The Pied Pipers

Hamelin, Germany, April 5, 1945: The breakout from the Rhine River had happened
with blinding speed. All across the plains of Germany, town after town fell 
with such rapidity that no real defense could be mounted by the disorganized and 
bewildered German defenders. Most of the captured towns were simply points on a 
map to the onrushing soldiers of the American Army. The soldiers of the 2nd Armored 
Division found it amazing that one small German town had a familiar name, Hamelin, 
of the Pied Piper story book fame, really existed. The soldiers of the 2nd Armored 
had no time for sightseeing, however. The town was rapidly bypassed by the racing 
armored columns. But not all the Germans were ready to lay down their arms. Units 
of the U.S. 30th Infantry Division, moving in tandem with the 2nd Armored, were 
fired on from Hamelin hours later. Diehard SS troops were holed up in the town, 
determined to fight on. The infantrymen of the 117th Regiment were detailed to 
dig them out.

Game Length: 7 turns

For the Germans to win they must hold the town
For the Americans to win they must chase the rats out

Germans: Squads, MMG's, LMG's, DC's
American: Squads, HMG, MMG's, BAZ's, DC's, OBA

Boards: #4, #17, #46
 
Aftermath: The SS troops were holed up in scatterd strongholds around the story book 
village, and fought back with suicidal determination. But surrounded and cut off, the 
end result was never in question. Resistance only ended when American artillery 
pulverized the town and the diehards were finally rounded up. Colonel Walter M. Johnson,
commander of the 117th, was quoted as saying afterwards, "This time, we got the rats 
out with a slightly different kind of flute".

Source: Scenario OTT 3 (version 2.4), The Pied Pipers by Dan Preston
 
