GIA TAHGC P "AACHEN'S PALL"

Updated 061210

AACHEN GERMANY, October 15, 1944: The American had had closed about Aachen. The city fell slowly. Street by street, then house by house the GIS squeezed out the Germans. Finally the Wehrmacht headquarters in the HOtel Quillenhof was in sight. The massive hotel structure proved impervious to direct 75mm fire from teh supporting Shermans. As the GIs launched their first assault, Colonel Corley called on self -propelled 155s for direct fire support.

VICTORY CONDITIONS: For the American player to win, there must be no unbroken German multiman counters in any hex of building 1G6. The German player wins by avoiding the American victory conditions.

BOARD LAYOUT/SCENARIO SEQUENCE:

NORTH

German sets up first

END

U.S. moves first

GERMAN FORCES:

AT START: Aachen HQ; set up in any whole hex north of Row H, inclusive:
1x10-2; 1x7-0; 5x447; 2xHMG

AMERICAN FORCES:

AT START: Elements of the 3rd Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment; set up on any whole hex south of Row J, inclusive:
1x9-1; 1x8-0; 7x666; 1xMMG ; 2xBA44a; 1x2.5 ton truck; 1x M12 SPA

SPECIAL SCENARIO RULES:

SSR P1: No Battlefield Integrity (93), Equipment Possession (164), Command Control (166), Sniper Generation (174.1) rules are in force.
SSR P2: The 2 1/2 ton truck is the ammunition vehicle for the m12. Should the truck fail a 1MC, it is destroyed and there will be no wreck left in the hex. All other units in the hex are also destroyed. All American units in adjacent hexes to the truck must take a normal morale check when the truck is destroyed. The truck may not use bypass movement.

AFTERMATH: The GIs moved to the attack through a limited smoke screen. The Americans were almost in possession of the Hotel when the Germans launched a final counterattack. The Americans fell back into the face of this new threat. It would be three more days before the hotel would be firmly in the GIs grasp. The keystone of Aachen's bitter defense fell as smoke collected in the heated air above.