Calvados Coast for a beginner

[Tintin87]

6 June 1944 : 00:30

I have a lot of reinforcement arrived, in 3 sectors :

South Sector : in the West of Troarn

It is composed by the 8th Parachute Bn, commanded by Lieutenant colonel A.Pearson. It is composed of A, B and C company
I will use them to go East near Troarn

North Sector : in the West of Varaville

I have the HQ of the 3rd Parachute brigade, commanded by the Brigadier S.J.L Hill. Unfortunately, It lost 80% of this men , was disrupted and have a fatigue of 66.
It is composed by the 9th Parachute Bn, commanded by Lieutenant colonel T. Otway. It is composed of A, B and C company.
We also have the 1st Cdn Parachute Bn. It is composed of A, B and C company.
I will use them to go East near Varaville and Merville to the north.

Middle Sector : Ranville

I have the HQ of the 5th Parachute brigade, commanded by the Brigadier POET. Unfortunately, It lost 70% of this men, was disrupted and have a fatigue of 14.
We have the 7th Parachute Bn, the 12th and 13th Parachute Bn
I will use
-the 7th to go north
-the 12th to take and maintain middle
-the 13th to go west






I take "Pegasus bridge" on Canal Caen and  Bénouville with the "Coup de Main" compagny !



It is my first victory, but the losses are great, due to a hazardous parachuting, with a total of  708 men lost on 30 minutes !