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Title
Operation "Lauenberg"
Description
Briefing: In a fortnight, the Eighth Army will launch a major offensive, designed to leap three major rivers and shatter the German defensive lines of their Ninety-third Army. A decisive victory could bring Nazi Germany to its collective knees, ending …
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Source
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Scenario#
CCGL
Scenario Description
Briefing: In a fortnight, the Eighth Army will launch a major offensive, designed to leap three major rivers and shatter the German defensive lines of their Ninety-third Army. A decisive victory could bring Nazi Germany to its collective knees, ending the war within weeks. For the British armor to cross the rivers, key bridges must be secured intact-daring coups de main have already been planned for this purpose. Bridges over the two furthest rivers will be seized by glider and parachute elements of the 6th Airborne Division. And, to provide a broad base for the initial penetration, two Commandos will seize bridges seven miles apart over the River Bitterraij and establish secure bridgeheads on the east bank. Near the village of St. Brandon-sur-Aliex lies a pair of concrete and steel suspension bridges; these are the objective of your Commando. The mission of your force and of your sister Commando-#43(RM)-are identical: to slip across the ''no-man's land'' between the two armies during the hours before midnight; to take up positions in the hills west of the river; to assault and capture the assigned bridges at H-4 hours; to establish a defensive perimeter on the far bank. A few hours later, the advance elements of the Ulster Hussara will make contact with your troops. If it should prove impossible to take the bridges, your demolitions experts are to drop them into the Bitterraij to prevent a German counterthrust over them into the flank of the Eighth Anny. Plan-Ops estimates strong enemy Resistance can be expected at your target; regardless though, the bridges at St. Brandon-sur-Aliex must either be secured or destroyed by nightfall on D-Day.
Location
St. Brandon-sur-Aliex, France
Battle Narrative
The Commandos formed during the Second World War, following an order from the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in June 1940 for a force that could carry out raids against German occupied Europe. Churchill stated in a minute to General Ismay on 6 June 1940: "Enterprises must be prepared, with specially-trained troops of the hunter class, who can develop a reign of terror down these coasts, first of all on the "butcher and bolt" policy..." Commandos were all volunteers for special service and originally came from the British Army but volunteers would eventually come from all branches of the United Kingdom's armed forces and foreign volunteers from countries occupied by the Germans. These volunteers formed over 30 individual units and four assault brigades. The commandos would serve in all the theatres of war from the Arctic Circle, to Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific. Their operations ranged from small groups of men landing from the sea or by parachute to a brigade of assault troops spearheading the Allied invasions of Europe and Asia.
Combatants
German
British
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