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Command Ops: Battles from the Bulge - Hell on Wheels AAR
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Posted by Donster on: 2010-06-01 19:01:29 721
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Panther Games' Richard Simonitch shares an AAR with us regarding his new game, Command Ops: Battles from the Bulge.
Hosted by The Wargamer
"Hell on Wheels Counterattack" is an historical scenario depicting one of the key stages of General Lawton Collins' US VII Corps counterattack against the northern flank of the German "bulge" in January, 1944. The VII Corps attack began on January 3, 1945 with four (2 armored and 2 infantry) Divisions attacking through heavy snow and mists along a 25 mile front between the Ourthe River and the main Bastogne-Liege highway near Manhay. The goal of the counterattack was to link up with Patton's 3rd Army near the town of Houffalize and cut the head off of the German salient. By this phase in the battle, the Germans knew that a crossing at the Meuse could not be forced but they were determined to dig in and hold on to the gains achieved from the bitter victories won during the previous weeks.
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