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Son Operation


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Son

This is your best chance to seriously delay XXX Corps.  Hold 
the bridge long enough to destroy it, and then withdraw and
wait for the counterattack.

The Americans have few avenues of approach to the town.  
Position your machine gun teams so that they have long, 
unobstructed lanes of fire.  You have an 8.8-cm FlaK gun at 
your disposal, but you have no vehicles with which to move
it.

This is a good first meeting with the Americans.  There will
be no surprises until their tanks arrive.  Fall back when you 
must.  This is not a critical map, but if you can delay the 
Allies here you will have a chance to set your charges on the
bridge over the Wilhelminakanaal at Son so that you can blow
it if you must.


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Bridge over the Wilhelminakanaal

As a commander of a front-experienced combat team of the
Ausbildungsregiment "Hermann Gring" you know well your
orders: Hold your position! Only in case of a massive
thread you are allowed to blow the bridge, but then you
will have to retreat to the Son South area.  Your task is
fairly simple, since you control most of the buildings
and covering terrain.  You also have two 8.8-cm FlaK guns
at your disposal. However, as before, these guns are
immobile.

You hold the upper hand here.  Should you succeed in
repulsing the Allies, do not press on to Son Town.
You must stay and defend the bridge while it still stands.


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Nederwetten

This is the place to make a succesfull counterattack.
Retake the bridge over the Wilhelminakanaal and blow the
bridge or the provisional Bailey bridge the Allied troops
had placed there to cut off the Allied airborne troops
North of Son from supplies. Conserve your forces to make
sure you're strong enough to take the bridge.

You will have a chance to counterattack on the 20th.  If you 
retreat from this battlefield after this date, your troops
will be recalled and this operation canceled.


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Nuenen

If you can hold the town of Nuenen against the Allied
advance, you will have again a good position to launch a
counterattack against the bridge at Son to cut off the
Allied supply route to the North.  If there will be no chance
to hold your position, retreat to the West to save your
armour.  In consequence the Allies will have from then on
an unthreatended way across the Wilhelminakanaal.


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Hells Highway

You have succeeded breaking through the Allied lines and
have reached the road between Eindhoven (in the South of
you) and Son.  Take your chance and use your remaining
few tanks to hold your position.  Cut this vital Allied
supply route for some days and the Allied airborne troops
North of you must surrender.
 
