D-Day Airborne

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This is the position around 1.30am.

 

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At 1.36am.

 

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Going better than first time through, so far!!

 

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The Attack on Ste. Mere Eglise

 

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So you can get an idea of the actual landscape:


By comparison with the map:

 

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Photo of Ste. Mere Eglise main square. Same church as at least one para got snagged on, sadly....


And a typical approach road. In the scenario, of course, it's pitch black, black-out night...

 

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Back to G Coy:

 

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Back to Ste. Mere Eglise. One key diff between this night attack situation and day attacks is the relative absence of arty bombardment! Still, we are taking heavy losses...

 

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The position as per Exits 1 and 2:

 

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I just realised there are two H coys on the map. This is talking about H.3 of the 3.501. It should be part of the attack on Exit 1. What is it doing up by Exit 2?

 

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Back to the fight for Ste. Mere Eglise. 2.56am. Easy Company, 2.506PIR - the famous Band of Brothers.

 

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All looking a bit grim. I'm beginning to think the AI did better when left unmolested....

 

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It looks more like 'Form an orderly queue to be shot at....'