New World Order series
Campaign 5 - The Iberian Conflict
EC2000 NACV battleset

The scenarios in this series are designed for play by the BLUE side only.

BACKGROUND

In August 1996, increased Basque terrorism in Spain and a new hardline government in Madrid led
to a brutal crackdown on ethnic Basque communities. The conflict spilled over into an
international incident when Basque refugees fled to France for safety. Spanish military forces
pursued and attacked suspected Basque terrorists in French territory. The French were not at
all pleased with the incursions, and dispatched their own troops to shut down the border.
Accusing France of harboring terrorists, Spain vowed retaliation.

Scenario 1 (NWIN1) - Seeing Red

The opening scenario in this series shows how the war between France and Spain opened with an
air battle. The struggle for air superiority over the Iberian Peninsula reached a climax when
a French civilian airliner was accidentally shot down by the Spanish air force. With the
nation clamoring for blood, the French Navy put to sea.

Scenario 2 (NWIN2) - Matador

As soon as French naval combatants had been dispatched, the Spanish responded by gathering
and deploying a task force of their own. The two groups met off the coast of Portugal.

Scenario 3 (NWIN3) - Two on One

When a Portuguese fishing vessel was misidentified and destroyed by a French Exocet missile,
the Portuguese government, already supporting Spain politically, joined the war against
France. By this time the French carrier group, recovering from its engagement with the
Spanish task force, had been deployed to the Strait of Gibraltar to prevent a threatened
Spanish blockade against French merchant shipping.

