Memoir '44: Equipment Pack
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Operation Epsom
Operation Epsom was General Montgomery's plan to outflank and seize the German-occupied city of Caen. VIIIth British Corps' main objective was to break through the German lines by crossing the Odon River and driving for Hill 112. On June 26, …
1944-06-27
High Stakes at Bruyères
In the heavily wooded valleys of the Vosges Mountains, a bitter battle pitched the US 36th and 45th Infantry Divisions against the German 338th Volksgrenadier and 198th Infantry Divisions, in October 1944. The Allies had been ordered to move forward…
1944-10-17
Twin Battles at Warnach & Bigonville
On the afternoon of December 23, 1944, American engineers completed setting up a bridge south of Warnach. General Earnest's men, led by the 35th Tank Battalion, rapidly advanced towards Warnach, but were soon pushed back. On their right, Colonel…
1944-12-23
Torbung
In March of 1944, the Japanese launched an offensive in Burma against the British 14th Army. After a month of hard fighting, their attack, plagued by poor supply lines, began to falter. Seeing an opportunity to counter-attack, General "Punch" Cowan …
1944-05-16
Out of Kemi
Following the Moscow Armistice, Finnish troops began to boot their erstwhile German ally against the Soviet Union out of Lapland. In a bid to speed up the Germans' retreat toward Northern Norway, the troops of General Hjalmar Siilasvuo devised an …
1944-10-03
Fire action at Singling
The US 4th Armor Division, under the direction of Col. Creighton Abrams, had been broken into two Combat teams. On December 6, 1944, its lead elements came under heavy fire in the Lorraine Sector, when approaching the village of Singling. …
1944-12-06
Vetko Village
In January 1940, during the Winter War, Stalin ordered the 2nd Soviet Ski Brigade, under the command of Colonel Konstan Dolin, to relieve the 54th Rifle Division who the Finns had encircled and cut off. Dolin, moved into Finland toward …
1940-01-12
Winter fight at Kuhmo
On November 30, 1939, the Soviet Union broke off diplomatic relations with Finland and attacked by air and land without declaring war. Ordered to repel the Russian 54th Rifle Division in the North, elements of the 13th Finish Reinforced Battalion …
1939-11-30
French Stand near Arras
During the fall of the Dunkirk pocket, several French and British launched desperate attacks to slow the German advance, allowing the B.E.F. to evacuate by sea. On May 20, near Arras, the French 3rd DLI (Light Motorized Division), placed under …
1940-05-20
Yasnaya Polyana
In July of 1941, Mussolini sent Italian troops to take part in Operation Barbarossa. These men were pooled together with German troops to form the 9‘“ Pasubio. As the Axis rolled into Russia, this unit's advance guard was ordered to …
1941-08-12
Operation Little Saturn
Operation Uranus was a complete success for the Soviets, trapping the German 6th Arrny and 4th Panzer Army in Stalingrad. To exploit this victory, the Soviet general staff planned a winter campaign. Soviet forces consolidated their positions around…
1942-12-16
Canal de la Haute Colme
In conjunction with an evening attack by the 11 Schützen, the SS-Regiment "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler" moved forward to try and break the French line around Dunkirk, splitting the 225th and 341th Regiments. But crossing the Canal de la Haute Colme …
1940-05-30
The Bourbourg - Brouckerque Line
In an effort to bring German artillery into range of Dunkirk, elements of Panzergruppe von Kleist pushed their light tanks toward Spycker, on May 30, 1940. After a preliminary bombardment of perimeter defenses, the Germans slowly moved forward. But…
1940-05-30
Cavalry Charge at Chebotarevsky
In the clash between Soviet and German forces during the summer of 1942, the Italian Cavalry Regiments of Colonel Bettoni were tasked with defending the Don River. On August 20, the Soviets attacked; their initial assault on the left flank …
1942-08-24
Action at Zaporozhie
In 1943, anticipating a massive Soviet offensive in Ukraine, German troops began to build a defensive "Panther-Wotan" line along the Dniepr river. By September, with the Soviets in hot pursuit, they had retreated to the west bank, Von Manstein…
1943-10-13
Panzer attack on Hill 140
By August 9, 1944, Operation Totalize had lost its momentum in the face of stiff Resistance from German troops, now busy establishing a new defensive line on the Laizon river. Then tragedy struck for the British: lost in darkness, Worthington …
1944-08-09
The Maginot Four à Chaux
On the 17th of June 1940, with the Battle of France definitively lost, Maréchal Pétain awkwardly announced to the French people a cease fire. The German army took advantage of this by attacking the last standing French fortification: the …
1940-06-19
Offensive on Saint-Lô
By July 1944, the Norman "bocage" (hedgerows) had caused many casualties in the American ranks, their personnel little use to this peculiar terrain's features. Aware of the risks of getting bogged down, General Bradley prepared Operation Cobra as a…
1944-07-11
Battle of Celles
During the first week of the German offensive in the Ardennes, Field Marshal Montgomery moved the XXX British Corps along the Meuse river to prevent enemy forces from crossing over. The 29th Armored Brigade, reinforced by the 8th Battalion …
1944-12-25
Le Havre
Major General "Bubbles" Barker's Polar Bears have assembled the biggest collection of Hobart's Funnies ever seen in one place in preparation for an assault on the German-held Channel port of Le Havre. These 'Funnies' were specialist armored vehicles…
1944-09-10
Saint Roche Station
Foiiowlng some disastrous fights during the Battle of France. the British Expeditionary Force found itself cut-off from the rest of the French army and surrounded in the port-city of Dunkirk. Remains of the British army engaged in some desperate…
1940-05-20
Italian Diversion at Gazala
In late 1941, the Eighth Army drove the Axis out of Cyrenaica but British lines got so stretched that, by January '42, Rommel was back on the offensive and pressing towards Tobruk. Concentrating their forces near Gazala, the British : …
1942-05-26
Battle of Nezuet Ghirba
Mussolini declared war on France and Britain on June 10, 1940. In Egypt, British frontier forces were immediately ordered to infiltrate the border and attack the Italian forts of Maddalena and Capuzzo. By June 14th, both outposts had fallen. Two …
1940-06-16
Operation Seydlitz
Having survived the Soviet winter offensive, the Germans set about eradicating enemy forces far in their rear. Assembling a formidable collection of Infantry, Armor and Mounted units near the River Luchesa, they opened the attack with an intense…
1942-07-02