Matador (Part 2 of 3)
Campaign 5 - The Iberian Conflict
New World Order series
EC2000 NACV battleset
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.
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. (Released December 2000).