ASL - Action Packs
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ASL - Action Packs
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ASL Action Packs (AP) include new scenarios and boards and may have a theme of the scenarios included.
ASL Action Pack #1
ASL Action Pack #3: Few Returned
ASL Action Pack #4: Normandy 1944
ASL Action Pack #5: East Front
ASL Action Pack #6: A Decade of War
ASL Action Pack #7
ASL Action Pack #8: Roads Through Rome
ASL Action Pack #9: To the Bridge !
ASL Action Pack #10
ASL Action Pack #11: 29 Lets Go!
ASL Action Pack #12: ASL Oktoberfest XXX
ASL Action Pack #13: ASL Oktoberfest XXXII
ASL Action Pack #14: ASL Oktoberfest XXXIV
ASL Action Pack #15: Swedish Volunteers
ASL Action Pack #16: From the Land Down Under
ASL Action Pack #17: ASL Oktoberfest XXXV
ASL Action Pack #18: ASL Oktoberfest XXXVII
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We Are Sparta
With their own civil war against communism over, the Greek government was enthusiastic about sending forces to contribute to UN efforts in Korea. After arriving in December 1950, the Greek Expeditionary Force (GEF)-nicknamed the Sparta Battalion-was…
1951-10-04
Bona Fide Effort
The Bukhan Dam held back the 19 billion cubic feet of water of the Hwacheon Reservoir. Concerned the CPVA might open the dam's sluice gates to hamper his movements, General Matthew Ridgeway ordered the dam to be captured or the gates disabled prior…
1951-04-11
The Cost of a Cross
In early February 1951, General Gay was reassigned to Eighth Army staff and replaced with former First Team executive officer General Charles D. Palmer. 5th Cavalry received a boost with the addition of a 3rd Battalion, transferred from the stateside…
1951-02-15
Home By Christmas?
Even after the heavy casualties inflicted on the 8th Cavalry Regiment at Unsan and Yongbyon, UN Command still thought that the Communist Chinese did not intend to rescue the Kim Il Sung regime. When Chinese forces disengaged in early November, the UN…
1950-11-29
The Horse They Never Rode
The 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 8th Cavalry Regiment barely escaped from Unsan on 2 November, with the 3rd Battalion under Major Robert Ormond acting as rear guard, not yet aware that the area was under attack by the entire Chinese 39th Army. After…
1950-11-06
Unsanity
As the First Team blasted its way to the Yalu River and the Chinese border in late October, many of the GIs and Officers believed they might be home in time for Christmas. At the same time, however, units of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army…
1950-11-02
The Order of War
In August, General Gay replaced the 5th Cavalry Regiment's aging and near-deaf commander Colonel Carl Rohsenberger with the more dynamic Marcel Crombez. Colonel Crombez had missed most of WWII in stateside training assignments but served in the…
1950-10-12
Patton’s Ghost
The breakout from the Pusan Perimeter would not be considered successful until Eighth Army linked up with X Corps coming from the Seoul area. To help make that a reality, each regiment of the First Team received fresh troops in early September in the…
1950-09-27
Sabres Crossed
Lieutenant General Kim Ung and his KPA I Corps were two weeks behind schedule regarding "Operation Order 121"-to take Taegu and Pusan by 6 August. With Eighth Army getting stronger by the day in its defensive positions behind the Naktong, Ung’s…
1950-08-16
No Dunkirk
On 29 July, the increasingly dire situation prompted Eighth Army Commander General Walton Walker to issue to division commanders what became known as his “Stand or Die” order, which read in part "There will be no Dunkirk, there will be no Bataan."…
1950-08-14
East Bank
The KPA plan for the attack against Taegu demanded that the 10th Division make a coordinated attack with the 3rd Division, from the west and southwest respectively. The 10th Division, so far untested in combat, was ordered to cross the Naktong River…
1950-08-12
Garry Owen!
Generals Walton "Johnnie" Walker and Hobart "Hap" Gay, commanders respectively of Eighth Army and 1st Cavalry Division, had both served in the Third Army during WWII, and both realized the division's performance at Yongdong was nothing General Patton…
1950-07-28
Walker’s Orders
After the mauling it received during the fall of Taejon, the 24th Infantry Division was relieved on 22 July by the 1st Cavalry Division, which became responsible for blocking the Korean People's Army's drive down the main Taejon-Taegu corridor to…
1950-07-22
A Celebratory Mood
For the invasion of Leyte, the 1st Cavalry Division landed across White Beach, the northernmost beaches of Sixth Army. The 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment was on the right flank of the division and after landing turned north to clear the Cataisan…
1944-10-21
Always Ready
The initial follow-up to secure Momote airdrome included the investment of the western shore of Seeadler Harbor, where Japanese command had expected the initial attack. A still disorganized Japanese command provided the opportunity for Brewer Task…
1944-03-08
Hold Your Horses
Having spent the first year of the war patrolling the Mexican border, by 1943 1st Cavalry Division was alerted for overseas duty in February with all of their normal equipment-submachine guns, carbines, a Colt .45 for each trooper, and other…
1944-03-03
End of the Beginning
With British defenses in disarray—the 17th Indian Division was strung out over 15 miles of roads, and jungle – the Japanese pressed even harder for their prize: the bridge at Sittang. Early on the morning of the 22nd the commander of 1st Battalion,…
1942-02-22
Parting Shots
As the British made a precarious and disjointed withdrawal in front of the relentless Japanese advance, many small actions were fought between the Bilin River and the easily fordable Thebyu River. The Bilin was the last barrier before the Salween…
1942-02-21
Smashing the Hook
The British were desperate to cover the Salween River crossings; the Japanese were juts as anxious to secure them. Aggressive moves by both sides led to a particularly active fight for control of the Yinon crossing. Having beaten back an attack on…
1942-02-18
To the Pain
Japanese reconnaissance parties had reached as far as the colonial office in Danyingon, replacing the Union jack with a Nisshoki – the Imperial flag. After several attempts to push the constantly reinforcing Japanese out of Danyingon, a decision was…
1942-02-17
Full Moon Madness
After the drubbing they received at Moulmein, the British made haste to cover the crossings of the Salween River in an ultimately futile attempt to forestall the Japanese advane. Meanwhile, beginning in early February, the Japanese began aggressive…
1942-02-11
Empire's Fall
Moulmein – the third largest city in Burma with nearly 100,000 residents and long loyal to the Crown – clings to the eastern bank of the mouth of the Salween River. Its all-weather airfield, and position astride an important transportation route as…
1942-01-31
Milling About
While Major Oki’s men secured Tavoy, a sister battalion of the 112th Infantry Regiment made preparations to cross the Burmese frontier in strength. Before sunrise on 20 January, a platoon of Gurkhas garrisoning the border village of Miyawadi was…
1942-01-20
Slicing the Throat
Men of the 3rd and 6th Burma Rifles were about to experience their baptism of fire. The Japanese were coming. They were coming not from the south, but from the east. British plans for the defence of Burma and Malaya were partly predicated on the…
1942-01-19
Double Trouble
Within days of gaining passage through Thailand, Japanese forces were probing southern Burma. On 12 December, 2nd Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment, 55th Division crossed the Kra Isthmus. The Regimental Commander, Colonel Uno, and one rifle company…
1941-12-28
Thai Hot
Pattani, a town in the province of the same name, is located on the Kra Isthmus, more than 500 kilometres south of Burma. The town’s proximity to the Malayan border made it a top Japanese priority. As day broke on 8 December, Japanese transports were…
1941-12-08
Coriano
After the 1st Canadian Corps' breach of the Green Line, the Allies pushed forward to the inevitable next German defensive position, the Rimini Line. In order to secure its left flank while making the drive to the Rimini Line, the 1st Canadian Corps…
1944-09-13
Lost Highway
The race to be the first to enter Rome was on. Equally urgent was the German race to evacuate the Eternal City. Hitler's order of an open city was not extended to the approaches to Rome where small groups of Fallschirmjagers, landsers, and panzers…
1944-06-05
A Bloody Waste
The breakout from Anzio began on 23 May, and two days later the FSSF, along with the US 3rd Infantry Division, was pushing hard for the towns of Artena and Valmonte. These towns lay either side of Highway 6. With the Gustav Line shattered farther…
1944-06-01
Rude Mood
The Allied efforts to breach the German fortified defenses known as the Hitler Line were moving slowly forward. General Juin, commanding the Free French forces in Italy, had a plan to outflank the Germans through the Esperia defile and on to Mt.…
1944-05-18
Crossfire
Acerno was a mountain village astride a tortuous and winding stretch of road leading north from Battipaglia. The road was one of two that connected the beachhead with Highway 7—the main highway to Rome. On 22 September, elements of the US 3rd “Rock…
1943-09-22
Texas Flood
To fulfill General Dawley's request to close the gap between the Sele-Calore Rivers, General Walker sent his divisional reserve to plug the hole. The 2nd Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment was deployed to cover the frontage with the company's HQ in…
1943-09-13
Smoke 'Em
During the afternoon, two German battle groups, the Kampfgruppe ‘Kleine Limburg’ and Kampfgruppe ‘Krüger’, had attacked Persano to the north-west and overrun the 1/157th Infantry before crossing the Sele river to fall on the 2/143rd Infantry and…
1943-09-13
Gabriel's Horn
The barely tested “T-Patchers” of the US 36th (Texan) Infantry Division were tasked with taking the hilltop village of Altavilla and the hill to the northeast beyond the village, labeled Hill 424 on their maps. The Texans met little resistance…
1943-09-12
Batty-P
Landing at 0330 a mile from the mouth of the Tusciano River, the 9th Royal Fusiliers were under fire from the moment they disembarked onto Roger Beach. Their objective was a small village at the base of a tall hill that was six miles distant. This…
1943-09-10
Happy Valley
Lt. Col. John Waters was tasked with creating a "tank-infested area" in the Tine Valley southeast of Mateur and reconnoitering the bridges across the Medjerda River at El Bathan and Djedeida. Waters' route of march led over the hills between the Tine…
1942-11-26
Guns for St. Barbara
The American 95th Infantry Division, upon being relieved from its position at Metz, was tasked with making the first crossing of the Saar River. From 25-28 November, the division made headway against the German defense which, though thin spread, was…
1944-11-29
Head in the Noose
The American XXth Corps’ advance through central France brought it to the banks of the Moselle River in early September, and the 5th Infantry Division’s 11th Infantry Regiment forced a crossing of the river in the rain at Dornot on September 8. In…
1944-09-10
Sons of Slava
The Red Army launched the Lvov-Sandomierz offensive after OKH had stripped Army Group North Ukraine to the bare bones in order to plug the holes left by a crumbling Army Group Center. This attack was a major operation in its own right, designed to…
1944-07-18
Uncommon Misery
By early May, the village of Potsangbam – known to the British as “Pots and Pans” – had already been the scene of furious fighting, with attack and counterattack pushing first one side and then the other out of their positions, only for the enemy to…
1944-05-07
Odd Angry Shot
The campaign to push the Japanese out of New Guinea moved into the Markham and Ramu Valleys in 1943. The Australian 7th Division was tasked with the job of clearing these two strategic areas. As the 21st Brigade battled for high ground to the west,…
1943-10-12
Cherry Ripe
As the Allied armies advanced across Sicily toward Messina, they had to overcome the defenses of a series of well defended towns. Centuripe, or “Cherry Ripe” as it was known by British troops, was the lynchpin of the so-called Etna Line. This town…
1943-08-03
Cat's Cradle
The German summer offensive know as CITADEL came as no surprise to STAVKA. Several layers of defensive networks had been prepared. Given the nature of the terrain in central Russia, any large armored thrusts would encounter chokepoints near strategic…
1943-07-05
Baw Drop
For weeks the “Chindits” of the 77th Indian Infantry Brigade had been marching, living off the jungle, and harassing the Japanese wherever they were found. Major Mike Calvert's 3 Column had tried unsuccessfully to find a suitable site for an air…
1943-03-13
A Well-Engineered Ambush
For an entire week, Major Rudolf Witzig's Fallschirmpionier-Bataillon 11 had frustrated every effort the British 36th Brigade made to advance past the crossroads at Djebel Abiod. The morning of November 25 revealed that the Germans had withdrawn…
1942-11-28
The Nutcracker
During the final phase of Operation TYPHOON, German Panzer-Armee 4 broke through Russian defenses northeast of Moscow. General Reinhardt's Panzer-Korps LVI was able to cross the Moskva-Volga Canal at Yakhroma on 27 November but could not hold its…
1941-12-07
Shouting Into The Storm
In early February, following the Red Army’s breakthrough and rapid advance in Poland, the northern flank of Zhukov’s 1st Belorussian Front in Pomerania was fluid. His worn-out and thinly spread troops pushed northward in an attempt to keep the enemy…
1945-02-08
Desobry Defiant
Early on the morning of 19 December, near Noville in a dense fog, advance units of the 2nd Panzer Division stumbled into elements of Combat Command B of the 10th Armored Division. After several probes, the Germans deployed to attack. As the moved out…
1944-12-19
Nishne, Nyet!
When Red Army elements crossed the Don River in early February just west of Rostov and established a bridgehead, the 503rd Heavy Tank Battalion was part of the force tasked to eliminate the threat. A force of six Tigers and then Pz IIIs, with…
1943-02-10
Taking Heads
During the retreat of the North Luzon Force to Bataan in the last days of 1941, two recently mobilized reserve divisions of the Philippine Army took up temporary defensive positions astride the Concepcion-Magalang Road along the so-called D-5 Line.…
1942-01-01