Band of Brothers Scenarios

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A Lost Battalion

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Advancing through the Foret Dominiale De Champ, the 1st Battalion of the 141st Regiment were cut off on a forested hilltop overlooking La Houssiere.…


A Mountain Hike

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The village of Velletri was part of the so-called ‘Caesar Line’ (which stretched from Lanuvio to Valmontone), and was defended by troops of the 362nd…


A Tall Order

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As part of the Russian 2nd army’s defensive belt south of Prokhorovka, Lieutenant Colonel Sushkov’s 154th Guards Rifle Regiment, 51st Guards Rifle…


A trip to the Russian Dentist

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As the 20th Panzer Division drove towards Vitebsk, its 21st Regiment faced the task of forcing a crossing of the River Daugava near the burnt out…


Ambush at Wardin

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As American troops started to filter into Bastogne, troops were dispersed to defensive positions in the outlying areas. Company I of the 501st was…


An Example to the Enemy

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As the 36th advanced into the Alsace Plain they were struck by a massive German counterattack by the German 198th Infantry Division. In the…


Beneath the Crumbling Spires

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As the 3rd Armored Division advanced into the bomb shattered ruins of Cologne, a famous engagement took place near Cologne Cathedral with a lone…


Black Friday

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There were many attacks over a number of days against the town of Veghel, but the people of Veghel remember the 22nd as “Black Friday”. The 107th…


Blue Beach

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After pursuing the retreating Germans as far up the Italian peninsula as Piombino, the 36th were withdrawn to prepare for a special mission. They were…


Cole's Metal of Honor

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Lieutenant Colonel Cole’s 3rd battalion drew the assignment of attacking down the main road to Carentan from the north. The road crossed 4 rivers, the…


Compagnon D'Armes

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After repelling German counterattacks aimed at recapturing the high ground of the Vosges Forest overlooking the Alsace Plain, the 36th moved to clear…


Corporal to Sergeant

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The bridge over the Wilhelmina canal between Eindhoven and Best was initially not considered important by the British, but General Taylor thought it…


Cross the Gari

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In one of the most controversial actions of the war, the 36th were repeatedly ordered by General Mark Clark to attack across the fast-flowing Gari…


Day of Days

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The cross channel invasion of France was the crucial “second front” that was needed to defeat Germany. The scope of the invasion was the largest in…


Death Struggle in the Snow

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Winter on the Russian steppe in 1941/42 witnessed heavy fighting for villages and towns that offered shelter from the bitter cold. In the Donets…


Easy Peasy

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Airborne forces were theorized to be elite, shock forces that would be used for just a few days and then withdrawn for refit and preparation for the…


Eindhoven

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Eindhoven was a major city that lay south of Son, back along the axis of the British advance. With Son secure, the 3rd Battalion of the of the 506th…


Ferdinand's Folly

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Operation Zitadelle’s northern pincer ground to a halt in a series of pitched battles around the seemingly insignificant settlement of Ponyri. Having…


First Action

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After training in North Africa, the 36th took part in the Salerno landings, where they landed on the right flank at Paestum. After advancing inland…


Grapes of Wrath

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Hill 424, overlooking the Salerno beachhead was a key objective. On September 13th, after an initial artillery barrage, Companies I and K of the 142nd…


Here They Come

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During the retreat from Leningrad, the Germans hoped to form a new front at Narva. However they found that the Russians had already crossed the Narva…


Hettrick's War

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Lieutenant Donald Hettrick was an artillery observer in the 101st. On the “Island” he was assigned to the 327th Glider Infantry, Company “C”. There…


Hi-Wire Jinx

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Hill 424, overlooking the Salerno beachhead, was taken by the 36th but they were then forced to retreat by German counterattacks. The Allied forces…


Hill 251

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Although winning battle after battle, the war was beginning to take a toll on the 11th. As they took more casualties and spread out over more…


Hitler Meets Churchill

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The main attack on the southern face of the Kursk salient was to be delivered by Hoth’s 4th Panzer Army. After a week of fighting, the exhausted…


Holy Ground

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ln the confusion after the initial drop, small engagements developed everywhere. One such involved the 326th Airborne Engineers and the 2nd Battalion…


House to House

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After weeks of intense fighting in Stalingrad, the 6th Army had nearly taken the key Dzerhezinsky Tractor Works. But the German first line troops were…


If This is Combat

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Operation Market-Garden had begun. Paratroopers were to seize bridges along Highway 69 in Holland to aid the British advance. Elements of the 506th…


Ivan Kommen!

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With the 2nd phase of Operation Bagration underway, Army Group Centre faced annihilation as heavy attacks of Russian infantry and tanks carved into…


Korsun Pocket

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In January 1944, disaster struck again for the German Army in Russia. Six divisions of Army Group South became surrounded after sudden attacks by the…


Let's Hubba-Hubba

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As American troops initially moved into the area around Bastogne, part of a Volksgrenadier battalion was pinched off behind the perimeter and dug in a…


Like a Good Neighbor

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Although the second half of Case Blue had gone well and immense territorial gains had been made, the offensive came to a halt in the meat grinder of…


Million Dollar Mountain

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Much of the 36th’s campaign in Italy consisted of wresting mountain top after mountain top from dug-in German defenders. One such peak was Mount…


Noville

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The combat experienced 4th Infantry Division stayed mostly intact in the face of the German onslaught that would later become known as the Battle of…


Obian Alone

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The first days following the initial attack of the Kursk offensive would see good progress made by the 11th Panzer. However, gains would come slower…


Oklahoma Wildcat

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In January the Germans launched a counter-offensive from the Gambsheim-Herrlisheim pocket, aimed at retaking Strasbourg. As they broke through the…


Opheusden

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As the 506th moved into positions along the front, the British pulled out, taking their tanks with them. Knowing this, the Germans took the…


Our Goose is Cooked

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After another month of hard fighting, the 11th Panzer Division was heading towards Uman in an attempt to help encircle a couple of Soviet armies. 5th…


Return to Son

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Back in Son, the Bailey bridge was complete and British units were crossing in force. Left to guard the area were elements of the 1st Battalion HQ and…


Road Cut

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One of the problems of the Holland campaign was keeping the road open. Market-Garden, by this point, was essentially a failure. Although the bridge at…


Seize and Hold

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Stunned by the sudden German offensive into Belgium and Luxembourg, US forces hurriedly threw together a hasty defensive line to slow the German…


Shooting Arrows at Ghosts

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After consolidating the landing areas around Frejus and St Raphael, the 141st regiment sped northwest in the wake of Task Force Butler . Their goal…


Siegfried Idyll

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The 36th finally entered Germany between Wissembourg and Altenstadt, but were now coming under fire from the fortified belt of the ‘Siegfried Line’.…


So Few Led by So Many

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The 3rd battalion of the 501st had been dropped with General Taylor to serve as a division reserve and as protection for the division headquarters. By…


Son Defense

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After the initial German attack against the Bailey bridge, the Americans sensed the dangerousness of their position and later that night rushed…


Start of a Death Ride

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Manstein argued for an immediate attack once the mud period ended. He wanted to take advantage of the Russians who he felt were still smarting from…


Stick to them like Glue

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As the Germans were advancing, the Russians quickly started shifting reinforcements from other areas of the front. Their counterstroke to the German…


Take Dubno…or be Shot!

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While the bulk of the 11th Panzer Division was racing onward to Ostrog, Brigade Commissar N.K. Popel, commander of the 8th Mechanized Corp, was told,…


The Back of my Hand

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By February 1943, the Germans were in big trouble. The encirclement of the 6th Army at Stalingrad was followed by Soviet offenses in January that…


The Battle of Bloody Gulch

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The Germans that had retreated before the attack on Carentan had been reinforced by the 17th SS Panzer Grenadier Division. As the 2nd Battalion of the…


The Bloody Triangle

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Although unknown to them at the time, the 11th Panzer Division had become the point of the spear in the largest tank battle in history (to that…


The First T-34s

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On the eve of Operation Barbarossa, the soldiers of the 11th Panzer were itching for a fight. They were superbly led, well trained, experienced, and…


The Last Blitzkrieg

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Case Blue was the code name for the German offensive in Russia for 1942. It was a two part plan. The first half of which was an attack eastward toward…


The Next Day

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On D-Day the 505th PlR of the 82nd Airborne Division made a storied landing on the town of Sainte Mere Eglise in the Contentin peninsula,…


The Orchard

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The Hell’s Highway phase of operation Market-Garden was drawing to a close and the time of the muddy, bloody island was beginning. Still under command…


Tiger Paw

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Throughout the winter of '42-’43, the Soviets launched repeated attacks to relieve the siege of Leningrad. The hard-pressed Germans rebuffed one…


Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright

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The 36th had captured most of Haguenau and the Germans held only the northern outskirts across the Moder River. The river was crossable by infantry…


To Die on Christmas

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After the reply of “Nuts!” to the surrender ultimatum on the 23rd, the promised, massive artillery bombardment and assault never materialized.…


To Save the Village

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The Reinhard Line ran through the town of San Pietro In fine, which occupied the Mignano Gap, blocking Route 6 and Allied access to Cassino and Rome.…


Twelve Miles from Moscow

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By the middle of November, the ground had frozen enough to allow movement. The Germans once again decided on a pincer move. The goal was to link up at…


Vyazma

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The 11th was transferred north to be part of Operation Typhoon, the planned drive on Moscow. The first part of the operation was yet another pincer…


Way of the Hero

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After St Hippolyte was initially taken by Company F of the 142nd, they were expelled by a German counterattack. The American return was spearheaded by…

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