D Day Campaign - Turn 4 and 5.

We managed three games this week - completion of the US attack on St Come du Mont in Turn 4 and the British attacking the Orne River at two points in Turn 5.

US at St Come Du Mont - Turn 4

The Germans deployed to protect the vital river crossings with roughly equal number of units well concealed in the hedges and villages.  

The US pushed forward, taking significant Armoured losses from accurate German fire. Holding their nerve the Americans kept going and the dice turned, giving them a few good rounds of shooting.

With the German AT threat reduced the GI's were deployed and powered heavy fire into defenders with supporting MG fire from their halftracks.  

 

The US plan worked, with the Germans eventually breaking on their 3rd morale test and fleeing the scene. 

  

Orne River bridge- Turn 5

It seems an age since the first British parachute attacks on the Orne Rover, but on Turn 5 they are back again with 7th Armoured trying to force their way across against 21st Panzer.  The British went for strong attack against the main bridge with ARKs on either side as supplementary crossings.  

 

The British armour and artillery proved effective at taking out the main German AT threats, leaving the infantry to try and hold the line.  

After only 5 turns the British were across the river at multiple points and the Germans had limited AT options to stop them. We failed to complete the game but a British victory looked inevitable.  

 

British at Blainville - Turn 5

This game continued from last weeks as it ended in an interesting position. The Brits began with some troops across the river  and the Germans were able to reset their defences.    

The Tommy's went for amassed armoured attack on the shoulder of the German position with infantry in close support.   

The narrow British attack allowed the Germans into a flanking position and their AT fire proved accurate and they quickly weakened the Sherman force. The Brits kept attacking with their infantry but could not break through the defenders.  

The Campaign Ends

After 5 turns we're ending the campaign with US forces getting to Carentan. We did nt play the US turn 5 but had thing gone to form a win there was likely in Turn 5 and highly likely in Turn 6. The British still had Ranville to capture before they could attack Caen in turns 7 or 8.

So the final result likely would be an Allied victory on the US axis and a draw on the British Axis.