Bucha, Ukraine - 27 Feb 2022 - 15mm
British Unit Research (detail) and Map Re-draw
Here are the units I have cross-referenced and verified from at least two sources that WERE THERE at Gold, Jig Sector, first hours of the battle. 1st Hampshires (A & B Coy) lands at Item Green. 1st Dorsetshires (A & B Coy) lands at Item Red. The DD Tanks of Sherwood Rangers that were supposed to land with them were late, but they had a few tanks in the form of specialist armour drawn from 82 Squadron, 6 Assault Regiment / Royal Engineers and "B" Squadron of the Westminster Dragoons. A lot of these are Flails and "bobbins" funnies. Later, 2nd Devonshires lands in a second wave, along with the Sherwood Rangers, a company of the 73rd Field Engineers, two batteries of artillery (Self propelled? Verifiying), and finally the 47th Royal Marine Commando. All this combined makes up the first big wave of 231st Brigade / 50th Northumberland. More details to come.
And yes, I know I said I wasn't going to re-draw this map, and in my defense, I didn't ... fully. But I reverted from the "Arab-Israeli Wars" style tree HEXES to the "Panzer Leader" tree HEXSIDES. This will cause less confusion on terrain rules for Saturday's game and besides, I was able to use the HEXSIDE design to better approximate the thin treelines / hedgerows actually on the inland battlefield. I also clarified the cliff hexsides to the extreme west (for those who've been there, these are the cliffs that continue to extend west until you hit those memorials that overlook the Mulberry remains and Museum at Arromanches itself). OPEN IMAGE IN NEW TAB to get a much better resolution.
A view if THIS battlefield as it looked in the summer of 2014. You can see the thin tree lines I was trying to recreate on the Panzer Leader mapsheet
A view if THIS battlefield as it looked in the summer of 2014.
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