Flames Of War - Campaigns: Operation Market Garden

Armour Battles:

The stalemate over the Veghel and Son bridges was finally broken by the Allies, as Andy and his assisting airpower and Shermans pushed up the road and comprehensively shoved Pete off the Veghel Bridge. The Germans being fortunate to be able to retreat with their firestorm troops in good order towards the Grave Bridge.

No such joy for the firestorm units led by Mark on the Gemert Road, with Rich’s Shermans swarming around them like wasps with camo and 75mm guns. Both the FlaK36 unit and armoured panzergrenadiers were wiped out along with the German presence as the Allies recaptured this link towards Nijmegen.

Fortunately for the Germans salvation was at hand in the form of a Panther battalion (Ben) which stormed both the Veghel Bridge, and the Venray Road as well to restore some stability in the German front line.

Airborne Battles:

The cut off British paras finally succumbed to low morale and numbers as Dafydd’s Germans reclaimed Arnhem Bridge against Ians Allied force, and only just held on to their drop zones north west of the town against strong attacks by more of Ben’s armour (defeat for Aidan for the third time in a night, but not enough to overrun the drop zones).

Dennis, so regularly a thorn in the German sides, reverted to his natural calling and left James Underwood ruing this change of heart as he captured the Uden Road from the 101^st Airborne, just about maintaining the German supply lines along the central areas towards the Veghel Bridge.

Luckily for the Allies this was the moment the weather cleared, and supplies rained from the heavens, with the besieged Brits and yanks both on the receiving end of containers of new hats, and a further unit of the 82^nd Airborne dropped in beside the Grave Bridge. The 101^st used their newfound ammunition to ‘exploit’ and cut the Heesh Road, while British Shermans swept in from the East and captured the Erp and Vokel Roads, effectively cutting off the German front line troops around Veghel Bridge. The Germans began massing troops outside of Einhoven with a pincer movement in mind to rescue the situation, while more and more heavy tanks poured into Arnhem and Nijmegen.