The German are almost at the Meuse, but the Allies have collected their wits and are attempting to both block and cut off the German spearheads. It’s a race against time.
Oh, and the skies have cleared, so British planes – Typhoon – are going ‘a-hunting’.
Five battles have started.
They are:
Battle arrow #1: The Americans are attacking from E8 to E7, with 4th Armd Div (tank Platoon) and 101st Abn Div (infantry platoon). See figure 3, below.
Figure 3 – Battle #1
The German are defending with 9th Pz Div and 116th Pz Div
Battle #2: The Germans are attacking from C3 to B8, with 2nd Pz Div (figure 4, below).
Figure 4 – Battle #2
The Americans are defending, but have no Firestorm units in that sector (Figure 4, above).
Battle #3: The US Forces are attacking from D8 to E10, using 704th TD and 755 Field Arty (Figure 5, below).
Figure 5
The Germans are defending with 5th FJ and 18th VW (Figure 5, above).
Battle 4: The German are attacking from C3 to D7, clsoing on the Meuse River, with Pz Lehr Div (Figure 6, below).
Figure 6 – Battle 4
The Allies are defending, but only with core units. There are no US Firestorm units in that sector (Figure 6, above).
Battle # 5: The British are attacking from C2 to D7, with BR 29th Amrd BDE and Priority Air – Typhoons (Figure 7, below)
Figure 7 – Battle 5
The Germans are defending with 1stSS Pz Div (Peiper KG), and 3rd FJ (Figure 7, above)
Here are some operational views of turn 4
Figure 8 – the eastern sector
Figure 9, the central zone
Figure 10, the western zone, with the Meuse river on the far left.
Supply and victory points for both factions: