NEW FLASH TO ALL ALLIED FORCES AND HOME-FRONTS:  

After spending the night of Sept. 18 and early morning of Sept. 19 racing up the last stretch of the just-cleared Hell’s Highway, XXX Corps crosses Nijmegen Bridge in preparation for…

…Traversing the swampy ground located between the Waal and Rhine rivers, known as “The Island“ along the last stretch of road between Nijmegen and their final objective of Arnhem…

…spearheaded by the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade, who as seen above and below landed on the boggy ground of „The Island,” reached the South end of Arnhem Bridge and at approx. 0700/0800 Hours on Sept. 19 began to cross it in support of the last remaining survivors of the British 3rd Battalion, 1st Parachute Regt., 1st Parachute Division — now reduced to Company strength and holding on by the skin-of-their-teeth inside one building adjacent to the North end of the bridge…

Last of the „Red Devils“ in Arnhem:

Polish Paras advance across the bridge:

And then 3 turns later, at 1000 Hours Sept 19 game time & date, the advance element of XXX Corps rumbles across Arnhem Bridge…

Sherman Bulldozer takes point as sorehead of XXX Corps reaches North portion of Arnhem Bridge, with recently installed Polish Paras visible on rooftop to right…

…achieving VICTORY for the Allied Forces!

In REAL TIME Game was played from SATURDAY c.10:45AM to c.10:00PM w/breaks for lunch & dinner… then from SUNDAY c.10:00AM to 12:52PM, when XXX Corps reached Arnhem Bridge

In addition to RJ, Frank, Mark & myself, I believe we had a total of 10 players participate over the 2 days.