Calvados Coast for a beginner

[Tintin87]

6 June 1944 : 10:30

Turn 16


Let's look at an overview.
Once again it's a really realistic game, and so it is very funny to play as historical action was.
So I deploy my brigade as the history was.

On Gold Beach

Left to right





231st Infantry Brigade

=>Brigadier Stanier

-2sd Devonshire Regt

-1st Hampshire Regt

-47th RM Commando

-1st The Dorsetshire Regt





They are supported by The Armoured Nottinghamshire Yeo

They will go to Bayeux






69th Infantry Brigade

=>Brigadier Knox

-6th The Green Howards
-7th The Green Howards
-5th BN East Yorkshire Regt


They are supported by the armoured 4-7th Royal dragoons


They will go to Creuilly

6th The Green Howard on Gold beach

On Juno Beach

Left to right





7th Canadian Infantry Brigade

=>Brigadier Foster

-1st Canadian Scottish Regt
-The Royal Winnipeg Rifles
+ the Armoured 1st Hussards


They will go to Banville and after go to Creuilly


On middle we have the Regina Rifle Regt and the armoured 2e RM spt Regt.
He will go south to Reviers




8th Canadian Infantry Brigade

=>Brigadier Blackader

-Le regiment de la Chaudière (NB : name of the river Chaudière = french name for “boiler”)
-Queens Own Rifles of CDA


They will go to Basly


On the East of the beach we have


-The North Shire Regt
-The 48th Royal Marin Commando


They are supported by the Armoured Fort Gary Horses Regt


They will go east

9th Canadian Infantry Brigade at Bernière sur Mer

On Sword Beach

Left to right


8th Infantry Brigade

=>Brigadier Cass

-1st Bn Sufolk Regt
-1st Bn Lancashire Regt
-2sd Bn Yorkshire Regt


They will go to Bieville


The 41st RM commando on the west will go west to join the 48th RM commando at Lion/mer.


101st Beach sub Area


-5th BN the King's Regt
-1st Buckinghamshire Regt




1st Special Service Brigade

=>Lord Lovat

-1er Fusiliers Marins Cdo (french :) )
-45th Royal Marine Cdo
-6th Commando
-3rd Commando
-4th Commando


They will go to Ouistreham


On armoured we have :
-17-18 Hussard Regt
-5 RM Royal Marine spt
-Stafforshire Yeo

1st Lancashire Regt landing at Sword Beach

I have 700 objectives points (on 3525 points ! )

The loss are :


-224 men, 4 guns, 9 vehicles and 1 landing boat for me


-448 men, 19 guns, 10 vehicles for the german !




Again a great turn for me !