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Scenario#: 34     Date: 8 Sept 1781     Location: Yorktown, Virginia

The Allies skillfully built a network of trenches with little or no counter action by the British. At this point in the campaign Cornwallis had little choice. His casualty list was augmented daily by men sick with fever or other …

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Scenario#: 57     Date: May 5-6, 1864     Location: Spotsylvania County, Virginia

The Battle of the Wilderness was the first battle of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against Gen. Robert E. Lee. Grant attempted to move through the dense underbrush of the Wilderness, but Lee launched two of …

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Scenario#: 9     Date: 28 Oct 1776     Location: White Plains, New York

After Washington abandoned New York City, he deployed his army in a strong defensive line 20 miles north of the city near the village of White Plains. His strategy was to force the British to attack him in well prepared …

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Scenario#: 29     Date: 6 March 1781     Location: Guilford County, North Carolina

In the spring of 1781 Cornwallis had an opportunity to corner and destroy a major portion of Green's army when the Americans divided their forces for subsisting purposes. He sent Tarleton’s dragoons in a rapid march and followed with his …

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Scenario#: 40     Date: 3 Dec 1944     Location: St Hippolyte, France

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 Sgt Ellis R Weicht, who advancing down the winding streets overcame two machinegun nests and …

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Scenario#: 2     Date: 1815/06/18     Location: Wavre, Belgium

The Battle of Wavre was the final major military action of the Hundred Days campaign and the Napoleonic Wars. It was fought on 18–19 June 1815 between the Prussian rearguard, consisting of the Prussian III Corps under the command of …

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Scenario#: 4     Date: 1815/06/18     Location: Waterloo, Belgium

The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in Belgium, part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands at the time. A French army under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of …

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Scenario#: 24     Date: 9 Oct 1941     Location: Vyazma, Russia

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 move - this one would end west of the Russian capital. The division attacked …

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Scenario#: FW04     Date: September 30, 1745     Location: Soor, Hajnice, Bohemia

Charles, in a move of surprising boldness, marched on Frederick’s camp in Bohemia. He occupied the hills that Frederick, in a lapse of judgment, had failed to fortify. Frederick was undeterred. He formed his forces in columns and lunged at …

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Scenario#: 25     Date: 29 Nov 1941     Location: Alabuschevo, Russia

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 the city of Noginsk, east of the capital. Kampfgruppe Fricke, including …

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Scenario#: 10     Date: 26 Dec 1776     Location: Trenton, New Jersey

On December 26th Washington’s men crossed the Delaware in a snow storm and marched to Trenton, leaving traces of blood on the snow where some men marched without shoes. Good luck favored the Americans as they were undetected until on …

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Scenario#: 36     Date: 15 Dec 1943     Location: San Pietro, Italy

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. The Germans turned the town into a strongpoint, defended by the second Battalion …

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Scenario#: 16     Date: 25 Dec 1944     Location: Champs, Belgium

After the reply of “Nuts!” to the surrender ultimatum on the 23rd, the promised, massive artillery bombardment and assault never materialized. However, this did not mean the Germans were done. Starting early in the morning on Christmas, a German…

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Scenario#: 43     Date: 13 March 1945     Location: Haguenau, Germany

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 but an obstacle to American vehicles. The small four-house bridgehead was expanded on the 13th …

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Scenario#: E5     Date: 12 Jan 1943     Location: Leningrad, Russia

Throughout the winter of '42-’43, the Soviets launched repeated attacks to relieve the siege of Leningrad. The hard-pressed Germans rebuffed one attack after another, but in so doing their lines became progressively thinner. Finally the Germans had…

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Scenario#: 39     Date: 8 July 1758     Location: Ticonderoga, New York

By the summer of 1758 the British had put together the largest army seen on the continent to that time: over 17,000 men. In command was General Abercromby, whose orders were to take Fort Carillon (Ticonderoga). To defend Fort Carillon …

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Scenario#: 10     Date: 5 Oct 1944     Location: Oosterbeek, Holland

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 of Montgomery, they were eating British rations (bully beef, oxtail soup, daily rum ration) and …

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Scenario#: E3     Date: 7 June 1944     Location: Sainte Mere Eglise, France

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, strategically important by virtue of being the meeting point of six roads. The town was …

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Scenario#: HC06     Date: April 16, 1756     Location: Culloden, Scotland

Through the winter Cumberland massed an army at Aberdeen, and then marched on Inverness. Charlie chose to meet them head on. After Murray failed to carry out a night attack the British marched on the Jacobite encampment at Culloden Moor. …

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Scenario#: 26     Date: 1 July 1942     Location: Volovo, Russia

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 Voronezh, which would then enable the Germans to drive southward …

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Scenario#: 19     Date: 23 June 1941     Location: Radekhov, Russia

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 had tasted only victory. As they trained near the Soviet border, few believed the official …

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Scenario#: 20     Date: 25 June 1941     Location: Dubno, Russia

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 point). In some ways, it was the "first Kursk". This week long battle, …

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Scenario#: 4     Date: 13 June 1944     Location: Carentan, France

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 506th moved out from Carentan, they ran into them at dusk. Both sides settled …

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Scenario#: 29     Date: 28 Feb 1943     Location: Barvenkovo, Russia

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 shattered the Hungarian 2nd Army and the German 2nd Army. The Germans were left over-extended …

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Scenario#: 21     Date: 27 June 1941     Location: Dubno, Russia

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, "If you take Dubno by evening, you'll get a medal. If you don't, you'll be …

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Scenario#: 22     Date: 16 July 1779     Location: Stony Point, New York

The Battle of Stony Point took place on July 16, 1779. In a well planned and executed nighttime attack, Continental Army troops under the command of General “Mad Anthony” Wayne conducted a quick and daring assault on the British outpost …

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Scenario#: 27     Date: 6 July 1942     Location: Krasnaya Polyana, Russia

As the Germans were advancing, the Russians quickly started shifting reinforcements from other areas of the front. Their counterstroke to the German offensive began on July 6th, with both the 67th and 87th Tank Brigades (about 120 tanks) hitting the…

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Scenario#: 43     Date: 28 April 1760     Location: Quebec, Canada

The French mustered their forces to retake Quebec after its fall. They had a sizeable army assembled for the counter attack and drew up outside of Quebec near Ste-Foy under general Levis. The British under Murray were greatly outnumbered …

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Scenario#: 30     Date: 5 July 1943     Location: Butowo, Russia

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 the Backhand Blow. Hitler, however, preferred to wait for the arrival of the new …

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Scenario#: 18     Date: 20 Sept 1944     Location: Son, Holland

After the initial German attack against the Bailey bridge, the Americans sensed the dangerousness of their position and later that night rushed elements of the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment to reinforce this critical choke point. They along with…

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Scenario#: 2     Date: 6 June 1944     Location: Poupperville, France

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 daybreak only about 40 men of the entire 600 man battalion had been assembled. …

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Scenario#: HC01     Date: July 27, 1689     Location: Killiecrankie, Scotland

Scottish loyalty to William III was not absolute. In the highlands James II had many supporters, and in 1689 they rose in rebellion. They were called Jacobites, and they fought for James II mostly because the powerful and unpopular Campbell …

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Scenario#: 44     Date: 20 March 1945     Location: Wissembourg, Germany

The 36th finally entered Germany between Wissembourg and Altenstadt, but were now coming under fire from the fortified belt of the ‘Siegfried Line’. On the 20th of March, just five days after the initial move at Haguenau, the 141st Regiment …

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Scenario#: E7     Date: 26 Aug 1944     Location: Condillac, France

After consolidating the landing areas around Frejus and St Raphael, the 141st regiment sped northwest in the wake of Task Force Butler . Their goal was to cut off the Nineteenth Army, who were retreating up the Rhone Valley. The …

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Scenario#: 49     Date: April 6-7, 1862     Location: Shiloh, Tennessee

The Confederates under General Albert Sidney Johnson attacked the Union army under General Grant before it could join the Union army under General Buell. Grant’s army was encamped along the Tennessee River near Shiloh Church and Pittsburg Landing.…

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Scenario#: 48     Date: 23 Dec 1944     Location: Regne, Belgium

Stunned by the sudden German offensive into Belgium and Luxembourg, US forces hurriedly threw together a hasty defensive line to slow the German advance. Ordered from its base in France, the US 82nd Airborne Division moved out the next day …

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Scenario#: FW01     Date: April 14, 1741     Location: Mollwitz, Silesia

The young Frederick II touched off the War of the Austrian Succession on December 16, 1740 with his invasion of Silesia. However, Maria Theresa was determined to regain her lost province. She released Wilhelm von Neipperg from prison and gave …

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Scenario#: 24     Date: 9 Oct 1779     Location: Savannah, Georgia

General Benjamin Lincoln, commanding, knew that he could not recapture Savannah without assistance from the French. French General d’Estaing sailed for Georgia with twenty-five ships of the line and 4000 French troops. Lincoln and the French…

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Scenario#: HC03     Date: June 10, 1719     Location: Glen Shiel, Scotland

Following the War of the Spanish Succession, Britain and France became allies. As a result, the Jacobites put their hopes on Spain. Phillip V wanted to return the kingdom to its former glory. The resulting War of the Quadruple Alliance …

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Scenario#: 9     Date: 26 Sept 1944     Location: Koevring, Holland

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 Nijmegen had been taken, the British Airborne troops holding the bridge at Arnhem had been …

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Scenario#: 17     Date: 19 Sept 1944     Location: Son, Holland

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 the C/506 on the north side of the canal and a platoon …

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Scenario#: 13     Date: 1812/10/13     Location: Queenston, Upper Canada

The Battle of Queenston Heights was the first major battle in the War of 1812. Resulting in a British victory, it took place on 13 October 1812…

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Scenario#: 42     Date: 13 Sept 1759     Location: Quebec, Canada

On the night of 13 September, Wolfe sent a diversionary force in boats far above the city while naval forces demonstrated below Quebec as Wolfe successfully led his main assault force up the cliffs along a narrow path. As morning …

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Scenario#: 40     Date: 31 July 1759     Location: Quebec, Canada

On 31 July, the first serious attempt by Wolfe’s troops to land on the northern shore led to the Battle of Montmorency. Approximately 3,500 troops, attempted to land, but came under heavy fire; Wolfe pulled his troops back after taking …

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Scenario#: 4     Date: 31 Dec 1775     Location: Quebec, Canada

Concerned that expiring enlistments would reduce his force, Montgomery decided to attack on the 31st of December in a blinding snowstorm to conceal his army's movements. The plan was for separate forces led by Montgomery and Arnold to converge in …

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Scenario#: 3     Date: 1815/06/16     Location: Quatre Bras, Belgium

The Battle of Quatre Bras was fought on 16 June 1815, as a preliminary engagement to the decisive Battle of Waterloo that occurred two days later. The battle took place near the strategic crossroads of Quatre Bras and was contested …

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Scenario#: FW08     Date: August 15, 1760     Location: Liegnitz, Prussian Silesia

The defeats at Hochkirk and Kunersdorf had shattered Prussian morale and it appeared only a matter of time before either Russia or Austria dealt the crippling blow. At Liegnitz, Daun and Lacy tried to do just that. They had Ernst …

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Scenario#: 11     Date: 3 Jan 1777     Location: Princeton, New Jersey

Following the surprise success of General Washington’s attack at Trenton British General Howe sent a large force to deal with Washington once and for all. However, Washington was on the move himself slipping by the British converging forces by…

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Scenario#: 23     Date: 19 Aug 1779     Location: Paulus Hook, New Jersey

Paulus Hook was a lighting raid by the Americans against the British strong point across from New York City. The tactics used were going to be the same as used as Stony Point. A night attack with bayonets to quietly …

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Scenario#: 22     Date: 21 July 1941     Location: Uman, Russia

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 Company of the 15th Panzer Regiment had, on the 20th, intercepted and destroyed a …

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