Purple Heart Lane ETO (id:#59921)
Multi-Man Publishing (Operations #50 ID: S19)   [next]   [previous]
Carentan, France 1944-06-12 ()
Designer: Brian Youse
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Balance:
AmericanGerman
47.727272727273%

Overview:

Having secured the area behind Utah Beach, and with the 29th Infantry having captured Isigny, it was now up to the 101st Airborne to take Carentan to allow the linkup of the two American beachheads. The 327th Glider Infantry Regiment would clear the area between Isigny and Carentan and attack the city from the east. The 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment would have to attack over a causeway banked six to nine feet above the marshlands of the Douve that crossed four bridges over branches of the river and canals. Tough fighting got the 502nd over the fourth bridge outside of town, where they faced a series of determined German counterattacks until relieved by the 506th PIR. On the morning of June 12th, Colonel Robert Sink ordered the 506th’s 2nd Battalion to attack into Carentan.
Attacker: American (2nd Batt., 506th PIR, 101st Airborne)
Defender: German (6th Fallschirmjäger Regiment)  
6 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: None     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:7.0 D:5.0
AFVs: A:0
AFVs: D:0
Guns: A:0 D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: Grain: Flooded hexes (Merderet marshes) - may not be entered. CC6 woods: OG.
Overlays: NONE
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DateReporterOpponentBal.ResultTimeComments
2025-05-27(D) Mark Peak vs Dan Leader German winDan was pretty successful in taking over the first set of buildings. My reinforcements came in to defend the second set and I placed two squads, lmg and a 9-1 in the P1 building with very good line of sights. My hope was that they could exit if needed, but instead, they were extremely deadly for the Americans trying to get to the second set of buildings in open ground. Dan was extremely unlucky with MC dice and he broke and Casualty Reduced many times. Not great rally terrain for him also hurt and he conceded on turn 5. Not sure if I would have won if he had rolled just a bit better though.
2025-04-05(A) Herve Duval vs In progressEasy US victory
2025-02-12(A) Kevin Duval vs Dwayne Duval German winAmericans Controlled 6 buildings but failed to prevent German units from moving off board to steal the victory.
2024-11-26(D) Kermit Mullins vs Dan Best American win1 hrsMy Germans struggled to get good rolls against moving in the open Americans. My first roll in D Fire was a 12 and promptly broke 1 of my 2 LMG's. I held the Americans back until Turn 5, when they took 7 buildings and I had had enough. American win.
2024-11-26(A) Dan Best vs Kermit Mullins American win1 hrs
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Avg Rating: 6.27Votes: 60
Views: 5934
To-Play list count: 7
Estimated Play time: 1.6 hours
Recorded Games: 45
Archive recorded plays:
American21
German23
Drawn:0

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Purple Heart Lane
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[A] German 25
[D] American 29
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