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- Battle Name is exactly "Battle of France"
Western Europe - Campaign in the West - The Pursuit 13-25 June 1940World War II - Western Front |
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To Lose A BattleScenario#: W82 Date: 16-May-40 Location: Clairfayts, FranceAs Rommel and his 7th Panzer Division crossed the French frontier headed into what he expected was the "Maginot Line", he found instead a shallow belt of anti-tank obstacles and pillboxes manned by remnants of the French XI Corps. By … Squad Leader — Wargamers Pack 1 |
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To Crécy-sur-SerreScenario#: 3521 Date: 5/19/1940 Location: Crécy-sur-Serre, FranceAfter the attack of May 17 against Montcornet, Colonel De Gaulle launched a new drive towards Crécy-sur-Serre. Three armored groups took part in the offensive of the 4th Reserve Armored Division: the 6th Demi-brigade with B1-bis heavy tanks… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1 |
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The Striking HammerScenario#: 85 Date: 10-Jun-40 Location: Perthes, South of Rethel, FranceA final French armored counterattack near Rethel on the 10th was led by two formations of the formidable Renault B1bis, so highly regarded that each was individually named. General De Lattre declared that "they were the striking hammer." During the … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #5: The Fall of the West |
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The Road to Hill 311Scenario#: HiD14 Date: 1940-05-18 Location: Between Olizy And La Ferté, FranceFollowing the Panzer Divisions through the Ardennes breach. the German infantry turned to the fortified sectors of the Maginot Line that flanked the breakihrough. Soon, the French casemates of the Montmedy sectors on Hill 311 were under attack, and… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance |
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The Road to Hill 311Scenario#: HB16 Date: 05/18/1940 Location: Between Olizy And La Ferté, FranceFollowing the Panzer Divisions through the Ardennes breach. the German infantry turned to the fortified sectors of the Maginot Line that flanked the breakihrough. Soon, the French casemates of the Montmedy sectors on Hill 311 were under attack, and… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg |
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The Price of ArroganceScenario#: HiD24 Date: 1940-05-28 Location: Wormhout, FranceThe noose was tightening on the beleaguered allied forces. Curiously,Hitler had ordered a halt to the blitzkrieg. Sepp Deitrich, Commander SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, on his own initiative, decided to push the attack. British troops were assigned… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance |
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The Price of ArroganceScenario#: DD11 Date: 05/28/1940 Location: Wormhout, FranceThe noose was tightening on the beleaguered allied forces. Curiously,Hitler had ordered a halt to the blitzkrieg. Sepp Deitrich, Commander SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, on his own initiative, decided to push the attack. British troops were assigned… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance |
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The Maginot Four à ChauxScenario#: 8660 Date: 6/19/1940 Location: Ouvrage Four-à-Chaux, FranceOn the 17th of June 1940, with the Battle of France definitively lost, Maréchal Pétain awkwardly announced to the French people a cease fire. The German army took advantage of this by attacking the last standing French fortification: the … Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack |
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The Last Charge of the SpahisScenario#: HiD12 Date: 1940-05-15 Location: La Horgne, FranceAfter successfully crossing the Mouse River. Guderian's Panzer Korps broke away from the Sedan bridgehead. ln front of them remained only scattered units. One of them, the 3rd Brigade of Spahis, North African Cavalry, was ordered to hold the road … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance |
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The Last Charge of the SpahisScenario#: HB06 Date: 05/15/1940 Location: La Horgne, FranceAfter successfully crossing the Mouse River. Guderian's Panzer Korps broke away from the Sedan bridgehead. ln front of them remained only scattered units. One of them, the 3rd Brigade of Spahis, North African Cavalry, was ordered to hold the road … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg |
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The Final AttemptScenario#: W83 Date: 22-May-40 Location: Cambrai, FranceDuring the latter stages of the Allies retreat to the coast and Dunkirk the British and French tried several times to pierce the infantry held flanks of the "Panzer Corridor" Across France . One such attack took place at Cambrai … Squad Leader — Wargamers Pack 1 |
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The CanalScenario#: HiD20 Date: 1940-05-25 Location: Avalette, FranceAn allied defense line using the Brasse canal had been successful in stopping the relentless advance of the German Army. The British were so stubborn that General Rommel went to … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance |
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The CanalScenario#: DD08 Date: 05/25/1940 Location: Avalette, FranceAn allied defense line using the Brasse canal had been successful in stopping the relentless advance of the German Army. The British were so stubborn that General Rommel went to … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance |
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The Cadets of SaumurScenario#: 4554 Date: 6/19/1940 Location: Saumur, FranceSaumur - June 19, 1940. The Battle of France is lost; the Germans are now ready to cross the River Loire. The meager French troops standing ready and lined up to defend it are the Officer Cadets from the Cavalry … Memoir '44 — Battle Maps Series 1 - Hedgerow Hell |
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The BottleneckScenario#: 81 Date: 14-May-40 Location: The Road to Chehery, South of Sedan, FrancePart of a self-sacrificial counterattack to stem the German advance past Sedan was launched by Allied air strike and the 7e BCC supported by the 55e lnfantry Division during the morning of the 14th. One prong of the attack was … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #5: The Fall of the West |
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Steel Against SteelScenario#: HiD13 Date: 1940-05-17 Location: Vervins, FranceThe Germans that crossed the Meuse at Monthermé continued their western push in an effort to take the bridges on the Oise River and Oise-Sambre Canal system. Though the French 9th Army was collapsing. the French HG threw forward several … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance |
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Steel Against SteelScenario#: HB11 Date: 05/17/1940 Location: Vervins, FranceThe Germans that crossed the Meuse at Monthermé continued their western push in an effort to take the bridges on the Oise River and Oise-Sambre Canal system. Though the French 9th Army was collapsing. the French HG threw forward several … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg |
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Seize the CanalScenario#: 84 Date: 9-Jun-40 Location: Chateau Porcien, West of Rethel, FranceFrench forces retreated south of the Aisne river to build another defensive line with strength around Rethel. The German assault west of Rethel on the 9th led to heavy street fighting in Cháteau-Porcien. Against each attack, the French counterattack… Combat Commander — Battle Pack #5: The Fall of the West |
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Saint Roche StationScenario#: 4460 Date: 5/20/1940 Location: Saint Roche, FranceFoiiowlng some disastrous fights during the Battle of France. the British Expeditionary Force found itself cut-off from the rest of the French army and surrounded in the port-city of Dunkirk. Remains of the British army engaged in some desperate… Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack Bonus |
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River of BloodScenario#: HiD15 Date: 1940-05-20 Location: Landrecies, FranceAround the Mormal Forest, remnants of several disorganized French divisions attempted to counterattack the 5th and 7th Panzer Divisions, the spearhead of the German Army. During five deadly days. an almost uninterrupted series of brutal and chaotic… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance |
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River of BloodScenario#: HB08 Date: 05/20/1940 Location: Landrecies, FranceAround the Mormal Forest, remnants of several disorganized French divisions attempted to counterattack the 5th and 7th Panzer Divisions, the spearhead of the German Army. During five deadly days. an almost uninterrupted series of brutal and chaotic… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg |
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Resistance in La HorgneScenario#: 3509 Date: 5/15/1940 Location: Bouvellemont, FranceIn an effort to slow down Guderian's Panzers after the French defeat at Sedan, many French units chose to hold their positions instead of retreating. Among those who chose to stay were the 3rd brigade of Spahis in La Horgne, … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1 |
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Northwestern Europe - Campaign in the West - Situation May 21 and Operations since 16 May 1940World War II - Western Front |
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Northwestern Europe - Campaign in the West - Situation May 16 and Operations since 10 May 1940World War II - Western Front |
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Northwestern Europe - Campaign in the West - Situation June 4 and Operations since 22 May 1940World War II - Western Front |
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Northwestern Europe - Campaign in the West - Situation June 12 and Operations since 4 June 1940World War II - Western Front |
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Northwestern Europe - Campaign in the West - Disposisition of Opposing Forces and German and Allied Plans May 1940World War II - Western Front |
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Normandie and JulienScenario#: HiD09 Date: 1940-05-12 Location: Normandy, FranceLock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance |
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Le HérissonScenario#: 77 Date: 6/5/1940 Location: Hangest, FranceRommel’s 7th Panzer Division had established a small bridgehead across the Somme, but the construction of a pontoon bridge was prevented by interdicting fire from the nearby town of Hangest. Self-propelled howitzers were brought forward to bombard… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre |
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Last Defense LineScenario#: 205 Date: 15-May-40 Location: Bouvellemont, FranceBy dusk of the 14th, the Germans had three bridgeheads across the Meuse River. The 15th brought the next stage, the breaking of the last major elements of Resistance which stood between them and the great plains of France. One … Squad Leader — Crescendo of Doom (Addon) |
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Kick 'em OutScenario#: HiD22 Date: 1940-05-27 Location: La Bassée, FranceGerman infantry of the 7th Panzer division had infiltrated the La Bassee Canal defense line and had established a small bridgehead. As German engineers were building a pontoon bridge over the canal for reinforcements, a combined Allied infantry-armor… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance |
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Kick 'em OutScenario#: DD10 Date: 05/27/1940 Location: La Bassée, FranceGerman infantry of the 7th Panzer division had infiltrated the La Bassee Canal defense line and had established a small bridgehead. As German engineers were building a pontoon bridge over the canal for reinforcements, a combined Allied infantry-armor… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance |
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Isneauville JunctionScenario#: 4590 Date: 6/8/1940 Location: Isneauville, FranceThe British army was putting up strong Resistance in France while the B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) was being evacuated at Dunkirk. Another such Resistance took place near Isneauville Junction, where once again an ad-hoc force of British rifle… Memoir '44 — New Flight Plan |
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Into the Dragon's LairScenario#: HiD18 Date: 1940-05-22 Location: Mont St Eloi, FranceAs the German Panzers raced toward the sea. the capacity for the French to re-establish a continuous front appeared impossible. The remnants of the Allied forces were reduced to counterattacking the base of the German bulge. West of Arras, which … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance |
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Into the Dragon's LairScenario#: HB15 Date: 05/22/1940 Location: Mont St Eloi, FranceAs the German Panzers raced toward the sea. the capacity for the French to re-establish a continuous front appeared impossible. The remnants of the Allied forces were reduced to counterattacking the base of the German bulge. West of Arras, which … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg |
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In Rommel's WakeScenario#: 29 Date: 17-May-40 Location: on the Meuse, FranceIn the confusion following the 7th Panzer Division's breakout, isolated French units still held crossings across the Meuse while the German infantry struggled to catch up. Now elements of the XIV Panzergrenadier Corps, on the basis of Fieseler Storch… Squad Leader — Crescendo of Doom |
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I'll Take the Low RoadScenario#: HiD17 Date: 1940-05-22 Location: Outrea, FranceThe 2nd Panzer Division had the port of Boulogne as its final objective. Resistance had been stubborn on the southern approaches. Aerial reconnaissance revealed that the low road by the village of Outrea would be the most advantageous route into … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance |
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I'll Take the Low RoadScenario#: DD06 Date: 05/22/1940 Location: Outrea, FranceThe 2nd Panzer Division had the port of Boulogne as its final objective. Resistance had been stubborn on the southern approaches. Aerial reconnaissance revealed that the low road by the village of Outrea would be the most advantageous route into … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance |
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For Honor AloneScenario#: 82 Date: 6/20/1940 Location: Saumur, FranceAngered and dismayed by a call on June 17th for an armistice, the officers and cadets of the Cavalry School had vowed to fight for their own honor and that of France. Southeast of Saumur, lay the Aunis Farm, a French command post and staging area.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre |
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Encounter at CornimontScenario#: 78 Date: 6/20/1940 Location: Cornimont, FranceIn the area of the French 8th Army in the Vosges mountains, scattered defending forces were committed piecemeal in an effort to slow down the swift German advances. In Cornimont, the 158th Engineer Battalion received orders to defend the town. A… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre |
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En Route to AbbevilleScenario#: HiD23 Date: 1940-05-28 Location: Huppy, FranceOn May 21st the Germans created a bridgehead over the Somme at Abbeville. General De Gaulle and his brand new 4th OCR (Armored Division) was ordered to stop the enemy advance. The Germans had fortified an area adjacent to the … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance |
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En Route to AbbevilleScenario#: HB04 Date: 05/28/1940 Location: Huppy, FranceOn May 21st the Germans created a bridgehead over the Somme at Abbeville. General De Gaulle and his brand new 4th OCR (Armored Division) was ordered to stop the enemy advance. The Germans had fortified an area adjacent to the … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg |
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Driving to SedanScenario#: 3433 Date: 5/12/1940 Location: Bouillon, FranceGeneral Guderian's forward Panzers reached the river Semois before the town of Bouillon on the evening of May 11. French cavalry units of the 5th DLC, after having suffered devastating casualties in the prior two days, had fallen back behind … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1 |
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Desperadoes and a BridgeScenario#: Comp06 Date: 1940-06-07 Location: Douville Sur Andelle, FranceBy the end of May 1940, the French were learning, a bit late, the lessons of the Blitzkrieg. They had been building Up several small armored combat teams to oppose the Germans' powerful panzer divisions. These new units, comprised of … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 1 |
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Desperadoes and a BridgeScenario#: LOF08 Date: 06/07/1940 Location: Douville Sur Andelle, FranceBy the end of May 1940, the French were learning, a bit late, the lessons of the Blitzkrieg. They had been building Up several small armored combat teams to oppose the Germans' powerful panzer divisions. These new units, comprised of … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Line of Fire #06 |
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Defense of Le CateauScenario#: 3954 Date: 5/19/1940 Location: Catillon, FranceOn May 15, the 7th Panzer Division of General Rommel crossed the border between Belgium and France, and his troops reached Avesnes-sur-Helpe. Its next objective was Cambrai but on May 17, Rommel found the French 9th Motorized Infantry Division, just… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1 |
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Death's Head at ArrasScenario#: HiD16 Date: 1940-05-21 Location: Near Warlus, FranceThe Allied counterattack near Arras had started splendidly. The German defenses were no match for the slow but heavily armored Matilda n tanks. Combined infantry and armored elements were assigned to take a series of villages west of Arras. They … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance |
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Death's Head at ArrasScenario#: DD05 Date: 05/21/1940 Location: Near Warlus, FranceThe Allied counterattack near Arras had started splendidly. The German defenses were no match for the slow but heavily armored Matilda n tanks. Combined infantry and armored elements were assigned to take a series of villages west of Arras. They … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance |
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Codes in the SunriseScenario#: TBP08 Date: 25 June 1940 Location: Le Touquet, FranceThe first commando raid on occupied France was carried out by 115 men of No.11 Independent Company just three weeks after the final evacuation at Dunkirk. The raiders were divided into four groups, each was tasked with reconnaissance and intelligence… Combat Commander — Tournament Battle Pack |