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Wake Island Scenario#: 1599 Date: 12/23/1941 Location: Wake Island, Pacific A coral atoll lost in the vast expanse of the North Pacific, Wake Island was home to "PAAville", a small stop-over on Pan American Airways' U.S.-China route during the 1930s. In the military build-up to the war, the US Navy … Memoir '44 — Pacific Theater
Wake Island Scenario#: 3725 Date: 12/23/1941 Location: Wake Island, Pacific A coral atoll lost in the vast expanse of the North Pacific, Wake Island was home to "PAAville", a small stopover on Pan American Airways' U.S.-China route during the 1930s. In the military build-up to the war, the US Navy … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Landing on Wake Island Scenario#: 23318 Date: December 23, 1941 Location: Wake Island, Pacific On December 11th, 1941, the Japanese attempted to capture Wake Island but failed and two of their destroyers were sunk. They launched another attack during the night of December 23rd when troops of Special Naval Landing Force landed in the … Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios
Kampar Scenario#: 6046 Date: 12/30/1941 Location: Kampar, Malaysia The battered and desperately understrength remnants of the 11th Indian Infantry Division withdrew from Gurun to take up positions in the Kampar area under their new commander, General Archibald Paris. They dug-in between the jungle around the Sungai… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Dorogobuzh Scenario#: 4836 Date: January 8, 1942 Location: Vyazma, Russia In January 1942, the German offensive on the doorstep of Moscow failed. With the help of “General Winter”, Russian forces counter-attacked en masse. German troops lost ground and took refuge in villages and towns. In the wooded area of Viazma, … Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios
Mabatang Scenario#: 3468 Date: 1/11/1942 Location: Mabatang, Phillipines The first major battle of the "Fighting Retreat" occurred south of Calaguiman River. Supported by artillery, the 57th Infantry, set up a line of defense extending from Manila Bay through Mabatang across open ground. The Japanese 65th Brigade and 9th… Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules
Mabatang Scenario#: 3735 Date: 1/11/1942 Location: Mabatang, Phillipines The first major battle of the "Fighting Retreat" occurred south of Calaguiman River. Supported by artillery, the 57th Infantry, set up a line of defense extending from Manila Bay through Mabatang across open ground. The Japanese 65th Brigade and 9th… Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Manado Landings Scenario#: 4683 Date: 1/11/1942 Location: Manado, Indonesia Minahasa peninsula, somewhere on the northern part of Celebes, Dutch East Indies - The Japanese offensive is in full swing. Taking advantage of the night, Sasebo combined landing force sets foot on the beach at Kema and Manado. The Dutch … Memoir '44 — Breakthrough
Gemencheh Bridge Scenario#: 6049 Date: 1/14/1942 Location: Gemas, Malaysia The 8th Australian Division's commander, Major-General Gordon Bennett, was given command of all forces in the west of Malaya (Westforce). Bennett brought 8th Australian Division with him to relieve the broken 11th Indian Division, and believed that… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Bakri Scenario#: 6084 Date: 1/16/1942 Location: Parit Jawa, Malaysia While the Japanese 5th Division was engaged in a fierce battle around Gemas to the east, the Konoe Imperial Guards Division under Lieutenant-General Nishimura attacked down the west coast of Malaya. Facing them were elements of the 8th Australian… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Gap at Antelat Scenario#: 5522 Date: 1/23/1942 Location: Saùnnu, Libya During the second battle for Cyrenaica, Rommel's AfrikaKorps attacks and soon manages to cut off the 1st British Armoured Division from its rear with the help from Kampfgruppe Marcks' advance toward Saunnu. But on January 23, Kampfgruppe Marcks… Memoir '44 — Open de France 2009
Rzhev Overlord Scenario#: 4669 Date: 1/26/1942 Location: Rzhev, Russia The Soviet counter-offensive in December 1941 sent the German Wehrmacht reeling back from the outskirts of Moscow. In a pincer move on the Northern front, near Rzhev, the Soviets bludgeoned their way through Ninth Army, leaving the Germans in… Memoir '44 — Online Only
Rzhev Scenario#: 4670 Date: 1/26/1942 Location: Rzhev, Russia The Soviet counter-offensive in December 1941 sent the German Wehrmacht reeling back from the outskirts of Moscow. In a pincer move on the Northern front near Rzhev, the Soviets bludgeoned their way through the Ninth Army, leaving the Germans in … Memoir '44 — Online Only
Singapore Scenario#: 6089 Date: 2/9/1942 Location: Singapore, Singapore With his troops' morale crumbling, and believing he faced 5 Japanese divisions and 300 tanks, Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival made the decision to withdraw to Singapore. General Bennett paid a final visit to his friend the Sultan of Johore and… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Landing at Dili Scenario#: 23692 Date: February 19-20 1942 Location: Timor Island During the nights of 19th and 20th of February 1942, units of the 228th Japanese regiment landed at Dili, on Timor island. Allied troops (Sparrow Force), were composed of both Australian units entrenched at Dili airfield and scattered on the … Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios
Payagyi Burma Scenario#: 19385 Date: 3/6/1942 Location: Payagyi, Burma The British army was falling back in front o f the Japanese assault in Burma, when reinforcements arrived from North Africa. The 7th Armoured Brigade was rushed forward to check the Japanese and the forces met in the broken ground … Memoir '44 — Battle Maps Series 2 - Through Jungle and Desert
Taukkyan Roadblock Scenario#: 19391 Date: 3/6/1942 Location: Rangoon, Burma Gen Harold Alexander ordered Rangoon evacuated, but to escape, the Japanese had to be convinced Rangoon would be heavily defended. The British 7th Armoured Brigade was therefore ordered to attack the Japanese at Pegu, which did convince the Japanese… Memoir '44 — Battle Maps Series 2 - Through Jungle and Desert
Hlegu Burma Scenario#: 19392 Date: 3/6/1942 Location: Hlegu, Burma After the fight at Payagyi, the British column received word that General Alexander planned to evacuate Rangoon and the column was ordered to leave at once and join the rest of the brigade at Hlegu. The town was on fire, … Memoir '44 — Battle Maps Series 2 - Through Jungle and Desert
Hill 693 Scenario#: 16624 Date: March 24, 1942 Location: Volkhov, Russia After the Soviet 2nd Shock Army failed to break the siege of Leningrad during the Volkhov battle, German forces encircled them on March 19th, 1942. In a desperate bid to escape, the Soviet troops turned to attack the Axis units … Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios
US counter-attack at Bataan Scenario#: 23823 Date: April 7, 1942 Location: Mount Samat, Philippines On the Bataan Peninsula, the Japanese launched what would be the final offensive in April 1942. The 4th Japanee division captured Mount Samat and formed a salient in the Philippines lines. On April 7th, US General King ordered the 45th … Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios
Operation Trappenjagd Scenario#: 24416 Date: May 8-10, 1942 Location: Sevastopol, Crimea As part of the drive to relieve the besieged city of Tobruk, the 6th New Zealand Brigade and 8th Royal Tank Regiment assaulted a German position simply known as Point 175. Overconfident by recent success against Italian forces, they were … Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios
Italian Diversion at Gazala Scenario#: 4229 Date: 5/26/1942 Location: Gazala, Libya In late 1941, the Eighth Army drove the Axis out of Cyrenaica but British lines got so stretched that, by January '42, Rommel was back on the offensive and pressing towards Tobruk. Concentrating their forces near Gazala, the British : … Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack Bonus
Flanking Maneuver at Bir Hakeim Scenario#: 4230 Date: 5/27/1942 Location: Bir Hakeim, Libya Following on the success of Operation Crusader, the British Eighth Army had driven Rommel's forces out of Cyrenaica before over-stretching its own supply lines again. Eighth Army had then settled along the "Gazala line" in the desert, west of Tobruk,… Memoir '44 — Mediterranean Theater
Panzers versus Grants Scenario#: 4231 Date: 5/27/1942 Location: Gazala, Libya The same day as the battle at Bir Hakeim, further on the right, 15th Panzer engaged the rest of the 7th Armoured Division. After sweeping over the 7th Motorized Brigade, the Panzers ran into heavy Resistance from the Grants of … Memoir '44 — Mediterranean Theater
1st Armoured to the rescue Scenario#: 4232 Date: 5/27/1942 Location: Gazala, Libya By late morning, his left flank overrun by the coordinated mass of German Panzers, General Neil Ritchie, commander of the Eighth Army, ordered two armored brigades of Norrie's 1st Armoured Division south to the rescue. Moving in column, the 22nd … Memoir '44 — Mediterranean Theater
Rommel's Right Hook Scenario#: 4240 Date: 5/27/1942 Location: Gazala, Libya During the battle of Gazala, Rommel sent his 90th Light Division toward El Adem, far to the British rear. If successful, the move would put the British onto the defensive and help protect Rommel's exposed right flank. The Light division … Memoir '44 — Battle Maps Series 1 - Disaster at Dieppe
Division Sabratha attack Scenario#: 19099 Date: 5/29/1942 Location: The Cauldron, Libya While German panzers were trapped in the "Cauldron", Rommel asked General Crüewell to attack along the coast with the Italian infantry divisions in order to harass the British army or to break the Gazala line. The Italian division Sabratha attacked … Memoir '44 — New Flight Plan
Into the Cauldron Scenario#: 4237 Date: 6/5/1942 Location: Sidi Muftah, Libya Despite their success against the British 7th Armoured, the Panzer divisions had lost their momentum. Rommel's Afrikakorps was now trapped in a region known as "the Cauldron;" with Bir Hakeim to the south and Tobruk to the north still firmly … Memoir '44 — Mediterranean Theater
Bir Hakeim Scenario#: 8303 Date: June 10. 1942 Location: Bir Hakeim, Libya On the 10th of June 1942, knowing that holding Bir Hakeim was no longer essential for the continuation of the battle, French general Koenig decided to break through the encirclement and escape to the British lines with all the 1st … Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios
Knightsbridge Scenario#: 1346 Date: 6/12/1942 Location: Knightsbridge, Libya The Battle of Gazala was a series of clashes between Rommel and the British in the late spring of 1942 near the Libyan coast. The brilliant, but risky maneuvers by the 'Desert Fox' in late May and early June were … Memoir '44 — Terrain Pack
Knightsbridge Scenario#: 3711 Date: 6/12/1942 Location: Knightsbridge, Libya The Battle of Gazala was a series of clashes between Rommel and the British in the late spring of 1942 near the Libyan coast. The brilliant, but risky maneuvers by the "Desert Fox" in late May and early June were … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Escape via the Coastal Road Scenario#: 4241 Date: 6/14/1942 Location: El Adem, Libya Building up their forces through the now opened supply lines, Rommel's Afrikakorps eventually broke out of the cauldron, seizing Bir Hakeim but only capturing about 500 wounded Frenchmen . On June 13 "Black Sunday", 21st Panzer shreds the 22nd… Memoir '44 — Mediterranean Theater
Gambut Scenario#: 20366 Date: 6/17/1942 Location: Gambut, Libya Before the attack of Tobruk, Rommel decided to capture the airfields around Gambut in order to annihilate the RAF and to protect the "Stukas" which were necessary for the air support of the attack. At the same time, on the … Memoir '44 — New Flight Plan
The Capture of Tobruk Scenario#: 5460 Date: 6/20/1942 Location: Tobruk, Libya After smashing British defenses at Gazala, Rommel pushed his Afrika Korps towards Tobruk. Having successfully withstood a 9-months siege the previous year, the city was left to the protection of the 2nd South African Division's General Klopper. The… Memoir '44 — Battle Maps Series 1 - Disaster at Dieppe
The Fall of Tobruk Scenario#: 20388 Date: 6/20/1942 Location: Tobruk, Libya On June 20, Rommel launched the final attack against Tobruk, using the same plan as the year before. After heavy bombing and an artillery barrage, the assault was launched at 0630. In the attack sector of the 21.Panzer Division, the … Memoir '44 — New Flight Plan Bonus
Deir el Shein - Act 1 Scenario#: 5866 Date: 7/1/1942 Location: Rouweizat Ridge, Egypt After the battle of Mersa Matrouh, Rommel led his troops back to Alexandria. They arrived at El Alamein June 29, exhausted. Without waiting for all its units to regroup, Rommel launches his Afrika Korps into an attack on the center … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2010
Operation Seydlitz Scenario#: 1408 Date: 7/2/1942 Location: Kholm–Zhirkovsky, Russia Having survived the Soviet winter offensive, the Germans set about eradicating enemy forces far in their rear. Assembling a formidable collection of Infantry, Armor and Mounted units near the River Luchesa, they opened the attack with an intense… Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack
Voronezh Scenario#: 24171 Date: July 4-13, 1942 Location: Voronezh, Russia At the beginning of Operation Fall Blau, the 4th Panzer Army of General Hoth advanced towards Voronezh to cross the Don River and then turn South to encircle Soviet troops west of the river. The capture of the city was … Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios
Tell el Eisa Scenario#: 17171 Date: 7/10/1942 Location: El Alamein, Egypt On the 30th of June 1942, the victorious but exhausted Axis units arrived in front of El Alamein, the last British line before Alexandria. In order to weaken Rommel troops, General Auchinleck ordered to attack the Italian Infantry divisions. In … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2016
Ruweisat Ridge Scenario#: 20956 Date: 7/14/1942 Location: El Alamein, Egypt Operation Crusader, July 14th 1942: As the Axis forces dug in, Auchinleck planned to attack the Italian Pavia and Brescia Divisions in the centre of the front at the Ruweisat ridge. His policy "to hit the Italians wherever possible in … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2019
Battle of Kalatch Scenario#: 5783 Date: 7/23/1942 Location: Kalatch, Russia On July 23, 1942, General Paulus launches his plan to surround the loop of the Don river in a bid to ensnare the 62nd Soviet Army. The XIV Panzer Corps in the north, will form the left wing of these … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2010
Yellow Beach Scenario#: 1327 Date: 8/19/1942 Location: Dieppe, France The 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 — Online - No Air Rules
Yellow Beach Scenario#: 3688 Date: 8/19/1942 Location: Dieppe, France The 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
Disaster at Dieppe Scenario#: 5470 Date: 8/19/1942 Location: Dieppe, France A raid on the German-occupied coastal town of Dieppe, Operation Jubilee was intended to demonstrate the Allies capacity to seize and hold a major port for a short while. The Canadians sent in just couldn't imagine how short their stay … Memoir '44 — Battle Maps Series 1 - Disaster at Dieppe
Tenaru Scenario#: 3464 Date: 8/20/1942 Location: Alligator Creek, Guadalcanal During the night of August 20-21, Marine scouts on the east bank of Alligator Creek detected the movement of a large body of Japanese troops. Col. Kiyonao Ichiki ordered his infantry troops forward, using "human wave tactics" but the 2nd … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Tenaru Scenario#: 3736 Date: 8/21/1942 Location: Alligator Creek, Guadalcanal During the night of August 20-21, Marine scouts on the east bank of Alligator Creek detected the movement of a large body of Japanese troops. Col. Kiyonao Ichiki ordered his infantry troops forward, using "human wave" tactics, but the 2nd … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Strong defense at Vinovka Scenario#: 24282 Date: 08/23/1942 Location: Vinovka, Russia On the 23rd of August 1942, the 16.Panzer-Division, head of the XIV.Panzer-Korps, crossed the Don River and advanced toward the Volga River until they reached Rynok, north of Stalingrad, that evening. General Hube, commander of the division, received… Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios
Cavalry Charge at Chebotarevsky Scenario#: 10903 Date: 8/24/1942 Location: Chebotarevsky, Russia In the clash between Soviet and German forces during the summer of 1942, the Italian Cavalry Regiments of Colonel Bettoni were tasked with defending the Don River. On August 20, the Soviets attacked; their initial assault on the left flank … Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack Bonus
Six Days Run Scenario#: 4769 Date: 8/30/1942 Location: Alam el Halfa, Egypt El Alamein, mid-August 1942 ? With British reinforcements on the way, Rommel knows waiting is no longer an option. His plan is to concentrate his entire mobile forces on the southern flank of the enemy, between Qaret el Abd and … Memoir '44 — Online Only
Battle of Alam el Halfa Scenario#: 6370 Date: 8/30/1942 Location: Alam el Halfa, Egypt The battle of Alam el Halfa might be Rommel's last shot at defeating the British Eighth Army and taking Egypt; his Afrika Corps numerical superiority was slowing dwindling away and would soon be outnumbered by the Allies. With waiting no … Memoir '44 — Breakthrough