Today saw the 4th of our 5 D Day beach themed games this year . We did Sword beach a few years ago , though this included the Pegasus bridge area . This time we did if further west and with an L shaped table to allow a bit further inland to allow a potential counter attack .
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| Looking west along Queen Green Queen White |
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| Inland from Lion-sur-Mer to Hermanville |
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| The full width is 12 foot , and 8 -10 foot deep foot - yes long arms and shive stick required at times |
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| The RAF buzz the beaches |
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The bombardment starts
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| DD’s hit the beach - we had about 1/3rd losses with sinking or swamping in the surf |
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| Breaching teams arrive on LCT’s |
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| Infantry have arrived - the tide has also started to come in - denoted by the ribbon moving up the beach |
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| AVRE’s work on clearing the obstacles and breaching the sea wall . |
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| Artillery hits the beach , starting to hurt the invaders |
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| The defenders knock out Crabs approaching the minefield |
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| Lion sur Mer is liberated - and the Brits are heading in land |
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| The build up continues with forces pouring ashore |
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| WN20 is over-run |
Photos from Roy the Brit commander in this area
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| Time to head in land |
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| Brigade command , thinks there may be a German counter attack coming . |
We are planning a more detailed counterattack scenario in the future , for now we assumes 21st Panzer had got out of the blocks early and attempted to throw the invaders into the sea here rather than further west as they tried
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| Wolverines AT have disembarked |
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| Panzergrenadier advance |
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| Pz IV’s trade blows |
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| Sherman’s , Firefly’s , and “Bring up the Piat” - put a stop to the counter attack . |
A really fun game -mad all of these D Day ones have been
All the troops are by James Mac , a bulk of the terrain is mine . We used Pendraken Miniatures HQ gaming room - a great facility .
We have Omaha left to do later in the year - I need some consistent dry warm weather to sort out Point du Hoc
