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Gold BeachScenario#: 3682 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Gold Beach, FranceThe German defenses at Gold consisted of two battalions of the 726th Regiment supported by inland batteries. Barbed wire and a few anti-tank hedgehog obstacles protected the entire stretch of beach. The British planners had divided Gold beach into… Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Juno BeachScenario#: 3681 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Juno Beach, FranceThe Canadian troops were assigned to land at Juno beach on D-Day and push inland. Juno had been divided into two beaches, 'Mike' and 'Nan'. The 7th Canadian Brigade under Brigadier H.W. Foster would land on Mike and the 8th … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Attack on Hill 192Scenario#: 3680 Date: 7/11/1944 Location: la Croix-Rouge, FranceFor the past month, Hill 192, a dominating height east of the Vire River, has given the Germans a superb observation position on all the approaches to St-Lo, as well as the rear areas of V Corps as far as … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Saverne GapScenario#: 3679 Date: 11/23/1944 Location: Saverne, FranceThe Saverne Gap, cutting through the Vosges, was the key to Strasbourg, capital city of Alsace. On November 21st, the US Seventh Army 15th Corps, under the command of General Wade Hampton Halslip, arrived at the front lines in Phalsbourg. … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Saint-VithScenario#: 3678 Date: 12/22/1944 Location: Saint-Vith, BelgiumAs early as August 1944, Adolf Hitler began formulating plans for what would become the Ardennes offensive. While too ambitious for the available resources and terrain, the plan was deemed by the German High Command as having more chances of … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Arnhem BridgeScenario#: 3677 Date: 9/19/1944 Location: Arnhem, HollandThe largest airborne drop ever designed, Operation Market Garden was Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery's plan to end the war on the Western Front early. If successful, it would threaten the flanks of German defenses along the Siegfried line and… Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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MontélimarScenario#: 3676 Date: 8/25/1944 Location: Montélimar, FranceThe Montélimar battle square, bounded on three sides by rivers, covered ground that alternated between flat open farmland and rugged hills and woods. Route N-7, the main north-south artery, runs along the Rhone River and was vital to the German … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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ToulonScenario#: 3675 Date: 8/26/1944 Location: Toulon, FrancePlans for the landings and campaign in southern France called for the French 2nd Corps to take the port cities of Toulon and Marseille. Seeking to exploit German weakness in the area, General de Lattre de Tassigny pushed up the … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Vassieux-en-VercorsScenario#: 3674 Date: 7/24/1944 Location: Vassieux, FranceHotbed of the French Resistance, the "Maquis" of Vercors became one of the largest groups of its kind in the early months of 1944, with countless young French recruits joining up. Resistance camps were established around many villages such as … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Mont MouchetScenario#: 3673 Date: 6/10/1944 Location: Mont Mouchet, FranceOn June 10th, three tactical groups from the Wehrmacht, about 2,000 men with armored support, converged on Mont Mouchet. Simultaneously moving in from the west (Saint Flour), north (Langeac and Pinols) and east (Le Puy-en-Velay et Saugues) they were… Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Sainte-Mère-ÉgliseScenario#: 3672 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Sainte-Mère-Église, FranceEstablishment of a defensive base at Sainte-Mère-Église was one of the key objectives of the US 82nd Airborne Division. In contrast with other regiments, the 505th Parachute Infantry, landing northwest of Sainte-Mère-Église, had one of the most… Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Pegasus BridgeScenario#: 3671 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Pegasus Bridge, FranceThe late hours of June 5, 1944... Led by Major John Howard, the men of Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry step aboard six Horsa gliders on a secret airfield in Dorset. Their mission: to launch the first airborne assault of … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |