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Bridges over Troubled Waters Scenario#: X06     Date: 6 June 1944     Location: Saint-Come-du-Mont, France The primary mission of the 101st Airborne Division on D-Day was to secure the exits from UTAH Beach. Its secondary mission was to establish a bridgehead over the Douve River in order to provide a springboard for a drive on … Tide of Iron — 1A Kickstarter
Currahee! Scenario#: 19     Date: 1944-06-06     Location: Ste. Marie-du-Mont, France After a badly scattered night drop northwest of its objective, Lt. Winters led a remnant of Easy Company (506th PIR) towards the village of Ste. Marie-du-Mont. When finally there, they were tasked with taking out a German 105 battery at … Last Hundred Yards — Airborne over Europe
Day of Days Scenario#: 1     Date: 6 June 1944     Location: Utah Beach, France The cross channel invasion of France was the crucial “second front” that was needed to defeat Germany. The scope of the invasion was the largest in history and the first day of the Normandy invasion would be the most important. … Band of Brothers — Band of Brothers
Drop in the Night: The 101st Scenario#: 6696     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Turqueville, France During the night June 5-6 1944, the 101st US Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles" was one of two divisions dropped on the Cotentin peninsula. Its objectives were to secure the beach exits, capture the lock at la Barquette, destroy the bridges … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Drop Zone Charlie Scenario#: A01     Date: June 6, 1944     Location: Le Chemin, France The 101st Airborne troops were scattered badly by poor weather, heavy flak and poor pathfinding. The 2nd Battalion of the 506th PIR fared better than most of the other units in hitting their Drop Zones. Once on the ground, they … Old School Tactical — Airborne
Fox in the Henhouse Scenario#: A02     Date: June 7, 1944     Location: Saint-Marcouf, France The scattered paratroopers of the 101st formed many small pockets of Resistance behind enemy lines after the D-Day drops. These isolated groups did what they could to disrupt the German defenses. This is one such group. It has set up … Old School Tactical — Airborne
Hide and Seek Scenario#: 45     Date: 7-Jun-44     Location: St Come-du-Mont, France After their initial drop into the bocage behind the invasion beaches, the 2nd Battalion of the 501st Parachute Regiment discovered that their regimental objective of St Come-du-Mont would not fall as easily as expected. The village was defended by a… Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory
Holy Ground Scenario#: E1     Date: 6 June 1944     Location: Angoville, France ln the confusion after the initial drop, small engagements developed everywhere. One such involved the 326th Airborne Engineers and the 2nd Battalion of the 101st, in the small town of Angoville and the surrounding hedgerows. It started when a… Band of Brothers — Extras
Normandy, France, Part II Scenario#: 39     Date: June 6, 1944     Location: Ste.-Mere-Eglise, France The 506th Regiment comes to earth near Ste.-Mere-Eglise, to be opposed immediately by elements of the 91st Infantry Division. Panzer (AH/MMP) — Panzer Leader Para-Leader
So Few Led by So Many Scenario#: 2     Date: 6 June 1944     Location: Poupperville, France The 3rd battalion of the 501st had been dropped with General Taylor to serve as a division reserve and as protection for the division headquarters. By daybreak only about 40 men of the entire 600 man battalion had been assembled. … Band of Brothers — Band of Brothers
So Near and Yet so Far Scenario#: 53     Date: 6 June 1944     Location: La Fiere, France German doctrine emphasized immediate counterattacks when the enemy was relatively weak and had not yet consolidated the positions they had just seized. During the D-Day invasion of Normandy, the American airborne forces had the mission to prevent or… Tide of Iron — Designer Series
Strayer's Strays Scenario#: O     Date: 6-Jun-44     Location: Saint-Germain-de-Varreville, France By dawn, Lt. Colonel R.L. Strayer had pieced together a unit composed of men of the 502nd, 506th and 508th Parachute Regiments. Front lines and flanks were meaningless. The officers and men didn't know one another. Radio contact with HQ … Squad Leader — The General #20.4
The Pouppeville Exit Scenario#: F     Date: 6-Jun-44     Location: Pouppeville, France With the invasion at Normandy underway, the first Allied troops to see fighting were the men of the airborne divisions. Most of the early encounters for the 101st Airborne Division occurred at the many German strong points and scattered villages … Squad Leader — The General #17.2
Utah Beach Scenario#: 1     Date: June 6, 1944     Location: Utah Beach, France U.S. 101st Airborne Division attacks elements of the German 709th Division behind the Utah Beach. Panzer (AH/MMP) — Panzer Leader
We Go! Scenario#: 33     Date: 6-Jun-44     Location: St. Mere Eglise, France In the early hours of June 6, the paratroopers of the 101st and 82nd Airborne divisions leapt into the night over Normandy to clear the path for the invading Allied forces who were at that time steaming across the English … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #1: Paratroopers