Name: St.Nazaire Rain or (Operation Chariot)
Date: 28th March, 1942
Location: Port of St. Naraire 

History: The St Nazaire Raid or Operation Chariot was a successful British amphibious attack on the heavily defended
Normandie dry dock at St Nazaire in German-occupied France during the Second World War. The operation was undertaken
by the Royal Navy and British Commandos under the auspices of Combined Operations Headquarters on 28 March 1942.

The obsolete destroyer HMS Campbeltown, accompanied by 18 smaller craft, crossed the English Channel to the Atlantic coast
of France and was rammed into the Normandie dock gates putting it out of service for the remainder of the war. 

The 621 British Commando force was lead by Lieutenant Colonel Charles Newman; his No. 2 Commando unit would provide the largest
Commandos contingent, 173 men, for the raid. The Special Service Brigade headquarters used the raid to provide experience
for their other units and 92 men were drawn from Nos 1, 3, 4, 5, 9, and 12 Commandos.

The Germans had around 5,000 troops in the immediate area of St Nazaire.[27] The port was defended by the 280th Naval Artillery
Battalion under the command of Kapitn zur See Edo Dieckmann. The battalion was composed of 28 guns of various calibres from
75 mm to 280 mm railway guns, all positioned to guard the coastal approaches. The heavy guns were supplemented by the guns and
searchlights of the 22nd Naval Flak Brigade under the command of Kapitn Karl-Konrad Mecke.

Units Human Players (AI player units may vary)
German: Squads, LMG, MMG, PSK, Demo Charge, Ordnance
British: Squads, LMG, Piat, Demo Charge

Special Scenario Rules: 

1) Even though this is a night mission the visibility is 3 hexes. That is because the German's had spotlights and we were aware
of the incoming raid.

2) Each British squad represents about 20 commandos.

Maps: Two maps

Terrain: Water landing into a city

Scenario Length: 8 Full Game Turns

Victory Objective: The side with the most Victory Points at the end is the winner. Both sides gets VPs for controlling Victory 
Objectives.


Scenario Designer: IDJESTER
