Major Tom Posted July 4, 2000 Share Posted July 4, 2000 Hi, I am putting together a few scenarios/operations about the Canadian forces in France. I have found a lot of information about units and locations of Canadian forces, down to the Battalion and Company level, but, I cannot find any details about the German forces, notably the 12th SS Division from June 7 to June 11. There was a series of engagements where both the SS and 3rd Canadian Division were bloodied. I need information on the German units participating in battles around... Authie, St. Context and Buron (North of Caen, on Caen-Bayeux Road) ON June 7 Putot-en-Bassin, (Bayeux Road, West of Caen) ON June 8 Le Mensil-Patry (South of Putot-en-Bassin) ON June 9-11 Thanks for any information! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernie Posted July 4, 2000 Share Posted July 4, 2000 A good source of info on the 12th and 1st SS can be found in "Steel Inferno-1st SS Panzerkorps in Normandy". By Michael Reynolds and in paperback through Dell publisher's WWII Library. I just recently picked it up at a Walden's bookstore, so it's not hard to find. Hope that's of assistance. Ernie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrullenhaft Posted July 4, 2000 Share Posted July 4, 2000 Sorry... I don't have the info you're looking for, however someone else in particular may. Joel Montagu ( Joel.montagu@wanadoo.fr )is in the process of testing an operation over the Buron battlefield. He may have some details on the 12th SS. Appui-Feu website: http://appui-feu.panzershark.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon Posted July 5, 2000 Share Posted July 5, 2000 I have a book called "The 12th SS Panzerdivision Hitlerjugend" from Hubert Meyer. It's the official history of the unit and extremely detailed. You can get it from J.J.Federowicz publishing, but it's quite expensive... worth it, though, if you're into serious scenario making Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Tom Posted July 5, 2000 Author Share Posted July 5, 2000 Actually, I found a GREAT website (can't afford to buy these luxurious books ). It is located at... http://home.att.net/~SSPzHJ/Index.html For anyone else interested in modeling actions with the 12th SS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SS Peiper Posted July 5, 2000 Share Posted July 5, 2000 Here is a great site by Jim Govostes who did a Great job on his 12th SS HJ operation for the Talonsoft game West Front. http://jandmgovostes.com/ go to his project page and look up the 1st SS Panzer Korps He has the best OOB for the HJ for June-july 1944. If you any info on the 101st SS Panzer Battalion (read Michael Wittmann unit) I have a complete OOB. Just email me with any info that you might need. SS Peiper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaffertape Posted July 5, 2000 Share Posted July 5, 2000 Sounds like we're researching the same thing! I'll forward you some info I found (tomorrow). The thing I really need is a good topographical map of the terrain around Bretteville-l'Orgueilleuse. Oh, and my copy of CM too. Regards, GAFF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Peltz Posted July 5, 2000 Share Posted July 5, 2000 Check Moon's site for good topo maps- the area you need is covered, I believe... http://www.gamesofwar.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Tom Posted July 5, 2000 Author Share Posted July 5, 2000 Thanks for the sites all! I recieved your e-mail gaffertape (THANKS!). I have A LOT of information (OOB's) and even many of the historical commanders (down to Company level for the SS). The only thing I really needed was the Topographical maps. Now I have everything! Thanks again guys! Hopefully I will get some of these scenarios pumped out soon! I am working on June 7-11 actions right now. Then I am going to work on Operation Totalize (Actions south of Caen) and Falise, then, actions in Holland. After all this, I might get around to Dieppe or Italy (Italy wouldn't be too hard to transfer!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgivney Posted July 5, 2000 Share Posted July 5, 2000 IIRC, the Canadians and the 12th SS *hated* each other... something about the 12th SS killing prisoners. Might wanna kick up the fanaticism for both sides in some of the later scenarios... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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