In 1940, the Dutch realised that large parts of the country couldn't be defended. The plan was to fall back onto "fortress Holland", a system of defensive works and flooded areas around the western provinces. The German airborne assault, completely bypassing the defensive works, came as a total surprise.
In our first post-lockdown game we played the Strike from above scenario from the Toofatlardies Chain of Command, Blitzkrieg 1940 book.
Fallschirmjäger landed near the fictional Dutch village of Juinen, engaging a reserve Dutch infantry platoon.
I can't remember where the German jump off points exactly were, but a squad of fallschirmjäger entered the table in a later phase right on top of 2 Dutch jump off points. This caused the collapse of an already shaken force due to a stuka bombardment before even getting on the table and relentless machine gun fire while on the table.
In hindsight it wasn't very smart to place the jump off points close together in a scenario where the enemy can suddenly appear in your rear.
Unfortunately we forgot to take any pictures. I've tried to reconstruct the map from memory. The terrain consisted of typical Dutch fields with drainage ditches, a barn and an elevated stone road with some trees and bushes.
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