Operation Market Garden was a plan devised by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. The plan was to drop three airborne divisions, two American (82nd Airborne Division and the 101st Airborne Division) and one British (1st Airborne Division). These divisions would land in The Netherlands, behind enemy lines, and secure multiple bridges primarily at Eindhoven, Nijmegen and Arnhem. British XXX Corps would then make a rapid advance along connecting roads and cross the River Rhine at Arnhem (the furthest bridge from the front line), this would then cut the German line and leave the possibility for exploitation into the Rhur valley. The operation was executed on 17th September 1944, four months after Operation Overlord, which is covered in the previous games of the series.
Unfortunately, whilst initially successful with bridges at both Eindhoven and Nijmegen eventually secured, the well equipped II SS Panzer Corps stationed at Arnhem proved too much for the underequipped 1st Airborne Division. Supply drops frequently missed target, which made it difficult for the British in Arnhem to survive as they could not re-arm and thus found it difficult to fend off the attacking Germans until XXX Corps arrived. Again, unfortunately, XXX Corps never arrived. The armour reached Nijmegen but could not advance further to capture Arnhem, as the bridge was now in German hands and around 4,500 British paratroopers were captured. What made matters worse because the position of the Allied troops along one stretch of linked roads, the inevitable (and expectedly swift) German counter attacks were fierce, locking the Allies onto a narrow stretch of Dutch land which extended beyond the previous frontline. The narrow stretch leading up to Eindhoven (which the 101st Airborne Division had to defend from counter-attack whilst XXX Corps advanced) became known as "Hell's Highway", where this game derives its name from.
The fictional Staff-Sergeant Matt Baker is a squad leader in the 101st Airborne Division. Him and characters from the previous game are reassigned to the divison's special reconnaissance unit before the drop into The Netherlands. The game will follow the 101st's assault and securing of Eindhoven, and the subsequent defence of the surrounding area from German counter attacks.
Dev: "mission accomplished."
. Deze ga ik toch niet meteen kopen, al ziet het er wel erg leuk uit. Maar de gfx lijken outdated en ik heb het atm wel gehad met de WO II in europe 
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