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A Bridge So Far… Scenario#: N13     Date: 6 June, 1944     Location: Amfreville, France After a night of uncertainty and confusion, dawn was a lime for the German force based in Amfreville to assess their situation. Little enough was known for certain. Although Divisional headquarters was only a few kilometers down the road, all … Combat! — Normandy
Absent Friends Scenario#: N09     Date: 6 June, 1944     Location: Outside Amfreville, France Lt. Colonel Timmes landed alone in the flooded marsh and took some time to free himself from his harness. By 04:00 he had gathered ten men. Two gliders landed nearby and the number rose to thirty. The band grew steadily … Combat! — Normandy
All American Scenario#: 18     Date: 1944-06-06     Location: Chef Du Pont, France Lt. Colonel Maloney gathered his marsh-soaked stragglers from the hodgepodge of formations of the 82nd Airborne. The bridges over the Mederet River and the town of Chef-du-Pont were to be their primary objectives. They were mission-critical for the… Last Hundred Yards — Airborne over Europe
Ambush At Cauquigny Scenario#: N02     Date: 6 June, 1944     Location: Cauquigny, France After passing the manoir, Captain Ben Schwarzwalder pressed on across the causeway. On the far bank, he found Lieutenant Louis Levy in charge of a mixed group of 507th and 508 paratroopers. Assuming wrongly, and tragically, that the bridgehead was … Combat! — Normandy
Beneath The Castle Walls Scenario#: N14     Date: 8 June, 1944     Location: North Of Amfreville, France Lt Col. Timmes’ night patrols paid off. Lieutenant John Marr and Private Norman Carter stumbled upon the secret ford, and crossed to rendezvous with General Ridgeway at the Division CP. The General’s staff called on the 1st Battalion of the … Combat! — Normandy
Charge The Causeway Scenario#: N07     Date: 9 June, 1944     Location: La Fiere Manoir, France 3rd Battalion, 325th Glider Infantry Regiment had until recently been 2nd Battalion, 401 Glider Infantry. Now attached to the 325th, some resentment was felt by the orphaned unit. Resentment worsened on the approach march to La Fiere, as their… Combat! — Normandy
Cloaks Of Confusion Scenario#: N05     Date: 8 June, 1944     Location: Near Cauquigny, France Landing on 7 June, the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment spent much of the day mai'ching and counter-marching. Late in the day, 1st Battalion was despatched across the ‘secret ford’ through the marshes to bolster Colonel Timmes’ 2/507th in their orchard… Combat! — Normandy
D-Day Dawn Scenario#: A04     Date: June 6, 1944     Location: Saint-Mere-Eglise, France The sun has risen on June 6 and the great invasion has begun. The paratroopers in Saint-Mere-Fglise hold on to what they have gained. Stragglers continue to link up with them. But more German units are entering the fight as … Old School Tactical — Airborne
D-Day Mederet Scenario#: X07     Date: 6 June 1944     Location: Chef Du Pont, France On June 6th, 1944 the American 82nd Airborne Division landed in Normandy. Horribly scattered due to high winds, heavy flak, and inexperienced pilots, elements of the division move to capture the all important road bridges across the flooded Merderet… Tide of Iron — 1A Kickstarter
Drop In The Night: 82nd Scenario#: 6687     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Sainte-Mère-Eglise, France During the night June 5-6 1944, paratroopers of the three parachute regiments of the 82nd "All American" US Airborne Division were dropped over the Cotentin peninsula. Their objective: to secure their drop zone, capture Sainte-Mère-Eglise and the… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Easy Over Scenario#: CD03     Date: 9 June, 1944     Location: La Fiere Manoir, France Third battalion of the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment was lined up to assault the causeway in sequence of companies: George, Easy, Fox. As 1st Platoon of Easy arrived at La Fiere, the bulk of George Company was still strung out … Combat! — Combat! Dairy #1
Everybody's Dying Scenario#: CD01     Date: 9 June, 1944     Location: Le Port-feliolet, France Shanley used his radio contact with Colonel Lindquist at Chef du Pont to plead for supplies, and by nightfall was promised that a convoy would make an attempt. But first, the Germans would have to be cleared from the western … Combat! — Combat! Dairy #1
Go To Town Scenario#: CD04     Date: 9 June, 1944     Location: West Of Cauquigny, France Through the afternoon, German artillery continued to pound the men of 3/325th Glider Infantry, and the menace of counter attack loomed. Fearful for Fox Company’s open flank, Harney pleaded with his colonel for support. Before himself collapsing from… Combat! — Combat! Dairy #1
Go! Go! Go! Scenario#: N06     Date: 9 June, 1944     Location: La Fiere Manoir, France George Company was assigned to the assault over the Merderet. In advance of his company, Captain Sauls reconnoitred the way forward, hauled aside the 507th Regiment’s dead from the road ahead, and waited for the promised smoke barrage. The deadline … Combat! — Normandy
La Fiere Counterattack Scenario#: 105     Date: 6-Jun-44     Location: Le Fiere Causeway, France While the paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne’s 505th PIR clung to their positions at the La Fiere Causeway, elements of the German 1057th Grenadier Regiment counterattacked through Cauquigny to the west, sweeping away the defenders they met there.… Combat Commander — C3I Magazine #20
Lifeline Scenario#: CD02     Date: 9 June, 1944     Location: Le Port-feliolet, France Lt Colonel Shanley weighed his determination to hold his assigned position against the desperate state of his seriously wounded men. As the sun rose on his third morning on the hill, Lindquist radioed from Chef du Pont with the news … Combat! — Combat! Dairy #1
Linking Up Scenario#: A06     Date: June 7, 1944     Location: Saint-Mere-Eglise, France The fight moves to the town square. The paratroopers must clear out the enemy from every building. The Germans that have remained in town are not giving up easily. They must hold out until reinforcements arrive. Old School Tactical — Airborne
Millet's Men Scenario#: N11     Date: 9 June, 1944     Location: West Of Amfreville, France On the night of the 6lh June, George V Millett, Colonel of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, had come down in a grain field about a thousand yards south of the DZ. He gathered a small force and struck east … Combat! — Normandy
Night Drop Scenario#: R223     Date: 6-Jun-44     Location: Cherbourg Peninsula, France Scattered in farms and villages along thirty miles of coast, the German 709th Infantry Division had been awaiting the invasion for a year. It had been formed eighteen months before around a core of German veterans from the Russian front … Squad Leader — Rogue Scenarios
Night Drop Scenario#: 54     Date: 6 June 1944     Location: Sainte Mere-Eglise, France On June 6, 1944, D-Day began with pre-dawn night parachute drops by the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions behind Utah Beach. The 2nd and 3rd battalions of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) of the 82nd Airborne Division were given … Tide of Iron — Designer Series
No Better Place To Die… Scenario#: N04     Date: 7 June, 1944     Location: La Fiere Manoir, France Overnight, the position was reinforced but pressure on the defenders of the east bank was maintained by mortar and artillery fire. A dawn air supply drop relieved the most pressing ammunition shortage. The recently arrived reinforcements pulled out… Combat! — Normandy
Normandy, France, Part I Scenario#: 38     Date: June 6, 1944     Location: Ste.-Mere-Eglise, France Pathfinders of the 82nd Airborne land near Ste.-Mere-Eglise to mark the way for the main drop. Panzer (AH/MMP) — Panzer Leader Para-Leader
Paralyzed from the West Down Scenario#: 6     Date: 7-Jun-44     Location: St. Mere-Eglise, France ln the evening on D-Day, the German 1058th Grenadier Regiment counterattacked St. Mere-Eglise and recaptured the edge of town. Elements of the US 505th Parachute Regiment were ordered to repulse this enemy force the following morning. At dawn on June… Combat Commander — CC: Europe
Sainte-Mère-Eglise Scenario#: 3     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Sainte-Mère-Eglise, France Establishment of a defensive base at Ste. 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 Ste. Mère-Église, had one of the most accurate… Memoir '44 — Memoir 44
Sainte-Mère-Église Scenario#: 3672     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Sainte-Mère-Église, France Establishment 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
South Rampart - Fire! Scenario#: N12     Date: 6 June, 1944     Location: Les Heutes, France By mid morning, Timmes had over a hundred men digging in around the buildings and gardens of the small hamlet of les Heutes. Timmes’ own CP was established under the trees of a bocage-lined orchard. One detail requisitioned the farmer’s … Combat! — Normandy
Taking the Town Square Scenario#: A05     Date: June 6, 1944     Location: Saint-Mere-Eglise, France The fight moves to the town square. The paratroopers must clear out the enemy from every building. The Germans that have remained in town are not giving up easily. They must hold out until reinforcements arrive. Old School Tactical — Airborne
The Big Drop Scenario#: A03     Date: June 6, 1944     Location: Saint-Mere-Eglise, France Hours before the beach landings on D-Day, thousands of paratroopers were dropped into occupied France in the dead of the night. One of the primary objectives of the 82nd Airborne Division was the capture of Saint-Mere-Eglise. The German garrison was… Old School Tactical — Airborne
The Bridge at La Fiere Scenario#: N16     Date: 1944-06-06     Location: Ferme Manoir la Fière, France Five hours before the D-Day landings began, a massive force of 6000 paratroopers jumped from 400 Skytrain troop carrier aircraft into an intended objective area of 10 square miles, either side of the Merderet River. Tasked with taking a Bridge … Undaunted — Undaunted: Normandy
The Milling Crowd Scenario#: N01     Date: 6 June, 1944     Location: La Fiere Manoir, France Following their successful drop, intact and in almost perfect order, Able Company of the 505th P.I.R. moved speedily to their D Day objective: the Merderet bridge at La Fiere. The large manor house adjacent to the river bridge had been … Combat! — Normandy
The Seige Scenario#: N15     Date: 8 June, 1944     Location: Les Heutes, France By D+2, Timmes had the enormous psychological boost of a telephone line across the marsh to the far shore. He had also the shaken glidermen who had fallen back to the orchard after the confusion of the night. As dawn … Combat! — Normandy
To The Manor Drawn Scenario#: N03     Date: 6 June, 1944     Location: La Fiere Manoir, France After taking the La Fiere manoir, Captain Schwarzwalder’s contingent crossed over the causeway. Finding no enemy present at Cauquigny, they moved out to the north, seeing no need to garrison Uie west end of the causeway. Able Company, still unaware … Combat! — Normandy
Turnbull Turns 'Em Scenario#: 26     Date: 6-Jun-44     Location: Neuville-Au-Plain, France lt's D-Day, and the 82nd Airborne Division is struggling to consolidate its defenses at St. Mere Eglise. Expecting a counterattack from the north, 3/505 Commander Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort orders D Company's 3rd Platoon, led by 1st Lt. Turner… Combat Commander — Battle Pack #1: Paratroopers
Vii Corps Bridgehead Scenario#: N08     Date: 9 June, 1944     Location: Around Cauquigny, France The plan was that George Company should deploy to the left of the causeway, Easy to the right. But in the turmoil of the crossing, units were mingled inextricably. By the time Captain Harney’s Fox Company came on the scene, … Combat! — Normandy
Westward Ho! Scenario#: N10     Date: 6 June, 1944     Location: Cauquigny, France Captain Ben Schwarzwalder was elated to find Cauquigny already in friendly hands. Now there was no need to fight for possession of the Cauquigny bridge head, which seemed firmly held, he felt he had completed the task given him by … Combat! — Normandy