North Rampart - Fire! WTO (id:#56859)

Critical Hit (All American II: Timmes' Orchard ID: AA 14)   [next]   [previous]

Les Heutes, France 1944-06-07 (62 others)

Overview:

Timmes was convinced by the strong German pressure from the south that his relief, when it came, would be from the north. The Germans were equally concerned with the northern flank. They knew what Timmes did not: that there existed a secret ford across the marshes whose cobbled surface lay hidden just under the water. Throughout D+1, pressure on the orchard stronghold was maintained by relentless sniping and artillery bombardment as the Germans prepared to cut off the American outpost from the northern crossing. Among the force allocated by Timmes to the northen flank of the orchard was a single anti-tank gun retrieved from a glider and dragged out of the marsh by the farm's reluctant donkey.

Defender: American (Elements of 2nd Battalion, 507th P.I.R.)  

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