With the latest victories the allies have fully secured their supply lines in the south, but the German counter attack is beginning!
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Market Garden Global Campaign Round 3.2
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Let’s take a look at this week’s battles!
3.2.1 — SON CROSSING
22ND ARMOURED BRIGADE
OPERATION ORDER – PRIORITY
To: Forward Squadrons, 22nd Armoured Brigade and Guards 129 Battery
Subject: Clearance of Son Crossing
SITUATION: Scattered German bridge guards and rear-area troops have established themselves around Son and the canal approaches. Their numbers appear limited, but roadblocks, demolition parties, and concealed anti-tank weapons may delay the column long enough for stronger forces to arrive.
MISSION: 22nd Armoured Brigade will force the crossing and reopen the route north.
EXECUTION: Guards 129 Battery will engage known and suspected defensive positions before armour moves. Forward squadrons will then close rapidly, suppress bridge guards, and seize both approaches. Engineers and demolition parties are to receive immediate attention.
Do not become absorbed clearing isolated pockets. The crossing is another narrow link in the corridor, and delay here will be felt by every formation farther north.
Once through, establish sufficient security for following traffic and press reconnaissance beyond Son.
REPORT: Crossing secured, bridge condition, enemy guns encountered, casualties, and road status to Brigade immediately.
3.2.2 — MOOK ROAD
176. INFANTERIE-DIVISION / 9. SS-PANZER-DIVISION
ANGRIFFSBEFEHL – SOFORT
An: Vorausabteilungen, 176. Infanterie-Division und verfügbare Kräfte der 9. SS-Panzer-Division
Betrifft: Angriff entlang der Straße Mook
LAGE: Scattered American airborne detachments hold positions along the Mook road. Their main formations are occupied protecting Nijmegen and the Groesbeek heights, leaving gaps between hastily organised defensive posts. Every hour, however, gives the paratroopers time to regroup and bring supporting weapons forward.
AUFTRAG: German forces will break the American screen, clear Mook Road, and threaten the airborne position from the south.
DURCHFÜHRUNG: 176. Infanterie-Division will engage and fix identified positions while SS infantry drives through weak points and road junctions. Avoid wasteful frontal attacks against isolated strongpoints where they can be bypassed.
Keep the Americans uncertain as to the main direction of attack. Their greatest advantage is time to organise; deny it.
Once the road opens, reconnaissance will push toward the next crossing before a new defence forms.
MELDUNG: Ground gained, prisoners, American units identified, casualties, and enemy movements immediately.
3.2.3 — EDE ROAD
9. SS-PANZER-DIVISION “HOHENSTAUFEN”
GEFECHTSBEFEHL – DRINGEND
An: Kampfgruppe Dewald, Kampfgruppe Spindler und angeschlossene Kräfte
Betrifft: Angriff auf die Ede-Straße
LAGE: British 1st Airborne Division remains dispersed between its landing areas and Arnhem. Troops along Ede Road are attempting to secure communications between scattered airborne positions while additional British forces consolidate farther east. Our available formations are improvised, but the enemy is equally fragmented.
AUFTRAG: Kampfgruppen Dewald and Spindler will attack along Ede Road, split the British positions, and prevent the airborne division forming a continuous front.
DURCHFÜHRUNG: Dewald will press the exposed flank while Spindler’s 9th SS elements attack the principal road positions. Artillerymen, security troops, and other available personnel are to be employed aggressively where required; cohesion matters more than formal organisation.
Drive wedges between British companies rather than merely pushing them backward. Cut roads, seize junctions, and force isolated groups to fight without mutual support.
The British depend upon reaching one another. Our task is to ensure they do not.
MELDUNG: Roads cut, British positions overrun, prisoners, casualties, and progress toward Ede immediately.
