LnL Tactical: Compendium 1

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LnL Tactical: Compendium 1

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Kellam's Bridge
Counterattacking from the west, a German armored column, including refitted captured French tanks, managed to cross Cauquigny after losing a few vehicles and men to Lieutenant Levy's patrol. It advanced on the causeway toward the bridge over the…
1944-06-06

Dark Days
The beginning of the German 's Ardennes Offensíve. In the center of the German lines, the 26th Volksgrenadier and Panzer Lehr Divisions thrust toward the critical road function of Bastogne along the inadequate, rural road system of Belgium. The 26th…
1944-12-16

Under the Claw
In an effort to halt General Patton's Third Army as it charged across France, the German 5th Panzer Army, under the command of General Hasso von Manteuffel, launched a counteroffensive near Arracourt, in the Lorraine. Combat Command Alpha (CCA) of …
1944-09-19

Hill 95
As the Allied invasion of Normandy pushed to seize Cherbourg, to replace the lost Mulberry harbor at Omaha Beach due to the worst storm seen in 50 years in the English Channel, the 82nd Airborne were situated in the Bois …
1944-07-04

Battle of Bloody Gulch
Following Allied action near Hill 30 by the 101st Airborne, heralding the fall of Carentan on June 12th, 1944 (D-Day + 6), surviving German defenders from the 6th Fallschirnijager Regiment had withdrawn and resupplied, and were reinforced by elements…
1944-06-13

The Fall of Carentan: Hill 30
As the morning of June 12th lightened, the Allied pincer of Carentan reached almost full encirclement. Most of the town’s German defenders managed to get out the night before the encirclement to the south was complete; however, a suppressive force …
1944-06-12

Birds of Prey
The Americans were ashore to stay. The problem was that someone had forgotten to tell the Germans, especially the German paratroopers, the Fallschirmjagers. They held tight to Carentan, patrolling the area to keep the Americans from tightening their…
1944-06-11

Colleville
The landings at Omaha Beach had not gone as well as General Eisenhower had intended. In fact, he considered diverting foUow-on forces to Utah Beach, but slowly the German defenses crumbled. As the fire from across the beach abated, Americans …
1944-06-06

Brécourt Manor
After being dropped far from their designated DZ, Lt. Winters and a number of Easy men finally found their way to the battalion rally point at Le Grand Chemin, about three miles west of Utah Beach. There, Lt. Col. Strayer …
1944-06-06

Bridgehead at Cauquigny
After capturing the manor at La Fiére, a small bridgehead was established in Cauquigny, a hamlet located at the other end of the causeway, west of the bridge over the Merderet. There, only a dozen men were left under Lieutenant Louis Levy, with…
1944-06-06

On the Road from Rabat
The objective of Operation Goa/post, part of the Western Task Force of Operation Torch, was to capture the coastal town of Mehdia, secure the Sebou River and, most importantly, take control of the airfield at Port Lyautey. The …
1942-11-09

Rocking the Kasbah
During Operation Goalpost, to get to Port Lyautey by road or vía the Sebou River, the Americans had to get past a Vichy French controlled 16th-century citadel in Mehdia, known to the Americans as the Kasbah. The Kashah was heavily …
1942-11-08

Fiery Baptism
Operation Torch would be the first test of the American Army in the European Theater. Unfortunately, the initial test would come against the American's soon to be allies, the French. …
1942-11-08

Landing On Langoan
On the same day that Imperial Japan declared war on the exiled Dutch government, Japanese Special Naval Landing Force (SNLF) paratroopers conducted the first airborne operation of the Pacific War. Against the Dutch East Indies. The objective was to…
1942-01-11

No Wine for the Boches
“To be a Frenchman means to fight for your country and its wine," said Claude Terrail, owner of the famous Parisian restaurant La Tour d'Argent. Under orders from Field Marshal Hermann Góring, a large quantity of the famed 1928 …
1940-08-28

Desperadoes and a Bridge
By the end of May 1940, the French were learning, a bit late, the lessons of the Blitzkrieg. They had been building Up several small armored combat teams to oppose the Germans' powerful panzer divisions. These new units, comprised of …
1940-06-07

Baroud d'Honneur
On the final day of the French resistance in the pocket of Dunkirk, scattered units that had been surrounded and fighting for days and nights without rest, continued to defend down to the last bullet. They used any obstacles, farms, …
1940-06-03

Out of the Hürtgen: Stepping Toward Düren
Following three days of heavy fighting, Strass and the surrounding area had been cleared. The 82nd Infantry Division was ready for its final push toward the Rur River and Duren. To ensure a clear path, Company E of the 330th …
1944-12-13

Out of the Hürtgen: Wolves On The Prowl
The 3rd Battalion of the 330th Infantry Regiment had been under siege in Strass for two days, due to the by passing of German forces in towns such as Schafberg, to the south of Strass. Realizing their error (almost too …
1944-12-12

Out of the Hürtgen: Too Far, Too Fast
By the end of December 10th, the Battalion of the 330th Infantry Regiment had secured the town of Strass. However, in doing so, several pockets of German defenders were bypassed. These forces quickly reorganized and surrounded the town and began …
1944-12-11

Out of the Hürtgen: Queen's Gambit
Operation Queen was the plan for the AUied strike against the Rur River, the necessary precursor to an assault on the Rhine and the heart of Germany in late 1944. For Queen to succeed, the men of the First Army’s …
1944-12-10
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