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The Battle for SWORD Beach Queen Red, 6 June 1944

Strongpoint Cod Barbed Wire Minefield The defences of Strongpoint Cod (known as Wiederstandnest 20 or Trench lines WN 20 to the Germans) are for- Sole Tank turret bunker midable. Only the eastern part of Strongpoint Cod is shown as the rest Anti-tank bunker faces Queen White beach where the 1st Battalion, The South Lancashire 8.8cm bunker Regiment is landing.

Defenders The anchor of Strongpoint Cod is an Axis Objective 8.8cm PaK bunker sited to fire along Daimler the beach. This is supported by a 5cm KwK bunker sited to fire along the beach to each side and inland, but completely protected from attacks coming directly off the beach by an impenetrable wall that covers its beach frontage. East of this the sea wall is covered by a Tank Turret bunker mounting an old Renault R-35 turret. Cod is protected by mines, barbed Allied Objective wire and trenches making it almost COD impervious to frontal assault. Further inland beyond the flooded marshes, Strongpoint Sole (WN 14) is the company HQ position. This strongpoint is mainly a command centre and has little in the way of defences aside from barbed wire. Strongpoint Daimler (WN 12) houses four artillery pieces in formidable emplacements sited to fire out to sea and also cover the landing beaches at Sword Beach. Daimler is positioned off the table just east of Sole, but can fire artillery bombardments to anywhere on the table.

had committed different forces to the battle. the to forces different committed had if out commanders the have turned would how see battle the to forces different with scenario the play also can you that them, forces the represent above on landed Queen actually Red Beach and those that opposed shown forces the While mainly unsupported infantry, although the tanks of of tanks the infantry, although unsupported mainly were reserves available immediately The landed. they as defenders the on fire could they where forward well deployed were were from Thedefenders German 1 13/18 from support armoured with 2 the from soldiers of up made was Beach Red Queen on ashore wave first The 3. Kompanie, 22. Panzerregiment, 21. Panzerdivision 21. Panzerregiment, 22. Kompanie, 3. st

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