Crossing the Rhine Campaign.Operation Varsity

DATE: 10/03/2024
TIME (GMT): 19:00
ERA: WW2
MAP(S): Baranow
TYPE: COOP
TEAMSPEAK: ts1.biaarma.com
GAME: Arma 3
EVENT: Official
AUTHOR(S): Aris and Lord for Brothers in Arms
SLOTS: 77 / 110

MEDICAL LEVEL: Advanced
MEDICS SETTINGS: Advanced
PREVENT INSTANT DEATH: Yes
LIVES: 3
DAMAGE RESISTANCE: 3
RESPAWN WAY: Respawn On Team
ENEMY DIFFICULTY: Medium
DOWNLOAD MODPACK: WW2 Version 33 Modpack
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Crossing the Rhine Campaign start on the night of 23 March 1945, launched by the 21st Army Group under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. The crossing of the river was at ReesWesel, and south of the river Lippe by the British Second Army under Lieutenant General Miles Dempsey, and the United States Ninth Army under Lieutenant General William H. Simpson.

 

The First Allied Airborne Army conducted Operation Varsity on the east bank of the Rhine in support of Operation Plunder, consisting of U.S. XVIII Airborne Corps, the British 6th and the U.S. 17th Airborne Divisions.

 

Preparations such as accumulation of supplies, road construction, and the transport of 36 Royal Navy landing craft, were hidden by a massive smoke screen from 16 March. The operation commenced on the night of 23 March 1945. It included the Varsity parachute and glider landings near Wesel, and Operation Archway, by the Special Air Service.

 

Operation Varsity (24 March 1945) was a successful airborne forces operation launched by Allied troops toward the end of World War II. Involving more than 16000 paratroopers and several thousand aircraft, it is the largest airborne operation ever conducted on a single day and in one location.

 

Varsity was part of Operation Plunder, the AngloAmerican-Canadian effort, led by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, to cross the northern Rhine River and from there enter Northern Germany. Varsity was meant to help the surface river assault troops secure a foothold across the Rhine in Western Germany by landing two airborne divisions on its eastern bank near the village of Hamminkeln and the town of Wesel.

 

The plans called for dropping two divisions from U.S. XVIII Airborne Corps, under Major General Matthew B. Ridgway, to capture key territory and to generally disrupt German defenses to aid the advance of Allied ground forces. The British 6th Airborne Division was to capture the villages of Schnappenberg and Hamminkeln, clear part of the Diersfordter Wald (Diersfordt Forest) of German forces, and secure three bridges over the River Issel. The U.S. 17th Airborne Division was to capture the village of Diersfordt and clear the rest of the Diersfordter Wald of any remaining German forces. The two divisions would hold the territory they had captured until relieved by advancing units of 21st Army Group, and then join in the general advance into northern Germany.

 

The airborne forces made several mistakes. Pilot error caused paratroopers from the 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment, a regiment of the U.S. 17th Airborne Division, to miss their drop zone and land on a British drop zone instead. Still, the operation was a success: both divisions captured Rhine bridges and secured towns that could have been used by Germany to delay the advance of the British ground forces. The two divisions incurred more than 2,000 casualties, but captured about 3,500 German soldiers. The operation was the last large-scale Allied airborne operation of World War II.

 

UK 6th Airborne Division,6th Airlanding Brigade.,land with Gliders behind Rhine with Objectives to capture key territory and to generally disrupt German defenses to aid the advance of Allied ground forces.

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UK 6th Airborne Division Red Devils

6th Airlanding Brigade HQ

Major Commander
Captain 2IC
Doctor
HMG Team Vickers Loader
Imbalance
HMG Team Vickers Gunner
Bifixd

Royal Artillery Platoon

Lieutenant Platoon Commander
Danny
Mortar Crew
Mortar Crew
Sale
Mortar Crew
Dr. Lexus

Royal Engineer Platoon

Lieutenant Platoon Commander
Feather
Sapper
Enzoo
Sapper
Tole
Sapper

Royal Medical Corps Platoon

Lieutenant Platoon Commander
Chewie
Medic Mobile
Lipe
Medic Mobile
Viper
Medic Mobile
Kerber

Royal Motorized Recon Platoon

Lieutenant Platoon Commander
UniPlay
Recon
Tootee
Recon
Recon
Bovan

1st Platoon HQ

Lieutenant Platoon Commander
Platoon Marksman
Arin
HMG Team Vickers Loader
Cobe
HMG Team Vickers Gunner
Gillette

Section One

Sergeant Leader
Sclembi
Corporal Section 2IC
Kru.
Field Medic
BREN Gunner
Grenadier
Blue
AT PIAT
Aleksa
Ammobearer
Rifleman
Andjelaa
Rifleman
Djordje
Rifleman
Gemon
Rifleman
Mihnea

Section Two

Sergeant Leader
Corporal Section 2IC
Poison
Field Medic
BREN Gunner
Grenadier
Lord
AT PIAT
Ammobearer
Soul
Rifleman
Aris
Rifleman
Rifleman
Desolus.
Rifleman

2nd Platoon HQ

Lieutenant Platoon Commander
Yotza
Platoon Marksman
Blackshadow
HMG Team Vickers Loader
KostasGamer
HMG Team Vickers Gunner
Burger

Section Three

Sergeant Leader
RasaDeDam
Corporal Section 2IC
Bobi
Field Medic
Strale
BREN Gunner
Dimi
Grenadier
Skywalker
AT PIAT
Igor
Ammobearer
Vlad
Rifleman
Orbit
Rifleman
Rifleman
Bluesamurai
Rifleman
Usagi

Section Four FAWRE

Sergeant Leader
Nanard
Corporal Section 2IC
Jox
Field Medic
Louis_Bolgarov
BREN Gunner
Grenadier
AT PIAT
Ammobearer
Rifleman
Rifleman
Rifleman
Rifleman

3rd Platoon HQ

Lieutenant Platoon Commander
Johnny
Platoon Marksman
jason
HMG Team Vickers Loader
Zero
HMG Team Vickers Gunner
Miletic

Section Five

Sergeant Leader
Abramusas
Corporal Section 2IC
Field Medic
Rio.
BREN Gunner
Heinrich
Grenadier
Mauser
AT PIAT
Albert
Ammobearer
Psion
Rifleman
Szarik
Rifleman
Kaczomen
Rifleman
Rifleman

Section Six CE

Sergeant Leader
Corporal Section 2IC
Field Medic
BREN Gunner
Grenadier
AT PIAT
Seedorf
Ammobearer
Krnja
Rifleman
Ivanov
Rifleman
Frenki
Rifleman
Flappy
Rifleman
Darius

RAF No. 296 Squadron

Transport Squadron C 47

Squadron Commander
Pilot Two
Pilot Three
Spud
Pilot Four
Wolfmother
Pilot Five
Kofeina
Pilot Six
W.Jarvis

Gliders Squadron MKI Hadrian

Squadron Commander
Pilot Two
Murdock
Pilot Three
Glenn
Pilot Four
Pilot Five
Pilot Six
niceguyphil
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