An excellent little Chain of Command scenario, from Wargames Vault, with the Germans defending Dead Man’s Corner in Normandy, against an assault by US Paras.
Steve’s unusual pushing of a German Jump-Off point, well forward, into the orchard to the South-East of Dead Man’s Corner junction, turned out to be an unexpected stroke of genius! As the main para force pushed through the orchard, two ambushes launched from this Jump-Off Point, significantly disrupted the US paratroop advance. When the paras did finally reach the hedge line overlooking the house that Dead Man’s corner, the disorganisation caused by these ambushes resulted in the paras coming off worst from the long range fire-fight with the German MG teams occupying the House at Dead Man’s corner. While the US paras finally did manage to dislodge the German MG teams from the house, their own losses were too high, to allow them to press forward.
Even a more half hearted US flanking move, way around to the South-West, was thwarted by a single German Jump-Off Point, plonked right out on the West flank. In the end the paras simply had to pull back and await armour re-enforcements bigger than an M5 Stuart!
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