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Title
Fallschirmjäger Requiem
Description
As a prelude to Operation Varsity, British and Canadian commandos were tasked with launching an amphibious assault across the Rhine to take the town of Wesel. As the commandos were ferried across, the RAF and attached artillery units pounded the …
Publisher
Date
1945-03-23
Scenario#
AP10
Scenario Description
As a prelude to Operation Varsity, British and Canadian commandos were tasked with launching an amphibious assault across the Rhine to take the town of Wesel. As the commandos were ferried across, the RAF and attached artillery units pounded the town into rubble. No one thought there would be much resistance, but they had not counted on veteran Fallschirmjagers that came out of Wesel's numerous bomb-proof cellars. - Dale Holmstrom
Location
Wesel, Germany
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
Operation Archway was the codename for one of the largest and most diverse operations carried out by the Special Air Service during the Second World War. Archway was initially intended to support Operation Plunder and Operation Varsity, the crossings of the River Rhine at Rees, Wesel, and south of the Lippe River by the British Second Army, under Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey. It went on to support the three British Armoured Divisions in their advance into Germany until the end of the war. The Archway force was under command of Lieutenant Colonel Brian Franks and comprised two squadrons, one each from the 1st and 2nd Special Air Service.
Narrative Source
Combatants
American
Germany

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