While the rest of the outfit secured the village of Hamich, one of the 16th Infantry Regiment’s battalions had driven the Germans from Hill 232. This was unacceptable to the Germans who quickly organized a battle group to rectify the situation. Things did not go as planned. The battle group missed its assembly area in the dark and stumbled into Hamich instead of rendezvousing with the Volks Grenadiers preparing to storm the hill. They stormed it anyway.

Deprived of their armor support, the Volks Grenadiers storming Hill 232 were devastated by intense small-arms, machine-gun, and artillery fire. Shortly before dawn the Germans regrouped and tried again, with the same results. The German 104th Regiment, a fresh formation 24 hours earlier, had been thoroughly wrecked. VIII Crops commander Lightning Joe Collins told his bosses that just one or two days of clear weather would see the German front shattered.

The pieces provided work just fine. For players wanting a more distinctive counters, volksgrenadier pieces may be downloaded from Avalanche Press or an expanded set may be downloaded from PG-HQ.