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Title
A Sunday Stroll
Description
Upon reaching Caumont, the 2nd Panzer’s recon battalion immediately deployed to cover the town’s approaches. A half-hour later, a Jeep full of men from the 26th Infantry Regiment rounded a bend in the road and quickly pulled back after receiving fire from a 37mm anti-tank gun. This seemed …
Publisher
Date
1944-06-12
Scenario#
J003
Scenario Description
Upon reaching Caumont, the 2nd Panzer’s recon battalion immediately deployed to cover the town’s approaches. A half-hour later, a Jeep full of men from the 26th Infantry Regiment rounded a bend in the road and quickly pulled back after receiving fire from a 37mm anti-tank gun. This seemed to signal an American attack as several Shermans immediately began firing high explosive shells into the town from long range. When the shelling ceased, the Americans began marching up the road as if on a Sunday stroll.
Location
Caumont, France
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The Battle of Saint-Lô is one of the three conflicts in the Battle of the Hedgerows, which took place between July 7–19, 1944, just before Operation Cobra. Saint-Lô had fallen to Germany in 1940, and, after the Invasion of Normandy, the Americans targeted the city, as it served as a strategic crossroads. American bombardments caused heavy damage and a high number of casualties, which resulted in the martyr city being called "The Capital of Ruins", popularized in a report by Samuel Beckett.
Narrative Source
Combatants
American
German
Additional Information
Scenario Type = Standard

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