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Day 33 US 12th Army Group Situation Map for 1944-07-08, Start of Operation Charnwood. World War II - Western Front
Drive on Caen Scenario#: 4087     Date: 7/8/1944     Location: Caen, France The city of Caen was an objective for Allied forces on D-Day. Determined German Resistance continued to frustrate Allied command and kept the objective out of their hands. Caen was of great strategic importance and both sides knew it. The … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Flight of Fancy Scenario#: AP128     Date: 7/8/1944     Location: Herouville, France After waiting a month for the Allied attack at Calais, Generalmajor Karl Seivers' Feld-Fivision 16 (Luftwaffe) began its move to Normandy into the front lines around Caen, protecting the flanks of SS-Panzer-Division 12 and Panzer-Division 21. After… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #13 Oktoberfest XXXII
Hold the Line Scenario#: 11     Date: 8-Jul-44     Location: St. Jean de Daye, France July 7 saw a brief battle in which German forces were forcibly evicted from their hilltop defenses near the Vire River. The small American force that won the day, elements of the 743d Tank Battalion, including an immobilized M4 Sherman, was then… Combat Commander — CC: Europe
Le Dézert - Act I Scenario#: 20641     Date: 7/8/1944     Location: Le Dézert, France 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 … Memoir '44 — New Flight Plan Bonus
Night Withdrawal Scenario#: 4089     Date: 7/8/1944     Location: Caen, France Charnwood was the operational codename given to the mission of taking Caen, the elusive D-Day objective that the Germans still held on July 7. The Allied plan progressed at a slower pace than expected, but was forcing the German command … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Red Horse Recon Scenario#: AP138     Date: 7/8/1944     Location: Goucherie, France The swampy areas of the Cotentin peninsula led Allied command to misundcrstand bocage country. Only as the U.S. First Army attempted to reach the line formed by the towns of Coutances, St. Ló, and Caumont would that terrain's true nature be… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #14 Oktoberfest XXXIV
Ripe Pickings Scenario#: DASL11     Date: 7/8/1944     Location: Pont-Hebert, France On the night of 7-8 July, Combat Command B of the 3rd Armored Division crossed the River Vire at Airel despite heavy fire. In the dark, confusion was rife as American and German tanks stalked each other among the hedgerows and orchards. Isolated… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
Shot For Shot Scenario#: P15     Date: July 8, 1944     Location: Biak, New Guinea Once the airfields had been captured by the Americans, the battle for Biak became a slow, grinding affair. The terrain kept most engagements to a small scale. Squads and platoons fighting over small patches of land which meant nothing at … Old School Tactical — Volume 3 Pacific
the capture of Ardenne Abbey Scenario#: 19194     Date: 7/8/1944     Location: Ardenne Abbey, France The Ardenne Abbey, built on the XIIth Century was from the 7th of June 1944 the HQ of the 25th.SS Panzergrenadier Regiment under the command of Colonel Kurt Meyer, nicknamed "Panzermeyer". On the 8th of July, the abbey was one … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2018