Dutch infantry -- Holland May 1940

[bennie1983nl 0]

These are the Luchtwacht-Dienst you can compare it like Airforce-groundtroops

[petrtlach 1375]

Nice picture. Good work.

[bennie1983nl 0]

Hi to all

We got a problem....

"LODS" it seems the model needs lods te prefend "LAG".

well during some demo missions everthing runs fine.

BUT how do i make LODS?

If some one has time left he or she may help us with it.

André de Jong

[bennie1983nl 0]

Hello!

i have done some experimenting.

The first pic is of the old bunker on the Grebbeberg-map.

i changed the "white" bunker model with the bunker model skinned by Burner and see the result

The problem with OFP is that the AI while not shoot over objects you have put in the Mission-editor But only with stuff what already is on the map.

[bennie1983nl 0]

Hi to all!

an team member send me his 2 airport maps

Ockenburg and Ypenburg. Dutch troops fought heavily against Fallschirmjagers to defend it.

The maps have some small towns, bigger towns, the country-side and the airport ^_^

[bennie1983nl 0]

I love the farms and the country-side! gives a "Dutch" feeling!

[R0adki11 3945]

I see your still making good progress with your mod

[bennie1983nl 0]

I see your still making good progress with your mod  

Yes we are.

Slow and stady.

But new addons maker always  

We got now 3 custom maps

Grebbeberg

Ockenburg

Ypenburg

And Bikkel (if i am not mistaking) will work soon on a Moerdijk map.

A German prodogando movie about Moerdijk

[bennie1983nl 0]

Story about the german actack around Ypenburg

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">Ypenburg was defended by the 3rd Battalion Grenadiers and six modern armoured cars [Landsverk, armed with one 37 mm turret-gun and three machineguns]. One company plus the armoured cars were assigned to defend the platform and the field itself. The majority of the heavy and light machineguns had been distributed amongst the positions of the infantry. They manned positions at the northwest and southwest corners of the field. The second company provided a screen between the three adjacent cities [The Hague, Rijswijk, Delft] and the airfield. The third company was a relief company. A rotation schedule provided for equal service time.

The airfield housed three squadrons of airplanes, two of which were ready for action. One with nine Fokker D-XXI fighters [8 armed, 1 unarmed], another with twelve [1 plane not ready] Douglas-Northrop-8A-3N light assault / recon planes [assigned as auxiliary fighters] and the last one comprising Fokker C-V and Koolhoven FK-51 reconnaissance planes. The latter had been parked outside the field.

The AA units were positioned in a wide circle around the base. Three platoons AA heavy machineguns had taken a position close to the airfield. Two heavy batteries AAA were stationed within 2,500 metre from the base, both equipped with three 75 mm AA guns and heavy machineguns for low flying planes. In the vicinity of Ypenburg [Delft] five platoons with each two or three 2 cm guns had taken positions. Altogether twenty AA heavy machineguns, six heavy guns 75 mm and twelve light guns of 2 cm. This was a heavy AA representation according to the Dutch standard of those days.

Just after 0315 the D-XXI and Douglas planes received orders to preheat the engines. The infantry battalion had been instructed to man all positions. It must have been around 0400 hours that the first three bombers were spotted by the air-watch. All airplanes immediately received order to scramble, and did so under the punishment of the first falling bomb loads. Eight fighters [the one unarmed plane was not scrambled] and eight of the eleven Douglas pseudo-fighters took off successfully. The last three Douglas planes had received some damage from the first series of bombs that had been dropped by the first German flight. But with a small delay also these three managed to take off.

In the meantime the German He-111 bombers continued their bombardment. They approached their target three-by-three [Kette] and dropped their bombs mainly around the buildings and the airplane parking. The bombardment lasted - with intervals - until 0445. Meanwhile Messerschmitts Bf-110 strafed the infantry and AA machinegun positions. The infantry positions suffered surprisingly little from the air raids. Two of the six armoured cars had been damaged and as such one had been left by its crew; the other one was immobilized but remained occupied. The material damage that resulted from the continuous series of air assaults was not huge - however the effect on the moral of the infantry men in their fragile earth positions was devastating. Many fled the scene.

After the two squadrons had taken off they had found themselves almost directly opposed by masses of German planes. He-111 bombers and Bf-110 Fighter-cruisers swarmed around the twenty Dutch planes. The German transport planes soon joint this huge armada. Due to the tremendous German air-power the few Dutch planes were soon forced into the defence. The Douglas planes proved totally unsuitable as fighter planes. They didn't stand the slightest change against their fast and heavily armed adversaries. Seven of the Douglas planes were soon shot out of the sky, whilst the two were forced to make emergency landings. Only two Douglas managed to avoid destruction and landed on Ockenburg [where they would be lost due to the German landings there]. Many air crew men onboard the Douglas's died. They only managed to take two of the invaders [2 Ju-52] with them to the ground.

The highly manoeuvrable D-XXI fighters were able to put up much more of a fight. They faced the Bf-110's in a number of dog-fights in which the Fokker's easily outmanoeuvred their bigger opponents. Only one D-XXI was shot down. Two were forced to make a crash landing after emptying their ammo-stocks. The other planes made emergency landings due to empty fuel-tanks or landed at Schiphol or Ockenburg [the one plane that landed here was lost due to the German landing there]. The eight Fokker's shot down only four [confirmed] enemy planes [1 Ju-52, 1 Bf-109, 1 Do-17 and 1 He-111]. Seven of the eight D-XXI had been lost due to battle damage or crash landings. A heavy blow to the airforce.

The hell that the infantry men of the company at the field itself had found themselves in was left by many of them when the ordeal of exploding bombs and buzzing bullets came over them. The officers had to do their utmost to prevent a total chaos of fleeing men. They managed to get the majority back behind their weapons when the German airbornes started to land [about 0445]. Three companies and a staff company were scheduled to land around Ypenburg. These 600 men had order to siege the airfield and take care of its defence systems. According to an airborne war-report three [loaded] planes crashed due to direct hits by the AAA, and many airbornes perished during their brief decent due to Dutch machinegun fire. The report furthermore states that out of their 53 planes [a full Gruppe] only 27 made it back. The heavy AAA is the reason that the airborne drop basically failed. The airbornes hit the ground over a much stretched box that dispersed them between Overschie, Rijswijk, Delft, Nootdorp and Pijnacker: a zone of three kilometre depth and two-and-a-half kilometre width. Their assignment to take out the field's defences was therefore hardly feasible, although some defences had indeed been taken out prior to the first airlandings [at 0520]. Due to this failure the first eight Ju-52 transport planes landed straight into a deadly cone of fire coming from the northwest and southwest defence positions. Three of the armoured cars - with their 37 mm guns - were able to join the infantry fire. Most of the planes were simply riddled by bullets and shrapnel, some caught fire immediately. The far majority of the men on board these planes were killed instantly [after the battle a shocking high number of burnt corpses was found]. The second wave - that landed about fifteen minutes later - shared the fate of the first. An inferno of [14] burning planes on the landing strip prevented many Ju-52's of the third wave of flying in. They diverted to meadows or other suitable landing grounds around Ypenburg. The fourth wave diverted to Ockenburg and to the dunes of Kuikduin. Planes that came even later also found Ypenburg [and later Ockenburg] airbase obstructed and landed at alternative locations. In itself this was a success to the defenders, but the dispersed landing of German airbornes and airlanding troops sculpted a picture at the staff tables of an intentional overwhelming airlanding in the entire region around The Hague! Only in retrospect we know that these planes [about 230] had all been intended for the airfields around The Hague only.

The battle on the ground had meanwhile started to develop into a series of very intensive engagements between the airbornes and the remaining defenders. East of Ypenburg the airbornes were denied access by the combination of some heavy machineguns and some hussars that belonged to the armoured car squadron. To the northwest the same happened. Also here machineguns prevented the Germans from a successful approach of the airfield.

To the north of the field the Germans gained more success, not the least due to the fact that they had managed to assemble quite a force here. The Dutch defenders, joint by the crew of an AAA battery that had suffered a direct bomb hit, had to retreat, which gave the Germans the opportunity to deploy their troops along the canal [de Vliet] on the southern side of The Hague. But fresh reinforcements from The Hague had been sent in, and together with the retreated occupation of the northern flank they managed to deny the Germans a crossing of the canal.

To the west of the field the most successful German action took place. At this location a company of airbornes had landed in between the airfield and the rear of the screen-defences [the company that defended a screen between the field and Rijswijk/Delft]. As such the airbornes only faced the back of both the company stationed on the field and the one facing the town-side. In this sector many positions were overrun and quite some Dutch soldiers were taken prisoner. The few Germans that had landed west of De Vliet were quickly eliminated as a force. The screen forces had however almost ceased to exist, with exception of the men that managed to stand ground around the Hoornbrug [over De Vliet]. The fights lasted so long that the airbornes had not been able to take care of the airfield defences yet and as such they witnessed the defeat of their airlanding comrades - flying in under heavy fire - without any change to assist them.

The airbornes then reorganised and advanced to the airfield. At this stage their officers authorized them to break the international code of conduct on the battlefield. Dutch POW's were used as living shields behind which the airbornes advanced towards the remaining Dutch defences at the base. The defenders got confused by this unorthodox method and many were taken prisoner as a result. The airbornes even managed to force an armoured car [the one that had been immobilised due to bomb craters around the car] to surrender. Hereafter the main-building of the base was occupied by the airbornes and soon after the notorious swastika flag swung from a window

One group of defenders was able to withstand all German assaults. This group held a position in the north corner of the airfield. The airbornes were not be able to overrun this position and shifted their attention to the southwest instead. Along that side of the field they managed to take position by position by force. It didn't take them a lot of time to force all the positions along this end of the base into surrender. All the Dutch POW's were then concentrated in the occupied main-building. The base was now practically in German hands. Three of the armoured cars managed to escape however. Two of them drove to the Hoornbrug and joint the defences there.

At the Hoornbrug - the access to Rijswijk / The Hague - a firm Dutch stronghold had been established. Many troops of all kinds of units had been assembled here by a handful of very capable officers. Also, some reinforcements from school units had arrived. The airbornes realised that the Hoornbrug was of strategic importance should they still desire to stand any chance of entering The Hague. They mobilised a considerable force and tried to overrun the bridge and its defences, but in vain. Germans that endeavoured to cross the canal were killed or forced back and some [requisitioned] cars and motorbikes were destroyed by heavy machinegun fire. Two fighters that attacked the Dutch soldiers along the canal were shot out of the sky.

The German operation at Ypenburg had then reached the peak of its (relative) success. Almost the entire airfield was in their hands, with exception of the one position in the far northern corner. From then onwards their situation would grow into a very delicate one. Due to the failed airlandings no reinforcements would arrive after the first three waves had been unloaded [if they had not yet been killed or wounded]. And the Dutch had been able to seal off the airfield on the outside and isolate many pockets of resistance.

Nevertheless, the dispersed German force did create the problem of a considerable German presence in the entire region around Ypenburg and Delft, even north of Rotterdam. Many planes had landed in meadows in the region, in Pijnacker, Nootdorp, Delft, Overschie and along the (barricaded) highway from The Hague to Rotterdam. Many of the troops onboard these planes were able to disembark in one piece. Still, almost all their officers had been killed, and as such sometimes medical officers had to operate as troop commanders. The highest in rank who did survive the landings was Oberst Friemel [Commander of the 65th Airlanding Regiment]. The maximum envelop of the German bridgehead had been reached some hours after the first landing. It comprised nearly the entire airfield, the eastbank of the canal De Vliet from Voorburg up to Delft and a small zone between Rijswijk en Delft.

Delft itself had faced enemy landings to all wind-directions around the city. The garrison commander had not immediately recognized that the primary objective of these airbornes was the airfield east of the town. His command was small. Only a depot battalion infantry, a number of much smaller units and five light AA platoons resided under his command. The largest concentration airbornes [about 60] assembled around a factory south of Delft along the canal. Later about 500 men airlanding troops assembled outside Delft. They had survived the landings of about 35 planes south of Delft. This entire force was commanded by a medical officer. No other senior officer had survived [or was too heavily wounded] the landings and following fights.

To the southeast of Delft an ancient - but still used - ammo depot [Het Kruithuis] was occupied by ... one man; a senior NCO. He witnessed the German presence around him and realised that the artillery and AA ammo in the magazine should not fall in German hands. He called for back-up and seven trainee soldiers and three police officers [note: according to the Geneva Convention police officers were not allowed to fight!] soon arrived at the gate. They managed to hold off the Germans - at the cost of only one man wounded - and witnessed the Germans breaking off the fight.

The entire south-front of the city was defended by two companies of recruits. All German attempts to penetrate the city were rejected by these men of whom some were still dressed in half their uniforms or even night-wear. All these German troops later assembled at the factory at the canal. Many sent out patrols managed to eliminate a considerable number of stray German units around Delft. Around Nootdorp and the northeast of Ypenburg also many Germans were killed or taken prisoner by some very aggressive Dutch patrols. At the end or the morning no less than 135 Germans had been taken prisoner. The German units that had landed south of Delft had been isolated from their comrades at Ypenburg. The commanding medical-officer [Divisional Chief Doctor Wischhusen] noted that his men were very shocked by the events of the day, and he had to dedicate all his time to keep them in position. They suffered heavily from the constant Dutch fire, and moral was below zero amongst these men. Isolated as they were, they would remain in their position until night-fall.

We go a little bit back. We already addressed the fact that during the morning [around 0900] the German bridgehead had reached its maximum size. From then onwards the Dutch would only regain ground on their adversary. It all started at Voorburg, where the Germans had overrun a heavy AAA battery in the early hours. This was their most northern edge of the bridgehead. It would all start at a huge mansion [Dorrepaal] that was situated close to De Vliet. A number of airbornes had taken position here and controlled one of the bridges from this point. At 1000 hours a [now famous] young 2nd Lieutenant appeared, named Maduro [after whom the famous miniature park Madurodam in The Hague is called. The Lieutenant himself was murdered in Dachau CC in 1945]. He organised the defences and planned an assault. Under cover of a machinegun and an AT-gun the Lieutenant stormed over the bridge - followed by his men - and managed to reach the mansion. The men entered the building and cleared it room by room. The occupying Germans were taken prisoner. The action was followed by a clean sweep of the entire park around the mansion which resulted in the capture of another 70 airbornes. The mansion Zeerust close to this scene was also cleared from hostile occupation and this meant another 20 POW's. These series of actions - initiated by the young Lieutenant - resulted in the mop-up of the entire German stronghold in the north. The Lieutenant was [posthumously] awarded after the war for is valour and leadership.

The first actions against the airfield occupation started at de Hoornbrug. One company of recruits bashed over the bridge and moved forward under the terrible handgun fire of probably over two hundred airbornes. They miraculously managed to come to a point within 250 metre of the airfield, but then they had to take cover, because the fire had become so dense that every further move would definitely have killed them. German fire-points surrounded them and German fighters dove down to strafe their open positions. Simultaneous with this first company another company of the Grenadiers had worked its way forward. These men managed to approach the farm-house [Johannahoeve] to the north of the field [by then the most northern point of the German defences] that had been strongly fortified by the airbornes. They managed to come within a few hundred meters of this object but then also these men had to take cover due to the intensive German fire

Although both company actions had ended in a stalemate so far, the most devious Dutch counteraction was still ahead. Three batteries of field artillery [75 mm] were deployed to pound the German strongholds on and around the airfield. Then two incomplete companies would form the assaulting force east of the highway [running southwest to northeast] and one company west of the highway. These three units were however soon pinned down by intensive German machinegun fire and close air support from a number of Messerschmitts. But then the artillery started whistling its tune. Numerous grenades sailed over the heads of the covering companies in the field and dropped right on the German positions at the airfield. Within no time many buildings were set ablaze. The airbornes quickly evacuated the buildings and ran for the fortified buildings and farms outside the field. The pinned down company of recruits was now able to crawl forward onto the field. Many Germans stuck their hands up. Soon the entire German defence collapsed. The Grenadier Company alone took 123 POW's. Then an officer came rushing on and ordered all Dutch soldiers to quickly evacuate the field! A British air assault was expected. Indeed - at 1510 twelve Blenheim light bombers started bombing Ypenburg. After the raid the airfield was quickly re-occupied by the Dutch. Now only two main resistance pockets remained: two farm-houses [Johannahoeve and Hoeve Loos] close to the base, meanwhile heavily reinforced by the airbornes.

Hoeve Loos was taken after an assault at 1730 hours. The Germans swiftly surrendered after a section of heavy machineguns had opened fire and an assaulting party had approached their position. No less than 42 POW's were made, ten Germans had been killed. Johannahoeve proved much more of a challenge. At first the Dutch tried to persuade the occupation to surrender by modifying the strong building into a strainer by means of machinegun fire. All kinds of machineguns riddled the structure. Still the brave airbornes did not give way. An infantry storm-assault ended with the death of quite some attackers, including the leading Lieutenant. Then artillery was finally incorporated in the plans. No less than twenty 75 mm grenades were pumped into the building after which the panicking airbornes rushed out. They could now not escape captivity any longer and gave up. The occupation of 40 men had suffered 4 KIA and 6 WIA. The remaining 30 men became POW's for the rest of the war.

Last but not least the remaining German resistance around the field had to be conquered. At many locations still small groups of airbornes had taken positions in deserted Dutch trenches or bomb craters. After some time - and some intensive local fighting - these last standing German forces [65 men] around Ypenburg were forced to surrender. Amongst them the commander of the KGzbV12 - Hauptmann Freiherr von Hornstein - who's 53 Ju-52 had been responsible for the airlanding at Ypenburg. He would be one of the few lucky POW's who would not be evacuated to England at the 14th.

Also the east side of Delft was cleaned from the majority of German occupation. The entire enemy resistance along De Vliet was systematically mopped-up. In total 150 airbornes were taken prisoner here, amongst whom the battalion commander Hauptmann Noster.

The battle for Ypenburg had ended. It turned out to be an overwhelming victory for the Dutch, and a dramatic and bloody loss to the Germans. In total the Dutch had lost 51 men KIA at Ypenburg itself, and 43 KIA in the area. The German losses far exceeded that number. Over 130 registered KIA and probably a lot more not registered at Ypenburg [this assumption is based on the fact that German reports mention a lot of casualties on board German plans that returned home]. Also some planes managed to return home after a [rare] successful landing, and reports mention that these planes often returned KIA and WIA to Germany. Moreover at Ypenburg itself 720 men had become POW, and in the surrounding area [Delft, Nootdorp, Pijnacker, Bleiswijk] another 575 were taken prisoner. In other words, 1300 men POW, over 130 [registered] KIA and many more wounded. Of this high number POW's taken in and around Ypenburg, a considerable number [1,350 in total] would be shipped to the UK during the five days' war. This contributed considerably to the heavy permanent loss suffered by the Germans at Ypenburg. Also in the German journals the battle at Ypenburg was considered a hard felt defeat. A unique defeat in the entire Westfeldzug of May and June 1940, and hardly known to anyone outside the Netherlands.

Some "famous last words" about the German defeat are required. Although the Germans were very much aware of this total defeat at Ypenburg, their official reports state that they were outmatched by superior well-trained forces and artillery to which they had no defence. They couldn't be more wrong! The backbone of the Dutch forces that held the defence along the canal and that later retook Ypenburg was formed by recruits from the depots in Delft and The Hague. Some of these men had been enlisted only four days before the invasion! Apart from one company regular troops [Grenadiers], hardly any trained troops had been involved on the Dutch side. Moreover, artillery got only involved when the buildings of the airfield were retaken and the Johannahoeve resistance had to be broken. The Germans in the meantime had a superior airforce at their disposal to which the Dutch could only bring in some light AA platoons. Also, number-wise, the Germans had been superior from the beginning till the end of the battle. The counter-attack that resulted in the retaking of the airfield had been performed by three incomplete companies which totalled no more than about 250 men. The airborne representation at the airfield had been at least double that amount! All in all one could conclude that the inferior trained and equipped Dutch soldiers had outperformed themselves, and the Germans had clearly underperformed. Underestimation of the Dutch army - clearly speaking from many pre-war German journals - shall also have played a role in the German defeat. The Dutch could take pride in their achievement, although one should always bear in mind the bloody and dramatic battle that had demanded its macabre toll on both sides.

source www.waroverholland.com

[bennie1983nl 0]

The first pics were from Ypenburg.

these are from Ockenburg.

[bennie1983nl 0]

1 of the team-members "filterd" vilas addons.

And see the result vilas Lewis MG and Manlicher rifle.

But there is a bug

The muzzle-flash (or what it is called) is still there even you are not schooting.

How do we solve that?

[ProfTournesol 956]

Quote[/b] ]The muzzle-flash (or what it is called) is still there even you are not schooting.

Look here

Good work anyway !

[bennie1983nl 0]

Well the problem is solved by Burner.

and thanks for the link anyway ProfT!

[bennie1983nl 0]

I have a question towards the Fans. ( a small poll)

Must we finish our own model of the Steyr "hemburg" M95 Mannlicher

OR

Should we use Vilas Steyr M95 Mannlicher?

OR

"I don't mind at all"

[jur1974 0]

Why not finish your own Hembrug m95 ?It looks nice so far.

[bennie1983nl 0]

Well i still had a Spandau AA-gun in the WIP.

but i started to learn to give it colour.

( I know it is still a grey monster)

[HxCxFxL 0]

Quote[/b] ]I know it is still a grey monster

but great work bennie and yes make your own model of the Steyr "hemburg" M95 Mannlicher

[bennie1983nl 0]

Quote[/b] ]I know it is still a grey monster

but great work bennie and yes make your own model of the Steyr "hemburg" M95 Mannlicher  

Well HxCxFxL,

We got the model but that i know how skin models so sooner or later "our" Steyr Hemburg will get some color.

but something else to report:

New Helmet model!

Left is the new version. right is the old model.

[jur1974 0]

It is a hembrug m95 not hemburg

[bennie1983nl 0]

It is a hembrug m95 not hemburg  

Well you all know what i mean.

What is your* meaning of the new model?

*OFP-fans

[jur1974 0]

The new model looks good.

[HxCxFxL 0]

Wanna fire it

[bennie1983nl 0]

I ment the helmet not the rifle.

[bennie1983nl 0]

well i start to skin the rifle

but it's still in an alpha stage.

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=IhksPqAc3Cc

[HxCxFxL 0]

Sure but I alltough wanna fire the rifle

And of course the new helmet model looks much better than the old