Bolt Action AAR – Normandy 8 June 1944

This weekend the local HMGS-South group played a Bolt Action game.

The U.S. 116th Regimental Combat Team (RCT) is pushing west along the coast after breaking out of the Omaha beachhead. The 116th RCT commander has ordered B Company to take the German coastal artillery position outside the village of Maisy. The German artillery is shelling Allied shipping off of Utah beach and has thus far proven impossible for Allied aircraft and naval guns to destroy.

The German positions are defended by elements of the 914th Grenadier Regiment and the remains of several Ost companies.

US forces enter at the bottom with the objective of clearing the crossroads area of enemy troops. The minefield must also be cleared.

A lucky hit takes out the MG in the bunker, but it is replaced by a full squad of German infantry.

Mortar fire convinces German troops to shift positions in the ruins. US infantry advance on both flanks.

US infantry take loses on both flanks but keep advancing. The TD advances to within point blank range of the bunker. The Ost squad is eliminated, having fought far better than expected.

US infantry occupies some of the ruins on the right. The German squad leaves the bunker to destroy the TD by close assault.

At the end of the game (eight or nine turns) the crossroads was mostly clear of German troops, but a German half-track remained and the minefield had not been cleared.

Additional photos by another club member:

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