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Title
Attack of the Mont Pinçon
Description
During Operation Bluecoat, the 43rd Wessex Division was in charge to capture Mont Pinçon, hill 365. British infantrymen of the 129th Brigade, made with 4th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry, 4th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment and 5th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, had to …
Subject
Publisher
Date
1944-08-06
Scenario#
19310
Scenario Description
During Operation Bluecoat, the 43rd Wessex Division was in charge to capture Mont Pinçon, hill 365. British infantrymen of the 129th Brigade, made with 4th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry, 4th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment and 5th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, had to fight against the German grenadiers of the 276.ID entrenched on the hill and supported by some tanks and Nebelwerfer. The Wiltshire and the Somerset suffered heavy losses before they reached the crest of hill 365. Finally, with the help of tanks of the 13/18th Hussars the British infantrymen succeeded to capture Mont Pinçon.
Location
Mont Pinçon, France
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
Operation Bluecoat was a British offensive in the Battle of Normandy, from 30 July until 7 August 1944, during the Second World War. The geographical objectives of the attack, undertaken by VIII Corps and XXX Corps of the British Second Army, were to secure the road junction of Vire and the high ground of Mont Pinçon.
Narrative Source
Combatants
German
British
Additional Information
Game Type: Standard
Board Type: Countryside
Website Access: Available

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