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Die hard 57th, die hard!Scenario#: AN01 Date: May 16, 1811 Location: Albuera, SpainBattle of Albuera Horse & Musket — Age of Napoléon (V) |
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We are babies in the hands of a giant.Scenario#: AN02 Date: December 2, 1805 Location: Austerlitz, AustriaBattle of Austerlitz Horse & Musket — Age of Napoléon (V) |
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The whole nation is exasperated and determined to fight.Scenario#: AN03 Date: July 19, 1808 Location: Bailén, SpainBattle of Bailén Horse & Musket — Age of Napoléon (V) |
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The bitter cup must be drunk to the bottom.Scenario#: AN04 Date: January 8, 1806 Location: Cape Town, South AfricaBattle of Blaauwberg Horse & Musket — Age of Napoléon (V) |
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I have never witnessed a more gallant charge.Scenario#: AN05 Date: September 27, 1810 Location: Luso, PortugalBattle of Bussaco Horse & Musket — Age of Napoléon (V) |
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Battle in the Großer GartenScenario#: AN06 Date: August 26-27, 1813 Location: Dresden, GermanyBattle of Dresden Horse & Musket — Age of Napoléon (V) |
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Then we have already made peace.Scenario#: AN07 Date: June 14, 1807 Location: Friedland, PrussiaBattle of Friedland Horse & Musket — Age of Napoléon (V) |
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The Zenith of Jean MoreauScenario#: AN08 Date: December 3, 1800 Location: Hohenlinden, GermanyBattle of Hohenlinden Horse & Musket — Age of Napoléon (V) |
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Tell your Marshal he is seeing double.Scenario#: AN09 Date: October 14, 1806 Location: Auerstädt, GermanyBattle of Jena–Auerstedt Horse & Musket — Age of Napoléon (V) |
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What will they say in Paris after this victory?Scenario#: AN10 Date: February 1, 1814 Location: La Rothière, FranceBattle of La Rothiere Horse & Musket — Age of Napoléon (V) |
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The Last Major Battle of the Napoléonic WarsScenario#: AN11 Date: June 28, 1815 Location: Souffelweyersheim, FranceBattle of La Suffel Horse & Musket — Age of Napoléon (V) |
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Butchery at DuskScenario#: AN12 Date: July 25, 1814 Location: Niagara Falls, CanadaBattle of Lundy's Lane Horse & Musket — Age of Napoléon (V) |
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Here began the flight and destruction of the enemy.Scenario#: AN13 Date: October 24, 1812 Location: Maloyaroslavets , RussiaBattle of Maloyaroslavets Horse & Musket — Age of Napoléon (V) |
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The EighthScenario#: AN14 Date: January 8, 1815 Location: New Orleans, LouisianaBattle of New Orleans Horse & Musket — Age of Napoléon (V) |
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Now it’s time for action!Scenario#: AN15 Date: August 15, 1799 Location: Piedmont, ItalyBattle of Novi (1799) Horse & Musket — Age of Napoléon (V) |
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Disaster at NiagaraScenario#: AN16 Date: October 13, 1812 Location: Queenston Heights , CanadaBattle of Queenston Heights Horse & Musket — Age of Napoléon (V) |
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Bonaparte's First MasterpieceScenario#: AN17 Date: January 14, 1797 Location: Rivoli, ItalyBattle of Rivoli Horse & Musket — Age of Napoléon (V) |
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…forty centuries look down upon you.Scenario#: AN18 Date: July 21, 1798 Location: Embabeh, EgyptBattle of the Pyramids Horse & Musket — Age of Napoléon (V) |
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Remember the Raisin!Scenario#: AN19 Date: October 5, 1813 Location: Chatham-Kent, Ontario, CanadaBattle of the Thames Horse & Musket — Age of Napoléon (V) |
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Archduke Charles’ Last BattleScenario#: AN20 Date: July 5-6, 1809 Location: Wagram, AustriaBattle of Wagram Horse & Musket — Age of Napoléon (V) |
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Pegasus BridgeScenario#: 3671 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Pegasus Bridge, FranceThe late hours of June 5, 1944... Led by Major John Howard, the men of Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry step aboard six Horsa gliders on a secret airfield in Dorset. Their mission: to launch the first airborne assault of … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Sainte-Mère-ÉgliseScenario#: 3672 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Sainte-Mère-Église, FranceEstablishment of a defensive base at Sainte-Mère-Église was one of the key objectives of the US 82nd Airborne Division. In contrast with other regiments, the 505th Parachute Infantry, landing northwest of Sainte-Mère-Église, had one of the most… Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Mont MouchetScenario#: 3673 Date: 6/10/1944 Location: Mont Mouchet, FranceOn June 10th, three tactical groups from the Wehrmacht, about 2,000 men with armored support, converged on Mont Mouchet. Simultaneously moving in from the west (Saint Flour), north (Langeac and Pinols) and east (Le Puy-en-Velay et Saugues) they were… Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Vassieux-en-VercorsScenario#: 3674 Date: 7/24/1944 Location: Vassieux, FranceHotbed of the French Resistance, the "Maquis" of Vercors became one of the largest groups of its kind in the early months of 1944, with countless young French recruits joining up. Resistance camps were established around many villages such as … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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ToulonScenario#: 3675 Date: 8/26/1944 Location: Toulon, FrancePlans for the landings and campaign in southern France called for the French 2nd Corps to take the port cities of Toulon and Marseille. Seeking to exploit German weakness in the area, General de Lattre de Tassigny pushed up the … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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MontélimarScenario#: 3676 Date: 8/25/1944 Location: Montélimar, FranceThe Montélimar battle square, bounded on three sides by rivers, covered ground that alternated between flat open farmland and rugged hills and woods. Route N-7, the main north-south artery, runs along the Rhone River and was vital to the German … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Arnhem BridgeScenario#: 3677 Date: 9/19/1944 Location: Arnhem, HollandThe largest airborne drop ever designed, Operation Market Garden was Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery's plan to end the war on the Western Front early. If successful, it would threaten the flanks of German defenses along the Siegfried line and… Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Saint-VithScenario#: 3678 Date: 12/22/1944 Location: Saint-Vith, BelgiumAs early as August 1944, Adolf Hitler began formulating plans for what would become the Ardennes offensive. While too ambitious for the available resources and terrain, the plan was deemed by the German High Command as having more chances of … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Saverne GapScenario#: 3679 Date: 11/23/1944 Location: Saverne, FranceThe Saverne Gap, cutting through the Vosges, was the key to Strasbourg, capital city of Alsace. On November 21st, the US Seventh Army 15th Corps, under the command of General Wade Hampton Halslip, arrived at the front lines in Phalsbourg. … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Attack on Hill 192Scenario#: 3680 Date: 7/11/1944 Location: la Croix-Rouge, FranceFor the past month, Hill 192, a dominating height east of the Vire River, has given the Germans a superb observation position on all the approaches to St-Lo, as well as the rear areas of V Corps as far as … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Juno BeachScenario#: 3681 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Juno Beach, FranceThe Canadian troops were assigned to land at Juno beach on D-Day and push inland. Juno had been divided into two beaches, 'Mike' and 'Nan'. The 7th Canadian Brigade under Brigadier H.W. Foster would land on Mike and the 8th … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Gold BeachScenario#: 3682 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Gold Beach, FranceThe German defenses at Gold consisted of two battalions of the 726th Regiment supported by inland batteries. Barbed wire and a few anti-tank hedgehog obstacles protected the entire stretch of beach. The British planners had divided Gold beach into… Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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StrasbourgScenario#: 3683 Date: 1/11/1945 Location: Strasbourg, FranceOn the 7th of January 1945, the German Nineteen Army initiated an attack south of Strasbourg against the First French Army. Code-named 'Sonnenwende' ("Winter Solstice"), the operation led by the 198th Volksgrenadier Division, the 106th Panzer Brigade… Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Relief of PeiperScenario#: 3684 Date: 12/22/1944 Location: Trois Ponts, BelgiumOrdered to move to the relief of Kampfgruppe 'Peiper', Max Hansen on December 21st started probing with his battlegroup between Trois-Ponts and Grand-Halleux. The 505th Parachute Regiment had established a defensive front to defend or blow the… Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Bastogne Corridor WestScenario#: 3685 Date: 12/30/1944 Location: Bastogne, BelgiumOn December 30th German High Command's plan to capture Bastogne called for a push from the west simultaneously with another from the east. The object of these two forces was to pinch the corridor at Assenois south of the town. … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Bastogne Corridor EastScenario#: 3686 Date: 12/30/1944 Location: Bastogne, BelgiumOn December 30th German High Command's plan to capture Bastogne called for a push from the west simultaneously with another from the east. The object of these two forces was to pinch the corridor at Assenois south of the town. … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Twin VillagesScenario#: 3687 Date: 12/18/1944 Location: Krinkekt, BelgiumThe Ardennes offensive began in the pre-dawn hours of Saturday, 16th December 1944. The northernmost element of the German attack was an attempt by the 67th Corps in the Monschau forest to push through the left wing of the US … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Yellow BeachScenario#: 3688 Date: 8/19/1942 Location: Dieppe, FranceThe 23rd British Assault Craft force heading toward the Yellow Beaches sailed into the path of a German convoy. The German ships opened fire and after a brisk engagement, the British commanders agreed that the landings at Yellow Beaches should … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Carentan CausewayScenario#: 3689 Date: 6/11/1944 Location: Carentan, FranceRommel realized the danger to the Axis defenses should Carentan fall, for it was the link between the two US beaches and also the key to an American drive west to cut the base of the Cotentin Peninsula. The defense … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Sword BeachScenario#: 3693 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Sword Beach, FranceThe 8th Brigade of the 3rd British Division, supported by Commandos of the 1st Special Service Brigade and the amphibious Sherman tanks of the 13th/18th Hussars, formed the first wave of Allied forces to land on "Sword" beach, near the … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Pointe-du-HocScenario#: 3694 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Pointe-du-Hoc, FrancePlanners felt that the German batteries on Pointe-du-Hoc would be one of the most daunting threats to Allied forces landing on Omaha in the morning of D-Day. Set atop 100 foot cliffs west of the beach, the guns' range were … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Operation CobraScenario#: 3696 Date: 7/26/1944 Location: Marigny, FranceOperation "Cobra" was predicated on the saturation bombing of German lines over a narrow front. After the bombing, an attack would be made by three infantry divisions, with two armored and one infantry divisions held in reserve of this breakout … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Counter-attack on MortainScenario#: 3697 Date: 8/7/1944 Location: Mortain, France"We must strike like lightning!" - Adolf Hitler to Field Marshall Von Kluge 'Unternehmen Luttich' began shortly before midnight on the evening of August 3rd. Under direct orders from Hitler, four armored divisions launched a counterattack westward… Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Liberation of ParisScenario#: 3699 Date: 8/24/1944 Location: Paris, FranceConscious of the highly symbolic and political importance of Paris, Allied forces initially planned to surround the city and wait for its capitulation rather than risk taking it, with the inherent costs of street-by-street fighting and obvious risks… Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Battle of ArracourtScenario#: 3700 Date: 9/19/1944 Location: Arracourt, FrancePart of the problem for the German forces involved in the Lorraine counter-offensive was the "Eastern" outlook of many of the units. They were unfamiliar with the US Army and its very different tactics. On the Eastern front, tank formations … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Operation GoodwoodScenario#: 3701 Date: 7/20/1944 Location: Cagny, FranceAround 8 AM on July 18th, after an aerial bombardment of more than two hours' duration, Operation "Goodwood" started. Caen was being cleared successfully by the Canadian Corps, while the 11th Armored Division moved forward followed by the Guards… Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Utah BeachScenario#: 3702 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Utah Beach, FranceThe American plan was that following the air and naval bombardment, the 8th Regiment would land first, followed by Duplex Drive (DD) tanks. Utah was divided into a northern beach 'Tare' and a southern beach 'Uncle'. When Brigadier General Theodore … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Operation SpringScenario#: 3703 Date: 7/25/1944 Location: Tilly-la-Campagne, FranceOperation Spring called for the 2nd and 3rd Canadian Divisions supported by the 7th Guards Armored Division to make a deliberate attack in the direction of Falaise. The first phase of the plan was the capture of May-sur-Orne, Verrières Ridge … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Gallabat-MetemmaScenario#: 3704 Date: 11/6/1940 Location: Metemma, EthiopiaGallabat-Metemma was Britain's first land offensive of the East Africa campaign. On November 6th, 1940, Brigadier J.W. Slim led the British assault. Under his command were the 10th Indian Infantry Brigade, 12 tanks from the 4th Royal Tank Regiment… Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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TunisiaScenario#: 3707 Date: 12/1/1942 Location: Tebourba, TunisiaOn November 29th and 30th it was tough going for the still largely green Allied Combat Command. The Allies had launched two unsuccessful attacks to take the town of Djedeida and clear a path for the march on Tunis. Then … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |