July 8th, 1944

Lebisey

One of the more ambitious goals of D-Day was the capture of the Normandy capital of Caen on the very first day. Soldiers from Sword Beach would advance the 15 kilometres along the Caen Canal, past the small town of Lebisey into Caen itself. As with many plans in wartime this one soon ran into problems. The British 3rd Infantry Division ran into the heavy defensive positions of the German 21st Panzer Division at Lebisey and the Allied advance was halted. For an entire month the front remained stationary, until on 8th July Operation Charnwood began...

Germany	Great Britain
Ground Forces
Typ 82 Kübelwagen Opel Blitz S 3.6 SdKfz 251/1 Ausf. D "Hanomag" Infanterie-Schlepper UE(f) PzKpfw III Ausf. N PzKpfw IV Ausf. H PzKpfw VI Ausf. E "Tiger" (late) SdKfz 135 "Marder I" (39H(f)) StuG 40 Ausf. G (early)	Willys MB-2 Bedford QL Universal Carrier Sherman V Sherman VC "Firefly"
Aircraft
Fieseler Fi 156 "Storch"
Stationary Weapons
8.8 cm Flak 18 7.5 cm PaK 40 5 cm PaK 38 8.1cm Granatwerfer 34	Ordnance ML 3 inch Mortar Mk II