005_West Front_Defiance On Hill 30 - Red Victory

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DEFIANCE ON HILL 30\\Date: 8 June, 1944\\Battle Type: German
assault VS. US defense.\\Turns: 18\\Plays best as pbem, then
Germany vs. AI\\Design: keif149\\Near Pont L'Abbe, France\\\This
scenario requires the West Front Mod available from keif149\\\This
scenario is dedicated to Edward L. Montgomery. Assigned to the
Medical Detachment of the 508th Parachute Regiment, 82nd Airborne
Division. Edward jumped into Normandy, France on June 6th, 1944.
For his service, he was awarded the Bronze Star. Edward also
participated in Operation Market Garden and was in the Battle
Of The Bulge. He also served in Korea. Then joining the Special
Forces and serving in Vietnam. He retired from active duty with
the rank of Command Sergeant Major. He continued to serve his
country by working for the CIA.\\\A bad drop prevented the 508th
Parachute Regiment from securing any of its objectives along
the Douve River. The best effort was made by an ad hoc group
of roughly two companies under Lt. Colonel Shanley whose drive
toward the bridge at Pont L'Abbe was stopped cold by a battalion
of the 1057th Grenadier Regiment. Thus rebuffed, the paratroopers
fell back to the high ground overlooking the Chef-Du-Pont crossing
where they were surrounded and constantly harassed for the next
two days. The key element of the position was a standing patrol
in a farm and road junction at the bottom of the hill, blocking
the road from the west to the bridge. At dawn on June 8th the
Germans made their most determined effort to take it.\\Notes:
This scenarios is based loosely on the ASL version. It has not
been historically fact checked or altered for pbem balance. It
was merely my intention to bring it to the SB format. \\Aftermath:
The German attack made great progress and was about to wrest
control of the crossroads from the standing patrol, until a platoon
led by Shanley himself came down the hill to take the enemy in
the flank. Hill 30 remained cut off until the 10th when the rest
of the 508th crossed the Merderet at La Fier and made contact
with Shanley on his north flank. Despite not seizing their D-Day
objectives, Shanley's defiant stand on Hill 30 helped enable
the overall American airborne effort to succeed.