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Title
Geronimo!
Description
One of the few units of the 82nd Airborne that didn’t scatter badly that morning was Col. Sink’s 505th PIR. They were tasked with taking the village of Ste. Mere-Eglise and its nearby vital crossroads to the west. But they …
Subject
Source
Publisher
Date
1944-06-06
Scenario#
22
Scenario Description
One of the few units of the 82nd Airborne that didn’t scatter badly that morning was Col. Sink’s 505th PIR. They were tasked with taking the village of Ste. Mere-Eglise and its nearby vital crossroads to the west. But they had to do so quickly, and then hold until reinforcements arrived, as the Germans moved to counterattack soon after the initial landing. On an interesting note, Robert Niland, one of Fritz Niland’s brothers, was killed at his MG while conducting a rearguard action to stop the counterattack from the north.
Location
Sainte Mere Eglise, France
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
Sainte-Mère-Église is a commune in the northwestern French department of Manche, in Normandy. On 1 January 2016, the former communes of Beuzeville-au-Plain, Chef-du-Pont, Écoquenéauville and Foucarville were merged into Sainte-Mère-Église. On 1 January 2019, the former communes of Carquebut and Ravenoville were merged into Sainte-Mère-Église.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Sainte-Mère-Église
External Link
Combatants
American
German
Geolocation
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