Battle for Arnhem.... (3 Viewers)
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While the paratroopers marched to Arnhem, the Reconnaissance Squadron was to race to the bridge in their jeeps and hold it until the rest of the Brigade arrived. Many jeeps were lost on the 38 1st Division gliders that did not make it to the landing zone; others were unloaded with difficulty. The unit set off to the bridge late, and having travelled only a short distance, the vanguard was halted by a strong German defensive position, and the squadron could make no further progress.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden#German_forces
While the paratroopers marched to Arnhem, the Reconnaissance Squadron was to race to the bridge in their jeeps and hold it until the rest of the Brigade arrived. Many jeeps were lost on the 38 1st Division gliders that did not make it to the landing zone; others were unloaded with difficulty. The unit set off to the bridge late, and having travelled only a short distance, the vanguard was halted by a strong German defensive position, and the squadron could make no further progress.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden#German_forces
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Student's first parachute army faced 30 corps, they were much depleted and hardly dug in, but they had many canals and other water obstacles to limit the axis of advance.
The Falschirmjager were elite luftwaffe infantry by this period, destined not to mount a significant drop after their magnificent, but pyrrhic victory in Crete in 1941.
Student's first parachute army faced 30 corps, they were much depleted and hardly dug in, but they had many canals and other water obstacles to limit the axis of advance.
The Falschirmjager were elite luftwaffe infantry by this period, destined not to mount a significant drop after their magnificent, but pyrrhic victory in Crete in 1941.
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I agree and you should drop some in to support him......The Lt.
Watching on and enjoying. You know you need some Airborne reinforcements....don't fight it....
I agree and you should drop some in to support him......The Lt.
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Can we add out pics and ideas to this battle
Can we add out pics and ideas to this battle
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Of course you can, the more the merrier!
Can we add out pics and ideas to this battle
Of course you can, the more the merrier!
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Thanks
Panda, the natural light is very nice, adds reality into the DIO.
Cheers
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But the Germans were reacting quickly to squeeze in 1st Airborne.....
......their doctrine dictated early attack on parachute troops, and unfortunately the 9 and 10 SS panzer division had been trained in exactly that..........
But the Germans were reacting quickly to squeeze in 1st Airborne.....
......their doctrine dictated early attack on parachute troops, and unfortunately the 9 and 10 SS panzer division had been trained in exactly that..........
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http://www.marketgarden.com/2010/UK/frames.html
Two battalions of the 1st Parachute Brigade advancing to the bridge, are confronted by tanks and self-propelled guns, they have already suffered heavy losses in fierce street-fighting.
In the night of Monday-Tuesday they are in the system of streets west of the St. Elizabeth Hospital, to this mazy area have also been directed the 11 th Parachute Battalion which forms part of the 4th Parachute Brigade landed on the Ginkelse Heide near Ede on Monday afternoon, and elements of the 2nd Battalion South Staffordshires, who have been withdrawn from the defence of the landing zones near Wolfheze. The orders these troops have received from Divisional Headquarters are to push through to the road bridge at Arnhem and to relieve Frost's battalion from its encirclement. The 600 men at the bridge were fighting heavy, many already dead or wounded and short on ammunition.
http://www.marketgarden.com/2010/UK/frames.html
Two battalions of the 1st Parachute Brigade advancing to the bridge, are confronted by tanks and self-propelled guns, they have already suffered heavy losses in fierce street-fighting.
In the night of Monday-Tuesday they are in the system of streets west of the St. Elizabeth Hospital, to this mazy area have also been directed the 11 th Parachute Battalion which forms part of the 4th Parachute Brigade landed on the Ginkelse Heide near Ede on Monday afternoon, and elements of the 2nd Battalion South Staffordshires, who have been withdrawn from the defence of the landing zones near Wolfheze. The orders these troops have received from Divisional Headquarters are to push through to the road bridge at Arnhem and to relieve Frost's battalion from its encirclement. The 600 men at the bridge were fighting heavy, many already dead or wounded and short on ammunition.