Post by Stokesy44 » Wed May 10, am. Post by Tomcat64 » Wed May 10, am. Post by privatepete » Wed May 10, pm. Post by Lysus » Wed May 10, pm. Post by privatepete » Thu May 11, pm. Post by Lysus » Thu May 11, pm. Post by privatepete » Mon May 15, am. Post by privatepete » Mon May 15, pm. Post by Stokesy44 » Mon May 15, pm. Post by privatepete » Tue May 16, am. Post by Stokesy44 » Tue May 16, am. Post by privatepete » Wed May 17, am. Post by privatepete » Thu May 18, am.
Post by Stokesy44 » Thu May 18, am. Post by privatepete » Fri May 19, pm. Post by privatepete » Sat May 20, pm. Post by privatepete » Sun May 21, am. Skip to content. Quick links. That's a lot of info. Great coverage of such an important day. You've got to hand it to the senior commanders on the German side, to so accurately predict your opposition's reaction and exploit it so brilliantly. Have you been to the Ardennes?
I didn't realise how rugged the area was until I did a tour there in Its amazing that the Germans chose it for their breakout. And even more amazing they did the same thing four and a half years later.
Its been tried and tested, it works! So don't blame the system if you're no good. At hours, German parachute troops begin landing in the Dordrecht area of the Netherlands. Netherlands troops withdraw from the frontier, after four hours fighting, due to German planes landing thousands of parachute troops behind Dutch lines toward The Hague and Rotterdam.
Netherlands troops recapture the village Mill, southeast of Nijmegen. Troops of the German 9. PanzerDivision crossed the Meuse River. At hours, they found an undefended bridge over the Zuid-Willemsvaart canal 50 miles from Rotterdam, where airborne troops of the German FliegerDivision held on to bridges along the Nieuwe Maas River, awaiting the arrival of ground troops.
