NOTE: Played solo. This scenario normally allows the German player a significant number of hidden units. As VC's are given out based, in part, on board control, the lack of ability to "hide" units is a substantial modification to the play. This is in addition, of course, to the otherwise advantage of being "hidden" which is to force a unit to be adjacent (if in LT) to spot it.

To account for this, I made the somewhat arbitrary decision to grant the German side an additional 2xPARA(LW) + 1-LT (LW).

Scenario played out in three areas:

1. North: a savage battle between 4xGREN(SS) vs. 10xUS INF and/or HMGs.
2. Middle: US holding force of foot units + 2xM4 to deter German units (including the PzV) counterattacking from the east. A pair of INF trotted off to deal with a lone PARA platoon on the SW board.
3. South: US mechanized force (all of the M3's loaded up) as well as the M4/76, M18, and remaining M4s to launch a right hook (from the pov of attacking eastwards).

The US southerly attack went very well. The M18 dodged a shot from the 75mm AT gun mounted atop an SPW, and finished them off with its move-and-shoot ability. The PARA's holding the road in a dug-in position were quickly softened up by OBA and DF support from the tanks and M3's and defeated by assaulting INF.

This force then had a tougher time vs. 2xSS GREN + the immobilized PzIV set to holding the road northbound into La Gleize.

By game end, the US held all boards save for #10, though the Germans held La Gleize.

The SS were not yet dead by hypoxia, but the noose had tightened.