HTTR Pack - Scenario Listing

[simovitch]

Here it is - the final list of scenarios to be released by Matrix in the 'near future'[;)]


Joe's Bridge

Neerpelt Sector - September 10, 1944: 1830 hrs
Historical Scenario

Duration: 2 Days
Map Size (Km HXW): 12X12

On the afternoon of the 10th of September 1944 Lt Creswell's armoured car troop of A Sqn

2nd Household Cavalry cautiously approached the De Groot road bridge over the Escaut

Canal. After a recce on foot he returned to his car unspotted by the German defenders and

radiod back to Lt Col Joe Vandeleur, commanding the Irish Guards Group of the Guards

Armoured Division.

What followed was a daring and successful armoured attack that seized the first major

crossing into Holland and provided the starting block for 30th Corps breakout at the

start of Operation Market Garden. 30th Corps commander Gen Horrocks was "so impressed with

Vandeleur's brilliant and inspiring lreadership that I gave the order for the De Groot

Bridge to be called 'Joe's Bridge'... and as such it will always be remembered in the

annals of the British Army".

But it wasn't all plain sailing for the British, the German defenders of the Hermann

Goering Division quickly mounted a series of counter-attacks which came close to resting

back control of the vital crossing.


Breakout From Joe's Bridge

September 17, 1944: 1435 hrs
Historical Scenario.

Duration: 1 Day, 4 Hours, 26 Minutes
Map Size (Km HXW): 33X20

"This is a tale to tell your grandchildren … and mighty bored they'll be." So said

Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks at the briefing to his XXX Corps on 16th September 1944.

Two days later the Corps, lead by the Irish Guards Group, were off at the start of the

"Garden" part of "Market Garden".

This scenario covers the first 24 hours of the advance from the start line just over Joe's

Bridge and should end with the liberation of Eindhoven the first Dutch City to be freed

from four years of Nazi occupation. Should end; the original plan expected Eindhoven to be

reached by 17:15 on the first day but this was just the first of many missed deadlines of

this doomed plan.

The British have 350 guns ready to start a rolling barrage. Rocket firing typhoons are

waiting in a cab rank overhead - ready to swoop down on any German unit game enough to

resist. But resist they will for they know that the road ahead is the Highway to the

Reich.


Screaming Eagles over Hell's Highway

Eindhoven Sector - Septenber 17, 1944: 1300 hrs
Historical Scenario

Duration: 9 Days, 9 Hours
Map Size (Km HXW): 40X28

The 101st "Screaming Eagles" Airborne Division was tasked with securing 20kms of Hell's

Highway from Eindhoven to Veghel. In the process it had to capture ten bridges and then

keep these open while 30th Corps drove on through to Arnhem.

Historically, the 101st commander, Gen Taylor, launched a number of offensive actions to

try and rest the initaitive. Given the resources at hand the 101st performed well, but was

handicapped by a lack of artillery support on Day 1 and like the rest of the airborne

operation was forced, by Air Force fears of heavy flak, to use drop zones well away from

initial objectives.

Unfortunately, the vital Son bridge was blown by the German defenders, which delayed 30th

Corps for a vital 24 hours. Then the 107th Pz Bde intervened at Son and again at Veghel.

Each time forceing the 101st to despatch a "fire-brigade" force to re-open the road.

The final cut at Koeverung blocked the highway for a vital 48 hours and to an extent

doomed the hapless British Airborneat Arnhem. The cut was only restored by another

counter-march by the American paratroopers with the support of elements of the Gds Arm

Div.

More than the other airborne sectors this was very much a mobile operation with the

American units manning a series of outposts along the highway and having to march and

counter-march up and down to keep the road open.

The German forces pitted against the Allies were a mixed bag indeed, ranging from elite SS

panzer grenadiers, crack FJs, veteran infantry to "march" battalions and raw recruits. In

many cases understrength and inexperienced units were thrown into the fray in a desparate

struggle to rest control of the highway. Given the resources they had, it is hard to

believe that the Germans could have done much better in this sector.


All American over Nijmegen

Nijmegen Sector - September 17, 1944: 1300 hrs
Historical Scenario

Duration: 4 Days, 10 Hours
Map Size (Km HXW): 20X28

The 82nd Abn Div was tasked with securing the biggest of all the crossings along Hell's

Highway, the road and rail bridges at Nijmegen. It was also responsible for securing the

highway crossings at Grave and Honinghutje and seven other bridges across the Maas and the

Maas-Waal Canal, not to mention securing the 10km of the Groesbeek Heights, through which

any direct attack from Germany must come.

Their objectives, in particular the highway bridge at Nijmegen were vital to the success

of Market Garden. That they failed to do so in time to effect the relief of John Frost's

2nd Para Bn at Arnhem is a testimony to the priority and effort the Germans afforded

Nijmegen and to the poor planning and judgement made by the Allied commanders. Even so the

soldiers of the 82nd Abn Division performed brilliantly and earned the praise of Gen

Dempsey - "the finest division in the world".

The Scenario starts with the air drop by the parachute regiments of the 82nd Abn Div and

continues until the end of Day 5. The 82nd Div arrives in multiple lifts. In keeping

with American standard operating procedures, the Parachute elements dropped first, then

the glider borne Divisional assets ( Day 2 ) and finally the 325th Glider Regt - scheduled

for Day 3 but in fact they did not arrive until late on Day 5. ( The 325th is therefore

only available under the Favour Allies Reinforcement option ).

Also for the Allies, The 43rd Wessex Inf Div, which was earmarked to push onto Arnhem, is

only available in the Favour Allies reinforcement option.


Red Devils Over Arnhem

Arnhem Sector - September 17, 1944: 13:00
Historical Scenario

Duration: 9 Days, 9 Hours
Map Size (Km HXW): 28X27

Field-Marshal Montgomery believes that the Arnhem Highway Bridge offers the route by which

his 21st Army Group can drive a "single full-blooded thrust" into the heart of Hitler's

Thousand-Year Reich. Splitting the industrial heartlands of the Ruhrgebiet and Rhineland

from their supply sources to the East will cripple German war production and bring the

Western Allies within striking distance of the ultimate prize - Berlin!

The bold and imaginative plan calls for a "carpet" of airborne troops to seize the key

bridges between XXX Corps' start line at Neerpelt and the grand prize - the Lower Rhein

Highway Bridge at Arnhem, the final major water barrier between the Allies and Germany.

Shortages of transport, however, have forced the attack to be made 'by instalments'; it

will take several days to amass the full combat power of the Major-General Urquhart's 1st

Airborne Division in Arnhem. Added to this, although the plan predicts a rapid advance

along Hell's Highway by the tanks of the Guards Armoured Division, in fact stiff German

resistance and stubborn counterattacks will hold up the relief column for more than two

days.

The Germans, caught off-guard by the landings, quickly grasp the Allied plan - aided by a

copy of the orders which falls into their hands. As Feldmarschall Model throws the bulk of

his force against the Allied Schwerpunkt to the South, Oberstgruppenfuehrer Bittrich's 2nd

SS Panzer Korps must contain and destroy the bridgehead at Arnhem before the Allies can

reach it. With reinforcements - many of the poorest quality - slowly filtering in as they

can be released from fighting further South, the Germans must husband their resources and

react quickly to snuff out the Allied threat before disaster ensues.


From the Muese to the Rhine

Nijmegen & Arnhem Sector - September 17, 1944: 13:00
Historical Scenario

Duration: 9 Days, 9 Hours
Map Size (Km HXW): 44X27

This scenario combines the Arnhem and Nijmegen Campaigns in to one Grand Scenario.



Operation Garden Final Phase

"The Island"- September 21, 1944: 1200 hrs
Historical Scenario

Duration: 3 Days, 11 Hours
Map Size (Km HXW): 20X27

Even as the first Sherman tanks of ther Irish Guards probed across the newly captured

bridge at Nijmegen on the evening of the 20th, the men of Colonel Frost's beleaguered 2nd

Para Bn at the Arnhem bridge were beginning to throw in the towel. By 11:00 the next day,

the Germans had cleared the vicinity of the north ramp of the enemy and began moving

reinforcements south to hold the critical line on the Waal. What remained of the 1st

Airborne Division was surrounded and fighting for its life in the 'cauldron' of the

Oosterbeek pocket.

Now, with the Nijmegen bridge secured on both sides of the Waal, 30 Corps' land-bound

elements must force the last 15 km of Hell's Highway, cross The Island, and capture the

Arnhem bridge and rescue the remnants of the 'Red Devils' from annihilation. The 43rd (

Wessex ) Division is being brought up to lead the advance in this tank-unfriendly country,

but they have been delayed between Grave and the ruins of Nijmegen and for the moment the

Guards Armoured Division must continue to spearhead the advance. Time is of the essence.

Opposing the British are the remnants of 10th SS Panzer Division, shattered but still

formidable and steadily gaining in strength.

The Germans must delay the British onslaught long enough to allow 9th SS Panzer Division

and other elements of II SS Panzer Korps to clear the Oosterbeek pocket, negating the

British advance. The British must force the highway to relieve the embattled paratroopers,

while maintaining enough momentum to carry out a further attack into Germany itself.



Arnhem-Second Wave

10 km west of Arnhem - September 18, 1944: 05:00
Historical Scenario

Duration: 1 Day, 17 Hours
Map Size (Km HXW): 15X13

The bulk of the 1st Para is pushing eastward toward Arnhem and Major-General Urquhart has

left the 1st Airlanding Brigade behind on the LZs to provide security for the second

wave, expected this afternoon. Meanwhile, as Oberstgruppenfuehrer Bittrich hurls the 9th

and 10th SS Panzer Divisions against the paratroopers clustered around the bridge in

Arnhem, Generalleutenant von Tettau is marshalling several weak formations of training and

rear-area troops on the Western edge of the battle area.

The 1st Airlanding Brigade has the tough job of securing the landing zones for the

follow-on forces in the second wave. Not only must the Brigade ensure the safe arrival of

the reinforcements, they must also protect the Western flank of the embattled paratroopers

in Arnhem itself.

The scratch formation of Kampfgruppe von Tettau must destroy the follow-on forces, and

break through along the main roads to Arnhem thus threatening the paras there with

encirclement and annihilation.



Molenhoek Counter-Attack

September 20, 1944 0500 hrs
Historical Scenario

Duration: 2 Days, 12 Hours
Map Size (Km HXW): 5X18

With the failure to secure the Honinghutie crossings, all 30th Corps traffic had to make

its way to Nijmegen via the Heumen bridge. Defending this vital crossing was the 505th

Para Regt, less the 2nd Bn, which was helping to clear Nijmegen. So the 508th was strung

out in a thin line from Mook to Groesbeek.

The Heuman bridge was built on top of a lock gate on the Maas-Waal Canal. The crossing was

dominated on the higher east bank by the village of Molenhoek. This fact had not escaped

the attention of the German commanders. Model had already committed the 406th Inf Div to

clear the Groesbeek heights on the 18th of September. However, they failed. Half trained,

poorly experienced and badly led troops up against the cream of the Allied infantry. Now

it was time for the fallshirmjaeger troops streaming in from 2nd FJ Korps. These were made

of better stuff - para against para.

Model directed FJ KG Becker to the north to clear the Wyler Nijmegen highway, thus tying

down the 508th Para Regt. and ordered KG Hermann to launch a counter attack up the

Highway from Reithhorst, through Mook and onto Molenhoek and Heumen. What remained of the

troops involved in the ill-fated attack on September 18 were to re-form and support the

attack with a push toward the Groesbeek heights. If he could shut the gate at Heumen, he

could then wipe out what remained of the 82nd Abn Div and ensure the demise of operation

Market Garden. Speed was of the essence. For every hour that passed brought the arrival of

30th Corps closer and closer.



Mook Right Hook

Nijmegen Sector - September 19, 1944: 2300 hrs
Fictional Scenario

Duration: 5 Days, 0 Hours
Map Size (Km HXW): 20X28

Things have not gone well for the 82nd Abn Div. The Germans have blown the Grave bridges

across the Waal River, intervened in strength at Nijmegen, overrun the drop zones east of

Groesbeek and now poised to drive the 82nd Abn Div off the Groesbeek heights.

Having fought long and hard for over 30 hours against superior numbers, the 82nd is in

poor shape. Average strength is the para regiments is now down to 50% and the troops are

very tired. But their commander, Gen Gavin, knows that the enemy too must be very tired

and is unlikely to run the risk of pursuing his retiring forces through the night. Having

succesfully disengaged from the enemy on the Groesbeek heights, he reluctantly decides to

abandon his primary objective of securing the Nijmegen bridges. Instead he will bunker

down in a bridgehead around the only crossing secured over the Waal at Mook and await the

British 30th Corps.

Upon hearing of this news, Gen Horrocks, commanding the 30th Corps, decides that his only

real option left is a right hook into Nijmegen via the Mook bridgehead. Unfortunatley the

Guards Armoured Division are at least another 20 hours away, their advance being

resolutely impeded by KG Walther.

Can the Germans eliminate the Mook bridgehead before 30th Corps crosses in force? Do they

risk an early assault with their precious panzers or wait to grind down the British armour

as they attempt their breakout?

Can the 82nd Abn units hold on? Should 30th Corps fan out and try and fight its way up the

Groesbeek heights or opt for a single approach up the highway? What about their exposed

right flank and the ever present danger of more German forces appearing out of the

Reichwald?



Keeping the Island Afloat

"The Island"- September 23, 1944: 1000 hrs
Fictional Scenario

Duration: 5 Days, 3 Hours
Map Size (Km HXW): 27X28

When the bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal at Son was captured intact on September 17th,

General Horrocks wasted no time in moving the bulk of Guards Armoured through Eindhoven

and into the breach formed by the 101st Airborne. The key bridges at Veghel and Nijmegen

were both secured by nightfall on the 18th and by the following day the Irish Guards were

driving north along the last few kilometers toward Arnhem.

Heavy fighting ensued on the 20th as Guards Armoured fought across the Arnhem bridge and

into the city itself, but by the 21st, most of downtown Arnhem had been cleared of Germans

as the battered remnants of 9SS Panzer Division fell back to the north and east. To the

west, Tettau's ragtag divison was still mostly intact as they dug in around Oosterbeek

after shadowing 1st Para's movements eastward into Arnhem. By the 22nd, the Allies had

secured Arnhem and withdrawn 1st Para to England.

Monty's lightning success was not gained without a price. As the 82nd Airborne rushed to

sieze the Nijmegen bridge, the German Korps Feldt advanced out of the Reichswald,

overrunning the landing zones and clearing most of the Groosbeek heights and are now

threatening the city of Nijmegen from the southeast. These attacks have effectively tied

down the 82nd Airborne and elements of 30 Corps in defensive positions along the city's

southeastern perimeter. Even more alarming to Monty and Horrocks are the reports of

elements of Untersturmfuehrer Harmel's 10th Panzer division now forming up west of the

Pannerden ferry around Doornenburg. Allied Intel reports also suggest that elements of the

German 15th Army have begun arriving to the west of the Cooridor.



Terror of the Tyne Tees

Eindhoven Sector - September 19, 1944: 0800 hrs
Fictional Scenario

Duration: 2 Days, 10 Hours
Map Size (Km HXW): 11X21

The Guards Armoured Division has pushed past Eindhoven, splitting KG Walther in two, with

the Kampfgruppe Heinke falling back to the east of Hell's Highway and remnants of the 6th

FJ Regt now screening the western side in fairly good order. The Luftwaffe have

intervened in force with the biggest German bombing raid since D Day, plastering

Eindhoven during the previous night and further fighter bomber sorties conducted

throughout the day. The problem for 2nd Tac Air Force is the long range back to their

bases in France. To offset this Montgomery orders Horrocks to secure the Eindhoven

airfield.

With his hands full further north, Horrocks directs MajGen Graham's 50th Inf Div ( the

Tyne Tees ), with 4th Arm Bde in support, to secure the airfield - but be quick about it.

The problem for the 50th Div is that the Germans have blown the two crossings across the

canal just south east of the airfield, which means they will have to either force their

way through Meerveldhoven in a power drive or try for a wide envelopment further west.

Field Marshall Model is also aware of the importance of the airfield and forbids Oberst

Walther 's request to fall back to Wintelre. Model reassures him that help is on the way.

The scene is set for a classic battle.



Big Chill Breakout

Eindhoven Sector - September 24, 1944: 0500 hrs
Fictional Scenario

Duration: 3 Days, 0 Hours
Map Size (Km HXW): 11X21

Things have gone well for the Allies. Gavin's decision to focus first on the Nijmegen

bridges has paid off with a swift drive by Guards Arm Div. Supported by 43rd Wessex Div

they have punched through Appeldoorn to the Dutch coast north of Arnhem and cut off the

retreat route of the German 15th Army.

Model in desparation orders a breakout of the 15th Army, led by Kurt Chill's veteran 85th

Inf Div.

Fleshed out with remnants of other 15th Army units, Chill's Division is nearly full

strength, and other units are following. But with only three days supply remaining Chill

decides to launch his attack just west of Eindhoven. He hopes to catch off balance the

thinly held line of Allied troops guarding Hell's Highway and then breakthrough to Geldrop

to link up with the 107th Pz Bde who will be attacking from the east.

The scenario starts with the British pickets of the 50th Inf Div retreating from Geldrop

in the east and from Oerle in the west. The stage is set for a desperate struggle. The

British must hold open the vital line of communications or risk the destruction of its

forces to the north. The German 15th Army must breakout or face certain destruction.

[oldspec4]

Thanks for the update

[wodin]

Any idea on price. Not sure if I will buy though. Mainly due to the fact I have HTTR and the biggest reason is the Western front really doesn't get excited.

However if I was looking for an MG game it would be top of my list. Maybe something in the future if I suddenly get some interest in the theatre.

[BletchleyGeek]

Will be very nice to replay those with this engine

[PirateJock]

Really looking forward to getting this. Should I be holding off on my list to Santa so it can be added?

Cheers

[Arjuna]

Matrix have no capacity to release this before Xmas, but we are currently working on some fine tuning anyway. So it's a no go before Xmas either way. But I do hope to sign off on this from our end before Xmas. So then it will be a case of waiting for Matrix to do their bit after Xmas. I suspect that they will be wanting to take a breather after the frnetic pace of the last few weeks. So my bet is on a early Feb release.

[Txema]

Just tell us when the game is released and we will buy it. You are doing an excellent work with you simulation engine and IMO you deserve all the support from the people interested in the genre.

Instant buy for me !! [:)]


Txema

[Blond_Knight]

I look forward to fighting "old men and kids" on the new engine.

[Deathtreader]

ORIGINAL: Txema

Just tell us when the game is released and we will buy it. You are doing an excellent work with you simulation engine and IMO you deserve all the support from the people interested in the genre.

Instant buy for me !! [:)]


Txema

Well said........ ready and waiting!

Rob.[:)]

[JudgeDredd]

I will definitely buy these (price permitting) as I never did get HTTR [&o]

[Once Joey]

I.... hmm