Started this game with my son in law, Steve, to get him into the system. He set the Americans up in the center of the main woods near the road in the area of hex 0811, 0911 and 0910, one dug in unit on the hills at hex 1109. He put three platoons in the village near 1006 and two platoons with leaders in the village at 0504. He put one AT gun at hex 0404 and the other at hex 1206. His armor was concentrated in the area of hex 0708. He put one M 4 platoon at hex 0409.

I sent a mixed Armor and Infantry force down the left side of the woods ( German perspective ), a light Armor and heavy Infantry force dow the main road hex 0717 to 0712, and a mixed Armor and Infantry dow the right side. The intent was to push the American center and force the American Armor to fight either the right or left prong. the German main effort was on the left.

The first turns were slow and the Americans picked off a few of my tanks with cross fire bonus opportunities. Steve would fire the tanks first and then the AT guns for the crossfire bonus opportunities. In the center we traded casualties due to Arty fire and then close range fire attack. My leaders showed their true mettle and we pushed the Americans out of the woods by mid game.

When the visibility improved the German tanks destroyed all the American Armor and then eliminated the AT guns. The Germans cleared the village at hex 0404 only after taking heavy infantry losses due to the US Arty. The Germans never took all the hexes in the other village by games end. Minor victory for the Germans. If this was a campaign game the Germans would be in trouble due to Infantry losses.