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Posted on Sun May 29, 2011 7:20 am by webmaster
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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 Buck_Compton on Mon May 30, 2011 2:05 am (User Info | Send a Message) | nop it isnt son bridge |
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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... |
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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. |
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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 Buck_Compton on Sun Jun 05, 2011 4:48 pm (User Info | Send a Message) | You guys might wanna stop thinking in terms of liberation ;) |
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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 Pete on Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:40 pm (User Info | Send a Message) | No.
Which event are you referring to? |
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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 Chubb on Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:36 am (User Info | Send a Message) | Somewhere in the Overschie area of Rotterdam? |
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Re: Terrain Challenge #48 (Score: 1) by Buck_Compton on Tue Jun 28, 2011 3:27 am (User Info | Send a Message) | this wasnt Rotterdam actually ;) just have a good look at google earth it will reveal things if you look carefully ;)
cheers |
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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 |
Re: Terrain Challenge #48 (Score: 1) by Pete on Thu Jul 07, 2011 4:00 am (User Info | Send a Message) | I don't think Buck is available to respond before Friday so I am taking the liberty to confirm that you solved the Challenge.
You found the site that I hinted at (www.waroverholland.nl) . There is a lot of detailed information to be found and it's a great read for anyone wishing to expand his knowledge about the German campaign in Western Europe. The basis of this information is formed by reports, after action reports, loss reports etc. that the Dutch military was permitted by the German occupiers to collect and publish within months after the occupation.
I'm sure Buck will explain why he chose this particular event as a terrain challenge.
Pete |
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Re: Terrain Challenge #48 (Score: 1) by Buck_Compton on Sat Jul 09, 2011 3:45 am (User Info | Send a Message) | Thanks Pete for replying to this one. The answer is correct of course. The challenge was about the first part of the story. The 7,5cm gun commander's name was Wachtmeester Kruithof. He served in the KRA : Royal Mobile Artillery of the May 1940 era and I currently hold the same rank in a mobile artillery unit. That is how we are connected. There is a picture of his broken gun in the main entrance hall of our staff building. Also the 'all-ranks' bar at the artillery shooting range was named after him.
Cheers Buck |
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