A ‘Battlefront: WWII ’ Scenario

the vast length of the [Nijmegen] railway bridge – some six hundred yards long, which was strewn with the bodies of the Germans who had tried to hold it. Then we swung left along the dyke road running high above the northern bank of the river. The road was skyline suicide; to the left the bank was very steep, to the right were woods.’ – Captain John Stirling, ‘A ’ Squadron 4/7th Dragoon Guards ‘When a short 50mm [Panzer Mk III] gun knocked out one of ‘A ’ Squadron’s tanks, it confirmed our belief that practically anything could knock out a Sherman.’ – Trooper Austin Baker, 4/7th Dragoon Guards ‘Welcome to The Island. Large parties catered for. Hot & Cold Water (mostly cold). Large Flats (mud). Boating, Swimming, Shooting (both ways), Boche Hunting in the woods.’ – Road sign erected on northern end of Nijmegen Road Bridge Scenario Background Operation ‘Market-Garden ’ has reached ‘Bettuwe ’ (‘The Island’) – a flat and soggy area of polder land between the two great arms of the Rhine; the Neder-Rijn and the Waal. Following the daring assault on the Nijmegen Bridges by the US 82nd Airborne Division and the British Guards Armoured Division on 20th September, XXX Corps now has only ten miles to go to reach the beleaguered 2 Para at Arnhem Road Bridge and the rest of 1st Airborne Division at Oosterbeek