GIA TAHGC 301"The Clearing"

Updated 040830; rev 1.0


HUERTGEN FOREST, OCTOBER 10, 1944: Day after day of seemingly endless forest. Constant shelling has turned most of the trees to shattered hulks. Advances are truly measured in yards as each step forest increased the threat of yet another sniper or hidden Spandau. Then near the road from Richelskaul to Rafflelsbrand, the GIs saw treeless sky. Without any command given, the GIs surged forward to take the high ground.

VICTORY CONDITIONS: To win, the US player must have an unbroken squad and leader together on any one of the hexes M5, N5, O5, or P5 at the end of the game's end. They may not be locked in melee. The German player wins by avoiding US victory conditions.

BOARD LAYOUT:

NORTH

Only rows A-P are playable

2

SCENARIO SEQUENCE:

Setup Simultaneously
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END
US player moves first

GERMAN FORCES:

AMERICAN FORCES:

SPECIAL SCENARIO RULES:

AFTERMATH:

The drive up the lightly wooded hill gathered some spontaneous momentum. The Germans fought bravely until they could see the Americans ensconced on the heights. Then with the GIs looking down on them, the Wehrmacht conscripts surrendered en masse. Although the forest lay as a great green-gray all around them, the US troops were able to pause and regroup in this small clearing.