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Brécourt Manor Scenario#: Comp14     Date: 1944-06-06     Location: Normandy, France After being dropped far from their designated DZ, Lt. Winters and a number of Easy men finally found their way to the battalion rally point at Le Grand Chemin, about three miles west of Utah Beach. There, Lt. Col. Strayer … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 1
Colleville Scenario#: Comp15     Date: 1944-06-06     Location: Colleville, France The landings at Omaha Beach had not gone as well as General Eisenhower had intended. In fact, he considered diverting foUow-on forces to Utah Beach, but slowly the German defenses crumbled. As the fire from across the beach abated, Americans … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 1
Birds of Prey Scenario#: Comp16     Date: 1944-06-11     Location: Carentan, France The Americans were ashore to stay. The problem was that someone had forgotten to tell the Germans, especially the German paratroopers, the Fallschirmjagers. They held tight to Carentan, patrolling the area to keep the Americans from tightening their… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 1
The Fall of Carentan: Hill 30 Scenario#: Comp17     Date: 1944-06-12     Location: Sw Of Carentan, France As the morning of June 12th lightened, the Allied pincer of Carentan reached almost full encirclement. Most of the town’s German defenders managed to get out the night before the encirclement to the south was complete; however, a suppressive force … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 1
Battle of Bloody Gulch Scenario#: Comp18     Date: 1944-06-13     Location: S Of Carentan, France Following Allied action near Hill 30 by the 101st Airborne, heralding the fall of Carentan on June 12th, 1944 (D-Day + 6), surviving German defenders from the 6th Fallschirnijager Regiment had withdrawn and resupplied, and were reinforced by elements… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 1
Hill 95 Scenario#: Comp19     Date: 1944-07-04     Location: Near La-haye-du-puits, France As the Allied invasion of Normandy pushed to seize Cherbourg, to replace the lost Mulberry harbor at Omaha Beach due to the worst storm seen in 50 years in the English Channel, the 82nd Airborne were situated in the Bois … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 1
Under the Claw Scenario#: Comp20     Date: 1944-09-19     Location: Near Arracourt, France In an effort to halt General Patton's Third Army as it charged across France, the German 5th Panzer Army, under the command of General Hasso von Manteuffel, launched a counteroffensive near Arracourt, in the Lorraine. Combat Command Alpha (CCA) of … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 1
Dark Days Scenario#: Comp21     Date: 1944-12-16     Location: Ardennes, Belgium The beginning of the German 's Ardennes Offensíve. In the center of the German lines, the 26th Volksgrenadier and Panzer Lehr Divisions thrust toward the critical road function of Bastogne along the inadequate, rural road system of Belgium. The 26th… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 1
Kellam's Bridge Scenario#: Comp13     Date: 1944-06-06     Location: La Fière, France Counterattacking from the west, a German armored column, including refitted captured French tanks, managed to cross Cauquigny after losing a few vehicles and men to Lieutenant Levy's patrol. It advanced on the causeway toward the bridge over the… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 1
Battles of Firebases Coral and Balmoral Part 1 Scenario#: Comp2     Date: 05/15/1968     Location: North of Tân Uyên, South Vietnam Three months after the Tet Offensive, Australian forces moved to establish a Fire Support Base in Area of Operations Surfers (AO Surfers), in support of patrols to locate and destroy NVA units retreating through the area. Over a period of … Lock 'n Load: Tactical — Compendium 2
Battles of Firebases Coral and Balmoral Part 2 Scenario#: Comp2     Date: 05/17/1968     Location: North of Tân Uyên, South Vietnam After the initial assaults on FSPB Coral, the Australian forces commenced an aggressive patrolling regime with combined infantry and armored forces. These patrols would often spring NVA and VC forces preparing for an attack in their bunker and tunnel… Lock 'n Load: Tactical — Compendium 2
The Road to Astrachan Scenario#: Comp03     Date: 1942-09-13     Location: Elista, Russia Hitler's Army Group A had driven deep into the southern steppes of Russia. So far and so fast, in fact, that maps were of limited use and intelligence of the opposition even less. The Germans decided to equip a long range reconnaissance force to… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 3
In the Ghetto Scenario#: Comp04     Date: 1943-04-19     Location: Warsaw, Poland Members of various resistance groups had been resisting Nazi efforts to clear the ghetto of its interred inhabitants since January of 1943. In April, SS commander Jurgen Stroop launched a full scale assault on the starving tenants. Under the… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 3
Devils In Baggy Pants Scenario#: Comp05     Date: 1944-02-05     Location: Aprilia, Italy American parachutists, devils in baggy pants, are less than 100 meters from my outpost line. I can't sleep at night; they pop up from nowhere and we never know when or how they will strike next. Seems like the black-headed devils are everywhere . .… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 3
Cassino Royale Scenario#: Comp06     Date: 1944-03-01     Location: Cassino, Italy One of the bloodiest battles of the Second World War, this operation was a series of four battles, fought by multiple divisions, for the Gustav Line and Rome beyond. Perhaps the indelible image of the battles was the struggle for Cassino and the… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 3
Operation Nightwind Scenario#: Comp07     Date: 1944-05-01     Location: Ngesebus Island, Carolina Islands The Battle of Peleliu is in the pipeline; threatening the Allies plans is the island of Ngesehus. Reconnaissance indicate the Japanese are constructing a small auxiliary airfield on the island, to work in concert with the main airfield on the… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 3
Bloody Crossroad Scenario#: Comp08     Date: 1944-06-07     Location: W Of Ste Mere L'eglise, France On D-Day+ 1, the 82nd Airborne Division attempted to secure the Sainte-Mére-Eglíse zone by establishing roadblocks and patrolling the surrounding area. Simultaneously, the Germans prepared counterattacks. Here elements of the German 1058th Infanterie… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 3
Hedgerow Hell Scenario#: Comp09     Date: 1944-07-15     Location: Haut-vent, France Over a month had passed since D-Day and there had not been a breakout from Normandy and its bocage-ridden fields. A key town in attempting a break out was St. Lo. Although military intelligence failed in identifying the defensive qualities of the… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 3
Big War in a Pocket Scenario#: Comp10     Date: 1944-08-16     Location: Le Muy, France The landing near the Nartuby River went fine for the men of the 550th Glider infantry Battalion under the command of Lt Col. Edward I. Sachs. They were soon called to reinforce the British 2nd independent Parachute Brigade Group, which had just… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 3
An Apple Cart for Jerry Scenario#: Comp11     Date: 1944-09-19     Location: Wolfheze, Holland As they held onto one of the drop zones outside of the village of Wolfheze, British paras of the 7th King's Own Borderers had been fighting off constant German attacks. After the 4th Parachute Brigade made a successful landing, the Borderers were… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 3
The Brickyard 150 Scenario#: Comp12     Date: 1944-09-19     Location: Arnhem, Holland For the men of the British 1st Airborne Division, Murphy's Law had reigned supreme since the onset of Operation Market Garden. Repeated attempts to reinforce Major John Frost's position by the bridge had so far failed. At dawn of the third day of the… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 3
Undaunted Courage Scenario#: Comp13     Date: 1944-09-21     Location: Oosterhout, Holland On September 20th, the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment under the leadership of Major Julian Cook had conducted an amphibious crossing on the Waal River and secured the Nijmegen Bridge. This audacious operation had cost the 504th dearly, and they… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 3
Daybreaker Scenario#: Comp14     Date: 1944-12-10     Location: Gey, Germany Just before daybreak two companies from the American 83rd Infantry Division, supported by a platoon of tank destroyers, launched an assault on Gay, a key village on the northeastern edge of the Húñgen Forest. An artillery barrage prepped the village… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 3
Surrounded in Strass Scenario#: Comp15     Date: 1944-12-10     Location: Strass, Germany G Company from the 331st IR of the American 83rd ID, accompanied by a platoon of Shermans, thought they were headed through the supposedly cleared village of Strass to support the assault on Gey, to the north, on the northeast edge of the Húrtgen… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 3
Insanity At the Sanatorium Scenario#: Comp16     Date: 1944-12-20     Location: Stoumont, Belgium The Americans were slowly encirc/ing and cutting off supply to Kampfgruppe Peiper, an elite SS taskforce of the 1st SS Panzer Abteilung that had deeply penetrated the northern flank of the Bulge. One American objective was to block a Kampfgruppe… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 3
Teamwork Scenario#: Comp17     Date: 1944-12-23     Location: Monde-st.etienne, Belgium Faced with the extreme cold, limited supplies, and a lack of air support, the men of the 401st Glider infantry held on to the southern and western perimeters around Bastogne. On the 22th, the Americans captured a roadblock on the St. Hubert Highway:… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 3
Tip of the Speirs Scenario#: Comp18     Date: 1945-01-10     Location: Foy, Belgium There was no rest for the men of Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Exhausted by their defense of Bastogne, they were never the less tapped to counterattack the retreating Germans during the month of January 1945. Their officer… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 3
Pushing Back Scenario#: Comp19     Date: 1945-01-15     Location: Noville, Belgium Easy Company had been put in reserve after taking the town of Foy: the beginning of the Allies counteroffensive in the Ardennes. Now, they were tasked with taking the hotly contested town of Noville. On the 14th of January they began to move out.… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 3
One Last Blitz for Old Time's Sake Scenario#: Comp20     Date: 1945-02-09     Location: Kuestrin, Poland Marshall Zhukov's drive to Berlin had been very successful. By the end of January Russian forces were only 60 miles from the Nazi capitol. Units of the 1St Belorussian Front had bypassed German resistance within the fortress city of Kuestrin, and had… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 3
Fortress Breslau Scenario#: Comp21     Date: 1945-02-17     Location: Breslau, Poland Hitler ordered 80,000 German soldiers to stand their ground in the strategically vital, yet regally beautiful, city of Breslau. As Russian divisions encircled the ancient town, the Germans dug in. On February 16th, the Russians attacked the southern… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 3
Fallschirmjäger Requiem Scenario#: Comp22     Date: 1945-03-23     Location: Wesel, Germany As a prelude to Operation Varsity, British and Canadian commandos were tasked with launching an amphibious assault across the Rhine to take the town of Wesel. As the commandos were ferried across, the RAF and attached artillery units pounded the town… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 3
On Boys! On! On! Scenario#: Comp23     Date: 1935-12-25     Location: Selaclaca Amba, Ethiopia After drinking their last bottles of wine on Christmas Eve, the Spahys di Libya were awoken by the sounds of noise and shots coming from a large group of Ethiopian attackers. The Spahys di Libya had the advantage of occupying the high ground of the… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 3
Caricat! Charge! Scenario#: Comp24     Date: 1935-10-06     Location: Border Region Between Eritrea And Ethiopia After having crossed the frontier between Eritrea and Ethiopia three days earlier, the Saphys di Libya got their first sighting of the enemy. A couple of dozen poorly armed Skirmishers/Tribesmen occupied a small Amba roughly a kilometer away from the… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 3
Hare and Hounds with the Heins Scenario#: Comp25     Date: 1944-09-19     Location: Near Best, Holland Around the time of the battle for the little town of St. Oedenrode, the 101st Airborne, 3rd Battalion, 502nd PIR, sent patrols through the Zonsche Forest, trjdng to move toward the town of Best and its bridge. German resistance was tough in the… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 3
Operation Starlite - Hotel Company Scenario#: Comp4     Date: 08/18/1965     Location: Van Tuong Peninsula, South Vietnam In the first major clash of the Vietnam War, three battalions of Marines under Colonel Oscar Peatross fought the 1 Viet Cong Regiment under Nguyen Dinh Trong southeast of the new Marine Base at Chu Lai. Hotel Company, 2 Battalion, … Lock 'n Load: Tactical — Compendium 4
Front Porsche Scenario#: DJ01     Date: 07/09/1943     Location: Ponyri, Russia On the north side of the Kursk salient, General Model's Ninth Army pushed south. A key objective was the town of Ponyri, and there the fighting raged. The city was contested so fiercely that veterans named it the Stalingrad of … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43
Assault on Hill 252.2 Scenario#: DJ02     Date: 07/11/1943     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia On July 10, 1943, after a long and violent fight, Hill 241.1 had finally been taken. Farther to the east, some units from the Aufklarung Abteilung had reached the outskirts of the Oktiabrskii State Farm and reported that the Soviets … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43
Clear the Ditches Scenario#: DJ03     Date: 07/11/1943     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia At: 10:15 A.M. elements of the 1St SS Panzergrenadier Division LAH were ordered to advance and take the anti-tank ditches to the east of Hill 252.2. The attack was launched in an attempt to clear out the anti-tank ditches and … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43
Secure the Oktiabrskii State Farm Scenario#: DJ04     Date: 07/11/1943     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia Fierce fighting had been raging all morning, and by 1:00 p.m. the Soviet forces had taken up well-defended positions at the Oktiabrskii State Farm. The LAH needed to capture the farm to secure the left flank of its advance towards … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43
Road to Prokhorovka Scenario#: DJ05     Date: 07/12/1943     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia At 6:00 A.M. on the morning of July 12, the leading elements of the 1St SS Panzergrenadier Division LAH were gatheríng for an advance toward Prokhorovka. Meanwhile, remnants of the 26th Guards Airborne Regiment was preparing a last defense line … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43
Midday's Counterattack Scenario#: DJ06     Date: 07/12/1943     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia Just after 1:00 PM. on July 12th, the German 1st SS Panzergrenadier Division LAH was attacked from the east by a Soviet mixed infantry/tank force from the 29th Tank Corps, yet another attempt to halt the Nazi advance to Prokhorovka. … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43
Front Porsche Scenario#: DJ01     Date: 1943-07-09     Location: Ponyri, Russia On the north side of the Kursk salient, General Model's Ninth Army pushed south. A key objective was the town of Ponyri, and there the fighting raged. The city was contested so fiercely that veterans named it the Stalingrad of the Kursk salient. Not… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Dark July 43
Assault on Hill 252.2 Scenario#: DJ02     Date: 1943-07-11     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia On July 10, 1943, after a long and violent fight, Hill 241.1 had finally been taken. Farther to the east, some units from the Aufklarung Abteilung had reached the outskirts of the Oktiabrskii State Farm and reported that the Soviets had set up a… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Dark July 43
Clear the Ditches Scenario#: DJ03     Date: 1943-07-11     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia At: 10:15 A.M. elements of the 1St SS Panzergrenadier Division LAH were ordered to advance and take the anti-tank ditches to the east of Hill 252.2. The attack was launched in an attempt to clear out the anti-tank ditches and the surrounding area to… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Dark July 43
Secure the Oktiabrskii State Farm Scenario#: DJ04     Date: 1943-07-11     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia Fierce fighting had been raging all morning, and by 1:00 p.m. the Soviet forces had taken up well-defended positions at the Oktiabrskii State Farm. The LAH needed to capture the farm to secure the left flank of its advance towards Prokhorovka. The… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Dark July 43
Road to Prokhorovka Scenario#: DJ05     Date: 1943-07-12     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia At 6:00 A.M. on the morning of July 12, the leading elements of the 1St SS Panzergrenadier Division LAH were gatheríng for an advance toward Prokhorovka. Meanwhile, remnants of the 26th Guards Airborne Regiment was preparing a last defense line… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Dark July 43
Midday's Counterattack Scenario#: DJ06     Date: 1943-07-12     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia Just after 1:00 PM. on July 12th, the German 1st SS Panzergrenadier Division LAH was attacked from the east by a Soviet mixed infantry/tank force from the 29th Tank Corps, yet another attempt to halt the Nazi advance to Prokhorovka. … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Dark July 43
Ap Bac Scenario#: FH01     Date: 01/02/1963     Location: Ap Bac, South Vietnam The ARVN mistakenly believed that a reinforced Viet Cong company was holed up in the small village of Ap Bac, 65 kilometers southwest of Saigon. In reality, however, there was more than a battalion of Viet Cong in the vicinity … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Forgotten Heroes
Sky Soldiers Scenario#: FH02     Date: 11/03/1965     Location: Plei Me, South Vietnam On the morning of November 3rd, 1965, B Troop Rifles of the 1/9 responded to sightings of NVA soldiers southwest of the Plel Me special forces camp. After landing, the platoon proceeded north and overran the regimental headquarters and hospital … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Forgotten Heroes
Undeniable Courage Scenario#: FH03     Date: 11/14/1965     Location: East Of The Chu Pong Massif, South Vietnam Shortly after the landing at Landing Zone X-ray, Bravo Company of the 1/7 Cavalry became heavily engaged by NVA infantry to its front. The company commander, Lt Herren, ordered Lt. Herrick’s platoon to move up on the company’s right flank. … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Forgotten Heroes