{"product_id":"decision-games-mortain-counterattack-the-drive-to-avranches","title":"Decision Games - Mortain Counterattack: The Drive to Avranches","description":"\u003ctable width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"colors_descriptionbox\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"1\" background=\"https:\/\/shop.decisiongames.com\/v\/vspfiles\/templates\/136\/images\/DBox_Border_Left.gif\" valign=\"middle\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/shop.decisiongames.com\/v\/vspfiles\/templates\/136\/images\/clear1x1.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"100%\" valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"ProductDetail_ProductDetails_div\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"NoParagraphStyle\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #76923c; font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMortain Counterattack: The Drive to Avranches\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Normandy beachhead was broken wide open by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe US drive south through Avranches, followed by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003erapid advances into Brittany and central France. The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eoperation, however, hung on a slender thread: the lone \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003esupply line for the breakout ran through Avranches. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHitler and his generals recognized the weakness; the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003egenerals thought the German army in Normandy lacked \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe strength to take Avranches, but Hitler ordered the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eattack. Four panzer divisions were gathered near the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eancient village of Mortain, intending to take the town \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand the nearby Hill 317 before driving west. In their \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eway stood the US 30th Infantry Division. The Germans \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eneeded a rapid breakthrough, while the Americans had \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto buy time for reinforcements to arrive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMortain Counterattack\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e uses the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFire \u0026amp; Movement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e system designed around the realities of mechanized warfare, giving motorized and\/or specially-trained units clear advantages. Players can augment units at the instant of combat with support fire, provided by weapons ranging from mortars through cannon and light ground attack aircraft to heavy bombers. A seemingly predictable assault can be overturned at the last minute by heavy defending fires, while even small units may develop tremendous offensive punch with the assistance of a heavy bombardment. 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