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Title
Ad Hoc at Chef-Du-Pont
Description
One of the responsibilities of the airborne troops landing behind Utah Beach was the seizure of several key bridges following the D-Day drop. Brigadier General James Gavin found himself as the senior officer near one of these bridges, the one at Chef-du-Pont that led to the causeway over the …
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Date
1944-06-06
Scenario#
S008
Scenario Description
One of the responsibilities of the airborne troops landing behind Utah Beach was the seizure of several key bridges following the D-Day drop. Brigadier General James Gavin found himself as the senior officer near one of these bridges, the one at Chef-du-Pont that led to the causeway over the flooded Merderet marshes. Once Col. Maloney arrived with an extra 75 men, Gavin organized a pickup force to take care of the bridge himself.
Location
Chef Du Pont, 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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