Undaunted: Normandy – Promo Scenario 16: The Bridge at La Fière

Merderet River
June 6, 1944.
Five hours before the D-Day landings began, a massive force of 6000 paratroopers jumped from 400 Skytrain troop carrier aircraft into an intended objective area of 10 square miles, either side of the Merderet River. Tasked with taking a Bridge that would prove critical for breaking out of the Normandy beachheads, the 1st Batallion of the 505th Parachute Regiment engaged German troops guarding the bridge under the cover of darkness. The resulting battle has been called “the bloodiest small unit action of World
War II.”