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Belisarius -> RE: Richard Winters Deserves the Medal of Honor (11/2/2004 5:08:39 PM)
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Soo...when was the last time you picked 12 men and took out a company strength artillery position? MOH class indeed. [:'(]
If you want an excellent narration (with slides!) of the assault, take a look here: http://www.brecourtassault.com/index.htm
Sometimes makeshift plans work better than the most meticously planned attack. Compare Winters' success with Colonel Otway's assault on the Merville battery.
And now it's question time: I keep getting confused as to what artillery unit the Brecourt manor guns belonged? Are these the same as the Saint-Martin-de-Varreville battery, assigned to be assulted by the 502nd? The German name for this battery is Madeleine and was the only one that really had the Utah beach within reach. Madeleine was a fortified position with bunkers, but the 502nd found none when they eventually got there, and the intel they had said 6 155mm guns, not 4 105mm that was really the case. After reporting the Madeleine position as deserted the 502nd set after secondary objectives.
Sorry if it's confusing, but I wonder if the Brecourt battery was the Madeleine guns in their temporary field position? The geographical location is correct and the place isn't exactly teeming with battery positions...
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