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DOW730016 Disaster at Dieppe Expansion Kit Memoir 44 Board Game by Days of Wonder

The final installment in our first series of Memoir 44 Battle Maps features two new, ready-to-play Overlord scenarios, six Half-tracks, six Jeeps and four standard scenarios.

A raid on the German-occupied coastal town of Dieppe, Operation Jubilee was intended to demonstrate the Allies capacity to seize and hold a major port for a short while. The Canadians sent in just could not imagine how short their stay would be...

The landing beach was a mile long, with headlands at both ends and barbed wire across its entire length. At first, enemy fire was light, letting the landing troops - Essex Scottish Regiment on Red Beach and the Hamilton Light Infantry on White Beach - make it through a first row of wire and toward the sea wall with only minor losses. But tanks from the 14th Canadian Tank Battalion had not arrived ahead of the infantry landings as planned and once landed, they could not get any traction on the loose beach pebbles. To make things worse, the men of the Royal Regiment landing on Blue Beach near Puys arrived late. They were pinned on the beach, unable to move west and take the eastern headlands before the main assault. The Germans, now on full alert, swept the exposed Canadian forces. Control of the Casino and surrounding pillboxes seasawed back and forth but to no avail. Four hours after landing, the Allied commanders were forced to call a retreat, leaving almost 60 percent of the men who have landed killed, wounded or captured! The lessons learned from this debacle were painful, but were of considerable help in preparations for the landings in Normandy, two years later.

NOT A STAND ALONE GAME! Requires one copy of Memoir 44 and the Operation Overlord expansion, or two full copies of Memoir 44

The four Standard scenarios require the Terrain Pack and/or the Mediterranean Theater.

Manufacture Part No.: 730016
Manufacture: Days of Wonder Inc.

Product Status: Available
Shipping Wait: Ships in 1 to 3 days.
Condition: New

MSRP: $22.99
Our Price: $20.69