It's just another no-name village in France, but both sides wanted it. A US patrol would meet a patrol from the Grossdeutschland Division in this village.

It took a while, but eventually the opponents clashed. It seemed a draw.

In the village, no prisoners.

Re-enactment

I was standing behind the US lines, facing towards the onrushing GD. Both sides took cover in the doorways, although a US 30-cal MG laid down using the fountain as cover. Unfortunately, the MG jammed every third bullet, to the consternation of the gunner.

As casualties fell, the Germans left their wounded where they lay. The US had a few medics that prowled the front lines dragging the wounded to safety and treating them with bandages.

Grenades were tossed, at least by the Germans, although unlike the sharp bap-bap-bap or the gunfire, they did not explode in any pyrotechical display.

The Americans mass outside the village, with a member of the French resistance guiding them in.

It was all quite loud, and if I recall correctly, they had rigged up some smoke that seemed to come from the buildings. Naturally, the flimsy doors of the village would have been stitched (and the soldier behind it would have been hit), and all the Germans that crossed the street in the middle of a firefight would have been felled instantly, but this is a re-enactment, not an episode of Combat.

The firefight lasted about 15-20 minutes or so. Well done, one and all!

The skirmish begins. Note the German on the left forefront of the photo--his job was to keep overeager spectators from rushing into the village. Safety First! He was not part of the re-enactment.

WWII Weekend

Aircraft

B-24 "Diamond "Lil"
B-29 and Other Aircraft

Ground

Grossdeutschland Division (Re-enactors)
American Europe Encampment (Re-enactors)
WWII Re-enactment: US vs. Germans
British Encampment (Re-enactors)
German Afrika Korps Encampment (Re-enactors)
American Pacific Encampment (Re-enactors)