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Scenario#: 33     Date: 27-Dec-44     Location: Bastogne, Belgium

The 101st Airborne was isolated, surviving by desperation and courage alone. But even the best troops cannot fight without ammunition, and by Christmas day supplies of all types were dwindling. A desperate plan to attempt resupply of the pocket was …

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Scenario#: 43     Date: 4-Nov-44     Location: Kommerscheidt, Germany

By October, 1944 the American Army had ripped two large holes in the Siegfried Line at Aachen and Roetgen . The next step called for a limited flanking operation in the Huertgen Forest. The 28th Division was ordered to carry …

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Scenario#: 42     Date: 24-Mar-45     Location: Speldrop, Germany

During the night of March 23rd, the Allied 21st Army Group began the long awaited Rhine crossing. The first division to cross was the British 51 st Highland Division mounted in Buffaloes of the 4th Royal Tanks and Northamptonshire Yeomanry …

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Scenario#: 34     Date: 20-Sep-44     Location: Nijmegen, Netherlands

Operation Market Garden was to be characterized by intense fighting for the control of a number of vital bridges. Each was a vital link in the chain leading to Arnhem. The road bridge across the Waal River in Nijmegen was …

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Scenario#: 47     Date: 30-Mar-45     Location: Ruhr, Germany

As the 12th Army wheeled its way north under overcast skies to join the 9th Army in encircling the Ruhr, they drew upon the 3rd Armored Division to lead the way. A task force built around a medium tank battalion …

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Scenario#: 45     Date: 7-Jun-44     Location: St Come-du-Mont, France

After their initial drop into the bocage behind the invasion beaches, the 2nd Battalion of the 501st Parachute Regiment discovered that their regimental objective of St Come-du-Mont would not fall as easily as expected. The village was defended by a…

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Scenario#: 37     Date: 21-Sep-44     Location: Nijmegen, Netherlands

Following a costly assault boat crossing of the Waal River, the 504th Parachute Regiment had finally captured the Nijmegen bridge intact. Over this span would push the British Guards Armored Division toward the planned link with the embattled British…

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Scenario#: 46     Date: 24-Mar-45     Location: Hamminkeln, Germany

The airborne phase of the Allies' Northern Rhine crossing was to be the last airborne assault of the war. Artillery units and fighter-bombers pounded the German gun positions in the vicinity of the drop zones so severely that the first …

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Scenario#: 44     Date: 7-Jul-44     Location: Vire et Taute Canal, France

The Germans had frustrated the Allied attempt to breakout of the Normandy peninsula, and Eisenhower now tried shifting pressure from the British sector in the east to the Americans on the west. One location where a breakthrough was to be …

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Scenario#: 41     Date: 11-Jul-43     Location: Biazzo Ridge, Sicily

In the early morning hours of July 10th, Colonel James Gavin and the SOS the Parachute Regiment were scattered over much of southern Sicily. Gavin landed 20 miles east of the selected drop zone, while most of his regiment came …

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Scenario#: 39     Date: 10-Dec-42     Location: Bordj Toum Station, Tunisia

As the Allies paused to gather their breath and resources for their attack on Tunis, the Germans struck first. The Fifth Panzer Army in an effort to expand its position around Tunis, sent the 86th Panzer Grenadier Regiment supported by …

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Scenario#: 40     Date: 10-Sep-44     Location: Dornot, Germany

With its series of forts and prepared positions, the area around the historic Lorraine city of Metz was to become known as "Fortress Metz" to the U.S. forces fighting in Europe. The first test in the long campaign which was …

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Scenario#: 38     Date: 11-Feb-44     Location: Aprilia Settlement, Italy

As the initial expansion of the Allied beachhead at Anzio drew to a halt, the inevitable German counterattacks began. The main attacks concentrated on the Albano-Anzio highway around the village of Carroceto and the Aprilia farm settlement known to…

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Scenario#: 35     Date: 10-Nov-42     Location: Port-Lyautey, Morocco

The first phase of Operation Torch included amphibious landings along the Atlantic coast. Many of the primary objectives included the securing of French airdromes in these areas for use in the second phase: the advance into Tunisia. One such field …

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Scenario#: 36     Date: 16-Dec-44     Location: Schnee Eifel, Germany

As the German Ardennes offensive got underway, the 62nd Yolks Grenadier Division opened its attack by hurling two regiments against the 424th Infantry in an attempt to breakthrough at Winterspelt. The most serious threat developed at the Weissenhof…

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