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Mission H2 
The Battle for Exit 3

MAPBOARD SELECTION & ACTIVATION (13.):
BRIEFING: Exit 3 Utah Beach, June 6, 1944.
INITIAL MAPBOARDS:
EC: Moderate, with no wind.
No additional mapboards are activated during play, FBE
AT START: The primary task of the 101st Airborne Division
(West edge of board 16) and EBE (East edge of board 13
was to secure the exits off Utah beach. If not, the invasion
row L).
force would stall under heavy German fire and
reinforcements. The airborne drop operations of the ⇧N
American 101st were even more confused than the British
6th Airborne Division. The initial drops were scattered

16 (J‐GG)

13 (A‐L)
with few groups landed together. One such scratch force
under Lt. Col. Robert Cole of the 3 Battalion, 502 Regiment
positioned his men at Exit 3 off Utah Beach.

AFTERMATH: Lt. Col. Cole split his force to seize Exits 3
SEQUENCE:
and 4. At 0930, two hours after the defense was
established at Exit 3, in the vicinity of Audouille‐la‐Hubert, Determine VPO’s. FRIENDLY forces set up first.
elements of 919 Grenadier Regiment, 709 Infantrie Division ENEMY forces set up second. The ENEMY side
began retreating across the causeway from the beach. moves first.
Colonel Cole's men, without loss to themselves, killed 50 to
75 of the enemy, and at 1300 established contact with the
VPO LOCATIONS (14.):
1st Battalion of the 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division. Make a dr {A6b} to determine the number of FRIENDLY‐
Controlled VPO(s) on boards 13 and/or 16. Use the

following schedule to select VPO(s),
PREVAILING ATTITUDE (3.2): Advance {A2a}

ENEMY SAN: 4 dr VPO
1 13E6
FRIENDLY SAN: 3 2 13C8
3 16Y4
ENEMY AC#: 4 4 16T9
5 16O4
ENEMY RE: 3/4
6 16L6
FRIENDLY RE: 2/3

ENEMY ELR: 2 S? PLACEMENT/ENTRY (4.):
FRIENDLY ELR: 4 The ENEMY begins the Mission with an off‐board pool of
x26 S?.

S? ENTRY: At the start of the turn 1 ENEMY RPh make a

dr+2 for the number of S? entering the EBE according to
S4.22 and every Enemy RPh turn thereafter until all S? are
exhausted.

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FORCES:
G2: SQUAD (5.72)
2‐3 4‐6‐7

4‐9 4‐4‐7

10‐12 4‐3‐6
FRIENDLY:
Elements of 3 Battalion, 502 Regt: setup anywhere on
boards 13 and/or 16 west of 13I8.
x7 7‐4‐7 G5: STANDARD GUN (5.76)
x2 3‐3‐7
2‐3 5cm PaK 38 w/Opel Blitz
x2 1‐2‐6
x1 10‐2 4‐5 3.7cm FLAK 36 w/Opel Blitz
x2 8‐1
x1 MMG 6‐12 81* Mtr (dm)
x1 M2 60 LT MTR
x2 BAZ 44

U9: U.S. Random Event Table (2.)
MISSION END:
2 U9: RE 24
At the end of Game Turn 8, and at the end of each Game
Turn thereafter, perform a dr. If the result is ≤ 1 the 3 U9: RE 63
Mission ends immediately. There is a ‐1 drm for each
complete Game Turn completed after Game Turn 8. 4‐5 U9: RE 43
Reinforcements! Enter from FBE: determine number
VP SCHEDULE (9.41, 12.6): 6
{A6h} of 7‐4‐7
 ENEMY side gains VP for Casualty VP earned. Reinforcements! Enter from FBE: x2 7‐4‐7, L{U3},
7
 Each side gains normal VPO for Control of VPO. SW{U4}
 The FRIENDLY player gets 1 VP for every turn 8
Reinforcements! Enter from FBE: determine number
extension. {A6h} of 3‐3‐7, each armed with BAZ

9‐10 Reinforcements! Enter from FBE: 3‐3‐7, L{U3}, MMG

BALANCE:
Subtract x5 S? 11 U9: RE 51

Add x5 S? 12 U9: RE 06
MISSION SPECIAL RULES:

1. All hedges on boards 13 and 16 are B9.5 BOCAGE.
2. 16O4 has square staircase. A11: ENEMY Random Event Table (2.)
Recce on the flank! Random dr, enter North (1‐3) or
3. The following Friendly and Enemy RE’s are each 2 South (4‐6) board edge of 16. Determine number
used only once per Mission. If already used reroll {A6g} of {G6b}
until different result is achieved. 3 A11: RE 26
4. The stream on board 13 is deep and the bridge 13K6 4‐5 A11: RE 53
is intact.
Reinforcements! Enter from EBE: determine number
6
5. All woods on boards 13 and 16 are B35. LIGHT {A6g} of {G2}
WOODS. 7 A11: RE 45
6. ENEMY A1 table +1 DRM; treat SPG result as GUN Reinforcements! Enter from EBE: determine number
w/infantry crew result on G5. 8
{A6g} of {G2}

7. ENEMY leader G3 table +1 DRM. 9‐10 A11: RE 36 (Board 16 only)

8. The ENEMY G2 squad table will use the following 11 A11: RE 72

Generation Table.
12 A11: RE 42

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