OOSTERBEEK,
THE NETHERLANDS, 17 September 1944: Hurrying down the Utrechtseweg towards
Arnhem, 3 Battalion were surprised by a German staff car rolling
through the intersection in front of them. Many of the men in
the lead platoon opened fire, killing Arnhem Commandant General
Kussin and his aides. As the echoes of gunfire faded away, the
now-primed men of 3 Battalion moved on. As they neared the next
crossroads they suddenly came under fire themselves. Blocking
the way was a German position centered on a self-propelled gun,
part of SS Major Krafft’s No. 2 Company. B Company’s
No.5 Platoon was in the lead and quickly took several casualties,
including the platoon PIAT. None of Lt. Cleminson’s men had
primed Gammon Bombs to hand, so with no real way of tackling this
menace the men scattered and sheltered in some nearby houses and
gardens. Major Waddy tried to launch an attack, but found the
fencing between houses made maneuver very difficult. The paras
engaged the Germans with their Brens and Stens while others hurriedly
tried to turn an exposed supporting 6-pounder anti-tank gun. The
German SPG blew up the Jeep, striking down the gun crew an instant
before it could fire. After this brief but intense gunfight, No.
2 Company pulled back, afraid of being outflanked by the paratroopers,
taking with them a number of British prisoners. 3 Battalion hitched
up their gear and moved on, already far behind schedule.
BRAVE BUT DOOMED
allows you to recreate the classic struggle of the Battle of Arnhem
on a never-simulated-at-this-scale rendition of the battlefield.
And to do it in the ultimate detail, house-by-house, at 50 yards
scale. This module does not purport to answer whether Monty’s
bold gamble to cross the Rhine and break into the heart of Hitler’s
Third Reich could have succeeded. Nor does it have anything to
do with whether ‘Market Garden’ aimed one or more bridges
‘too far’. Instead, BRAVE BUT DOOMED puts the gamer
literally inside the hexenkessel, hammered by two Waffen SS panzer
divisions day after day.
Here comes another
great collection of color die-cut counters! All the British airborne
you need to play the scenarios plus additional Waffen SS counters
for owners of Hell's Bridgehead 3 (or the counter sheet that came
with that product, available separately) to fill in and make it
a CH combat party. All of the British MMCs come badged with the
Pegasus and they are going to look just GREAT down on that massive
battlefield created by the TWO 24" × 36" maps
included with this module.
WHAT YOU RECEIVE
WITH EACH COPY:
- > A set of
16 scenarios set on 2 historical maps
- > BONUS counter
sheet
- > Color cover
- > Special Rules in 3-hole
format
- > 2 second edition Oosterbeek
maps in folding paper format
