"THE ABORTIVE ATTEMPT TO RELIEVE FROST ON THE ARNHEM BRIDGE 19
SEPTEMBER 1944.  While Frost's 2 PARA fought for its life on 19
September, First Parachute Brigade attempted to charge through an
'urban valley of death' in a vain attempt to reach it.  Assailed
on three sides by the concentric fire of Gropp's, Moeller's and
Spindler's Kampfgruppen, as well as the remnants of the Hohenstaufen's
Recce Battalion across the lower Rhine in the brickworks, the attack
disintegrated.  The arrival of Assault Gun Brigade 280 tipped the balance.
The surviving British paratroopers streamed back to Oosterbeek as German
forces regrouped for the subsequent advance.  Frost was now totally
isolated on the northern ramp of the Arnhem bridge.  With the threat of
enemy reinforcements removed, the Germans began to systematically batter
the 2 PARA strongpoints into submission."  (Kershaw, "It Never Snows in September", p. 166). *
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Note:  If played against the AI, the human player should play the German side.
  
