Astride Hell's Highway WTO (id:#61142)

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Koevering, Holland 1944-09-25 (8 others)

Overview:

Operation Market-Garden’s timetable was horribly off. Feldmarschall Model recognized that disrupting the supply train was the easiest way to defeat the offensive, so he assigned various units the task of assaulting the road’s defending forces. The 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment was stretched thin in its sector. Model committed Colonel von der Heydte’s Fallschirmjager-Regiment 6 at Veghel, where they were fought to a standstill by the paratroopers. However, this action allowed Kampfgruppe Jungwirth to make a thorough reconnaissance down the highway. As they approached the hamlet of Koevering, Jungwirth’s men eyed eagerly a long line of British supply vehicles sitting astride Hell’s Highway in apparent safety, waiting for von der Heydte’s troops to be defeated so they could bring up the needed supplies.

Defender: British / American (2nd Household Cavalry, 44th Royal Tank Regiment and 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, and 1st, 2nd, 3rd Battalions 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment)  

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