King Tigers at Arnhem (Updated for V5)*
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Date: September 24, 1944*                     
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Battle Type: German Assault vs British Defend*
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Design: CB Blackard*
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Battle Description: On September 22, 1944, the II-SS Panzer Korps transmitted the following order:  "It is particularly important that the remaining British forces north of the river Rhine are quickly destroyed, and the enemy bridgehead there cleared."  This was the go-ahead to eliminate the First British Airborne Division which was encircled at Oosterbeek.  Until now, Field Marshal Model had regarded the Arnhem - Oosterbeek battle as a 'side-show'.  The British division had clearly overreached itself, was surrounded, and would be reduced in time.  Its importance paled into insignificance compared to the crisis in the south, heightened by the fall of Nijmegen and the Allied advance beyond the Waal.  The Polish landings, however, came as a shock to the German forces and the decision was made to eliminate the Oosterbeek pocket as quickly as possible.  To this end, the King Tigers of Schwere Panzer Abteilung 506, under the leadership of Major Lange, was sent to Arnhem.  Lieutenant Hummel's company of fifteen King Tigers was attached to the 9th SS Panzer Division "Hohenstaufen" for employment 
in the destruction of the Oosterbeek pocket.*
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Note: If played against the AI, this scenario is best played with the human player as the Germans.*
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Source:  Kershaw, "It Never Snows in September", p. 274-77*
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