One day before the dawn - Trailer - Condensed version

Introduction

Historical context: During the operation Overlord, the men of the 4th French SAS were
dropped in Brittany. Their strategic mission was to establish bases (Dingson and
Samwest) with the help of the local French resistance, and to proceed to operations of
sabotage and guerrilla warfare, with the aim of fixing the German troops in Brittany
and preventing them from joining the front of Normandy. Begun the day before the
landing of Normandy, these operations will take place throughout June 1944. It's the
story of these men's fights that we want to relate in One day before the dawn. We chose
as trailer the mission Pierre 407, which was a total success.

Operation : Cooney Parties

Mission : Pierre 407 - "Corbinières"
Location : Brittany - France. Not far from the villages of Langon and Radineuf.
Date : June 10, 1944
Objectives : Destruction of the railway tunnel
Unit : 4th French SAS
Team :
 2nd lieutenant Michel de Camaret (TL)
 2nd lieutenant Denys Cochin
 Sergeant Jacques Detroy
 Soldier Joseph Collobert
 Soldier Antoine Nunès

Michel de Camaret, Antoine Nunès and Joseph Collobert

Geographical context :

Map :

Link to Google earth Images\Les Corbinières\Corbinières.kmz

Views:

The Corbinières manor-house (historical)

Corbinières : North view. The viaduct on the Villaine river and the ward house (historical)

Corbinières : South view. Tunnel entrance. (historical)

Corbinières : The viaduct (present days)

Corbinières : The viaduct (The train give the scale)

Mission loader (Project)
Mission

Enemy units :

 Paratroopers (Fallshirmjäger)
 French collaborationists (Bezen Perrot)
 Panzers are to be expected.

Local help :

 French resistance (railmen and some civilians)

Mission objectives (details) :

 Meet the right civilian who will show a safe way. (After historical facts).
 Blow two locomotives into the tunnel, one on each way. (After historical facts).
 Destroy also some telephone and railroad equipments, as much as possible according
with the quantity of available TNT. (After historical facts).
 Eliminate the enemies in the tunnel / Viaduct area. (After historical facts).
 Use radio to advice command. (After historical fact).
 All French civilians must survive. (After historical facts).

Facultative objectives :

 Eliminate the German paratrooper officer (fictious, for gameplay)

 Eliminate the Bezen Perrot collaborationists (fictious, for gameplay)
 Destroy enemy heavy units (fictious, for gameplay)