Visiting Scenario Battlefields pt 2: Counterattack at Son

Where did the Panzers of the 107th Panzer Brigade cross the Dommel river during their counterattack at Son? A decade old Combat Mission Question is answered in this historical analysis of the most popular Combat Mission scenario from the Market Garden module!

On the morning of the 20th of september 1944, the 107th Panzer Brigade launched an attack on the paratroopers of the 101st Airborne who were dug in at Son. The prize: a Bailey bridge and the fate of the Market Garden operation.

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Also, I used Umlaut's Bailey Bridge mod to replace to stock bridge in the scenario with an actual Bailey bridge.

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Song: Guardians
Artist: Evan King

Song: Arcterra Music film score
Artist: Jeff Kurtenacker

Song: Epic Choir of the Damned
Artist: Giolio Fazio
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Song: Pehrs Puzzle

Song: Machinations
Artist: Roger Gabalda
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Song: Falling
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Song: Nostalgic Synthwave no beat
Artist: White Bat Audio

[MiaMooreA]

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[Rimasta]

It’s really unfortunate we haven’t had a new video from you. Outstanding content every time.
Hope you are ok.

[thomaskositzki]

Awesome content!!! 😃
I am a scale modeller, hobby historian and Combat Mission player with years into the game.
This is just perfect! 🥰

[walfrido]

This video just blew my mind. The amount of research and dedication and the comparisons to the game. I love realistic WW2 RTS. I've already watched the video twice. Thank you for that.

[hypocriticalview]

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[sanjeever]

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[FlyAndWire]

Stunning. I binged through all your videos and immediately subscribed.
Once every 5y, YouTube manages to finally recommend something great!

[nemo]

Absolutely amazing video. Great video quality and depth of research. Thanks for the contribution to the CM community.

[jonathanwerner]

This is the content of the future, love to see it. Keep up the great work man!

[omfgtehzombies]

Such quality for such a small channel. Really loving these documentary formats but your AARs are also very good. Hope you get more subscriptions!

[nbrunt]

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[MZeleni]

Dude you make amazing well researched and interesting content, thank you!

[jepkratz]

Outstanding blend of media to bring better historical understanding to this momentous time and place.

[notcraig]

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[dmitrizorkin]

I still don't understand why this game is not popular, and getting so few attention.
Attention to details is astonishing.

[System-Update]

The level of research and production values of these videos are astounding. I assume our man works in the AV industry and military history and gaming are hobbies because these videos are essentially TV-quality documentaries. There is currently quite a lot of interest in gaming as training/learning tools, the historical after-action comparison with the interactive model provided by the game is a really innovative take on integrating games into a explain/understand/learn loop. I don't know of anyone else doing this at all let alone to the extraordinary quality done here. These are brilliant.

[infrared]

These videos have been absolutely incredible. The amount of research that goes into making them is seriously impressive. They also show how much effort goes into designing the missions as well.

[HouseholdDog]

It's amazing how sometimes a few choice lies (about the bridge) can be as effective as artillery.

[TheFightingCanuck]

I stumbled into the channel the other week, and just finished both of the scenario battlefield videos, these are absolutely fantastic and I hope we will see more in the future. I have my fingers crossed for the scenario regarding the attempted bridge crossing on the second day at Arnhem might be featured. Regardless, thanks for your hard work, it really shows in the quality.

[williamlydon]

Another fantastic video. Seeing how much effort goes into the research, and helping correct a miscommunication is admirable. Sometimes when reading about any historical event in detail, you'll find these sort of "Whoa, wait a sec" moments that'll goad you into answering them. I know I have