Cull Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Thought this would make another handy reference for map/scenario design, or just general interest reading (it's pretty great reading) American Forces in Action: St. Lo (July 7-July19) It only covers those twelve days but there's plenty of action from various XIX Corps units in the days just prior to the launch of Operation Cobra. (side note: this includes the area from my "archeology around Hill 108" thread) Some very in-depth "AAR"s, nice maps (I've already spent way too much time plotting some of the locales in Google Earth), and a number of nice photos. I have to say: the announcement of CM:BN has prompted me to increase my knowledge of the campaign in Normandy by about ten-fold 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Excellent resource. With some of the best photographs of the terrain I have seen. Some seem to have been taken in the late autumn as there is a distinct lack of leaves which may have made even more difficult for sightlines. I am slightly peeved that even knowing of the Hyperwar series I have failed to raid it for bocage pictures. : [ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheVulture Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 We had a discussion of that map (and site) a little while back ..ambles off in search of a search function... ah, here it is: http://www.battlefront.com/community/showthread.php?t=90589 Crikey - that was 15 months ago! That site is a great resource for CMBN. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Well that hardly counts - it was on some forum called shock forge or something, No true blue CM WW2 player would be reading that : ) Its a shame it was not put on a useful subforum : 0 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pak40 Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Excellent resource. With some of the best photographs of the terrain I have seen. Some seem to have been taken in the late autumn as there is a distinct lack of leaves which may have made even more difficult for sightlines. [ More likely the loss of leaves is from intense artillery barrages. Photo titled "AFTER THE COUNTERATTACK" after page 29 seems to suggest this. Besides, the fighting was over before any cold weather cold have come to this area. It was still dead of summer when allies captured St. Lo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 I did consider whether it was as a result of action, or that like a history books it was after the event photography. Tough to say for sure as the photos are not very large. Still not that important and there is always the US army records to search if we go into May without the game!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieseltaylor Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 This has the look of a winter scene No obvious damgae other than one tall tree which possibly could be a lightning strike. There appears to be some evergreen ivy on a couple of trees.The hedgerows do not loook particularly verdant and the landscape looks tidy. Foreword 21st August 1946. And rarely do photographers in a combat zone take photos for the record - just plain countryside. Action shots sure , important views sure but boring views not so much. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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