July 25th, 1944

Operation Cobra

Having been stuck in the Bocage of the Norman countryside for almost two months, Allied forces made their move. All attempts by the British and Canadians to push out of Normandy had all but failed. It would be down to the Americans to push onwards and shatter the German lines in the West of the beachhead. After a severe carpet bombing, Operation Cobra would launch with the US 30th Corps moving on the town of Hebecrevon. Little did they know that the German defensive line of Panther tanks had survived the bombing intact and were waiting for them...

Germany	USA
Ground Forces
Typ 82 Kübelwagen SdKfz 2 Kettenkrad Opel Blitz S 3.6 SdKfz 251/1 Ausf. D "Hanomag" Sd.Kfz. 7 SdKfz 234/2 "Puma" PzKpfw V Ausf. G "Panther" PzKpfw IV Ausf. H StuG IV Opel Blitz S 3.6 (Flak 38) Sd.Kfz. 7/1	Willys MB-2 GMC CCKW M3A1 Halftrack M8 Light Armored Car M4A1(76)W Medium Tank M4A3(105) Medium Tank M4A3 Medium Tank M18 Tank Destroyer "Hellcat" M10 Tank Destroyer M16 MGMC
Aircraft
Fieseler Fi 156 "Storch" Focke Wulf FW 190A-8 Messerschmitt BF 109G-2	North American P51D "Mustang" Republic P47D "Thunderbolt"
Stationary Weapons
8.8 cm Flak 18 2 cm Flakvierling 38 7.5 cm PaK 40 5 cm PaK 38 8.1cm Granatwerfer 34	M51 (MMGC) 40mm Bofors M2A1 105mm Howitzer