Scenario of the Week · October 30, 2026

Sword Beach

• Western Front · Normandy
• Base game · Infantry, armor & artillery
• 5 medals to win

June 6, 1944: British troops land on Sword Beach on the eastern flank of the Normandy invasion and must force their way inland through prepared German defenses.

Battlefield: The beach has no hills or bluffs to slow the Allied advance, but a centrally placed Axis artillery unit commands the open approaches. Three towns near the German rear line offer the Allies objective medals.

Briefing & tactical challenge

• Allies: Get off the beach quickly. Use your elite infantry and armor to press both flanks and avoid a costly frontal approach to the central artillery.
• Axis: Delay the Allied advance, protect the artillery, and punish units that race toward the towns without support.
• Objectives: Three town hexes provide objective medals. The first side to earn five medals wins.

Command challenge: Can the Allies split into a two-flank assault and reach the towns before the Axis defense turns the open beach into a killing ground?

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Scenario details and tactical guidance are drawn from the General Howitzer Sword Beach guide.