Holland 44, End of the Road

Lawrence and I finished up the Holland 44 game we have been playing.  His Germans managed to hold the line against a poorly led XXX Corps.  One big mistake really cost me the game and I won't make that mistake again but will most likely make others.  Pushing the tanks too far forward while the 101 area was still threatened by German units.  The elite bonus does not help one whit on Defense so a turn or two needs to be spent attacking the Germans to knock them out of contention.  Not doing that allowed them to cut the road and knock the spearhead OOS.

End of Turn 13 and the game.  Seven more turns left in the game but it would not have been enough to counter the losses XXX Corps had suffered.  Another two turns might have been enough to throw units across the Rhine for a VP win.

XXX Corps still held up, for the most part, just beyond Eindhoven.  Another two turns would have cleared out the Germans but that was two turns 1st Para just didn't have.  The 82nd probably didn't have them either.

The other edge of XXX corps advance.  Next turn the bridge over the canal would have been started and the turn after would see it complete but once again too late.

Nijmegan is under strain.  The Germans are pushing the 82nd back steadily.

At Arnhem the Red Devils are holding their own for now but are being whittled away and every loss brings them closer to a catastrophic loss.

Next month we go from Holland to the Pacific with Avalon Hill's classic game Midway.