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Forêt dEcouves Scenario#: 7045     Date: 8/12/1944     Location: Alencon, France After the capture of Alençon on 12 August 1944 in the morning, the 2nd French Armored Division under General Leclerc continued its offensive toward Argentan. The French were informed that the 9th Panzer Division was ambushed in Ecouves forest. … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2012
Hôtel Meurice Scenario#: 7048     Date: 8/25/1944     Location: Hôtel Meurice, France In the evening of 24th of August 1944, a detachment under the command of captain Dronne, vanguard of the 2nd French Armored Division, reached the Hôtel de Ville of Paris. The next morning, the whole Division entered in Paris. With … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2012
The Hell of Grussenheim Scenario#: 7044     Date: 1/28/1945     Location: Grussenheim, France Attached for a while to the 2nd French Army Corps under the command of general de Monsabert, the 2nd French Armored Division was involved in the reduction of the Colmar's pocket. GT"V" (Combat Command of colonel de Guillebon) took part … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2012
The Oath of Kufra Scenario#: 7004     Date: 2/18/1941     Location: Kufra, Libya Philippe de Hauteclocque, alias Colonel Leclerc, arrived in Chad in November 1940 with the aim to launch offensive operations against Italian troops. Immediately, he wanted to strike a decisive blow by the capture of the oasis of Kufra in south-east… Memoir '44 — Open de France 2012
The road of Dabo Scenario#: 7049     Date: 11/20/1944     Location: Voyer, France German troops withdraw on two lines of defence in the Vosges mountain : "Vor-Vogesen Stellung" (1st line) and "Vogesen Stellung" (main line of defence). General Leclerc ordered to colonel de Guillebon to breakthrough these lines in order to have open… Memoir '44 — Open de France 2012
Tissu est dans iode Scenario#: 7102     Date: 11/23/1944     Location: Strasbourg, France On the 22nd of November 1944, during the briefing before operation, Leclerc gave the routes to his combat commands in order to enter in Strasbourg avoiding the German line of defence. The next morning at dawn, the French armored columns … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2012