Band of Brothers*
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Recon at Nuenen*
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US & GB Delay* 
Germany advance*

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September 19, 1944*

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Design:  Dick Burleigh*

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After crossing the Wilhelmina Canal at Zon, Easy Company and the rest of the 101st were welcomed by the Dutch citizens of Eindhoven.*
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On the morning of September 19th, accompanied by a squadron of British Cromwells Easy was ordered to move east to Helmond and broaden the corridor to Arnhem.  The allies did not know that Helmond was occupied by the 107th Panzerbrigade or that the Germans were starting to move west toward Nuenen.  Shortly after clearing Nuenen, Easy Company and the British armor met up with the advancing and much larger German force.  The smaller allied force fought a textbook delaying action as they withdrew back through Nuenen to Tongelre.  That night, the German armor moved off to the north and Eindhoven received a heavy bombing courtesy of the Luftwaffe.*
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Deploy Easy Company in delaying positions along the road east (right side) of Nuenen.*  