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emeg -> Were is the river IJssel? (12/5/2015 12:08:19 AM)
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Were is the river IJssel?
On the Dutch section of the game map exist the (Overijsselse) Vecht instead of the much broader and strategical more important river IJssel. Why?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJssel
The river played as element in the defence of the French homeland after the Battle of Leipzig as the northern extention of the French Rhine-line (running from Koblenz in the south to the broad of the IJssel in the north) a main role in the defence of the central en western parts of the still by France annexed Netherlands. Late November 1813 this has caused the by a Prussian army (supported by Cossack cavalery) won 1st Battle of Arnhem, having some remarkable similarities with the 2nd Battle of Arnhem during Operation Market Garden in September 1944. The by the allied forces won 1st Battle of Arnhem and taking the control of the pontoon Bridge in the city being in the French Empire the capital of the departement Upper IJssel (Yssel-Supérieur), was crucial to be able to liberate the central en westen parts of the Netherlands and because of that of more historical importance than the arrival of the Prince of Orange at Scheveningen during the same day. If the from Nijmegen expected strong French reenforcements could have joined the French defenders at Arnhem the combined French power would have pushed back the Pruissians across the river IJssel and a fast liberation of the Netherlands (as happened) would have been impossible. Remarkable and not understandable is that the in late November 1813 fought 1st Battle of Arnhem is almost forgotten in the historiography.
Later in the 1950's and 60's the river IJssel played in the first two decades of the Cold War about the same defensive role (as the extention of the Rhine-Line to defend the central and western parts of the Netherlands) as in the French defensive strategy of late 1813 after the by Napoleon lost Battle of Leipzig.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJssel_Line
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