Tigers to the Bridge!

Field Marshal Model had continually demanded that the Arnhem Road Bridge be opened to allow reinforcements to move south to Nijmegen. Throughout the morning, the Germans had probed the British defenses searching for weak points. Convinced that infantry alone could not dislodge the British, Lt. Colonel Harzer directed …

1944-09-19

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Field Marshal Model had continually demanded that the Arnhem Road Bridge be opened to allow reinforcements to move south to Nijmegen. Throughout the morning, the Germans had probed the British defenses searching for weak points. Convinced that infantry alone could not dislodge the British, Lt. Colonel Harzer directed an assault supported by two heavy tanks with ordered to eliminate the British holding the east end of the ramp.

Arnhem, Holland

The Battle of Arnhem was a major battle of the Second World War at the vanguard of the Allied Operation Market Garden. It was fought in and around the Dutch towns of Arnhem, Oosterbeek, Wolfheze and Driel and the surrounding countryside from 17–26 September 1944.

German

British

Scenario Type = Standard