Through the field glasses, Wilke spies blobs of infantry down the road fanning out towards the village. The rest of his platoon is double-timing to the church at this very moment. The church becomes the command post for the platoon commander, Untersturmfuhrer Wilke, who uses the abbey for observation. Heavily armed HJ's scramble into cover as they hear the approaching tanks. The remnants of a security patrol near Putot have retreated towards the crossroads and are collecting themselves when they hear the clank of tank tracks! The Tommies are here! Meanwhile the rumors of a German detachment are likely overstated. Intel reports there is a detachment from the 12th SS holding the crossroads near Bretteville and command wants it! The nearby units, an infantry company from the North Nova Scotia Highlanders, and armor from the Sherbrooke Fusiliers are enroute!Īchilles moving down the road (yes, I know they're Wolverines but you get the idea.) The Canadians start with their Achilles section snooping around the German lines, probing for seams in between units. The Germans come from the right, the Canadians from the left. This was an unusual and hard-fought battle fought in Normandy.Ī crossroads in the Norman countryside. We played a roughly 450 point game with a veteran 12th SS Platoon and a handful of Panthers against a Canadian infantry platoon with a troop of Shermans, Achilles, and a 6 Lb'er in support. Okay, okay, my "hiatus" from World War II took a brief hiatus of its own last night, but don't think for a second that Talavera isn't happening! Dave came over for our traditional Friday Night Fight for a quick game of Battlegroup: Overlord.
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