 |
Posted on Sun May 29, 2011 7:20 am by webmaster
|
|  |
|
|
|
No Comments Allowed for Anonymous, please register |
|
Re: Terrain Challenge #48 (Score: 1)
by CinCUKHQ on Sun May 29, 2011 6:55 pm
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Thinking Son Bridge in Holland? |
|
|
Re: Terrain Challenge #48 (Score: 1)
by Lestayo on Mon May 30, 2011 4:04 pm
(User Info | Send a Message) | Dutch houses, rivers, bridges, I will say that this is Amsterdam, (it isn't Ana Frank house)but I can't find it in Google earth.
Looking for... |
|
|
Re: Terrain Challenge #48 (Score: 1)
by Pete on Wed Jun 01, 2011 2:06 am
(User Info | Send a Message) | | You are being a bit cruel here Buck. I had it figured out within minutes because I remembered you referring to this event but even in The Netherlands this is an obscure city fight. There are not a lot of foreign language sources available on this subject. In fact I only know 1 and it is translated from Dutch. |
|
|
Re: Terrain Challenge #48 (Score: 1)
by matthewhalos on Sun Jun 05, 2011 12:54 pm
(User Info | Send a Message) | | somewhere within or near Nijmegen |
|
|
Re: Terrain Challenge #48 (Score: 1)
by Chubb on Sat Jun 11, 2011 6:22 am
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Something to do with landing a small floatplane on the cannal? |
|
|
Re: Terrain Challenge #48 (Score: 1)
by Buck_Compton on Sat Jun 25, 2011 10:13 pm
(User Info | Send a Message) | Seems like a hard one to you guys. Here are a couple of hints:
It wasnt a battle fought in 1944 or 1945
It isn't about the bridge
Assuming that Chubb is refering to the waterplane landings at Rotterdam Harbour he was quite close tot the actual battleground... And also within the right time frame
Good Luck Buck |
|
|
Re: Terrain Challenge #48 (Score: 1)
by ChrisHanley on Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:17 pm
(User Info | Send a Message) | Got it!
The image is of Vriese Bridge in Dordrecht. On the afternoon of the 13th of May 1940 part of the 33rd Tank Regiment, 9th Panzer Division was attacking Dordrecht and the defenders were making use of the numerous canals and rivers which divided the town up into separate islands.
All the information I have is from the following link.
http://www.waroverholland.nl/index.php?page=the-island-of-dordrecht
I have lifted the following passage from that page.
""At the Vriesebrug [Vriese bridge] the most dramatic contact with the German tanks would occur. The defenders were equipped with one 4,7 cm AT gun and a 7,5 cm artillery piece. Here the Germans did not approach the bridge head up, but they suddenly appeared from a side-street. The first two tanks [most likely these were Pz.II] were immobilized by Dutch guns. But then a third and fourth tank appeared and these placed two direct hits on the artillery gun, killing most of the crew. Next the AT gun came into action, but as it was not placed in a barricade the crew was very much exposed to opposing fire. The German coaxial machineguns rapaidly forced the crew to take cover. Whilst the Dutch were suppressed by this fire, two more tanks appeared and crossed the now undefended bridge, turning left and right into the then open town-centre. These two tanks - most likely Pz.IV medium tanks with 7,5 cm short barrelled guns - suddenly appeared on a town square [Bagijnhof], where barricades and trenches had been prepared. Also two Dutch headquarters were situated there. The defences had not been prepared for a German threat from the direction the tanks were actually coming from and when the tanks appeared in the flanks of the defenders they panicked. The majority ran off to the relative safety of side-streets and buildings. Yet a very brave cadet-officer of an anti-tank company, managed to turn his AT gun in the direction of the German tanks, which were meanwhile pushing forward whilst blazing their guns.
The cadet-officer realised that the gun bed and cover did block his fire window now that it had been turned 90 degrees. He loaded the gun with a solid armour piercing grenade, took cover and fired the gun into the sandbag cover. The blast took care of the cover and as such an open window was created. His second shot ripped open the turret of the most forward tank [killing the tank commander]. The next blast crippled the second tank. Then the cadet-officer was no longer able to continue his action due to dense German MG fire, but the Germans knew enough. The assault was broken off, the forward tank was attached to the second one and towed off. The German tanks would completely evacuate from the town after this event.""
What a great little problem. Well done Buck.
Chris |
|
|
| |
 |
Related Links |
 |
|
|
Article Rating |
|
|
|
Options |
|
|
|
