2002 Summer Open: A Bridge Too Far Tournament
Arnhem, Holland Sept, 1944
Operation Market Garden, the largest airborne operation ever mounted,
an ambitious plan to drop three airborne divisions in and around the
the town of Arnhem to secure key bridges across the Rhine so that
allied armor could advance speedily through Holland into the Ruhr and
northern Germany.
The objectives included the capture of the canal crossings at
Wilhelmina and Veghel, the bridge over the Maas at Grave, the bridge
over the Rhine at Nijmegen and finally what proved to be a bridge too
far, the capture of Arnhem bridge.
The 2002 Summer Open is a recreation of Operation Market Garden,
each round will be a Market Garden objective with the final round
being the Arnhem Bridge, a bridge too far for all participants except
the eventual winner of the tournament.
Who be the one to succeed where the Allies failed ?.
Eligibility: All Ranks
Format: Seeded, 2 month per round time limit.
Start date: 1st July 2002
Market Bracket
Garden Bracket
IAAPA
2002 Summer Open Champion: Nieles
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