Operation Infatuate began on October 31st 1944 as members of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division had positioned themselves on the Walcheren Causway, a 40 yard wide strip of land connecting Walcheren to South Beveland in the Scheldt Estuary in Belgium. The British 52nd Lowlands Division landed south of the causeway at the East end of the island, and took over after the 2nd reached and took the bridge across the South Beveland Causway. The Canadians were thrown back by German counterattacks on October 31st and November 2nd. On the third attempt, they were successful.
It was painfully clear that the 2nd Division's attack across the causway was purely a diversionary operation
Lt William J Smith
British | German | |
Division 1 |
4 Squad Bases 2x Engineer |
4 Squad Bases 1 Flak 36 88mm Gun 1x Medic |
Division 2 |
4 Squad Bases 4 Bren Gun Carrier 1x Engineer |
4 Squad Bases 1x Medic |
Strategy Decks | Command 1 Ground Support 1 Weather (shared) |
Artillery 1 Morale 1 Weather (shared) |
Starting Strategy Cards | 3 | 2 |
Operations Cards | 025 Hospital 008 Lay Smoke 005 Clear Mines |
014 No surrender |
Deployment Zone | Division 1: map 6A in the dark tan spaces. Division 2: map 5A in the light tan spaces. |
Division 1: maps 28B and 4A in the dark gray spaces. The Anti-Tank gun goes on the deployment space on map 4A and is entrenched. Division 2: maps 29B and 30B in the light gray spaces. |
Starting Initiative | ||
Objective | Allies must gain the medal objectve on the bridge and the objective in the town and also receive 1 point for each German squad eliminated and 2 for each German gun or vehicle. Axis forces also must hold the town and get one point for each British/Canadian squad eliminated and two for each vehicle eliminated. The Allies win if they have seven seven points by the end of round 9. If the Axis forces hace nine points by the end of round 9 they win. If the allies take the bridge objective, but not the town objective and still make 7 points, it is a minor Allied win. If the Germans hold both objectives by the end of round 9, but don't eliminate enough units, it is a minor Axis win. | |
Rounds | 9 | |
Actions per turn | 3 | 3 |
Reinforcements | - |
Round 3 (status phase ): Round 5 (status phase ): Round 8 (status phase ): |
Special Rules | Place bomb craters in yellow shaded hexes before the scenario begins. The German Demolition squad gets two charge tokens and receives 2 points if they can destroy the bridge by the end of round six. |
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Weather Deck |
For Weather deck , remove the following cards; Extreme Heat, Thunderstorms. Weather checks are made on the second, fourth, sixth, eighth, and tenth rounds. |