Market - Garden '44 Possibility of Victory?
Is it possible to win any of the Market - Garden Scenarios as the Allies? I know historically they lost, but is there even the slimmest possibility of success? I ask because it really seems like it's not possible to, at least not in the individual sector campaigns for the paratroopers. I've tried my hand at all of them and I've noticed the following:
1) Arnhem 1st AB "Red Devils", the full Arnhem campaign. No matter what I do, the Germans are able to position the Kraft Battalion to completely shut down any advance on the Bridge. Now I'm aware, yes, they slowed most of the paras trying to enter Arnhem, but Frost and his battalion along with other forces were able to slip through and seize the bridge. No matter what I do, because you can't go around the ZOC, by the time I've weaved through by going into the forests around Osterbek, all the SS troops and Armour are firmly around Arnhem bridge, and a breakthrough doesn't seem possible there.
2) In both American scenarios, it seems like every bridge wants to explode. Is it randomly chosen if they are detonated or not? I noticed that when I made the attempt on the bridge at Nijmegen, it didn't explode, and I was able to capture the bridge at Grave intact. However, literally every other bridge on the map blew up. 30 Corps arrives with engineers, so I can rebuild them, but with the 101st at Eindhoven, it seems to be impossible to get guys across the river with all the bridges exploded, so how am I supposed to take Eindhoven like what happened historically?
If it's randomly chosen if the bridges blow or not, fine I'm okay with blaming misfortune but if not, how the heck do you win these campaigns as the allies? I had a minor victory at Nijmegen slip from my fingers because I couldn't dislodge an HQ company. If I had the 504th in Nijmegan I could have forced the bridge I swear!
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