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88s at Zon Scenario#: S014 Date: 9/17/1944 Location: Son, Holland The mission of the 101st Airborne Division in Operation Market-Garden was to secure the 15 miles of highway stretching from Eindhoven north to Veghel. The Screaming Eagles faced almost no opposition until the paratroopers reached the northern… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit #2
Arnhem Bridge Scenario#: 25 Date: 9/17/1944 Location: Arnhem, Holland The largest Airborne drop ever designed, Operation Market Garden was Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery's plan to end the war on the Western Front early. If successful, it would threaten the flanks of German defenses along the Siegfried line and… Memoir '44 — Memoir 44
Day 104 US 12th Army Group Situation Map for 1944-09-17, Start of Operation Market-Garden. World War II - Western Front
Groesbeek, Germany Scenario#: 40 Date: September 17, 1944 Location: Groesbeek, Holland 508th Parachute Regiment and 376th Parachute Field Artillery Battery seize and defend the Groesbeek Heights from a force of low-level infantry composed of OKM, OKL and recently released convalesent personnel. Panzer (AH/MMP) — Panzer Leader Para-Leader
If This is Combat Scenario#: 5 Date: 17 Sept 1944 Location: Son, Holland Operation Market-Garden had begun. Paratroopers were to seize bridges along Highway 69 in Holland to aid the British advance. Elements of the 506th were to take the main bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal just south of Son as well as … Band of Brothers — Band of Brothers
It’s Gonna be a Long Day Scenario#: 17 Date: 1944-09-17 Location: Grave, Holland Captain Kappel’s Company H orders were clear and sobering. They were to parachute, in broad daylight, into enemy territory, assemble their scattered troops, capture the Grave bridges, and eliminate all enemy resistance in your area. “We felt the… Last Hundred Yards — Airborne over Europe
Kangaroo Hop Scenario#: 106 Date: 9/17/1944 Location: Mont Lambert, France Mount Lambert offered a vantage point over the key French port of Boulogne and was critical to its defense. After an aerial and artillery bombardment, the Canadian 3rd Infantry Division's 9th Brigade, following tanks of the 10th Armoured Regiment,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5a - For King and Country
No Time For a Spot of Tea Scenario#: SB11 Date: 09/17/1944 Location: Arnhem, Holland Unlike the confused response to the Normandy landings, some German commanders quickly and correctly appraised the massive airdrop outside of Arnhem and took immediate action. Captain Sepp Krafft, an instructor at the Waffen SS NCO School, did just… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Swift and Bold
No Time For a Spot of Tea Scenario#: HoN28 Date: 1944-09-17 Location: Arnhem, Holland Unlike the confused response to the Normandy landings, some German commanders quickly and correctly appraised the massive airdrop outside of Arnhem and took immediate action. Captain Sepp Krafft, an instructor at the Waffen SS NCO School, did just… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of Normandy
On the Road to Arnhem Scenario#: W13 Date: 1944-09-17 Location: Valkenswaard, Holland Restrictcd to surfaced roads due to heavy rains, the Guards Armored Division, spearhead of XXX Corp in Operation Market-Garden, made slow headway. Constant ambushes by German ínfantry and anti-tank units choked the roads with disabled vehicles. Time… Tank Leader — Western Front
Operation Market Garden Scenario#: 5342 Date: 9/17/1944 Location: Eindhoven, Holland The largest airborne operation of all time, Operation Market Garden was a bold attempt by Field Marshal Montgomery to drop three entire Airborne Divisions behind the enemy lines, in German-occupied Netherlands. Their tactical objective: To capture… Memoir '44 — Battle Maps Series 1 - Tigers in the Snow
The Prize Scenario#: ABTF01 Date: 9/17/1944 Location: Arnhem, Holland The primary objective of the British 1st Airborne Division was the main road bridge in Arnhem. The three battalions of the 1st Parachute Brigade were to drive for the bridge along three separate routes. 2nd Parachute Battalion’s route – “Lion” – took… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 6 - A Bridge Too Far
The Vital Hours Scenario#: WO37 Date: 9/17/1944 Location: Wolfheze, Holland MARKET-GARDEN planners, unwilling to expose vital transport planes to anti-aircraft fire over Arnhem, chose landing and drop zones for 1st Airborne Division significantly west of the Arnhem road bridge. Consequently, 1st Parachute Brigade would have… Advanced Squad Leader — Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2021
To the Bridge Scenario#: LOF16 Date: 09/17/1944 Location: Son, Holland On the first day of Operation Market Garden the 506th Parachute infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division dropped near the Dutch town of Son. 1st Battalion's objective was to secure Son and the bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal south … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Line of Fire #11
To the Bridge Scenario#: HoN27 Date: 1944-09-17 Location: Son, Holland On the first day of Operation Market Garden the 506th Parachute infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division dropped near the Dutch town of Son. 1st Battalion's objective was to secure Son and the bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal south … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of Normandy
Valkenswaard Scenario#: 1230 Date: 9/17/1944 Location: Valkenswaard, Holland At 2:35 September 17, Kieth Heathcote, commander of the leading tank troop, ordered his tanks forward. The objective, just a short three hours drive down the southernmost stretch of road soon to become know as Hell's Highway, was Eindhoven. The … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules
Valkenswaard Scenario#: 3724 Date: 9/17/1944 Location: Valkenswaard, Holland At 2:35 September 17, Lieutenant Keith Heathcote, commander of the leading tank troop, ordered his tanks forward. The objective, just a short three hours drive down the southernmost stretch of road soon to become know as Hell's Highway, was… Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Wildcat Strike Scenario#: WO16 Date: 9/17/1944 Location: Saipan Town, Angaur Island Nimitz’s “island hopping” campaign brought the war to the Palaus by the fall of 1944, with Peleliu being the main objective of Operation STALEMATE. Smaller Angaur island was deemed a viable place to build a base for the logistical support that would… Advanced Squad Leader — Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2015
Zon with the Wind Scenario#: 188 Date: 9/17/1944 Location: Son, Holland Colonel Robert Sink and the 506th PIR had orders to seize the main highway bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal and then secure Eindhoven, the southernmost objective of the airborne “carpet” and only ten miles distant from the British armor waiting to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 3a Yanks (2nd Edition)