Reichswald & Nutterden

Operation Veritable was intended to eliminate all German forces west of the Rhine river and set the stage for Allied forces to eventually cross that great barrier. However, General Schlemm, the German commander of the First Parachute Army defending the …

1945-02-08

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Operation Veritable was intended to eliminate all German forces west of the Rhine river and set the stage for Allied forces to eventually cross that great barrier. However, General Schlemm, the German commander of the First Parachute Army defending the region, anticipated the attack and flooded the Maas and Rhine rivers to narrow the Allied assault to a 6 mile corridor. Early morning on February 8, 1945 the 1st Canadian Army and the British XXX Corps launched their attack after a five hour artillery barrage. The Anglo-Canadian advantage in manpower was nullified by the narrow front and thawing ground bogged down most of the armor. The attack rolled forward, however, up the Nijmegen-Cleve road in one sector and into the Reichswald Forest in another. The 44th Brigade, a strike force of Grenadier Guards, flame-throwing tanks and mobile artillery, reached Nutterden early the next day. The frontal assault into the Reichswald Forest by the 53 Welsh Division and 51 Highland Division, made slow progress, but the advance came to a halt when it encountered the German 2nd Parachute Regiment and heavy artillery fire. Despite slow progress and stiff Resistance, the first day of the operation was promising.

Nutterden, Germany

Operation Veritable was the northern part of an Allied pincer movement that took place between 8 February and 11 March 1945 during the final stages of the Second World War. The operation was conducted by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery's Anglo-Canadian 2ist Army Group, primarily consisting of the First Canadian Army under Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar and the British XXX Corps under Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks.

Wikipedia: Operation Veritable

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Canadian / British

Game Type: Standard

Board Type: Winter

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