Panzerfaust 150
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I suspect this has probably been asked before, but I decided to give this a whirl....
1. WI the planners had attached D Coy, Ox and Bucks (of Pegasus Bridge fame) to British 1st Airborne to affect a coup de main against Arnhem Bridge and wait for Frost's 2nd Battalion (which did historically get to the bridge, so it was doable).
2. Or, in a related WI, how about more of Freddie Gough's Jeeps survive the landings?
3. Or, WI the "Ridgeway option" of a mass drop closer to the bridge and the risk of an initial 10% casualties to the force due to injuries on the drop?
4. Another interesting WI is that XXX Corps takes the 82nd up on their offer to ride as infantry on their tanks to get through to Arnhem and relieve 1st Airborne.
5. Somebody at British 2nd Army realizes the plan would have failed the Dutch pre-war staff college test, and then decides to instead, use the drop as a diversion and make an assault crossing of the Lower Rhine upstream or downstream?
6. Browning decides that going in with the initial lifts isn't the best of ideas and that the space he and his staff are taking up are better taken by troops and equipment making the assault?
I suspect this has probably been asked before, but I decided to give this a whirl....
1. WI the planners had attached D Coy, Ox and Bucks (of Pegasus Bridge fame) to British 1st Airborne to affect a coup de main against Arnhem Bridge and wait for Frost's 2nd Battalion (which did historically get to the bridge, so it was doable).
2. Or, in a related WI, how about more of Freddie Gough's Jeeps survive the landings?
3. Or, WI the "Ridgeway option" of a mass drop closer to the bridge and the risk of an initial 10% casualties to the force due to injuries on the drop?
4. Another interesting WI is that XXX Corps takes the 82nd up on their offer to ride as infantry on their tanks to get through to Arnhem and relieve 1st Airborne.
5. Somebody at British 2nd Army realizes the plan would have failed the Dutch pre-war staff college test, and then decides to instead, use the drop as a diversion and make an assault crossing of the Lower Rhine upstream or downstream?
6. Browning decides that going in with the initial lifts isn't the best of ideas and that the space he and his staff are taking up are better taken by troops and equipment making the assault?