Kriegsmarine Infanterie in Market-Garden?

[Sequoia]

I could have sworn I saw Steve post that Kriegsmarine Infanterie would be included in the Market-Garden Module but now I can't find the post. Was I hallucinating (or has there been a change of plans)?

[agusto]

I think i remember that as well and it is unlikely that we were both having the same halucinations independent of each other.

[womble]

I remember someone saying there was going to be KM troops, but I don't think it was Steve. I think it was in one of the threads about what units are and are not in the Gustav Line module for FI.

[Seedorf81]

Yeah, you're right.

The Kriegsmarine Infanterie (Navy infantry) was part of a hastily assembled German defense force, consisting of nearly any soldier that could be missed from the occupied part of the Netherlands, in order to contain the western side of the British landings at Arnhem. The Kriegsmarine boys were originaly mainly based on the Dutch coast as part of the Atlantikwalldefense.

After the Normandylandings and the Scheldelandings, they must have felt lucky, since another amphibious assault on the Dutch North Seacoast would be very unlikely. So their chances of getting through the rest of the war without having to fight were promising.

They probably didn't like it very much to leave their bunkers with a seaview to fight paratroopers inland.

[Seedorf81]

I remember someone saying there was going to be KM troops, but I don't think it was Steve. I think it was in one of the threads about what units are and are not in the Gustav Line module for FI.

Oops, I thought it was a battlefrontannouncement, too. Sorry if mistaken, but as stated the kriegsmarine was present in the battle of Arnhem.