LONGVILLY MAP
In
the night of december 18, 1944, the road from Longvilly tot
Magaret was the scene of a huge traffic jam of fleeing US
vehicles and men to Bastogne when first elements of the Panzer
"Lehr" Div. showed up at the road coming from
Allerborn. Other elements swinged south and moved westwards to
the village of Magaret in order to cut off the US retreating
forces.
In january 1945 the area was whitness of heavy fighting when the
US forces broke out of encerclement of Bastogne and pushed the
Germans back to the German border.
Map
specifications :
Size: 4.000 m x 1.200 m
Date: December 1944
Time: Day
Weather : Fog
Ground Conditions: Wet
Game Length : 40 turns
Type: Meeting Engagement
Flag Type :Static
Small : 5
Large : 5
Map Contours: Normal (2,5m)
No bonus, fanaticism is set at
"normal" and for the record : defending
vehicles may not dig in.
Set up areas are
provided to simulate the positons of both sides on the morning of
December 19, 1944.
Note from the designer :
The map is huge, so buy enough wheels to move your infantry
around, the option of cheap trucks, jeeps and Kübelwagens can
become an option.