By the end of November, Major General Clarence Huebner's "Big Red One" had fought all the way through the Huertgen Forest and into the towns along the edge of the Roer river plane. Hopeful for the end of fighting in the Huertgen "Death Factory", the 26th Infantry Regiment coordinated an attack on the medieval town of Merode. A few tanks made it through the forest to support the attack, only to be knocked out by mines. Still, Lt. Col. Derrill Daniel's 2nd Battalion pressed forward against the fresh and motivated fallschirmjager defending Merode.
Attacker: American (2nd Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment)
Defender: German (Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 5)
6 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:15.0 D:13.0
AFVs: A:0 D:0
Guns: A:0 D:0
Misc Rules:
A: Pre-game bombardment w D: Panzerfaust use
Map Board(s):
r
s
Overlays:
NONE
Errata (source)
"The north arrow on the scenario "Enter the Young" (S51) was accidentally turned around. If you reverse the north arrow depiction on the card you will be fine." -Ken Dunn 1/16/2011
All and all a very enjoyable scenario. All of the LOS on board r are very close through the buildings, making for some good action. The initial bombardment SSR is pointless, Germans can easily (and effectively) set up to avoid it. PFs never really came into play either, since most of our action was on board R where buildings are much more spread apart. It was very close but the Germans squeaked out a victory. Read the VCs closely. Victory is dictated by 2 hexes, NOT the entire building where those hexes reside.
2018-07-27
(A) O Ramaille
vs
German win
The US infantry was divided into two attack forces. The main one was to attack west and the smaller one to the south. The young Fallschirmjäger were so accurate in their shooting that it considerably slowed the American advance. Furthermore, the smaller attack force ended up completely surrounded and forced to surrender. With two third of their men down, the attack failed to reach the objectives. A complete German victory.
2017-12-16
(D) Abe Francis
vs
Doug Francis
American win
I as the Germans set up a defensive perimeter but the Americans concentrated their force and easily silenced the HMG before advancing. In hindsight I think I set up too close as the American's initial turn is hard to weather.
2017-06-13
(A) Tom Abromaitis
vs
German win
2016-02-13
(A) Martí Cabré
vs
Solo
American win
Solo play. Bombardment was ineffective. Americans used huge firepower to open a gap in the German defenders and press hard. A German counterattack on the American flank destroyed a 3 unit stack and opened way for German reinforcements to join the fray. Scenario ended with units fighting CC in the objective building with the higher odds going to the Americans, who won.
