What does "Bloody Seventh" mean?

[Büchsenknacker]

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[Andy]

7th bridge.... ??

[Büchsenknacker]

Ha i knew it.

[Z0mbrii]

Nah they named it the Bloody Seventh for the initial focus of the project as they feel it succinctly details the struggle that the British paratroopers had to endure while waiting for their army counterpart to establish a link through the Lower Rhine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_(Light_Infantry)_Parachute_Battalion

[Wabbit]

There were 9 bridges in operation market garden. SO i think its this:-

Around 10,000 men from Major-General Roy Urquhart’s 1st British Airborne Division and the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade landed at Arnhem. But their landing zones were 11 kilometres (seven miles) from the bridge at Arnhem. Only one battalion reached the objective while the remaining soldiers were squeezed into a pocket at Oosterbeek to the west.

https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/market-garden

[Z0mbrii]

http://forums.joinsquad.com/topic/22414-post-scriptum-the-bloody-seventh/
These are their own words:

‘The Bloody Seventh’ is our name for the initial focus of the project as we feel it succinctly details the struggle that the British paratroopers had to endure while waiting for their army counterpart to establish a link through the Lower Rhine.

[Wabbit]

Yes I’ve read that but the Army counter part is xxx corp not the 7th light infantry para bgde.

Also the sentence prior to your quote confirms it is the bridge.

“However, consecutive delays in consolidating ground from the north of Belgium through Nijmegen forced the 1st British Airborne Division in Arnhem to make a stand much longer than anticipated. With no successful link between the XXX Corps and the Airborne in sight, the seventh and final bridge in Arnhem was considered lost.”

So I guess it depends on the history source as to wether there were 9 or 7 bridges in market garden. Some may not count minor bridges or just river crossings once despite some having more than one bridge crossing.

[Büchsenknacker]

Thats what i thought too. The bridge.

[nolaJeff]

Originally posted by Wabbit:

Yes I’ve read that but the Army counter part is xxx corp not the 7th light infantry para bgde.

Also the sentence prior to your quote confirms it is the bridge.

“However, consecutive delays in consolidating ground from the north of Belgium through Nijmegen forced the 1st British Airborne Division in Arnhem to make a stand much longer than anticipated. With no successful link between the XXX Corps and the Airborne in sight, the seventh and final bridge in Arnhem was considered lost.”

So I guess it depends on the history source as to wether there were 9 or 7 bridges in market garden. Some may not count minor bridges or just river crossings once despite some having more than one bridge crossing.

Think of it in terms of crossings rather than individual bridges. Seven major crossing sites include (numbers in parenthesis show number of possible bridges):

1. Eindhoven (several)
2. Son (4 including one at Best)
3. Vehgel (several)
4. Grave, Mass river (4)
5. Nijmegen, Mass-Wall canal (1)
6. Nijmegen River (2)
7. Arnhem (2)

In addition I know of at least one minor bridge in St Oedenrode that was tasked to the 101st AB. There are probably others.

[Büchsenknacker]

You guys have any clue with new Theatre and Faction could come?

[Wabbit]

France 1940, Normandy 44 and eastern front 41 somewhere.

[BlackLabel]

Originally posted by Wabbit:

France 1940, Normandy 44 and eastern front 41 somewhere.

that be all i need. ty With the france invasion and acombining vehicles it whould be glorious

[Büchsenknacker]

Is that a fact that eastern front is coming?

[SnazzyDuckling]

At this point it's just people guessing as the devs officially hasn't said anything about the next theatre

[Andy]

Originally posted by SnazzyDuckling:

At this point it's just people guessing as the devs officially hasn't said anything about the next theatre

Wasn't there a French Mas-38 found on one of the maps as an easter egg?
Surely points at French theater being next.

[Wabbit]

Yeah it's all guessing. Based on clues like the French tank b2 I think? And French gun found. And clues from the devs tea time update on twitch.

I answered the guy asking if anyone had a clue.