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Blue BeachScenario#: E9 Date: 15 Aug 1944 Location: St Raphael, FranceAfter pursuing the retreating Germans as far up the Italian peninsula as Piombino, the 36th were withdrawn to prepare for a special mission. They were to lead the amphibious invasion of Southern France codenamed ’Operation Dragoon’, under their new… Band of Brothers — Extras |
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Hi-Wire JinxScenario#: E8 Date: 14 Sept 1943 Location: Altavilla, ItalyHill 424, overlooking the Salerno beachhead, was taken by the 36th but they were then forced to retreat by German counterattacks. The Allied forces made their stand along the La Cosa Creek between the Calore River and Altavilla. In the … Band of Brothers — Extras |
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Shooting Arrows at GhostsScenario#: E7 Date: 26 Aug 1944 Location: Condillac, FranceAfter 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 … Band of Brothers — Extras |
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Hitler Meets ChurchillScenario#: E6 Date: 12 July 1943 Location: Prokhorovka, RussiaThe 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 troops of Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler around Hill 252.2 prepared to advance on Prokhorovka … Band of Brothers — Extras |
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Tiger PawScenario#: E5 Date: 12 Jan 1943 Location: Leningrad, RussiaThroughout 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… Band of Brothers — Extras |
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Here They ComeScenario#: E4 Date: 17 March 1944 Location: Narva, RussiaDuring 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 River south of the city, creating two adjacent bridgeheads known to the Germans as … Band of Brothers — Extras |
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The Next DayScenario#: E3 Date: 7 June 1944 Location: Sainte Mere Eglise, FranceOn 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 … Band of Brothers — Extras |
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Cole's Metal of HonorScenario#: E2 Date: 11 June 1944 Location: Carentan, FranceLieutenant 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 last one being the Madeleine River, and became known to the troopers as ’Purple Heart … Band of Brothers — Extras |
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Beneath the Crumbling SpiresScenario#: E14 Date: 6 March 1945 Location: Cologne, GermanyAs the 3rd Armored Division advanced into the bomb shattered ruins of Cologne, a famous engagement took place near Cologne Cathedral with a lone Panther from the Feldherrnhalle Division, which was possibly the only German tank still west of the … Band of Brothers — Extras |
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A trip to the Russian DentistScenario#: E13 Date: 12 July 1941 Location: Vitebsk, RussiaAs 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 village of Ulla. It was at this action that future Tiger ace Otto Carius … Band of Brothers — Extras |
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Ferdinand's FollyScenario#: E12 Date: 7 July 1943 Location: Ponyri, RussiaOperation Zitadelle’s northern pincer ground to a halt in a series of pitched battles around the seemingly insignificant settlement of Ponyri. Having finally penetrated the second defense belt of the Russian defenses at great cost, the 86th… Band of Brothers — Extras |
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House to HouseScenario#: E11 Date: 6 Oct 1942 Location: Stalingrad, RussiaAfter weeks of intense fighting in Stalingrad, the 6th Army had nearly taken the key Dzerhezinsky Tractor Works. But the German first line troops were spent after a week of bitter combat. The Russian commanders chose this moment to hurl … Band of Brothers — Extras |
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Oklahoma WildcatScenario#: E10 Date: 21 Jan 1945 Location: Kurtzenhausen, GermanyIn January the Germans launched a counter-offensive from the Gambsheim-Herrlisheim pocket, aimed at retaking Strasbourg. As they broke through the infantry screen of the 2nd Battalion of the 143rd regiment in woods in front of Kurtzenhausen and into… Band of Brothers — Extras |
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Holy GroundScenario#: E1 Date: 6 June 1944 Location: Angoville, Franceln the confusion after the initial drop, small engagements developed everywhere. One such involved the 326th Airborne Engineers and the 2nd Battalion of the 101st, in the small town of Angoville and the surrounding hedgerows. It started when a… Band of Brothers — Extras |