Trevor indicates that he wants that unit to move. Trevor and my son were the Germans. For this game, the Germans were holding this fortified town. The German troops were from 1SS Panzer Group, and the remainders of whatever Panzergrenadier divisions and Luftwaffen were still in the area.
While I was the Anglo-Canadian force sent to attack Fort Hendrik. The British were made up of the 43rd Wessex Division, the 51st Highland Division, the 2nd Canadian Division, the 3rd Canadian Division with support from the Second Canadian Armored Brigade, and elements of the 4th Canadian Armored Division.
This gatehouse was one of the objectives. The orange bunker was the third while the tower in the shot below was the other objective. This gate house was to change hands three times.
The British Wessex Division move up in support of the 51st Highland Division. For the first three turns, the British handled the attack, capturing the first line of trenches and drawing the fire from the gatehouse.
Finally, the 9th Canadian Brigade, which had the Stormont, Dundas and Glenarry Highlanders, with the Highland Light Infantry of Canada on the walls, while the North Nova Scotia Highlanders held the trenches below.
The Queens Own Rifles of Canada and the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa held the gate against another rush of SS troops.
By the end of turn five, the remaining British troops formed up for a final push.
The Germans, reduced to one SS battalion, eventually left, leaving a few Werchmacht, and Luftwaffen troops to give themselves up as prisoners. The SS were made up of Dutch nationals who didn't want to be handed over as traitors to their own countrymen.
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