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1600 Hours - Stein’s Flank Scenario#: P04     Date: 6 June, 1944     Location: Pointe Du Hoc, France The next German effort came shortly after 1600 and was much more dangerous. It hit the right end of Company F’s thin line. Two BAR’S as well as the mortar section were on this wing, but only afew riflemen, and … Combat! — Rangers
Advance To The D514 Scenario#: P02     Date: 6 June, 1944     Location: Pointe Du Hoc, France After the first objective, a small group of ruined farm buildings, had fallen, the Rangers pushed on without pause despite enemy artillery falling nearby. Ahead, the ground was open, and the trench used thus far came to an end at … Combat! — Rangers
Backs to the Sea Scenario#: 19     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Pointe-du-Hoc, France American Rangers had scaled the cliffs at Pointe-du-Hoc only to find the coastal battery guns there gone from their casemates. But once atop the cliff, there was no returning to the sea. The Rangers set up a perimeter to await their relief at the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 3 - Yanks
Better Late Than Never Scenario#: AP102     Date: 6/8/1944     Location: Pointe-du-Hoc, France Companies D, E and F of the 2nd Rangers Battalion – having scaled the cliffs and accomplished their D-Day goals – were under heavy attack. That night, expected German attacks knocked the Rangers out of their forward positions along the coastal road,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #11 29 Lets Go!
First Objective Scenario#: P01     Date: 6 June, 1944     Location: Pointe Du Hoc, France Rangers from Companies E and D (less elements detained on the Point) began to come together on an axis along the north-south exit road from the Point to the highway. The bulk of the group that started down the exit … Combat! — Rangers
Hide and Seek Scenario#: 23     Date: 6 June 1944     Location: Pointe du Hoc, France As part of Operation Overlord, the American Ranger battalions attempted to capture gun batteries at Pointe du Hoc after making a cliff assault under enemy fire. However, upon reaching their target, they discovered their information was wrong and were… Tide of Iron — Normandy
Normandy - Pointe du Hoc Plan for Assault 2nd Ranger Battalion 6 June 1944 World War II - Western Front
Omaha Lifeline Scenario#: P06     Date: 8 June, 1944     Location: Pointe Du Hoc, France After reaching St-Pierre-du-Moni before noon, the relief column planned to push along the coastal highway to the junction of the exit road from Pointe du Hoc. Company A of the 2nd Rangers, fonning the column’s point, got to a hamlet … Combat! — Rangers
Pointe-du-Hoc Scenario#: 7     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Pointe-du-Hoc, France Planners felt that the German batteries on Pointe-du-Hoc would be one of the most daunting threats to Allied forces landing on Omaha in the morning of D-Day. Set atop 100 foot cliffs west of the beach, the guns' range were … Memoir '44 — Memoir 44
Pointe-du-Hoc Scenario#: 3694     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Pointe-du-Hoc, France Planners felt that the German batteries on Pointe-du-Hoc would be one of the most daunting threats to Allied forces landing on Omaha in the morning of D-Day. Set atop 100 foot cliffs west of the beach, the guns' range were … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Rudder's Line Scenario#: P05     Date: 7 June, 1944     Location: Pointe Du Hoc, France As night approached, there was still no word from Omaha Beach. Colonel Rudder faced a difficult command decision with regard to the disposition of his limited forces. Of his original 200 men, over a third were casualties, though many of … Combat! — Rangers
Taking the Point (Historical) Scenario#: 47a     Date: 6-Jun-44     Location: Pointe-Du-Hoc, France The US Rangers drew the most difficult single mission for the morning of the invasion of Nazi occupied France: Neutralize the Battery of guns on Pointe du Hoc. The Rangers had to scale 100 foot cliffs on the seaward side … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #3: Normandy
Taking the Point (Planned) Scenario#: 47b     Date: 6-Jun-44     Location: Pointe-Du-Hoc, France The plan called for three of the companies of 2nd Ranger Battalion to land east and west of the point at 0630 hours, instantly following a half hour bombardment from the battleships Arkansas and Texas. Delta on the West with … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #3: Normandy
That Damn Bridge Scenario#: AP103     Date: 6/8/1944     Location: Grandcamp-Les-Bains, France Immediately after the relief of Pointe-du-Hoc, Col. Canham, C.O. of the 116th Infantry Regiment, turned his attention to Grandcamp-les-Bains and its small but important harbor. 5th Rangers were ordered down the coastal road over a small, flooded… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #11 29 Lets Go!
Wintz's Flank Scenario#: P03     Date: 6 June, 1944     Location: Pointe Du Hoc, France The flrsi German attack came over the fields that stretched toward St-Pierre-du-Mont, where Lieutenant Wintz’s Rangers spotted riflemen coming through the craters, with at least one machine-gun section, When the enemy reached the hedgerow field one… Combat! — Rangers