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12. Oosterbeek Pocket [Mission]
   
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12. Oosterbeek Pocket [Mission]

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Operation Market Garden (All Campaign Missions Collection)
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Description
Map: Market Garden - 9/25/1944
Gamemode: Operation (5 phases)
Invaders: Germany (axis)
Defenders: England (allies)

Following the defeat at the bridge, the remaining British units withdrew from Arnhem into positions around the village of Oosterbeek. Having lost the drop zones to the Germans, 1st Airborne carried on with the few supplies they had. Having established their Headquarters in the Hotel Hartenstein, the British were besieged for days, suffering enormous casualties. Eventually, 150 of Sosabowksi's Poles made their way across the Rhine to support them, though they made little difference with the situation so dire. Eventually XXX Corps made their way to the far bank, and a few more British soldiers were able to make their way across the Rhine into Oosterbeek - ironically XXX Corps had reached Arnhem, though far too late to make any difference in the situation. Knowing their position was untenable, the evacuation of the remaining men at Oosterbeek was hastily organised. On the 25th, the remnants of 1st Airborne were evacuated across the Rhine.

Over 10,000 men had landed in Arnhem.
Just 2,500 made it out alive.

Lest We Forget.



Last update: 10/10/2024

Used map: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2989313820

Used DLCs:
https://steamhost.cn/app/2317930/Easy_Red_2_Normandy/
5 Comments
Trudin 25 Oct, 2024 @ 9:04pm 
This series of missions was fantastic! Completed most them as attacker with Proportional maximum units. Well done.
Dotmatrix  [author] 3 Sep, 2023 @ 10:26am 
@JohannesdeNova I see what you mean about the very last objective, I'll try balance that out very soon. Thanks again :)
Johannes de Nova 1 Sep, 2023 @ 9:45pm 
Thanks for the response, and I totally get the reasoning! This was the only mission that really gave me a hard time as Allies, but that makes sense because the Allies are supposed to lose this campaign. I also think a bit of the difficulty can just be attributed to the bots not making use of the emplacements; in coop with humans, it would probably feel a lot more balanced.

One substantive suggestion I have is to make the last objective harder to capture/last longer. One time the German armor zoomed ahead and capped it before I could even retreat there, and I haven't yet seen the Polish reinforcements actually have enough time to land.

Overall, the campaign was a blast, definitely one of the best on the Workshop, and I look forward to future updates/tweaks as well as future campaigns you might make.
Dotmatrix  [author] 29 Aug, 2023 @ 12:12am 
@JohannesdeNova I tailored the mission to what I found challenging, and so I have probably made it too hard. It is possible to win as the British (by using the 6pndr guns and piats at the start), but I felt the need to make it very difficult as 1) It’s the last mission and 2) Historically, it is a mission the British lost.

Thanks for the feedback, and I’ll try do some balancing later :)
Johannes de Nova 26 Aug, 2023 @ 7:55am 
I know it's supposed to be difficult, but as-is I think this mission is basically impossible to win as the British on Normal settings. I haven't even been able to get close yet. The German armor just steamroll through everything and the Allied bots don't often try to man the AT cannons.