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I had the luck of driving through Normandy in May 2014 and I agree that the region closer the beaches looked like `fields', not the dense, fragmented landscape with rolling hills and no long distance visibility that is represented by 'bocage' that I saw close to Utah and Cherbourg.
I 'd recommend to follow Rokossovskiy advice and the 'BOCAGE COUNTRY' map of post #12!

I know. I am slower than molasses, but I have finally finished Bocage Hell. Work makes it hard for me to put together too much consecutive play time, but I got through the bocage.

This was an enjoyable game. I cannot say too much about how historically accurate is. I realize the first time I do something that the Allies did not do, historical accuracy goes out the window. Also, knowing what's likely coming from the Germans is an advantage. For example I knew I needed to get to Caen in a hurry to avoid German defensive build up. Rolled into Caen on June 8 and had it cleared out by June 16. There was one German unit south of the town that occupied a marsh hex. My land units could not attack into the hex, so I had to laboriously reduce them by artillery and air attack.

All told, it was fun, giving me something to do while looking forward to TOAW IV.

Thanks sPzAbt653 for taking the time to put together this bit of fun. I am sure it was no easy task.

TomC

It was a fun challenge, glad you enjoyed it.

It's a shame that, due to various reasons, over time we lose the old school classic games, but thankfully we have TOAW and some others that can be used to simulate those simulations.

Scenario now available at : [Dead Link]

For a limited time as that site will be closing 10-31. [:(]

Now available at - tm.asp?m=4384926&mpage=1&key=&#4384926

11/26 - still there - just DL'ed, looking forward to playing.

Still hard to believe that Caen was a D-Day objective......