CDG 34 – Cantigny, 1918
Cantigny, France, 1918
The American Expeditionary Force under General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing has had little opportunity to prove its worth to its battle-hardened French and British allies, who have been fighting the Germans in the trenches of France for years. Pershing has resisted pressure from his allies to dole out his units piecemeal to them as replacements—cannon fodder. Finally, in May 1918, Black Jack’s boys are presented with an opportunity for independent action, an assault to eliminate a German salient in the lines near the town of Cantigny.
In this Command Decision challenge, you take the role of Lt. Col. George C. Marshall, operations officer for the AEF’s 1st Infantry Division. Your job is to divise a plan that will lead to success and prove Pershing has been right in insisting America’s forces remain under American command.
{default}Will you advance your units abreast, try for a double envelopment or attempt infiltration? Or perhaps you have something else in mind …
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im a airman 1st class of the Portuguese air force at Lajes airfield. My course of action is the third:
-each company will infiltrate German lines along aside of the front during night, and cut the communication, creating chaos and keep advancing forward. in the next morning launch the main assault supported by the French tank’s and artillery on the flanks overwhelm the strong hold created and occupying Cantigny by breach created by the infiltration chaos. the reserve occupy the village while the main assault continues the main attack.