11_03: The Ghosts of Arnhem - MC 04 North German Plain '85

Nienburg, June 11th 1985: The line held during the day at Verden, just barely, and now, with the drive in the north stalled, the Soviet planners continued with their planned airborne assault for bridges on the Weser, using an under strength Polish Parachute Division to secure crossings for 3rd Shock Army. The British 7th Arm'd Brigade, having been relieved by the Dutch at Verden, was resting up, preparing a secondary line of defense, when word came about the Polish Airborne troops in their rear. Also fortunate for NATO was the timely arrival of a fresh Dutch Mechanized Brigade. This would not be the first time that British, Dutch, and Polish lives were to be expended on a bridge, but it was the first time the Poles were facing their former Allies in combat. [Size: medium] Designer note: Play as Human vs. Human, or as NATO Human vs. the AI.