Bridge by Bridge

The German Defense of Holland

September - November 1944

The book covers German forces involved in the fighting from Eindhoven to Arnhem and averything in
between.

The book is divided into four sections, following the action as it advances south to north:
1 - The German counterattacks along Hell's Highway, the Allied corridor stretching from Eindhoven to
Nimjegen.
2 - The German defense of the Betuwe region, the stretch of land between Nijmegen and Arnhem.
3 - The forces involved in recapturing Arnhem from the British paras.
4 - The forces involved in reducing the Oosterbeek Perimeter and inflicting the final mortal wound on
Operation Market Garden.

1 - Hell's Highway

Fallschirmjägerkompanie (Parachute Rifle Company)

(6. Fallschirmjägerregiment)

Company HQ
Cmd INF Squad
Panzerschreck
Fallschirmjäger Platoon
Cmd INF Squad
INF Squad
INF Squad
Panzerfaust
Fallschirmjäger Platoon
Cmd INF Squad
INF Squad
INF Squad
Panzerfaust
Fallschirmjäger Platoon
Cmd INF Squad
INF Squad
INF Squad
Panzerfaust
Support
Fallschirmjäger Machine Gun Platoon
MG42 HMG
Fallschirmjäger Machine Gun Platoon
MG42 HMG
Fallschirmjäger Mortar Platoon
8cm GW42 mortar
Fallschirmjäger Light Gun Platoon
7.5cm LG40 gun

Fallschirmjäger Regimental Support Platoons

Fallschirmjäger Scout Platoon

Cmd RES Scout Squad
RES Scout Squad
Panzerfaust

Fallschirmjäger Heavy Mortar Platoon

4 12cm sGW43 mortar

Fallschirmjäger Anti Tank Gun Platoon

4 7.5cm PaK 40
4 7.62cm PaK36(r)

Fallschirmjäger Anti Aircraft Gun Platoon

3 2cm FlaK 38
3 2cm Flakvierling 38

Fallschirmjäger Support Platoons

Fallschirmpionier Platoon
Cmd Pioneer INF Squad
Pioneer INF squad
Pioneer INF squad
Flamethrower

Fallschirmjäger Assault Gun Platoon

5 StuG G

Fallschirmjäger Artillery Battery

3 10.5cm leFH18 howitzer
3 15cm sFH18 howitzer

Luftwaffe Support Platoons

Luftwaffe Panzer Platoon (Hermann Göring)
2 Panzer IV G, 2 Panzer III L

559. schwere Panzerjägerabteilung

schwere Panzerjäger Platoon

4 Jagdpanther
4 StuG G
Support
Panzerjäger Anti Aircraft Platoon
4 Wirbelwind

Grenadierkompanie (Grenadier Company)

(59. or 85. Infanteriedivisionen)

Company HQ
Cmd INF Squad
Panzerschreck
Panzerschreck
Grenadier Platoon
Cmd INF squad
INF Squad
INF Squad
Panzerfaust
Grenadier Platoon
Cmd INF squad
INF Squad
INF Squad
Panzerfaust
Grenadier Platoon
Cmd INF squad
INF Squad
INF Squad
Panzerfaust
Support
Grenadier Machine Gun Platoon
MG42 HMG
Grenadier Machine Gun Platoon
MG42 HMG
Grenadier Mortar Platoon
 8cm GW34 mortar

Regimental Support Platoons

Grenadier Regimental Scout Platoon

Cmd RES Scout Squad
RES Scout Squad
Panzerfaust

Grenadier Regimental Anti Tank Gun Platoon

3 7.5cm PaK 40, 3 3-ton truck

Grenadier Regimental Infantry Gun Platoon

2 7.5cm leIG18
2 15cm sIG33

Grenadier Support Platoons

Divisional Anti Tank Gun Platoon

4 7.5cm PaK 40, 4 3-ton truck
4 8.8cm PaK 43, 4 SdKfz 7

Divisional Anti Aircraft Gun Platoon

3 2cm FlaK 38, 3 3-ton truck
3 3.7cm FlaK 43, 3 3-ton truck

Grenadier Artillery Battery

4 10.5cm leFH18, 4 horse limber

Grenadier Heavy Artillery Battery

4 15cm sFH18 howitzer, 4 horse limber

Pionierkompanie
(9. Pionier Lehr Bataillon)

Pionier Platoon
Cmd AST Engineer Squad
AST Engineer Squad
AST Engineer Squad
Panzerfaust
Flamethrower
 Goliath

Panzerkompanie
(107. Panzerbrigade)

Panther Platoon
3 Panther G
Support
Panzerjäger Platoon
3 Panzer IV/70
Anti Aircraft Gun Platoon
4 Möbelwagen
FlaK Platoon
6 SdKfz 251/17 (2cm)
6 SdKfz 251/21 (Triple 15mm)

Support Platoons

gepanzerte Panzergrenadier Platoon

Cmd LMG Squad
LMG Squad
LMG Squad
Panzerfaust
SdKfz 251/1

gepanzerte Mortar Platoon

4 12cm sGW43 mortar, 4 SdKfz 251/1 D

2 - Nijmegen

3 - Arnhem

4 - Oosterbeek