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Introduction: After a couple of small patrol type activities, it’s time for a big battle. During the first half of January 1945, as part of the Battle of the Bulge, the men of the 17 th Airborne faced off against the Fuhrer Begleit Brigade (FBB) in a series of little publicized actions near the town of Flamierge, Belgium (10 miles east of Bastogne). The lightly armed paratroopers had a tough time against the tanks and panzer grenadiers, especially at a place they called, “Dead Man’s Ridge.” The division suffered about 3000 casualties during the three-day battle. With some battalions suffering 40% casualties. The 17 th consisted of two airborne regiments (507 th and the 513 th ) and two glider regiments (193 rd and 194 th ). The 507 th was a veteran unit as it was attached to the 82 nd Airborne Division for the Normandy campaign. The other three regiments had not experienced combat yet. To reflect that (In this scenario at least) my platoon of three squads will consi
