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Anzio Scenario#: KS07     Date: 23 May 1944     Location: Anzio, Italy The U.S. 1st Armored Division started the process of the final breakout from the Anzio beachhead. Its assignment was to open the road leading to Rome and link up with the rest of the Allies advancing from the south. The … Tide of Iron — 1A Kickstarter
THOSE DAMNED ENGINEERS! Scenario#: KS08     Date: 16 December 1944     Location: Losheim Gap, Belgium On December 16, 1944, the Germans launched a major offensive through the densely forested Ardennes region. Better known as the Battle of the Bulge, the Germans caught the Allies by surprise and made early progress. At times, however, the efforts … Tide of Iron — 1A Kickstarter
Battle of Arracourt Scenario#: X04     Date: 18 -29, September, 1944     Location: Arracourt, France After taking the town of Nancy, Combat Command A of the 4th Armored Division continued east toward the town of Arracourt. When they approached the roads to Arracourt, they came under fire from the 5th Panzer Division. The Shermans and … Tide of Iron — 1A Kickstarter
Coutances Breakout Scenario#: X05     Date: 28 July, 1944     Location: Coutances, France, Operation Cobra: July 28, 1944: The 4th Armored Division was tasked to take Coutances, the first major town on the road to Avranches, the first step to cutting off the Germans in the Cotentin Peninsula. Despite being delayed for three … Tide of Iron — 1A Kickstarter
Bridges over Troubled Waters Scenario#: X06     Date: 6 June 1944     Location: Saint-Come-du-Mont, France The primary mission of the 101st Airborne Division on D-Day was to secure the exits from UTAH Beach. Its secondary mission was to establish a bridgehead over the Douve River in order to provide a springboard for a drive on … Tide of Iron — 1A Kickstarter
D-Day Mederet Scenario#: X07     Date: 6 June 1944     Location: Chef Du Pont, France On June 6th, 1944 the American 82nd Airborne Division landed in Normandy. Horribly scattered due to high winds, heavy flak, and inexperienced pilots, elements of the division move to capture the all important road bridges across the flooded Merderet… Tide of Iron — 1A Kickstarter
Baraque de Fraiture (Parkers Crossroads) Scenario#: 1363     Date: 12/20/1944     Location: Fraiture, Belgium Under orders from command to "hold at all costs", Major Arthur C. Parker of the 589th Field Artillery unit assembled a makeshift force of glider and parachute infantry, armored infantry, a few anti-tank guns and some Sherman tanks at the … Memoir '44 — 2007 Xmas Card
Retribution Scenario#: DH01     Date: 11/14/1993     Location: Mogadishu, Somalia Aidid refused to see reason. Despite a warning from special ambassador Robert Oakley, Aidid wouldn't release Mike Durant, the captured pilot of Super Six Four, so the Delta Boys went in and got Durant out, rescuing him from the shanty … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — A Day of Heroes
The Alamo Scenario#: DH02     Date: 10/03/1993     Location: Mogadishu, Somalia After one hell of an afternoon the Rangers and the remaining Delta operators were somewhat consolidated within two blocks of Wolcott's crash site. The sun had set, forcing the Americans to fight the Somalis without Night Observation Devices, or NODs.… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — A Day of Heroes
Technical Difficulty Scenario#: DH03     Date: 10/03/1993     Location: Mogadishu, Somalia Chalk One also headed toward the Super 61 crash site. Because they were on the southeast corner of the box surrounding the target building, the route they took was more southerly. Unfortunately this route took them into the path of … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — A Day of Heroes
Stand and Deliver Scenario#: DH04     Date: 10/03/1993     Location: Mogadishu, Somalia Late in the afternoon of October 3rd, Task Force Ranger was in serious trouble. Two Black Hawks were down and several more had been forced back to the airfield with significant damage. The Rangers had no fixed-wing air support, no … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — A Day of Heroes
A Short Hop Scenario#: DH05     Date: 10/03/1993     Location: Mogadishu, Somalia While the convoy was making their disastrous way toward the crash site, Captain Steele and Captain Miller lead the remaining Rangers and Delta Force operators to the same location. Both officers knew that more Somalis were joining the fight every … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — A Day of Heroes
Convey to Hell Scenario#: DH06     Date: 10/03/1993     Location: Mogadishu, Somalia The Americans planned to extract their assault force and the Somali VIPs via a ground convoy consisting of HMMWVs and trucks. The vehicles drove from the base to the Olympic Hotel without issue, but before they could return to the … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — A Day of Heroes
Chalk 2's Run Scenario#: DH07     Date: 10/03/1993     Location: Mogadishu, Somalia Several members of Lieutenant DiTomasso's Chalk 2 saw Super 61 go down. Some of them were adamant that the Chalk hurry to the site to secure it and protect any survivors. The Lieutenant radioed Captain Steele for permission. Steele was … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — A Day of Heroes
A Day of Heroes Scenario#: DH09     Date: 10/03/1993     Location: Mogadishu, Somalia "It was mid-afternoon, October 3, 1993 ... a force of U.S. Army Rangers and Delta Force operators were about to drop in uninvited on a gathering of Habr Gidr clan leaders in the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia. This ragged clan, … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — A Day of Heroes
Sainte-Mère-Église Scenario#: 3672     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Sainte-Mère-Église, France Establishment of a defensive base at Sainte-Mère-Église was one of the key objectives of the US 82nd Airborne Division. In contrast with other regiments, the 505th Parachute Infantry, landing northwest of Sainte-Mère-Église, had one of the most… Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Montélimar Scenario#: 3676     Date: 8/25/1944     Location: Montélimar, France The Montélimar battle square, bounded on three sides by rivers, covered ground that alternated between flat open farmland and rugged hills and woods. Route N-7, the main north-south artery, runs along the Rhone River and was vital to the German … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Saint-Vith Scenario#: 3678     Date: 12/22/1944     Location: Saint-Vith, Belgium As early as August 1944, Adolf Hitler began formulating plans for what would become the Ardennes offensive. While too ambitious for the available resources and terrain, the plan was deemed by the German High Command as having more chances of … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Attack on Hill 192 Scenario#: 3680     Date: 7/11/1944     Location: la Croix-Rouge, France For the past month, Hill 192, a dominating height east of the Vire River, has given the Germans a superb observation position on all the approaches to St-Lo, as well as the rear areas of V Corps as far as … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Relief of Peiper Scenario#: 3684     Date: 12/22/1944     Location: Trois Ponts, Belgium Ordered to move to the relief of Kampfgruppe 'Peiper', Max Hansen on December 21st started probing with his battlegroup between Trois-Ponts and Grand-Halleux. The 505th Parachute Regiment had established a defensive front to defend or blow the… Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Bastogne Corridor West Scenario#: 3685     Date: 12/30/1944     Location: Bastogne, Belgium On December 30th German High Command's plan to capture Bastogne called for a push from the west simultaneously with another from the east. The object of these two forces was to pinch the corridor at Assenois south of the town. … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Bastogne Corridor East Scenario#: 3686     Date: 12/30/1944     Location: Bastogne, Belgium On December 30th German High Command's plan to capture Bastogne called for a push from the west simultaneously with another from the east. The object of these two forces was to pinch the corridor at Assenois south of the town. … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Twin Villages Scenario#: 3687     Date: 12/18/1944     Location: Krinkekt, Belgium The Ardennes offensive began in the pre-dawn hours of Saturday, 16th December 1944. The northernmost element of the German attack was an attempt by the 67th Corps in the Monschau forest to push through the left wing of the US … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Carentan Causeway Scenario#: 3689     Date: 6/11/1944     Location: Carentan, France Rommel realized the danger to the Axis defenses should Carentan fall, for it was the link between the two US beaches and also the key to an American drive west to cut the base of the Cotentin Peninsula. The defense … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Pointe-du-Hoc Scenario#: 3694     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Pointe-du-Hoc, France Planners felt that the German batteries on Pointe-du-Hoc would be one of the most daunting threats to Allied forces landing on Omaha in the morning of D-Day. Set atop 100 foot cliffs west of the beach, the guns' range were … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Operation Cobra Scenario#: 3696     Date: 7/26/1944     Location: Marigny, France Operation "Cobra" was predicated on the saturation bombing of German lines over a narrow front. After the bombing, an attack would be made by three infantry divisions, with two armored and one infantry divisions held in reserve of this breakout … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Counter-attack on Mortain Scenario#: 3697     Date: 8/7/1944     Location: Mortain, France "We must strike like lightning!" - Adolf Hitler to Field Marshall Von Kluge 'Unternehmen Luttich' began shortly before midnight on the evening of August 3rd. Under direct orders from Hitler, four armored divisions launched a counterattack westward… Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Battle of Arracourt Scenario#: 3700     Date: 9/19/1944     Location: Arracourt, France Part of the problem for the German forces involved in the Lorraine counter-offensive was the "Eastern" outlook of many of the units. They were unfamiliar with the US Army and its very different tactics. On the Eastern front, tank formations … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Utah Beach Scenario#: 3702     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Utah Beach, France The American plan was that following the air and naval bombardment, the 8th Regiment would land first, followed by Duplex Drive (DD) tanks. Utah was divided into a northern beach 'Tare' and a southern beach 'Uncle'. When Brigadier General Theodore … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Tunisia Scenario#: 3707     Date: 12/1/1942     Location: Tebourba, Tunisia On November 29th and 30th it was tough going for the still largely green Allied Combat Command. The Allies had launched two unsuccessful attacks to take the town of Djedeida and clear a path for the march on Tunis. Then … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Bloody Gulch Scenario#: 3708     Date: 6/13/1944     Location: Carentan, France The town of Carentan was the key to the American drive west to cut off the base of the Cotentin Peninsula. After two days of fighting and desperately short of ammunition, the Germans pulled their forces out of Carentan and … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Schwammenauel Dam Scenario#: 3713     Date: 2/9/1945     Location: Schwammenauel Dam, Germany Before Operation 'Veritable' and 'Grenade' could begin, there was a matter of the Roer dams to consider. These dams were located in an area of steep gorges, small mountains and narrow roads. Earlier attempts to capture the dams had failed … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Across the River Roer Scenario#: 3714     Date: 2/24/1945     Location: Linnich, Germany The 9th Army was lined up along the River Roer on the 23rd of February at the start of Operation Grenade. The river had receded enough to make a crossing possible and the Operation opened with a tremendous artillery bombardment. … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
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
Matanikau River Scenario#: 3726     Date: 10/23/1942     Location: Matanikau River, Guadalcanal A four-pronged Japanese plan to attack and recapture Henderson Field on Guadalcanal was scheduled for October 22nd, 1942. The main force, 7,000 men under the command of General Maruyama, planned to approach the airfield from the South, but found… Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Slopes of Mount Austen Scenario#: 3727     Date: 1/22/1943     Location: Mount Austen, Guadalcanal At the close of the year, Major General Millard Harmon, commanding U.S. Army Forces in the South Pacific concluded that Mount Austen, the high ground that dominated American positions around Henderson Field, had to be taken in order to secure … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Guam Landings Scenario#: 3728     Date: 7/21/1944     Location: Asan, Guam On July 21st, the first wave to hit the northern landing beaches off the island of Guam in the Marianas, were amphibious tank units. Most of the Japanese infantry had pulled back from their beach defenses during the heavy naval … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Japanese Counter-attack Scenario#: 3729     Date: 7/25/1944     Location: Asan, Guam Lieutenant General Takeshi's counter-attack plan called for a night attack on July 25/26. The goal was to split the 3rd Marines Division and target ammunition and supply dumps. The front-line of the 3rd Marines was stretched thin in the area … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Sugar Loaf and Half Moon Scenario#: 3730     Date: 5/19/1945     Location: Half Moon, Okinawa The Japanese units defending the western flank of the Shuri line were in a strong defensive position. Entrenched in tunnels with interlocking fields of fire between Sugar Loaf, Half Moon and the surrounding hills, they were able to hold off … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
The Meat Grinder Scenario#: 3731     Date: 3/6/1945     Location: Iwo Jima, Pacific On February 26, 1945 the Marines of the 4th Division found themselves facing a formidable complex of defensive positions on Iwo Jima. Hill 382, The Amphitheater, Turkey Knob and the village of Minami, were to become collectively known as the … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
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
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
Bloody Ridge Scenario#: 3737     Date: 9/14/1942     Location: Henderson Field, Guadalcanal Bloody Ridge consisted of a series of grassy ridges south of Henderson Field where Colonel "Red Mike" Edson had positioned his troops. The Japanese attack began with a bombardment, followed by a powerful thrust that pushed back the Marine companies … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Clearing Matanikau River Scenario#: 3738     Date: 1/13/1943     Location: Matanikau River, Guadalcanal At the start of the new year, General Patch ordered the 2nd and 8th Marines to drive westward and clear the Japanese Resistance from the hills overlooking the coast near Point Cruz. On January 13th, Marines assaulted the Japanese positions … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Kasserine Pass Scenario#: 3739     Date: 2/22/1943     Location: Kasserine Pass, Tunisia After the Anglo-American landings in North Africa on November 8, 1942, the Americans remained optimistic about their ability to fight an opponent like Rommel and the Afrika Korps. Although in headlong retreat after the Battle of El Alamein, Rommel… Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Drop Zone Charlie Scenario#: A01     Date: June 6, 1944     Location: Le Chemin, France The 101st Airborne troops were scattered badly by poor weather, heavy flak and poor pathfinding. The 2nd Battalion of the 506th PIR fared better than most of the other units in hitting their Drop Zones. Once on the ground, they … Old School Tactical — Airborne
Fox in the Henhouse Scenario#: A02     Date: June 7, 1944     Location: Saint-Marcouf, France The scattered paratroopers of the 101st formed many small pockets of Resistance behind enemy lines after the D-Day drops. These isolated groups did what they could to disrupt the German defenses. This is one such group. It has set up … Old School Tactical — Airborne
The Big Drop Scenario#: A03     Date: June 6, 1944     Location: Saint-Mere-Eglise, France Hours before the beach landings on D-Day, thousands of paratroopers were dropped into occupied France in the dead of the night. One of the primary objectives of the 82nd Airborne Division was the capture of Saint-Mere-Eglise. The German garrison was… Old School Tactical — Airborne
D-Day Dawn Scenario#: A04     Date: June 6, 1944     Location: Saint-Mere-Eglise, France The sun has risen on June 6 and the great invasion has begun. The paratroopers in Saint-Mere-Fglise hold on to what they have gained. Stragglers continue to link up with them. But more German units are entering the fight as … Old School Tactical — Airborne
Taking the Town Square Scenario#: A05     Date: June 6, 1944     Location: Saint-Mere-Eglise, France The fight moves to the town square. The paratroopers must clear out the enemy from every building. The Germans that have remained in town are not giving up easily. They must hold out until reinforcements arrive. Old School Tactical — Airborne