We are playing in Steve's basement. He decided that this new game required a new table. So this is our new playing area. I must say that this is the best playing surface and lighting I've ever had. So thanks to Steve's wife for allowing us to do this and to Steve for the playing environment.
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| Half of the table - note the lights |
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| The other half - so bright! |
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| The full table in all it's glory |
Steve increased the height of table for easier access. Note the raised border to keep the playing pieces from ending up on the floor.
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| The tools of war |
My son asked for some overviews to make it easier to understand what was going on. We are going to try to do that.
This battle was fought in the latter half of September 1944, between the liberation of France during the summer and the Battle of the Bulge in December. It was attempt to end the war early by securing a route through Holland, capturing a bridge over the Rhine at Arnhem and then moving on to the main German industrial centers. The plan was to drop the British 1st Airborne Division in the Arnhem area to secure the Rhine bridge, the American 82nd Airborne Division SE of Nijmegen to secure the bridges over the Waal and Maas Rivers and the American 101st Airborne Division further south to secure all the canal bridges between the Maas and the Dutch/Belgian border. The British XXX Corps, spearheaded by the Guards Armored Division, would race up the only major highway, relieve the British paratroopers and drive on into Germany.
The main account of the battle from the American perspective is "A Bridge Too Far" by Cornelius Ryan (1974). Steve has an additional reference "It Never Snows in September" by Robert Kershaw (1990), which describes the battle from the German perspective.
Additional maps from Turn 1.
This battle was fought in the latter half of September 1944, between the liberation of France during the summer and the Battle of the Bulge in December. It was attempt to end the war early by securing a route through Holland, capturing a bridge over the Rhine at Arnhem and then moving on to the main German industrial centers. The plan was to drop the British 1st Airborne Division in the Arnhem area to secure the Rhine bridge, the American 82nd Airborne Division SE of Nijmegen to secure the bridges over the Waal and Maas Rivers and the American 101st Airborne Division further south to secure all the canal bridges between the Maas and the Dutch/Belgian border. The British XXX Corps, spearheaded by the Guards Armored Division, would race up the only major highway, relieve the British paratroopers and drive on into Germany.
The main account of the battle from the American perspective is "A Bridge Too Far" by Cornelius Ryan (1974). Steve has an additional reference "It Never Snows in September" by Robert Kershaw (1990), which describes the battle from the German perspective.
Additional maps from Turn 1.
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| Map D - South - Guards Armored crossing the Start Line |
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| Maps C & B - 101st Airborne on the left - Maas River on the right |
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| Map A - North - Nijmegen in bottom left, Arnhem in bottom right |
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