Mega Game : Arnhem
Mansfield 2019 (Feb)
Another Mega game, themed around the Battle for Arnhem.
3 tables splitting the battle up from the town itself to the British and then Americans trying to push through.
In Arnhem itself the Brtish took a bit of pounding but were still there at the end of the game, although quite weak. In the middle the Germans had taken a massive mauling, 90% loss of it's armour including 2 Tigers and the breakthrough was coming. At the far end, despite the Germans throwing everything they had at the Americans they were just about to break through.
Overall, a narrow allied win, but the Germans claimed nightfall might have given them some respite and a chance to put one last defense together (It was turned down !).
The highlights, everything about the whole weekend but the following stood out a little - The American rookie pilot who attacked his own side, the German spotter who blew his own troops up, the German spotter who killed nothing with his barrage except for himself.
3 tables splitting the battle up from the town itself to the British and then Americans trying to push through.
In Arnhem itself the Brtish took a bit of pounding but were still there at the end of the game, although quite weak. In the middle the Germans had taken a massive mauling, 90% loss of it's armour including 2 Tigers and the breakthrough was coming. At the far end, despite the Germans throwing everything they had at the Americans they were just about to break through.
Overall, a narrow allied win, but the Germans claimed nightfall might have given them some respite and a chance to put one last defense together (It was turned down !).
The highlights, everything about the whole weekend but the following stood out a little - The American rookie pilot who attacked his own side, the German spotter who blew his own troops up, the German spotter who killed nothing with his barrage except for himself.
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