12th SS Pz Div Pack: Briefing 'Maxi'

The purpose of this topic is to release the pack with correct English briefings.

We will release the briefings and count on you guys to help us correcting them.

Normandy, June 7th 1944
The battle we are attempting to simulate, is set in  the Canadian theatre of operations.
Your command, the 9th brigade, is part of the 3rd Infantry division, led by Brigadier General Cunningham, consisting of 3 regiments:
 The Highland Light Infantry Regiment  of Canada, led by LTCs Griffiths,  Stormont & Dundas
 The Glengarry Highlanders, led by Christiansen
 The North Nova Scotia Highlanders(NNS), led by LTC Petch.
 Armor support came from the 27th Regiment Sherbrooke Fusiliers.


Allied situation, pre-battle :
After a day of bloody fighting, the Allied Airborne had captured pockets of ground  inland from the beaches of Normandy. Troops were pouring in from the sea to reinforce these weary units in the frontlines.
At around 1100 hrs on the morning of June 6th, the Canadian 9th Brigade,  landed at Bernieres. Originally assigned to land at St Aubin, enemy activity forced them off course,  where they came ashore amongst the 7th and 8th Brigades. This led to several traffic jams, during the redeployment of the 9th Brigade, to the preplanned assembly point of Beny sur Mer.  Causing the 9th Brigade to delay their mission to reinforce the allied advance on Caen,  until 1600 hrs.
At 1820 hrs the NNS and the 27th Sherbooke  armor moved out from their assembly point. The Brigade's objective was to advance towards the Carpiquet airfield (Caen).
At 2000 hrs they reached Villons les Buisson and met strong German resistance (716th Infantry division).
Due to this resistance, it became impossible to reach Caens airfield. The Brigade halted for the night, their commander was concerned with the possibility of counterattacks by the 21st Pz Division or 12th Pz SS Division, on his now widely dispersed units.
At 0745 hrs, June 8th, the 7th & the 9th brigade continued their advance, with light Stuart tanks in front of C company ( NNS) mounted in carriers. Closely  followed by  the rest mounted on Shermans of the Sherbrooks.
At 0900 hrs Villons les Buisson was quickly liberated and  the Canadians continued their advance, knocking out a PAK from the 716th Infantry Division near Buron.
At 1300hr C Co reached Authie and then moved towards Franqueville...


German situation, pre battle :
The Germans had 2 divisions near Caen, the 12th SS Panzer Division 'Hitlerjugend' and the Heer's 21st Panzer Division.
12th SS Panzer division was commanded by SS Brigadefuhrer Fritz Witt.
One element of the 12th SS was, 'Panzer' Meyers' 25th Panzer Grenadier Regiment, stationed at Orbec, on the evening of June 6th.
‘Panzer’ Meyer, already angry, because he hadn't yet received any orders to move, sent out patrols towards Caen anyway.
Hitlers' permission came very late, the division was assigned to several commanders and finally Meyer received his orders to move out. During the early hours of the next morning, harassed by allied planes, the units finally moved towards Evrecy. All these delays meant that the division was unable to attack at the planned hour.
June 7th OKW (OberKommando West) ordered a counterattack, planned for 1600 hrs, by 12th SS Pz Div and 21st Pz Div., on the allied landing beaches of Juno and Sword. 12th SS Pz Div was ordered to advance along the railroad (west) Caen - Luc-sur-Mer while 21st Pz Div would move on the other side of the same railroad (east). The advance went slowly, 12th SS Pz Div’s leading units only reached the line Verson towards Rots, while the 21st Pz Div. arrived at Epron. Between the two divisions was a big gap. Surviving units of the 716th Div, after their first engagements with the Canadians, were in place, but were deployed over a wide front.
Meyer once again sent out patrols to find out where the allies were. Reports brought the intel that Buron/Rots and Carpiquet were still in hands of units from the 716th Div.,  but that the first Allies (Canadians) were seen at Villons-Les-Buisson.
Meyers' unit was ordered to close the gap, between the 21st Pz Div and 12th SS Pz Div. In an effort to keep the allies from reaching Carpiquet and it’s airfield.
Meyers' unit went into it's defensive posture, while he set up his command post at the Abbaye d'Ardennes, south of Cussy. It’s church towers provided cover and were ideal observation posts for Meyers' artillery. German units rushing to their starting points, experienced delays, some were low on fuel, while others were being harrassed by the ubiquitous allied aircraft. In spite of the delays, Meyer was confident that his attack at 1600 hrs, would commence as scheduled.
At 1300 hrs, on June 7th, he saw an allied Sherman tank nearing his position......

Here & now, this fight starts!

designer notes:
The battle is set for H2H.
The OOBs are very accurate, and although historical, we strongly believe that the balance should be OK for a game.
The map is a good representation of the area of operations, as we’ve put a lot of detail into it.
The location of the towns and villages were chosen using old topographic maps and Google Earth.

We hope you will enjoy this battle as much as we did creating and testing!
Contact us by email: koen.combatmission[at]gmail.com




Disclaimer: all errors found in this post, are undoubtedly, the result of my addled brain and the uncooperative fat fingers run by it. My apologies.

ays,

J

ok, changed some details etc, have another look bud!

Normandy, June 7th 1944.

The battle we are attempting to simulate, is set in the Canadian theatre of operations.


***Allied situation, pre-battle:

Your command, the 9th brigade, is part of the 3rd Infantry division, led by Brigadier General Cunningham, consisting of 3 regiments:
--The Highland Light Infantry Regiment  of Canada, led by LTC Griffiths.
--The Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Highlanders, led by Christiansen.
--The North Nova Scotia Highlanders(NNS), led by LTC Petch.

Armor support came from the 27th Regiment Sherbrooke Fusiliers.

After a day of bloody fighting, the Allied Airborne had captured pockets of ground  inland from the beaches of Normandy. Troops were pouring in from the sea to reinforce these weary units in the frontlines.
At around 1100 hrs on the morning of June 6th, the Canadian 9th Brigade,  landed at Bernieres. Originally assigned to land at St Aubin, enemy activity forced them off course,  where they came ashore amongst the 7th and 8th Brigades. This led to several traffic jams, during their redeployment to the preplanned assembly point of Beny sur Mer.
Causing the 9th Brigade to delay their mission to reinforce the allied advance on Caen,  until 1600 hrs.

At 1820 hrs the NNS and the 27th Sherbrooke armor moved out from their assembly point to advance towards the Carpiquet airfield (Caen).
At 2000 hrs they reached Villons les Buisson and met strong German resistance (716th Infantry division).
Due to this resistance, it became impossible to reach Caens airfield. The Brigade halted for the night, their commander was concerned with the possibility of counterattacks by the 21st Pz Division or 12th Pz SS Division, on his now widely dispersed units.

At 0745 hrs, June 7th, the 9th Brigade continued their advance, with light Stuart tanks in front of C company (NNS) mounted in carriers. Closely followed by the rest mounted on Shermans of the Sherbrooks.
Villons les Buisson was quickly liberated and around 0900 hrs the Canadians continued their advance, knocking out a PAK from the 716th Infantry Division near Buron.
At 1300hr C Co reached Authie and then moved towards Franqueville...


**German situation, pre battle :

The Germans had 2 divisions near Caen, the 12th SS Panzer Division 'Hitlerjugend', commanded by SS Brigadefuhrer Fritz Witt, and the Heer's 21st Panzer Division.

One element of the 12th SS Pz was, 'Panzer' Meyers' 25th Panzer Grenadier Regiment that on the evening of June 6th was stationed at Orbec.
‘Panzer’ Meyer, already angry, because he hadn't yet received any orders to move, sent out patrols towards Caen anyway.
Hitlers' permission came very late, the division was assigned to several commanders and finally Meyer received his orders to move out.
During the early hours of the next morning, June 7th, harassed by allied planes, the units finally moved towards Evrecy. All these delays meant that the division was unable to attack at the planned hour.
June 7th OKW (OberKommando West) ordered a counterattack, planned for 1600 hrs, by both 12th SS Pz Div and 21st Pz Div., on the allied landing beaches of Juno and Sword. 12th SS Pz Div was ordered to advance along the railroad (west) Caen - Luc-sur-Mer while 21st Pz Div would move on the other side of the same railroad (east). The advance went slowly, 12th SS Pz Div’s leading units only reached the line Verson towards Rots, while the 21st Pz Div. arrived at Epron around noon. Between the two divisions was a big gap.

Surviving units of the 716th Div, after their first engagements with the Canadians, were in place, but were deployed over a wide front.
Meyer once again sent out patrols to find out where the allies were. Reports brought the intel that Buron/Rots and Carpiquet were still in hands of units from the 716th Div.,  but that the first Allies (Canadians) were seen at Villons-Les-Buisson.
Meyers' unit was ordered to close the gap, between the 21st Pz Div and 12th SS Pz Div, in an effort to keep the allies from reaching Carpiquet and it’s airfield.
Meyers' unit went into it's defensive posture, while he set up his command post at the Abbaye d'Ardennes, south of Cussy. It’s church towers provided cover and were ideal observation posts for Meyers' artillery.

German units rushing to their starting points, experienced delays, some were low on fuel, while others were being harrassed by the ubiquitous allied aircraft. In spite of the delays, Meyer was confident that his attack at 1600 hrs, would commence as scheduled.
At 1300 hrs, on June 7th, he saw an allied Sherman tank nearing his position......

Here & now, this fight starts!

**designer notes:
The battle is set for H2H.
The OOBs are very accurate, and although historical, we strongly believe that the balance should be OK for a game.
The map is a good representation of the area of operations, as we’ve put a lot of detail into it.
The location of the towns and villages were chosen using old topographic maps and Google Earth.

We hope you will enjoy this battle as much as we did creating and testing!

Koen & Henk
Contact us by email: koen.combatmission[at]gmail.com

thx
K

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