Brave but Doomed - The Battle of Arnhem 1944

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.

ATS 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.

All of the British Personnel 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. And what a map set, large, fully remastered, with detailed foliage art and so much more.

Includes:

• 1 Color Cover Sheet
  
• Two 24” x 36” Color Paper Maps
  
• Two Countersheets of 140 Counters
  
• One Countersheet of 160 Counters
  
• 1 ATS Rule Booklet
  
• 1 AFV Card Sheets
  
• 16 Scenarios
  

Scenarios included:

• Tiger Route – Oosterbeek, The Netherlands, September 17th 1944
  
• Brave but Doomed - Oosterbeek, The Netherlands, September 19th 1944
  
• Piercing the Veil - Oosterbeek, The Netherlands, September 20th 1944
  
• Stand and Die - Oosterbeek, The Netherlands, September 20th 1944
  
• Until the Woods Run Red - Oosterbeek, The Netherlands, September 20th 1944
  
• Smashed from the Left - Oosterbeek, The Netherlands, September 21st 1944
  
• Loyal to the Last - Oosterbeek, The Netherlands, September 21st 1944
  
• Armstrong’s Broken Lance - Oosterbeek, The Netherlands, September 21st 1944
  
• Raising Cain - Oosterbeek, The Netherlands, September 21st 1944
  
• The White House - Oosterbeek, The Netherlands, September 21st 1944
  
• Won on Points - Oosterbeek, The Netherlands, September 21st 1944
  
• Hotel Hell - Oosterbeek, The Netherlands, September 22nd 1944
  
• Sting like a Bee - Oosterbeek, The Netherlands, September 23rd 1944
  
• Polish Stronghold - Oosterbeek, The Netherlands, September 23rd 1944
  
• Through the Side Door - Oosterbeek, The Netherlands, September 25th 1944
  
• Operation Berlin - Oosterbeek, The Netherlands, September 25th 1944