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To Battle by Air #2
DescriptionThis is the 2nd Lone Canuck scenario pack that covers WW II actions that involved airborne troops and paratroopers. Ownership of Advanced Squad Leader and some of its modules are required. Here is a description of the scenarios from the Lone Canuck web site: Rotterdam, Holland, 10 May 1940:The Allied Forces of Britain, France, Belgium, and even neutral Holland had drawn the majority of their forces up to their borders with Germany in preparation for the seemingly enviable attack by the Germans. The attack on Rotterdam was carried out by 700 Fallschirmjägers and in a most astonishing and daring attack, a dozen Heinkel HS 59 seaplanes ferried 120 men of the 16th Infantry Regiment into the centre of the city, where they landed on the Maas River– disembarking the men on the quayside at either end of the bridge...Southwest of Carentan, France, 13 June 1944: The Battle for Carentan lasted three days and by June 12, the 101st Airborne Division had encircled the town in a bold pincher movement. However, just as the American paratroopers were entering the town, the German commander, Major Von der Heydte, facing encirclement and short of ammunition, had that morning ordered his forces to withdraw, and set up a new defensive line southwest of Carentan. Von der Heydte and his Fallschirmjäger Regiment 6, were now under command of the just arrived 17th SS-Panzergrenadier Division “Götz von Berlichingen”, whose commander was enraged at Von der Heydte’s withdrawal; ordered an immediate counter-attack on Carentan...
Riethorst, Holland, 18 September 1944: For Operation Market-Garden, the 82nd Airborne Division had the onerous tasks of seizing the bridge over the Maas at Grave, the railroad bridge over the Maas-Waal Canal, the bridge over the Waal at Nijmegen; and thereafter, hold and secure, the dominating feature located southeast of Nijmegen- the Groesbeek Heights. Because of the threat of imminent attack from the Reichwald, the 1st Battalion’s Commanding Office, Major Talton “Woody” Long responded by sending reinforcements to assist in the defence...
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