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Scenario#: HoN25     Date: 1944-06-13     Location: Ramelle, France

After the first days of the battle, Rommel attempted to force his armor across the Merderet River. If successful, he could launch a metal spear into the Yanks flank. The General's plan made any village with a bridge worth its weight in gold, and…

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Scenario#: HoN14     Date: 1944-06-07     Location: Vierville, France

The French village of Vierville straddled the road from Utah Beach to St. Come du Mont, a location key to the Americans and Germans alike. The Yanks captured Vierville on June 6th. 1944. but on June 7th, most of the …

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Scenario#: HoN07     Date: 1944-06-06     Location: Benouville, France

Benouvilie, a town crucial in stemming any German counterattacks against the canal bridges and the invasion itself, was defended by a small holding force of the Ox and Bucks. They had successfully fended off early morning German probes, but had …

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Scenario#: HoN21     Date: 1944-06-06     Location: Normandy, France

The 3rd Para Brigade continued to take heavy casualties while aggressively defending the northeastern sector of the invasion bridgehead. The 5th Brigade, who had been placed in reserve after their courageous stand around the canal bridges during the…

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Scenario#: HoN05     Date: 1944-06-06     Location: Neuville, France

Lieutenant Turner Turnbull was a Native American, half Cherokee in fact, something that would have made him a second class citizen in mid 20th century America, but mattered not to his brothers in arms. On June 6th, his battalion, the 2nd of the…

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Scenario#: HoN22     Date: 1944-06-12     Location: Carentan, France

The men of E Company 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment entered Carentan on the morning ofJune 12th, 1944, Colonel von der Heyte. the Commander of the 6th Fallschirmjager, who were defending Carentan, had pulled all but 50 of his men from the city.…

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Scenario#: HoN23     Date: 1944-06-13     Location: Jct D223/d971, France

The 17th Panzergrenadier Division was tasked with retaking Carentan. On the morning of June 13th they made steady progress toward the city, yet were eventually stopped by elements of the 502nd PIR. The American Airborne troops counterattacked, but…

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Scenario#: HoN09     Date: 1944-06-06     Location: St Mere Eglise, France

The town of St Mere Eglise was one of the first towns liberated by the Allied forces during D-Day. Men of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division secured the town with minimal resistance early on…

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Scenario#: HoN15     Date: 1944-06-07     Location: Beaumont, France

Colonel Bob Sink directed the attack of his 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) against Vierville and Beaumont with the objective of capturing the southern crossroads of St. Come-du—Mont. It was early on June 7th when the two battalions moved…

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Scenario#: HoN19     Date: 1944-06-08     Location: St. Come Du Mont, France

Carentan was the key to preventing a linkup between American forces from Utah and Omaha Beach. Taking Carentan, however, meant that St. Come du Mont and the road leading southfrom the causeway to the town would have to be won. The fight started on…

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Scenario#: HoN18     Date: 1944-06-07     Location: Le Bas De Ranville, France

The 12th battalion had landed earlier in the morning and established defensive positions around the strategically important town Ranville. Here, the countryside was more open, and the 5th Para Brigade allocated their small supply of anti-tank guns…

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Scenario#: HoN03     Date: 1944-06-06     Location: Normandy, France

Thousands of paratroopers dropped on Normandy during the night of June 6, 1944. To avoid flak, most of the planes flew too low and too fast to place their "sticks” in their assigned dropzones. Paratroogers were scattered between the beaches and their…

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Scenario#: HoN31     Date: 1944-09-20     Location: Veghel, Holland

Operation Market Garden; Montgomery's plan to shorten the war by creating an “air bridge" of allied troops to the city of Arnhem, was floundering. The 101st Airborne Division had successfully seized its assigned bridges, but now had to defend them …

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Scenario#: HoN04     Date: 1944-06-06     Location: Sw Of Neuville, France

Lieutenant John Dolan was the commanding officer of Able Company of the 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment. His company conducted a textbook drop on the night of June 6, collecting all but two of the 136 men assigned. Able Company's…

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Scenario#: HoN06     Date: 1944-06-06     Location: Mézières, France

The XYZ complex Was a group of buildings that housed a German artillery battalion. Clearing the buildings had originally been assigned to a platoon from A Company, 502nd PIR, but the company scattered well north of their objective. Hence, the 502nd's…

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Scenario#: HoN12     Date: 1944-06-06     Location: Ouistreham, France

One of the objectives on D-Day for the British 1st Special Service Brigade was to clear the gun emplacements outside the seaside resort of Ouistreham. Captain Kieffer, in charge of the contingent of Free-French Commandos, asked permission to lead the…

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Scenario#: HoN28     Date: 1944-09-17     Location: Arnhem, Holland

Unlike the confused response to the Normandy landings, some German commanders quickly and correctly appraised the massive airdrop outside of Arnhem and took immediate action. Captain Sepp Krafft, an instructor at the Waffen SS NCO School, did just…

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Scenario#: HoN02     Date: 1944-06-06     Location: Benouville, France

After months of rehearsals, D Company of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (familiarly referred to as the "Ox and Bucks") under Major John Howard, lifted off in towed Horsa gliders during the later hours of June the 5th, headed …

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Scenario#: HoN01     Date: 1944-06-06     Location: St.germain De Varreville, France

Captain Frank L. Lillyman led his Pathfinders out the door of their C-47 troop transports and into the night sky over Normandy. At 0015 hrs. 6 June 1944, when his boots struck the dew soaked grass, Lillyman became the first U.S. soldier to set foot…

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Scenario#: HoN24     Date: 1944-06-06     Location: Sw Of Carentan, France

The 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division, coupled with the remnants of the 6th Fallschirmjager Regiment. attacked on the morning of June 13th. driving the 506th PIR back to within a mile of Carentan. The 2nd Battalion of the 502nd PIR counterattacked in…

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Scenario#: HoN10     Date: 1944-06-06     Location: Ranville, France

The British 3rd Para brigade under Brigadier James Hill had successfully accomplished their D Day objectives, but with heavy casualties. They then established holding positions north of the town of Ranville. Ranviiie was key in defending the British…

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Scenario#: HoN11     Date: 1944-06-06     Location: Le Port, France

The Ox and Bucks had taken the Orne canal bridge and quickly established a perimeter. Now, they had to hold it while facing greater German resistance. Even worse was the incessant sniper fire coming from west of their positions. …

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Scenario#: HoN30     Date: 1944-09-19     Location: Arnhem, Holland

Colonel John Frost's 2"^ Parachute Battalion had orders to take and hold the Arnhem Bridge until relieved. He had taken one end of the bridge and had established a small perimeter with the limited resources at his disposal. Now, with mounting German…

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Scenario#: HoN17     Date: 1944-06-07     Location: Tameville, France

The men of the 6th Fallschirmjager Regiment were based near St Come du Mont en D-Day, and after successfully defending the town, commenced probing for enemy positions in an attempt to link up with other German forces. One patrol from the 2nd…

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Scenario#: HoN16     Date: 1944-06-07     Location: Sainte Honorine, France

On the second day of the invasion the British 6th Para Brigade had easily taken its first objective: the town of Longueval. The Brigade commander decided to assault the secondary objective to the southeast: the hamlet of Ste. Honorine. With …

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Scenario#: HoN13     Date: 1944-06-06     Location: Chef Du Pont, France

After attacks by men ofthe 507th and 508th PlR, the German forces defending the bridge at Chef Du Pont withdrew across the bridge and set up defensive positions along the opposite bank. Further American attacks were thwarted by a fierce defense until…

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Scenario#: HoN20     Date: 1944-06-08     Location: E Of St Come Du Mont, France

During the day of June 8th, the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division assisted in the attack on St. Come du Mont. Their job was to destroy the four bridges that linked Carentan to the geninsula. It was one of their first…

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Scenario#: HoN26     Date: 1944-08-25     Location: Beuzeville, France

While Free-French and American troops were liberating Paris, the fatigued and depleted British 6th Airborne division was still inching its way northeast towards the Seine. The village of Beuzeville lay in the 3 Para Brigade's path. General Gale, the…

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Scenario#: HoN08     Date: 1944-06-06     Location: Foucarville, France

Pulling together in groups of twos and threes, the men of the 101st Airborne slowly formed a semblance of unit cohesion. Because the Germans were confused, overwhelmed, or unable to coordinate a defense, by the dawn of June 6th the American…

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Scenario#: HoN27     Date: 1944-09-17     Location: Son, Holland

On the first day of Operation Market Garden the 506th Parachute infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division dropped near the Dutch town of Son. 1st Battalion's objective was to secure Son and the bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal south …

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Scenario#: HoN29     Date: 1944-09-19     Location: Near Arracourt, France

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 …

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