Memoir '44: New Flight Plan
Title
Memoir '44: New Flight Plan
Collection Tree
- Memoir '44
- Memoir '44: New Flight Plan
Collection Items
Green Devils at Vierville
The US paratroopers of the 501st PIR (101st Airborne Division) liberated Vierville on June 6. The next day, at 1000 hours, the Green Devils (German paratroopers of the 1st Battalion/6.Fallschirmjäger Regiment) counterattacked from Basse-Addeville and…
1944-06-07
Daimler and Sole
The German strongpoint Wn12 (named "Daimler" by the Allies) was an artillery battery with 155mm French guns. The Wn14 (named "Sole" by the Allies) was defended by a grenadier company. On June 6, 1944, after a landing on Queen Red …
1944-06-06
Strongpoint Wn21 Trout
On the coastal city of Lion-sur-Mer, Germans had built the strongpoint Wn21 with a company of the 716. ID (9/736). Named "Trout" by the Allies, this strongpoint had to be neutralized by two groups of the 41st Royal Marines Commando. …
1944-06-06
Battle of Arundel - Act II
After the failure of their attack in the night of 14-15 September, Japanese command decided to evacuate their troops from Arundel Island, in the Solomon Islands, under the protection of a well entrenched rear guard near Stima Lagoon. On the …
1943-09-19
Le Dézert - Act II
During the German counter-attack towards Saint-Jean-de-Daye, the 1st battalion of the Panzer-Grenadier Lehr Regiment 901 attacked the village of Le Dézert held by infantrymen of the 9th US Infantry Division. Despite their Resistance, the Allied…
1944-07-11
Le Dézert - Act I
On its advance along road number 8, the 120th Infantry Regiment (30th US Infantry Division) reached the village of Le Dézert. The American soldiers captured the village despite the fierce Resistance of the 2.SS Panzer Division "Das Reich". On July …
1944-07-08
Defense of Spycker
The village of Spycker is situated in a land corridor between the canal of Mordyck and the canal of Haute-Colme. This corridor was a direct entry in the defensive perimeter of Dunkirk. In late May 1940, Spycker was held by …
1940-05-30
Fort Capuzzo
After heavy fighting on June 15 by the British 4th Armor and 22nd Guard Brigade, they succeeded in capturing Fort Capuzzo and also quickly established a defensive position. A strong counter-attack by the 8th Panzer division, attempted in the early …
1941-06-16
Soviet KV-2 Tanks at Lutsk
During the night of June 24-25, additional elements from the Soviet 22nd Mechanized Corps, which included a number of Red Army KV-2 heavy tanks, took up positions alongside the remains of the 19th Tank Division in Lutsk. At dawn the …
1941-06-25
Hill 170
During Operation Talon, a British offensive in the Arakan area of Burma, the 3rd Commando Brigade landed on January 22, 1945 on the banks of the Daingbon Chaung. Their objective was to capture the village of Kangaw and to cut …
1945-01-31
Raid de la Luftwaffe
On June 22, 1941, Panzer Group 1 stormed into the northwestern corner of Ukraine. Although not the best country for tanks, it was in this countryside that Operation Barbarossa was launched. The German operational plans called for a rapid advance …
1941-06-23
Battle of La Heuniere
At the end of the Normandy campaign, Allied troops ran to the Seine River to prevent the Germans from re-forming a front line on the river. On August 18th, when the first tanks of the 5th US Armored Division appeared …
1944-08-20
The Fall of Tobruk
On June 20, Rommel launched the final attack against Tobruk, using the same plan as the year before. After heavy bombing and an artillery barrage, the assault was launched at 0630. In the attack sector of the 21.Panzer Division, the …
1942-06-20
Gambut
Before the attack of Tobruk, Rommel decided to capture the airfields around Gambut in order to annihilate the RAF and to protect the "Stukas" which were necessary for the air support of the attack. At the same time, on the …
1942-06-17
Battle of the Grain Elevator
The attack of the city of Stalingrad by the German 6 Armee began on September 13th. The southern part of the city was attacked by four divisions of the 48 PanzerKorps under the command of General Kempf. On September 16th, …
1942-09-16
Battle of Maciejow
On the 22nd of June 1944, the Soviet army launched Operatsiya Bagration against Heeresgruppe "Mitte". In the area of Kovel, in western Ukraine, the II/SS-Pz Rgt.5, equipped with Panther tanks, had to defend the city of Maciejow. On the 7th …
1944-07-07
Battle of Pico
After the battle of the Garigliano and the French advance in the Aurunci Mountains, the Gustav line was broken and German units had to withdraw. The time had come for the French armored cavalry units which supported the advance of …
1944-05-22
Division Sabratha attack
While German panzers were trapped in the "Cauldron", Rommel asked General Crüewell to attack along the coast with the Italian infantry divisions in order to harass the British army or to break the Gazala line. The Italian division Sabratha attacked …
1942-05-29
Main Line of Resistance
After the landing at Arawe in Papau New Guinea, US troops established a main line of Resistance (MLR) at the foot of the peninsula to secure the bridgehead. Japanese troops were equally entrenched on their side, driving back the initial …
1944-01-16
Battle of Wau
In 1942, in New Guinea, the village of Wau and its small airfield was the base of the Kanga Force, an Australian unit that harassed the Japanese troops in Lae and Salamaua. In January 1943, Japanese command decided to capture …
1943-01-28
Battle of Ozernitsa
At the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, German tanks of Panzergruppe Guderian broke through the Soviet lines and made large encirclements, trapping the Soviet 4th and 10th armies in the Bialystok pocket. On June 27, German infantry of the 29.ID…
1941-06-27
Capture of Meiktila
The attack of Meiktila was conducted by the 17th Indian Infantry Division under the command of Major General Cowan. He ordered the 63th Brigade to attack the city from the west, while the 48th Brigade engaged from the north and …
1945-03-01
Battle of Kalamata waterfront
In late April 1941, the battle of Greece was lost for the Allies. Like the previous year in Dunkirk, the British troops were evacuated by the Royal Navy. In the Peloponnese, some elements of the 16th Australian Brigade and service …
1941-04-28
Djebel Djaffa - Action 2
On April 19, 1943, German troops launched the operation, "Unternehmen Fliederblüte" (Lilac Blossom) in Tunisia to capture Djebel Djaffa. During the night 20th to 21st of April, III/Fallschirmjäger Regiment 5, supported by some tanks including two…
1943-04-21
Isneauville Junction
The British army was putting up strong Resistance in France while the B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) was being evacuated at Dunkirk. Another such Resistance took place near Isneauville Junction, where once again an ad-hoc force of British rifle…
1940-06-08
Cherkasskoye
On July 5th General Otto Von Knobelsdorff's XLVIII Panzer Corps went on the offensive in front of Cherkasskoye. His first day objective was to take the village and then push on to the River Pena. The 10th Panzer advanced on …
1943-07-05
Elst
The British XXX Corps took the Nijmegen bridge then waited for nineteen hours to move toward Arnhem. This delay enabled the Germans to transform what had been a weak defensive line into a strong blocking force around the town of …
1944-09-21
Reinforce Arnhem
On September 19th, with Major Urquhart missing, Brigadier Hicks assumed command and was determined to adhere to his mission of reinforcing the 2nd Paratroopers holding Arnhem Bridge. Hicks' force of the 1st, 3rd,11th Paratroopers and South…
1944-09-19
Koevering Corridor Raid
On September 24, 1944, German Fallschirmjaegers, led by Major Hans Jungwirth who knew the ground well, approached the small hamlet of Koevering almost undetected. At about 1900 hours the destruction began as the German units poured heavy fire into…
1944-09-24
North of Oosterbeek
The 4th British Parachute Brigade landed as part of the second lift the evening of the 18th. At dawn on the 19th they moved out to take the high ground north of Arnhem. From this position they would be able …
1944-09-19
Groesbeek Heights
By September 17th, during Operation Market Garden, the 82nd Airborne had secured most of its objectives, except for the Nijmegen bridges. Late that day, reports were received at General Gavin's headquarters that German troops, namely battlegroups,…
1944-09-18