Historical Campaign Operation Market Garden.Phase Three .PvP A Bridge Too Far

DATE: 26/09/2021
TIME (GMT): 18:00
ERA: WW2
MAP(S): Montherme Ardennes 1940
TYPE: PvP
GAME: Arma 3
EVENT: Official
AUTHOR(S): Aris and VuK for Brothers In Arms and Arma3coop
SLOTS: 78 / 116

MEDICAL LEVEL: Advanced
MEDICS SETTINGS: Advanced
PREVENT INSTANT DEATH: Yes
LIVES: 3
DAMAGE RESISTANCE: 4
RESPAWN WAY: Respawn On Base
ENEMY DIFFICULTY: Hard
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Operation Market Garden was an unsuccessful Second World War military operation fought in the Netherlands from 17 to 25 September 1944. It was the brainchild of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery and strongly supported by Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt. The airborne operation was undertaken by the First Allied Airborne Army with the land operation by XXX Corps of the British Second Army.The objective was to create a 103 km bulge formation of troops into German territory with a bridgehead over the River Rhine, creating an Allied invasion route into northern Germany.This was to be achieved by seizing a series of nine bridges with airborne forces, with land forces swiftly following over the bridges. The operation succeeded in liberating the Dutch cities of Eindhoven and Nijmegen along with many towns, creating a 97km salient into German-held territory, limiting V-2 rocket launching sites. It failed, however, to secure a bridgehead over the Rhine, with the advance being halted at the river.

The plan of action consisted of two operations:

Market: airborne forces to seize bridges and other terrain, under tactical command of Lieutenant-General Frederick Browning, and

Garden: ground forces of the Second Army to move north spearheaded by XXX Corps under Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks.

 

Market would employ four of the six divisions of the First Allied Airborne Army. The U.S. 101st Airborne Division, under Major General Maxwell D. Taylor, would drop in two locations just north of XXX Corps to take the bridges north of Eindhoven at Son and Veghel. The 82nd Airborne Division, under Brigadier General James M. Gavin, would drop northeast of them to take the bridges at Grave and Nijmegen and the British 1st Airborne Division, under Major-General Roy Urquhart, with the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade, under Brigadier General StanisÅ‚aw Sosabowski, attached would drop at the extreme north end of the route, capturing the road bridge at Arnhem and the rail bridge at Oosterbeek. The 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division would be flown to the captured Deelen Airfield on D+5.

 

Market would be the largest airborne operation in history, delivering over 34,600 men of the 101st, 82nd and 1st Airborne Divisions and the Polish Brigade. 14,589 troops were landed by glider and 20,011 by parachute. Gliders also brought in 1,736 vehicles and 263 artillery pieces. 3,342 tons of ammunition and other supplies were brought by glider and parachute drop.

The combined force had 1,438 C-47 Dakota transports (1,274 USAAF and 164 RAF) and 321 converted RAF bombers. The Allied glider force had been rebuilt after Normandy until by 16 September it numbered 2,160 CG-4A Waco gliders, 916 Airspeed Horsas (812 RAF and 104 U.S. Army) and 64 General Aircraft Hamilcars. The U.S. had only 2,060 glider pilots available, so that none of its gliders would have a co-pilot but would instead carry an extra passenger.

 

20th September 1944.Nijmegen Bridge Netherlands.82nd Airborne Division and 10 SS Panzer Division will fight to the death for this Important bridge.

EVENT GALLERY

AFTER ACTION REPORTS

German Side
With 15 minutes to prepare our defense and attack everyone moved out of base quickly.
2nd Platoon was set on the East side of the bridge opening fire on the enemy as soon as posible.
1st Platoon was defending the West side with one squad with other squad pushing the bridge and helping defend the attack by boats on the East side.
Artillery set up and opened fire on the enemy mortars silencing them for the rest of the match.
Tanks hid in the town waiting for orders to pop out and shoot at the enemy tanks which were being marked on the map.
After the first contact and establishment of frontline further actions could be taken.
Mortars opened fire on the houses surounding the enemy side of the bridge, killing many, which enabled friendly forces to cross the bridge.
Enemy tanks which were changing their positions all the time represented a real danger. Once they moved and left the Eastern side undefended Gamma and half of the Beta squad made it across the river using the boats.
They infiltrated enemy positons from East causing havoc and forcing them to turn their backs on the main force.
With the continuos attacks from mortars infantry squads were able to cross the bridge and occupy the houses on the enemy side.
From there under heavy fire, slowly, infantry moved towards Allies HQ, surrounding it and in the end ocupying it.
Friendly forces advancing by boats on the Western side of the bridge were killed by the enemy tanks, but their sacrifice which moved tanks to the West enabled infantry to push and capture Allies HQ.
 
Over the course of the operation we have lost numerous lifes, two Panzer IV, and one Panther. Mortars used up all of their ammunition.
 
Result: German win.

Allies Side

 

US Commander Seedorf

A The plan:

The Plan had 3 major concepts:

1- 2nd platoon with Alpha would cross the river via Boat and attack mortar position and then storm enemy HQ
2- Bravo with Tank support should cross and capture bridge OBJ
3- Tank2 should hold Flank on the west for possible enemy crossing
[12:39 AM]
B Events on the Commanders point of view

1- 2 minutes after operation start, tank 2 flipped on a natural trench.

2- 2nd platoon reported that german, and i quote "are crossing the river with the boats" on east side. I sent back on the Radio "If they are crossing, wait until they get mid river and fire at them". No messages were sent for couple minutes. After that i received on the radio "charlie squad disobeid orders and crossed the river". In that moment, with the informations i had, i thought that germans were crossing and charlie crossed as well. Charlie was wiped and i told 2nd to cross the river. they reported "we are under mortar fire" "they are crossing the river". Worried about east flank i told them to keep defending east river, thinking that germans were actually crossing.

3- Bravo started crossing the bridge and got resistance. Germans attacked bridge and smoked the objective. I sent orders for tank1 on the Radio "shoot HE on the smoke, keep shooting HE on the smoke". Bravo managed to get close to objective, but germans numbers and firepower wiped them. After some time mortars began to hit us on our side of the bridge, killing Bravo reinforcements. After charlie was wiped out on the east side river, i told them in person to attack bridge, as bravo was alone in that task. Germans has the Bridge objective.

4- Constant reports of 2nd platoon telling me that "Germans are crossing the rive" "many germans crossing the river". I told them "Take positions and shoot them in the boats". 2nd platoon reported "We cant, we retreated cause one of my squads were wiped out by a tank". I said "Roger that, keep defending east flank".

5- I asked tank2 to move east and support 2nd platoon. They reported "we cannot, we are engaging enemy tank".

6- Our tank1 was destroyed in our base by german tank in the nothern mountain, across the river.
[12:39 AM]
7- I told Bravo to supress bridge as i saw germans pushing. I climbed on the Church tower and began scouting for mortar missions. Mortar was very slow to calculate, but managed to kill 1 entire squad on bridge. After that germans kept pushing the bridge, but mortar could not hit any shells on them.

8- Alpha appeared near the bridge. At this time mortars were hitting our positions in the bridge. Bravo was wiped out. I ran in person to Alpha and ordered them to go to our hq and defend it, Cause enemies were reported in our territory. I began to defend Bridge by myself, with some random players, probably from bravo. I managed to kill about 5 germans in that phase, i end up dying without ammo and without bandages.

9- 2nd platoon reported that they were overrun on the east. Germans crossed the bridge, east flank was overtaken. Was left for me to defend HQ. I sent on radio "Everyone, go to our HQ, take positions around it and defend it". Alpha was already there.
[12:39 AM]
10- I went alone with my medic to bridge and tried to defend it, knowing the probable outcome. I died the second time.

11- I went behind our HQ, scouting and passing info on the radio. I reporte germans on the east and the west. They started smoking and pushing. I managed to kill some of them but they got into our HQ. I ordered on the radio "Everyone push to HQ, germans on HQ". At that time i felt like no one was defending HQ, cause i saw few guys and a friendly tank around that area only. As no response on radio was given to me i rushed into HQ building, my gun was unloaded and i died.

12- On the spectator, i saw that many guys were all around the map, and not defending HQ. On the last minutes Dupon, szopix and more 3 or 4 guys rushed into HQ, killed germans, was too late.

C Final considerations

1- Our mortar was not as effective as enemie's.
2- Communication Between 2nd platoon and HQ was very bad, as informations were not given accurately.

obs: As commander and leader of the US side, its my full responsability any outcome. This report is a point of view.

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US 82nd Airborne Division 506th PIR

Company HQ

Captain Commander
Seedorf
Company Doctor
Company Scout
Frenki

Mortar Team

Corporal Team Leader
Mortar Operator
Mauser

1st Platoon HQ

Lieutenant Platoon Leader
Koba
Platoon Engineer

Alpha Squad

Sergeant Squad Leader
TheWool
Corporal Team Leader
Numbnuts
Medic
BOT Stuart
Machine Gunner
Wikky
Machine Gunner Assistant
Sonic
Rifleman Bazooka
Aris
Autorifleman BAR
Timotemat
Grenadier
Lord
Saboteur
Szopix
Marksman
Arin

Bravo Squad

Sergeant Squad Leader
Corporal Team Leader
Miletic
Medic
Rio.
Machine Gunner
Paja
Machine Gunner Assistant
Stevke
Rifleman Bazooka
Autorifleman BAR
Denis12898
Grenadier
Hardcase28
Saboteur
Savos
Marksman
niceguyphil

2nd Platoon HQ

Lieutenant Platoon Leader
Platoon Engineer

Charlie Squad

Sergeant Squad Leader
Corporal Team Leader
Medic
Machine Gunner
Machine Gunner Assistant
Rifleman Bazooka
Autorifleman BAR
Grenadier
Saboteur
Marksman

Delta Squad

Sergeant Squad Leader
Corporal Team Leader
Medic
Machine Gunner
Machine Gunner Assistant
Rifleman Bazooka
Autorifleman BAR
Grenadier
Saboteur
Marksman

UK Guards Armoured Division

Tank Platoon HQ (Sherman Firefly)

Lieutenant Platoon Leader
Filip1510
Tank Driver
KostasGamer
Tank Gunner
Ace

Tank Two (Sherman Firefly)

Tank Commander
Tank Driver
Aleksa
Tank Gunner
arank

Tank Three (Sherman)

Tank Commander
Pandchos
Tank Driver
Albert
Tank Gunner

10. SS Panzer Division

Company HQ

Captain Commander
Igor
Company Doctor
Joe

Mortar Team

Obergefreiter (Corporal) Team Leader
Danny
Mortar Operator

1.Zug.Zugtrupp (1st Platoon HQ)

Oberleutnant Zug Leader (Lieutenant Platoon Leader)
W.Jarvis
Zug Engineer

Alpha Gruppe

Unteroffizier Gruppe Leader (Sergeant Group Leader)
Obergefreiter (Corporal) Team Leader
Varoll
Medic
Nikic
Machine Gunner
Cucumba
Machine Gunner Assistant
Bolt
Panzerschreck
Irishman563
Autorifleman MP44
Alex
Grenadier
Krnja
Saboteur
Zero
Sniper
Luke_1902
Rifleman G43
Gio

Beta Gruppe

Unteroffizier Gruppe Leader (Sergeant Group Leader)
Gemon
Obergefreiter (Corporal) Team Leader
Gloza
Medic
Max
Machine Gunner
RasaDeDam
Machine Gunner Assistant
Panzerschreck
Autorifleman MP44
Loading
Grenadier
Saboteur
dziad12
Sniper
Martis
Rifleman G43
Vimper2

2.Zug.Zugtrupp(2nd Platoon HQ)

Oberleutnant Zug Leader (Lieutenant Platoon Leader)
Kenway
Zug Engineer
Mabldi

Gama Gruppe

Unteroffizier Gruppe Leader (Sergeant Group Leader)
IvAn
Obergefreiter (Corporal) Team Leader
Bifixd
Medic
NiceFlesh
Machine Gunner
Yoshug
Machine Gunner Assistant
Kaczomen
Panzerschreck
DZIKson01
Autorifleman MP44
mati
Grenadier
I. Jones
Saboteur
UniPlay
Sniper
Enzoo
Rifleman G43

Delta Gruppe

Unteroffizier Gruppe Leader (Sergeant Group Leader)
Wolfmother
Obergefreiter (Corporal) Team Leader
Farrapo
Medic
Marlo
Machine Gunner
Machine Gunner Assistant
Colneb
Panzerschreck
Barbarian
Autorifleman MP44
Grenadier
Alperen
Saboteur
Scream
Sniper
Dupon
Rifleman G43

Tank Zug-Platoon HQ (Panther)

Oberleutnant Zug Leader (Lieutenant Platoon Leader)
GameKnighted
Tank Driver
Duszek
Tank Gunner

Tank Two (Panzer IV)

Tank Commander
Tank Driver
Bluesamurai
Tank Gunner
louis
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