Thread by @tomjmegan

0630hrs D+2, Normandy, France, June 1944. Elements of @Joe_Wargamer 21st Pz Div renew efforts to break through (my) isolated 6th British Airborne forces holding a key river crossing on a small tributary of the Orne River.

All set up for this evenings clash!

Smouldering German halftracks from an earlier armoured column which ran headlong into British forces during the hours of darkness.

Regrouping, 21st Pz Div incl. Aukklarüngs Abteilung elements are tasked w/seizing the bridge and clearing whatever British forces are in place.

Elements of 6th Airborne (estimated Pl-minus) have been digging in hard during the night, constructing slit trenches with good fields of fire out across the surrounding wheat fields. A weighted German attack is both likely and expected.

Commanding positions of observation are limited, though the line Windmill may prove crucial in assisting any German indirect fires or providing a solid sniper perch to pin any exposed British support weapons or officers across the tributary.

Limited German mobility obstacles remain in places, which will have to be negotiated and may hinder German movement - ironic given they were themselves placed to hinder Allied movement in case of invasion!

Burning Sdkfz 250/1 Neu. Remnants of first elements tasked with counterattacking on D+1. Moving under darkness to avoid Allied airpower, column ran into an ambush whilst slowing to negotiate the obstacles at the bridge. German forces do not know exactly what they are facing...

Can 21st Pz seize the bridge, clearing British forces & opening an axis of advance to counter-attack the still vulnerable Allied Beachheads?

Will 6th Airborne hold the bridge, denying German movement, whilst also consolidating their own position and forces?

Eh @Joe_Wargamer?!