Para Week Returning to Normandy for the release of Overlord and Atlantik Wall gives us an opportunity to dust off old armies and replay some of the most memorable battles of World War Two. Over the next six weeks we are going to share some of our favourite scenarios, rules and articles. We hit the ground running this week as we take a look at the American and British Para forces that helped to pave the way into Normandy, as well as their German counterparts that tried to stem the tide.

Missions & Scenarios

The Battle of the La Fière Causeway On D Minus One the men of the US 82nd ‘All American’ Airborne Division jumped into to Normandy with the mission of halting German reinforcements from reaching Utah Beach. The division’s two main drop zones were positioned around the French town of Sainte Marie Eglise in two large open areas. The Merderet River divided these two areas and thus became the first objective of the 82nd in order to consolidate their position. The Battle of the La Fière Causeway...

Lepkowski’s Prisonbreak When Leutnant (lieutenant) Erich Lepkowski called his 5. Kompanie (5th Company) together he knew the daring mission he was about to give his men had to succeed. Failure meant certain death for 130 of his fellow Fallschimjäger (paratrooper) comrades in arms. Lepkowski's Prisonbreak...

Spotlight (Click on the image of each product to learn more)

Parachute Rifle Company (UBX18)	Easy Company (US887)
Learn more about Parachute Rifle Company here...	Learn more about the Easy Company here...

Learn more about the M1 57mm Airborne here...	Learn more about the M1 57mm Airborne here...	Learn more about the Airborne Anti-Aircraft Platoon here...

Learn more about the Parachute Company here...	Learn more about Lt Frost and the Para Commanders here...

Learn more about the 6pdr gun (Airborne) here...	Learn more about the 17pdr gun (Airborne) here...	Learn more about the M1A1 75mm pack howitzer (Airborne) here...

Learn more about the Fallschirmjäger Company here...	Learn more about the Pioneer Platoon (FJ) here...

Learn more about the Anti-aircraft Gun Platoon (FJ) here...	Learn more about the Light Artillery Battery (FJ) here...

Learn more about the Hotchkiss H-35 or H-39 here...	Learn more about the Somua S-35 here...	Learn more about the Char B1 bis (FR070) here...

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The Battle of the La Fière Causeway Having both worked on the Turning Tide and Earth & Steel, Mike and I thought we should be the ones to bring you the first Normandy battle report on the website. While looking at the many forces in the books, we were at a bit of a loss what to start with. Then Mike had a great idea to re-fight the encounter between the German Panzer Ausbildungs und Ersatz Abteilung 100 and the US 82nd Airborne Division over the Merderet River on 6-9 June 1944. Battle of the La Fière Causeway...

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