The 80th anniversary of D Day saw us play out the Canadian army assault on Juno Beach .
We made a first use of the new 12 foot wide beach mat I asked Deepcut to make me . . It was a great table to build and -lay out . I had scratch built the harbour area , made a town baseboard.
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| AVRE breaching teams and DDs |
The initial set up
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| The RM manequinn by Pete Hawtin |
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| The seaside town of Courseulles sur Mer |
I have been increasing the selection of buildings over the last few years , it was good to get them all out .Apart from 3 wrecked LCMs 2 D7 Dozers , and a few German gun crew all the figures were by James ,.
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| DD tanks arrive |
AVRE Breaching teams arrive
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| The defence takes a toll |
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| Infantry arrive |
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| Landing craft are hit |
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| The 88mm bunker destroys the Centaur supports |
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| The tide comes in tswamping vehicles (the ribbon shows the high tide line) |
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| Infantry assault the defences |
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| AVRE bogged in the surf |
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| Defences overwhelmed on the right hand side |
The newly constructed sea wall by Brendan looked great too
It was a tough game for the Canadians , the town defences were strong and took time to pick apart. The addition of the tide rule worked well
The game gave a real insight and appreciation of the challenges and the tough fighting the Canadians had in this area .
