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Title
Cooks, Clerks, and Bazookas
Description
As the German 19th Army retreated up the Rhone River Valley towards Lyon, the leading elements of the American 45th Infantry Division bypassed the Germans on the east and came abreast of Lyon on August 29th. Units of the 45th captured two bridges over the Rhone and advanced 15 …
Publisher
Date
1944-09-01
Scenario#
S049
Scenario Description
As the German 19th Army retreated up the Rhone River Valley towards Lyon, the leading elements of the American 45th Infantry Division bypassed the Germans on the east and came abreast of Lyon on August 29th. Units of the 45th captured two bridges over the Rhone and advanced 15 miles further north to the town of Meximieux. German General Wiese had hoped that Panzer-Division 11 would have secured or destroyed all the bridges over the Rhone before the Americans could reach them. Now, to protect the eastern flank of the 19th Army, Wiese ordered the 11th to dislodge the Americans from Meximieux. While skirmishes went on outside of Meximieux, a strong infantry-armor force from the 11 Panzer attacked American units in reserve at Meximieux. The defense by the reserve companies of the 179th Infantry Regiment, including HQ clerks and kitchen personnel, repulsed the German attacks with bazookas, tank destroyers, and artillery fire.
Location
Meximieux, France
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
Operation Dragoon was the code name for the landing operation of the Allied invasion of Provence on 15 August 1944. The operation was initially planned to be executed in conjunction with Operation Overlord, the Allied landing in Normandy, but the lack of available resources led to a cancellation of the second landing. By July 1944 the landing was reconsidered, as the clogged-up ports in Normandy did not have the capacity to adequately supply the Allied forces. Concurrently, the French High Command pushed for a revival of the operation that would include large numbers of French troops. As a result, the operation was finally approved in July to be executed in August.
Narrative Source
Combatants
German
American
Additional Information
Scenario Type = Starter Kit

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