Commands & Colors: The Great War Scenarios
List of All Scenarios (listed by scenario title)
The Montparnasse Quarry sustained continued attacks by the 1st Chasseur Battalion until the garrison finally surrendered at mid-morning. The 1st… The French overall plan of attack for the battle, although fought over some of the same area as the Nivelle Offensive, this time called for limited… The 21st and 20th Chasseur Battalions of XXI Corps met little opposition as they advanced. Vaurains Farm was captured with tank support and the… The French 13th, 43rd and 38th Divisions simultaneously advanced forward towards their objectives. The 13th attacked Vaudesson village and the Belle… On the evening of the 23rd, Haig and Byng met to assess the merit of continuing the operation or pull back to Flesquieres Ridge. After weighing… Both leading brigades of the 51st Highland Division, after overcoming the German front line machine gun positions, watched with high hopes, as their… On the evening of the 22rd, Haig and Byng met to assess the merit of continuing the operation or pull back to Flesquieres Ridge. After weighing… By the morning of 30 November, German High Command had assembled twenty divisions and were poised to counter-attack. All along the line, the Germans… Although the 62nd Division met with strong Resistance at Havrincourt, Brigadier-General ‘Boy’ Bradford VC, promoted at 25 years of age, did not wait… The 62nd Division with G and E battalion tanks had carried most of their first line objective within a couple of hours, including the German trenches… After a short bombardment, the 36th Infantry Brigade with Tank Battalion F attacked the German forward line of trenches, south of the village of La… After a short bombardment, the 36th Infantry Brigade with Tank Battalion F attacked the German forward line of trenches, south of the village of La… Capturing the bridges at Mesnieres and Marcoing was critical to the British plan. The British captured the bridge at Marcoing intact, but at… Germany’s 1918 Spring Offensive, Operation Michael, along the Western Front, was a last-ditch attempt for Germany to win the war before American… After capturing a large area in Northern France and Belgium, German forces had remained on the defensive. The French army, commanded by Joffre, had… The Battle of Loos was fought between September 25 and October 15, 1915. With most of the major fighting along the rest of the front coming to an end,… The Battle of Loos was fought between September 25 and October 15, 1915. On September 27, the Germans launched a fierce counter attack in an attempt… The Battle of Loos was fought between September 25 and October 15, 1915. The Hohenzollern Redoubt, considered by British planners to beone of the… The Battle of Loos was fought between September 25 and October 15, 1915. A heavy British bombardment prior to the attack on October 13 was too light… General Herbert Plumer’s Second Army, on 7 June 1917, attacked Messines Ridge, a natural stronghold southeast of Ypres and a German salient since late… Towards the end of the second battle of Cambrai, British Mark IV tanks of 12th Battalion confronted a number of German captured Mark IVs. Under orders… North of Berry-au-Bac, the French tanks succeeded in crossing the first two German trench lines. Advancing on the third line, a direct hit on the… On 16 April, waves of French infantry moved against the German trenches. The German front trench line was taken and, when the French tanks arrived,… The Nivelle Offensive of 1917 was a Franco-British offensive on the Western Front. Robert Nivelle, recently appointed supreme French commander, hoped… During the attack on 4 April, just north of the farm of La Folie, the Germans could not hold and were pushed out of their defensive positions. In… As the Nivelle Offensive drew to a close, the French command focused on the taking of limited objectives. On 5 May, the windmill at Laffaux, being… The Nivelle Offensive of 1917 was a Franco-British offensive on the Western Front. The offensive opened with the French Third Army’s preliminary… It sounds like the far fetched plot of a war film, but in fact, this remarkable incident occurred at the Battle of Passchendaele. The Fray Bentos… In early April, the Germans renewed their efforts towards Villers-Bretonneux, a town on the high ground to the south of the city of Amiens. Through… On 15 September, after struggling for almost two months to take High Wood and the Switch Line (a line of trenches that ran between High Woods and… The initial plans for the battle of the Somme were much larger, but the French disaster at Verdun, early in 1916, caused these plans to be scaled… On 15 September the 47th Division attacked High Woods, along with the four tanks allotted to the Division. Three tanks reached the south end of the… In hindsight, Mametz Wood could probably have been taken on July 1, but the 7th Division operational orders did not specify such a forward advance.… On July 1 1916, the 7th Division was preparing to capture the small village of Mametz, using a large assault force of 5 battalions. From left to… The 8th and 34th British Divisions objective was the town of La Boisselle. The 8th Division attacked from the north, up Mash valley between Ovillers… The combined French and British preliminary bombardment in the Montauban sector, unlike other sectors along the Somme front, had been highly… The combined French and British preliminary bombardment in the Montauban sector, unlike other sectors along the Somme front, had been highly… The 8th and 34th British Divisions objective was the town of La Boisselle. The 8th Division attacked from the north, up Mash valley between Ovillers… The German commander, General Erich Ludendorff, in the spring of 1918, believed it was essential for Germany to use the troops freed from the Eastern… In late February, after an early thaw and the arrival of French reinforcements, the German advance began to stall. In addition, the Germans had gone… South of Bois des Caures lay the village of Beaumont. The 208th Regiment occupied the village and had almost completed an intermediate trench line… German General Falkenhayn’s plan for the Verdun Offensive was aimed at securing positions in the Verdun sector, which were of such great pride to the… The Germans artillery had constantly pounded the area around Fort Vaux since the beginning of the offensive. Yet, the fort was still controlled by the… Having taken Vaux, the Germans had only one more French defensive line to breakthrough. However, the German army had already started to feel the… Fort Douaumont dominated the northern approach to Verdun and was touted to be worth 100,000 men in pre-war propaganda. But by the time the German… On 7 March the Germans renewed their attack on the right bank of the Meuse, which coincided with the attacks against the French positions on the left… The French assault to retake Fort Douaumont began at 11:50 AM, 22 May. The plan called for a three-pronged attack. On the left, the 36th Infantry… With the withdrawal of most of the German artillery to the Somme, the French attack to recapture Fort Douaumont had artillery superiority and was… After the initial few days on the left bank of the Meuse, German infantry - unable to make further progress - dug in on 13 March and waited. Their… All direct attacks toward Hill 304 had been a costly failure. Therefore a plan to outflank the position was proposed and on 20 March, after a lengthy… After two days of fighting, the German advance had been slower than expected and failed to gained much territory. Near Samogneux, however, the Germans… Fighting was already taking place in the streets of Villers-Bretonneux, when Captain Brown’s three tanks, a male and two females, all Mk IVs, were… Fighting was already taking place in the streets of Villers-Bretonneux, when Second Lieutenant Mitchell, in command of a British male Mk IV tank,… Also on the 24th, shortly after the Whippet tanks had moved out of sight of Mitchell’s Mark IV tank, they engaged a group of German infantry in the… The Battle of Vimy Ridge was fought at the northernmost end of the Arras Offensive. After studying the Battle of Verdun, the Canadian plan called for… The Battle of Vimy Ridge was fought at the northernmost end of the Arras Offensive. An almost forgotten part of the battle was the Canadian attack… The Battle of Vimy Ridge was fought at the northernmost end of the Arras Offensive. At exactly 5:30 am, April 9, 1917, every artillery piece at the… The Battle of Vimy Ridge was fought at the northernmost end of the Arras Offensive. Elements of the 4th Canadian Division, on the very northern flank,…
Battle of Malmaison (Fort Malmaison)
(the Great War (C&C))
Battle of Malmaison (Guillain Farm)
(the Great War (C&C))
Battle of Malmaison (Laffaux Salient)
(the Great War (C&C))
Battle of Malmaison (Vaudesson)
(the Great War (C&C))
Cambrai (Bourlon Village & Wood)
(the Great War (C&C))
Cambrai (Flesquieres Ridge)
(the Great War (C&C))
Cambrai (Fontaine-Notre-Dame)
(the Great War (C&C))
Cambrai (German Counter Attack)
(the Great War (C&C))
Cambrai (Graincourt)
(the Great War (C&C))
Cambrai (Havrincourt Village)
(the Great War (C&C))
Cambrai (Siegfried Stellung Line Part 2)
(the Great War (C&C))
Cambrai (Siegfried Stellung Line)
(the Great War (C&C))
Cambrai (St. Quientin Canal)
(the Great War (C&C))
Colincamps
(the Great War (C&C))
Loos (2nd Division Diversionary Attack)
(the Great War (C&C))
Loos (Fight for the trenches)
(the Great War (C&C))
Loos (German Counter Attack)
(the Great War (C&C))
Loos (Hohenzollern Redoubt)
(the Great War (C&C))
Loos (Renewed British Offensive)
(the Great War (C&C))
Messines Ridge
(the Great War (C&C))
Niergnies
(the Great War (C&C))
Nivelle Offensive (Berry-au-Bac)
(the Great War (C&C))
Nivelle Offensive (Caronne Afternoon)
(the Great War (C&C))
Nivelle Offensive (Caronne)
(the Great War (C&C))
Nivelle Offensive (La Folie Farm)
(the Great War (C&C))
Nivelle Offensive (Moulin-de-Laffaux)
(the Great War (C&C))
Nivelle Offensive (St. Quentin)
(the Great War (C&C))
Passchendaele (Fray Bentos)
(the Great War (C&C))
Second Battle of Villers
(the Great War (C&C))
Somme (Flers and Coucelette)
(the Great War (C&C))
Somme (Hawthorn Ridge Mine Explosion)
(the Great War (C&C))
Somme (High Wood)
(the Great War (C&C))
Somme (Mametz Wood)
(the Great War (C&C))
Somme (Mametz)
(the Great War (C&C))
Somme (Mash Valley & La Boisselle)
(the Great War (C&C))
Somme (Montauban 18th Division)
(the Great War (C&C))
Somme (Montauban 30th Division)
(the Great War (C&C))
Somme (Sausage Valley & La Boisselle)
(the Great War (C&C))
St. Quentin
(the Great War (C&C))
Verdun (Across the Meuse)
(the Great War (C&C))
Verdun (Beaumont)
(the Great War (C&C))
Verdun (Bois Des Caures)
(the Great War (C&C))
Verdun (Fight for Fort Vaux)
(the Great War (C&C))
Verdun (Fleury)
(the Great War (C&C))
Verdun (Fort Douamont)
(the Great War (C&C))
Verdun (Fort Vaux)
(the Great War (C&C))
Verdun (French Attack on Fort Douaumont)
(the Great War (C&C))
Verdun (French Retake Fort Douaumont)
(the Great War (C&C))
Verdun (Le Mort Homme)
(the Great War (C&C))
Verdun (Malancourt)
(the Great War (C&C))
Verdun (Samogneux)
(the Great War (C&C))
Villers-Bretonneux (Tank vs Tank)
(the Great War (C&C))
Villers-Bretonneux (Tank vs Tank)
(the Great War (C&C))
Villers-Bretonneux (Tank vs Tank)
(the Great War (C&C))
Vimy Ridge (1st & 2nd Canadian Infantry Divisions)
(the Great War (C&C))
Vimy Ridge (Bois-en-Hache)
(the Great War (C&C))
Vimy Ridge (Hill 145)
(the Great War (C&C))
Vimy Ridge (The Pimple)
(the Great War (C&C))
