Deadly Assumption

The most appealing objectives in the Wesel bridgehead were two still-intact bridges, which offered the promise of a dry crossing of the Rhine by Allied forces. Because the Americans had encountered so little resistance in the days after Operation GRENADE, orders were given to push northeast into the bridgehead …

1945-03-04

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The most appealing objectives in the Wesel bridgehead were two still-intact bridges, which offered the promise of a dry crossing of the Rhine by Allied forces. Because the Americans had encountered so little resistance in the days after Operation GRENADE, orders were given to push northeast into the bridgehead to gain control of the bridges. Units of the 320th Infantry Regiment, with support from 8th Armored Division’s Combat Command B, moved out. Assuming a village in the vicinity of Rheinberg was held by friendly forces, tanks of Combat Command B moved in. Too late it was realized that the village was in German control.

Rheinberg, Germany

During World War II, Operation Grenade was the crossing of the Roer river between Roermond and Düren by the U.S. Ninth Army, commanded by Lieutenant General William Hood Simpson, in February 1945, which marked the beginning of the Allied invasion of Germany.

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American

Scenario Type = Standard