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Title
Frontal Assault
Description
On the evening of 2 August, fearful for his open left flank, Major Robinson pushed Ned Thornburn's D Company a half-mile to the east. Digging-in around the farm of les Grands Bonfaits, the company was later reinforced by two platoons of A Company, a section of guns from the …
Publisher
Date
1944-08-03
Scenario#
J086
Scenario Description
On the evening of 2 August, fearful for his open left flank, Major Robinson pushed Ned Thornburn's D Company a half-mile to the east. Digging-in around the farm of les Grands Bonfaits, the company was later reinforced by two platoons of A Company, a section of guns from the regimental anti-tank platoon, and a squadron of Shermans. Next morning, an intense barrage heralded a determined attack by 9. SS-Panzer Division, "Hohenstaufen". The tanks' commander was an old desert hand who made the mistake of forming a tight "laager" for the night instead of dispersing the squadron. The opening barrage wreaked havoc.
Location
Presles, 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 (Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey), were to secure the road junction of Vire and the high ground of Mont Pinçon. The attack was made at short notice to exploit the success of Operation Cobra by the First US Army after it broke out on the western flank of the Normandy beachhead and to exploit the withdrawal of the 2nd Panzer Division from the Caumont area, to take part in Unternehmen Lüttich (Operation Liège) a German counter-offensive against the Americans.
Narrative Source
Combatants
German
British
Additional Information
Scenario Type = Standard

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