					***ARNHEM(11/11)***
XXX
During Operation "Market Garden" 34 876 airborne soldiers were committed: 20 190 jumped in parachute, 13 871 landed  in 
gliders and 905 from planes. 1 927vehicles, 568 guns and 5 230 tons of equipment and supplies were also brought by 
airlift. The airborne units fought with an utmost bravery against an enemy much stronger both in strength and assets. The 
paratroopers lost 13 000  KIA, wounded and MIA. But this sacrifice was not useless because it permitted to immobilize the 
Germans into Arnhem and to inflict them heavy losses which therefore facilitated the task of the 82nd and 101st divisions.
Like so many examples in History, "Market Garden" failure is more the result of a set of convergent causes than one 
single error. According to the British historian Martin Middlebrook (Arnhem 1944 book) these causes are as follows:
- The under-assessment about the German capability to recover and to resist after the Normandy landing, which only 
Generals Urquhart and Sosabowski disapproved; - The fact that the 1st airborne division was not informed about the 
presence, though well known, of two armoured divisions around Arnhem; - General Brownings decision to set up his CP in 
Holland, which did not brought anything to the conduct of the battle, but reduced the first wave by 36 gliders; - The 
deficiencies of the air transport planning, particularly the refusal to drop by night, the refusal to drop at least one 
element close to the two ends of the bridge, the refusal to operate two turn-rounds on the first day and the selection of 
DZs far away from the targets. All these factors deprived the paratroopers of their best advantage, the tactical 
surprise; - The incapability of the 1st division Commander to make the battalion COs understand the vital importance 
speedy execution in the objective seizure; - The insufficient use of the possibilities offered by the Dutch Resistance 
and population; - The insufficient use of close air support; - General Brownings wrong assessment about the importance 
of seizing the Nimegue bridge and the priority to put on it; - The slowness of the IInd Army and the XXXth Corps' thrust; 
- The wrong estimate by General Urquhart and his staff of the importance of the Driel ferry and of the heights 
controlling the position.
YES, BUT IF......

1st "Red Devils" Airborne Division(3/3): -->  [- : German

Scenario Length: 7 Game Turns - LOS (6 hexes)
Victory objective: The side with the required Victory Points is the winner. Both sides gets VPs for owning VP Objectives.
Scenario designer: ASL'Men [ X ]
