# Nijmegen Bridge Operation # Nijmegen City Hold this area as long as possible. A major delay in the American advance here will give you time to build a force strong enough to hold the bridge indefinitely. # Nijmegen Bridge Prevent the Allies from taking the southern Nijmegen bridge approach. This bridge is the key to the Allied advance to Arnhem. You are ordered to hold the bridge at all costs. Put together as large a force as possible and fight to the last man. If you are forced to retreat, your troops will be lost.