mod set.
IO Runs the mission support team as the game master.

Campaign

Deployment I of the Operation Overture (2021) campaign.

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