Villers-Bocage*
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Date: June 13, 1944*
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Battle Type: German Advance vs British Delay*
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Design: C. H. Bonnesen*
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IMPORTANT: Please read through the*
text before playing!*
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On June 12th 1944, the British 7th*
Armoured Division made a daring
dash deep into the German rear,*
their objective being Hill 213*
about 1.5 km east of the town*
of Villers-Bocage*
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Unknown to the British, the depleted*
2. Kompanie of schwere SS-Panzer-*
 Abteilung 101 had set up camp along* 
the RN 175 between Villers-Bocage*
and Hill 213. Parked on the slopes of*
Hill 213, hidden from view from*
RN 175 the Tigers were resting*
and completing maintenance in *
the morning of June 13th*
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Around 8 o'clock, the British entered*
Viller-Bocage without resistance, and*
proceeded towards Hill 213. This*
scenario begins at the moment*
when a Tiger, commanded by Tiger*
"Ace" Michael Wittmann clears the*
slope of Hill 213 and spots the first*
British tank.*
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Historically, Wittmann proceeded to*
knock out a number of tanks and*
other armoured vehicles, supported*
by the Tigers of his company.*
Later in the day, additional *
tanks from the Panzer Lehr*
Division maintenance section at*
Parfouru-sur-Odon and from the 1.*
Kompanie of s.SS-PzAbt 101 arrived*
on the scene and during the after-*
noon, with help from a battlegroup*
of the Panzer Lehr and troops of 2.*
Panzerdivision, the Germans managed*
to clear both Hill 213 and Villers-*
Bocage of the British.*
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Game Notes: The German A0-unit is*
not available from the start of*
the game. When the game starts,*
a German unit will not be selected.*
You have to find the available*
German units manually.*
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Wittmanns attack was*
not trivial. It was a high-risk*
endeavour that happened to succed.*
In this scenario the British forces*
are quite a tough opposition. It IS*
possible to get historical results,*
but you need to get things right*
all the time and you need a good*
deal of luck too!*
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In reality, the battle consisted of*
several phases and raged for about*
12 hours with several long pauses*
inbetween. In this scenario, time*
has been compressed, but the*
sequence of events is as it happened*
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Sources: Two recent and very good*
accounts of the battle are found in*
Patrick Agte: "Michael Wittmann und*
die Tiger der Leibstandarte Adolf*
Hitler" and in Daniel Taylor: *
"Villers-Bocage Through the Lens"*
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