The sixth module following the history of the 1.SS-Panzerdivison Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler continues with the unit taking part in the battles in Normandy, France from June to August 1944. This eight scenario pack is compatible with MMP's ASL System.
LSSAH 41 - Mouen, France, 28 June 1944: British spearheads of the 15th Scottish Division have advanced south, seizing bridges over the Orne River. The 1.SS-Panzerdivision Leibstandarte is ordered to launch an immediately counterattack to cut-off the penetration before the British can get a foothold.
LSSAH 42 - Hubert-Folie, France, 18 July 1944: The British launch Operation GOODWOOD in the hopes to break into open tank country, southeast of Caen. The 1.SS-Panzerdivision Leibstandarte is rushed into a blocking position unseen by Allied observers and waits in ambush, directly in the path of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment.
LSSAH 43 - Solders, France, 18 July 1944: Despite heavy losses, Operation GOODWOOD continued to grind its way forward, the battlefield littered with burning hulls of the British 11th Armoured Division. Shortly after midday, the 2/Fife and Forfar Yeomanry is ordered to capture the Bourgébus Ridge; simultaneously, the 1.SS-Panzerdivision Leibstandarte is ordered to counterattack.
LSSAH 44 - Tilly-la-Campagne, France, 25 July 1944: The Americans had launched Operation COBRA, at the same the Canadians had launched Operation SPRING; its objective to capture Point 122. On route the Canadians had to first clear Tilly-la-Campagne, where hidden among the smoulder ruins were the Pioniers, Panzergrenadiers, and Panzers the 1.SS-Panzerdivision Leibstandarte.
LSSAH 45 - Saint Barthelemy, France, 7 August 1944: The Germans launched Operation LÜTTICH, its objective to recapture Avranches and cut-off Patton's 3rd Army spilling into Brittiany. In the foggy morning hours, 1.SS-Panzerdivision Leibstandarte drove into Saint Barthelemy fully expecting the village to be cleared earlier by 2.Panzerdivision; but as the fog lifted, the lead elements found themselves fighting in close quarters with GIs of the 117th Infantry Regiment.
LSSAH 46 - Saint Barthelemy, France, 9 August 1944: The 1.SS-Panzerdivision Leibstandarte attack ground to a halt. Overhead Allied Fighter-Bombers circled waiting to pounce. The US 117th Regiment, having received reinforcements that morning, launched a counterattack looking to retake ground earlier given up.
LSSAH 47 - Joue-du-Bois, France, 13 August 1944: Field Marshal Montgomery ordered the gap between Falaise and Alençon shut, hoping to trap a large portion of the German 7th Army within it. The 1.SS-Panzerdivision Leibstandarte received orders to hold open the narrowing corridor to allow the what was left of the 7th Army to withdraw out of the collapsing pocket.
LSSAH 48 - Saint-Lambert, France, 20 August 1944: The Allies' noose was tightening about the neck of the Falaise Pocket. The 1.SS-Panzerdivision Leibstandarte reduced to little more than a pair kampfgruppes was tasked to lead the breakout out of the pocket.
Map Boards Required: 4, 6, 10z, 17, 17z, 42, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 70, 71, & t
Includes 12 x 5/8" Sherman Tank counters
