Gamez and More had a Magic the Gathering release tournament last Friday, so I’m running the monthly Alpha Strike Demo this coming Friday. Come on over to Gamez and More, in the shopping center across the road from Silver Lake Shopping Center, in Rochester Minnesota. I bring everything you need to play, but if you want to bring a Wolfnet 350 army, I’m happy to play against that as well. My Taurians are always willing to lock horns with someone else.
Eighty years ago today, three German divisions faced off against the entire British invasion force, though the Allied air support and ground anti-tank guns put the worry to the defenders. The Americans focused on taking out artillery positions harassing the ongoing landing of troops, while the air support fought off Luftwaffe counter-attacks. Allied aircraft over Normandy flew with distinctive striping to keep the not-so-friendly-fire incidents in previous invasions from repeating themselves.
Eighty years ago today, the fighting continued between German and Allied forces in Normandy. The Allies were busy liberating occupied towns, while the Germans were trying to slow them down or halt them. But the Allies had focused their air power to the point that they had absolute control of the skies over Normandy, and Allied warships were happy to provide artillery support to any location in need of major hammering. The Allies were busy building a new runway above Omaha Beach to send wounded back to England for treatment, and creating two new artificial ports through the rapid expedient of driving old ships in and sinking them to create new breakwaters. The Allies were building the infrastructure they needed to maintain their beachhead in Fortress Europe.
Eighty years ago today, Americans took Utah and Omaha Beaches, while our British allies took Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches in Normandy. Our Airborne paratroopers, many of whom landed the night before, held more positions, including the bridges over the Orne River. When German armored troops moved to counterattack, Allied aircraft destroyed many and forced the others to retreat until nightfall. And Allied forces landed behind German lines using long range gliders. Operation Overlord’s victory was tenuous, but they had secured the beaches and more troops breached Fortress Europe’s defenses on an hourly basis.
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