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#0607_01: Juno D+1 - 12th SS Panzer Arrives - Battles of Normandy

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#0607_01: Juno D+1 - 12th SS Panzer Arrives

By Saunders & Blackie/Kevin Hankins
Allies 6 - 2 - 6 Axis
Rating: 9.15 (13)
Games Played: 14
SM: 2
Turns: 26
Type: Stock
First Side: Allies
Second Side: Axis
Villons-sur-Buissons, North of Caen: June 7th, 1944. (Scenario Size: Division+. Head to Head or Human vs AI for either side) When the British landed on the Calvados coast they were unaware of the close proximity of both 21st Panzer and the Hitlerjugend SS Panzer Divisions. The 21st Panzer Division had counterattacked to the coast on D-Day but had taken grievous losses in tanks in particular. With the coming of dawn on June 7th, sporadic resistance from both the 716th Infanterie and 21st Panzer Divisions was slowing the Allied advance but the British and Canadian Corps commanders were expecting to continue the advance to their day one objectives of Caen and Carpiquet airfield. The Canadians made slow progress but had cleared the villages of Buron, Authie and Franqueville before being hit by a hurriedly organised counterattack by Standartenfuhrer Meyer's Panzergrenadier-Regiment 25. The resulting engagement was one of the most vicious of the Normandy campaign and was to result in an antipathy between the Hitlerjugend and Canadians marked by atrocities on both sides.
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Geier's ProfileGeier Well Balanced 8
Gaming Records
1st Side Player 2nd Side Player Result Score
Allies Al's Profile Al vs. DirkGaming DirkGaming's Profile Axis Draw 10 10
Axis tadzio73's Profile tadzio73 vs. PinkFloyd_P51 PinkFloyd_P51's Profile Allies Axis Minor Victory 18 6
Allies giorgiobeacco's Profile giorgiobeacco vs. yvan0123 yvan0123's Profile Axis Allies Minor Victory 18 6
Axis giorgiobeacco's Profile giorgiobeacco vs. yvan0123 yvan0123's Profile Allies Axis Minor Victory 18 6
Allies PK Powers's Profile PK Powers vs. fastphil fastphil's Profile Axis Draw 10 10
Embis
Master Sergeant
Embis Frid Nov 30, 2018 7:32 am
For the Germans this game is very slow to start, for the first 15 turns there is very little to do and for me, (as the German!) that detracted from the entertainment of the scenario.. but the last handful of turns are more demanding and present more of a challenge.
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. It is impolite."
Napoleon I
Support6
Corporal
Support6 Sat Nov 16, 2019 3:15 am
great time with this one
tadzio73
Corporal
tadzio73 Sun Jun 28, 2020 9:37 am
Very funny scenario, in the first 15 turns the German player can only see how his objectives are lost and his units resist with little strength however when the SS regiments are released he can try to launch good counterattacks.
The Allied player must avoid getting too close to the southeast of the map to prevent these SS regiments being released early.
Al
Captain
Al Tue Oct 08, 2024 10:10 pm
The Allies are scattered over the map and need to use transport to bring the units to battle. I didn't do a good job of this. The arrival of the 12SS resulted in the recapture of vital VPs which ended in a draw.