H2H AAR: Airborne Army Captures Dutch Towns...

[Andrew Williams]

6 am 20 September

Wyler

Becker has another go...



But again enters a ring of death.

No cover.. no place to hide... no chance

[Andrew Williams]

OK... if there was any doubt about the result.





Becker must spend the night regrouping - I think 5 turns in this case.

[Andrew Williams]

6am 20 September
westervoort.

Double wammy



Air landing V paratroops... It's a race for the bridge.



A late German counter attack secures a Bridge VL

[Andrew Williams]

6am 20 September
heelsum

Fix Bayonets...



Mortars pound the onrushing Americans..








and ... crack

[Andrew Williams]

The Germans have advanced into Arnhem heights....

The final battle of the 6am round

[Enigma6584]

Intense.  Good AAR.

[Andrew Williams]

6am 20 September

Arnhem Heights



The Germans come in hard and fast intent on breaking through and retaking Arnhem Bridge.

Morale is high and they come all kitted out.

But all this is with the advantage of hindsight.

The Brits set up the standard ring of death at the eastern entry and a stopping force to the West.



4th para have set up a little short handed as a few have stopped off the saviour the delights of Arnhem Town.

While the Germans have come with plentiful MG's and Flamethrower teams.



They take a fearful toll...

The 4 para pull back after suffering a bloodied nose from the schwerpunkt

[Andrew Williams]

After the 9am move on 20 Sept this is where we stand.

[Andrew Williams]

9am 20 Sept

Heteren

The Irish Guards skew off to the west.



Unable to fill out their BG the Guards are a little wary..

A hanfull af Ht's and AC's ambush them as they leave the town.



Unfortunately the VL aquisitin teams couldn't move fats enough before German morale broke.

[Andrew Williams]

9am 20 Sept

Westerwort

The Germans have relocated the Stugs from Velp to Westerwort - attcking onto the map.

We had to restart this battle a couple of times as we couldn't work out what was happening.

The Germans could not deploy south of the river... which they held in it entirety before the move. (Brits controlled some bridge VL's)



We think if the Stugs had moved instead of attacked they would have been supporting the existing BG... the existing BG then being able to depoloy south of the river.

The single PIAT managed to take out a Stuh.42 from behind ... the Vickers and infantry teams dod the rest.

Air support missed their target.



But this BG is gone for good...

[Andrew Williams]

9am 20 September

Wolfheze



Attacking with six teams is not to be advised... but just how weak are the defences.

Despite having the two entry VL's the Germans hold all the vantage points.. it's time to hide in the trees.



A team probing the defeces is taken care of



Time runs out

[Andrew Williams]

9am 20 Sept.

Arnhem Heights

The battle starts with the Germans moving quickly in the east.

Lucky full supply enables an arty strike to put a stop to it... wiping out all 3 teams.



With the Brits safely ensconced in the few buildings in  the southern part of the map the German infantry don't have the strength to advance,.

Brit teams lurking in the forest snatch two late VL's before time expires.

[Andrew Williams]

9am 20 Sept.

Velp

The stugs have move on as XXX corps arrives




The airbourne troops couldn't make any headway here earlier with the Stugs. controlling all the open fields.

But XXX corps armour motored about virtually unopposed by the depleted Knaust BG.

[Andrew Williams]

At the end of 20 Sept 9am turn

[Andrew Williams]

Midday 20 September

The Irish Guards just had the driel Nth Vl to wrap up...

[Andrew Williams]

midday 20 September

Wolfheze

If 6 teams here last turn was difficult... try it with 5 ( I should have moved)



I got nothing...

Both Allied Bg's retreat in dissaray.... jjust tried to push too far here.

[Andrew Williams]

midday 20 September

Arnhem Heights


German forces continue their push toward Arnhem Bridge.



This time they bring along halftracks to try and force the issue.

Luckily the Brits have full off board support - artillery takes care of one HT




And air support takes care of the other



This does the job...

And the German Bg disbands ... never to be seen again.

[Andrew Williams]

midday 20 Sept

Valkenhuizen



There is a lot of open ground to cover




One lone armored car tried to interfere - destroying a Stuart.
But there was little else to hamper the advance of the armour and the Germans are disbanded , never to be seen again.

[Andrew Williams]

At the end of the midday 20 Septemebr turn.

[Andrew Williams]

The buildup for the attack on appeldoorn and then on to the Zuider Zee and The Ruhr has begun