#1101_01a_Walcheren "Operation Infatuate" - PzC 24 Scheldt '44
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Date: 1 November 1944 - Size: Medium-Small - Description: The Battle of Walcheren Island
Scenario Briefing: Defeated on Zuid-Beveland, Wilhelm Daser's 70. Infanterie-Division prepared to make its last stand on Walcheren Island. With the imminent collapse of 64. I.D. south of the Scheldt, the German fortress island was the only major obstacle preventing Allied use of the Scheldt and the critical deep-water port facilities at Antwerp. Thought the Germans had invested heavily in the defense of the island, its garrison was lacking in strength and quality. Whittled down by detachments and attrition, the two remaining "stomach" regiments and the middle-aged conscripts of Festung-Stamm-Truppen LXXXIX were insufficient to defend the entirety of the island. Complicating matters, the RAF campaign to breach Walcheren's dikes had left the interior of the island, which lies well below sea level, impassible. Believing the defense of the western coast to be impractical, Daser largely abandoned the coastal fortifications and concentrated his infantry on the dry eastern coast and at Vlissingen.
The Allied attack came on November 1st, just one day after the conclusion of Operation Vitality. Though exhausted from the previous weeks of fighting, the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division was to force a crossing of the Sloedam (Walcheren Causeway). As the Canadians attacked from the East, the 4th Special Service Brigade, backed up by 52nd (Lowland) Division's 155th Infantry Brigade and specialized AFVs from 79th Armoured Division, were to execute Operation Infatuate. British and French commandos of No. 4 Commando would land at Vlissingen at 05:45 (Infatuate I), followed a few hours later by a landing at Westkapelle (Infatuate II) by the Royal Marines of No. 41, No. 47, and No. 48 Commando plus two Troops from No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando. Attacked from three sides by the elite of the British Army, Daser's old men and invalids were outnumbered, outgunned, and outclassed. But, as the Allied supply situation worsened and the German command laid down plans for a major counteroffensive in December, every day that the Scheldt remained closed was critical...
Design Note: \This is the "short" version of the Walcheren scenario which covers the first five days of combat on the island. It must be played with the "Indirect Fire" optional rule. The Allied player would do well to remember that special forces units have the nifty ability of moving from enemy ZOC to enemy ZOC.
Recommended Rules: [Default] \Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Optional Surrender, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Optional Amphibious Rules, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon, Delayed Disruption Reporting, Extended Patrolling.
Scenario Briefing: Defeated on Zuid-Beveland, Wilhelm Daser's 70. Infanterie-Division prepared to make its last stand on Walcheren Island. With the imminent collapse of 64. I.D. south of the Scheldt, the German fortress island was the only major obstacle preventing Allied use of the Scheldt and the critical deep-water port facilities at Antwerp. Thought the Germans had invested heavily in the defense of the island, its garrison was lacking in strength and quality. Whittled down by detachments and attrition, the two remaining "stomach" regiments and the middle-aged conscripts of Festung-Stamm-Truppen LXXXIX were insufficient to defend the entirety of the island. Complicating matters, the RAF campaign to breach Walcheren's dikes had left the interior of the island, which lies well below sea level, impassible. Believing the defense of the western coast to be impractical, Daser largely abandoned the coastal fortifications and concentrated his infantry on the dry eastern coast and at Vlissingen.
The Allied attack came on November 1st, just one day after the conclusion of Operation Vitality. Though exhausted from the previous weeks of fighting, the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division was to force a crossing of the Sloedam (Walcheren Causeway). As the Canadians attacked from the East, the 4th Special Service Brigade, backed up by 52nd (Lowland) Division's 155th Infantry Brigade and specialized AFVs from 79th Armoured Division, were to execute Operation Infatuate. British and French commandos of No. 4 Commando would land at Vlissingen at 05:45 (Infatuate I), followed a few hours later by a landing at Westkapelle (Infatuate II) by the Royal Marines of No. 41, No. 47, and No. 48 Commando plus two Troops from No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando. Attacked from three sides by the elite of the British Army, Daser's old men and invalids were outnumbered, outgunned, and outclassed. But, as the Allied supply situation worsened and the German command laid down plans for a major counteroffensive in December, every day that the Scheldt remained closed was critical...
Design Note: \This is the "short" version of the Walcheren scenario which covers the first five days of combat on the island. It must be played with the "Indirect Fire" optional rule. The Allied player would do well to remember that special forces units have the nifty ability of moving from enemy ZOC to enemy ZOC.
Recommended Rules: [Default] \Alternative Assault Resolution, Artillery Set Up, Recon Spotting, Virtual Supply Trucks, Optional Surrender, Low Visibility Air Effects, Quality Fatigue Modifier, Optional Amphibious Rules, Counterbattery Fire, Night Fatigue, Programmed Weather, Limited Air Recon, Delayed Disruption Reporting, Extended Patrolling.
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