June 7th, 1944

Port en Bessin

The British 47 Royal Marine Commando landed on Gold Beach on D-Day. After advancing nine miles trough enemy territory they began their assault on the small harbor of Port-en-Bessin on June 7th.

Flanked by sheer cliffs and fortifications, laying between the Gold and Omaha beaches, Port-en-Bessin would not only serve as the link up point between the American and British sectors, but would also become the main port for allied fuel deliveries to Normandy until Cherbourg had been liberated. Opposing the Commandos was the German 352nd infantry division, the same unit that had wrecked havoc on the American troops at Omaha Beach a day before...

Germany	Great Britain
Ground Forces
Fiat 626 StuG 40 Ausf. G (early)	Universal Carrier (Vickers) Universal Carrier Sherman V Universal Carrier Wasp Mk IIC
Stationary Weapons
5 cm KwK 38 8.1cm Granatwerfer 34	Ordnance ML 3 inch Mortar Mk II