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Title
Sink's Encouragement
Description
Colonel Robert Sink and his unit, the five-oh-sinks, were trying to break the German hold on the town of St. Côme du Mont bewteen Carentan and St. Mere Eglise. To do this he manuevered several units into a line east of the town including the 1st Battalion of the …
Publisher
Date
1944-06-08
Scenario#
S041
Scenario Description
Colonel Robert Sink and his unit, the five-oh-sinks, were trying to break the German hold on the town of St. Côme du Mont bewteen Carentan and St. Mere Eglise. To do this he manuevered several units into a line east of the town including the 1st Battalion of the 506th Parachite Infantry. Sink realized that the men in his unit had been under constant pressure with little to no rest for 2 days and that they needed assistance breaking into St. Côme du Mont. To help his dead tired mean, he arranged for as much help as he could find including an elaborate artillery barrage in an attempt to soften the way into town.
Location
St. Côme du Mont, France
Battle Narrative
The U.S. airborne landings in Normandy were the first U.S. combat operations during Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy by the Western Allies on June 6, 1944, during World War II. Around 13,100 American paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions made night parachute drops early on D-Day, June 6, followed by 3,937 glider troops flown in by day. As the opening maneuver of Operation Neptune the two American airborne divisions were delivered to the continent in two parachute and six glider missions.
Combatants
American
German
Additional Information
Scenario Type = Starter Kit

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