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Borodino Scenario#: 8 Date: 1812/09/07 Location: Borodino, Russia The Battle of Borodino took place on 7 September 1812 during Napoleon's French invasion of Russia. The Grande Armée won the battle against the Imperial Russian Army with casualties in a ratio 2:3, but failed to gain a decisive victory. … Napoleon's War — The Gates of Moscow
Aspern-Essling Scenario#: 7 Date: 1809/05/22 Location: Aspern, Austria In the Battle of Aspern-Essling, Napoleon attempted a forced crossing of the Danube near Vienna, but the French and their allies were driven back by the Austrians under Archduke Charles. The battle was the first time Napoleon had been personally … Napoleon's War — The Gates of Moscow
Austerlitz Scenario#: 6 Date: 1805/12/02 Location: Austerlitz, Austria The Battle of Austerlitz, also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of the most important and decisive engagements of the Napoleonic Wars. In what is widely regarded as the greatest victory achieved by Napoleon, the Grande … Napoleon's War — The Gates of Moscow
Marengo Scenario#: 5 Date: 1800/06/14 Location: Alessandria, Italy The Battle of Marengo was fought on 14 June 1800 between French forces under the First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte and Austrian forces near the city of Alessandria, in Piedmont, Italy. Near the end of the day, the French overcame Gen. … Napoleon's War — The Gates of Moscow
Waterloo Scenario#: 4 Date: 1815/06/18 Location: Waterloo, Belgium The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in Belgium, part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands at the time. A French army under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of … Napoleon's War — The 100 Days
Quatre Bras Scenario#: 3 Date: 1815/06/16 Location: Quatre Bras, Belgium The Battle of Quatre Bras was fought on 16 June 1815, as a preliminary engagement to the decisive Battle of Waterloo that occurred two days later. The battle took place near the strategic crossroads of Quatre Bras and was contested … Napoleon's War — The 100 Days
Wavre Scenario#: 2 Date: 1815/06/18 Location: Wavre, Belgium The Battle of Wavre was the final major military action of the Hundred Days campaign and the Napoleonic Wars. It was fought on 18–19 June 1815 between the Prussian rearguard, consisting of the Prussian III Corps under the command of … Napoleon's War — The 100 Days
Ligny Scenario#: 1 Date: 1815/06/16 Location: Ligny, Belgium TheBattle of Ligny was fought on 16 June 1815, in which French troops of the Armée du Nord under the command of Napoleon I defeated part of a Prussian army under Field Marshal Blücher, near Ligny in present-day Belgium. … Napoleon's War — The 100 Days
Battle for Oran Scenario#: 13177 Date: 11/09/1942 Location: Oran, Algeria On the morning of November 8th,1942, Allied troops landed in French North Africa, with the hope that the French wouldn’t fight. But in the Oran area, French troops fought against the US Center Task Force of General Fredendall... Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios
Defense of Spycker Scenario#: 20628 Date: 5/30/1940 Location: Spycker, France The village of Spycker is situated in a land corridor between the canal of Mordyck and the canal of Haute-Colme. This corridor was a direct entry in the defensive perimeter of Dunkirk. In late May 1940, Spycker was held by … Memoir '44 — New Flight Plan Bonus
Battle of Pico Scenario#: 19679 Date: 5/22/1944 Location: Pico, Italy After the battle of the Garigliano and the French advance in the Aurunci Mountains, the Gustav line was broken and German units had to withdraw. The time had come for the French armored cavalry units which supported the advance of … Memoir '44 — New Flight Plan
Stonne : French counter-attack Scenario#: 18509 Date: 5/16/1940 Location: Stonne, France After the fierce battle of the 15th of May, the struggle for the village of Stonne continued on the 16th. Following an heavy shelling by the French artillery, the 3rd battalion of 51st Infantry Regiment and three companies of B1 … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2017
Kef Zilia Scenario#: 15302 Date: 2/26/1943 Location: Zef Zilia, Tunisia On the 26th of February 1943, German General Von Arnim ordered Operation Ochsenkopf (Ox head) versus the 5th British Corps. In the same time, Operation Ausladung was the advance of Manteuffel Division along the Mediterranean coast facing the French… Memoir '44 — Open de France 2015
The power plant Scenario#: 15283 Date: 11/26/1944 Location: Courtelevent, France On the 18th of November 1944, just before the fall of Belfort, the 1st French Armored Division, supported by the 9th Colonial Infantry Division advanced in a small corridor along the Swiss border to reach the Rhine the next day. … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2015
Battle of Englefontaine Scenario#: 15210 Date: 5/21/1940 Location: Englefontaine, France On the 20th of May 1940, the 5th North African Infantry Division (5th DINA) was surrounded in the Mormal forest by several German Panzer Divisions en route to Cambrai. On the 21st of May, this division tried to break through … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2015
Ambush at Houei Houn Scenario#: 15112 Date: 4/11/1945 Location: Houei Houn, Indochina After their attack by surprise of the main French garrisons in Indochina on the 9th of March 1945, Japanese troops pursued the French troops which had escape to the massacre. French General Alessandri led a column of surviving soldiers to … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2015
French Stand near Arras Scenario#: 10921 Date: 5/20/1940 Location: Arras, France During the fall of the Dunkirk pocket, several French and British launched desperate attacks to slow the German advance, allowing the B.E.F. to evacuate by sea. On May 20, near Arras, the French 3rd DLI (Light Motorized Division), placed under … Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack Bonus
Battle of Mount Gargan Scenario#: 10912 Date: 7/18/1944 Location: Mount Gargan, France On the 14th of July 1944, 36 B-17 Flying Fortress dropped a large number of weapons intended for the French Resistance near the village of Sussac. Germans reacted quickly by sending troops to prevent the Resistance to get back and … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2013
Canal de la Haute Colme Scenario#: 10909 Date: 5/30/1940 Location: Canal de la Haute Colme, France In conjunction with an evening attack by the 11 Schützen, the SS-Regiment "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler" moved forward to try and break the French line around Dunkirk, splitting the 225th and 341th Regiments. But crossing the Canal de la Haute Colme … Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack
The Bourbourg - Brouckerque Line Scenario#: 10908 Date: 5/30/1940 Location: Spycker, France In an effort to bring German artillery into range of Dunkirk, elements of Panzergruppe von Kleist pushed their light tanks toward Spycker, on May 30, 1940. After a preliminary bombardment of perimeter defenses, the Germans slowly moved forward. But… Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack
Landing Near Libreville Scenario#: 9176 Date: 9/11/1940 Location: Gabon, French Equatorial Africa During the three days called "Les Trois Glorieuses“ in France (26"', 27th and 28th of August 1940), the main part of the French Equatorial Africa (AFF) joined Free France. Only Gabon stayed on Vichy's side but because of its strategic … Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios
The Maginot Four à Chaux Scenario#: 8660 Date: 6/19/1940 Location: Ouvrage Four-à-Chaux, France On 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
Tissu est dans iode Scenario#: 7102 Date: 11/23/1944 Location: Strasbourg, France On the 22nd of November 1944, during the briefing before operation, Leclerc gave the routes to his combat commands in order to enter in Strasbourg avoiding the German line of defence. The next morning at dawn, the French armored columns … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2012
The road of Dabo Scenario#: 7049 Date: 11/20/1944 Location: Voyer, France German troops withdraw on two lines of defence in the Vosges mountain : "Vor-Vogesen Stellung" (1st line) and "Vogesen Stellung" (main line of defence). General Leclerc ordered to colonel de Guillebon to breakthrough these lines in order to have open… Memoir '44 — Open de France 2012
Hôtel Meurice Scenario#: 7048 Date: 8/25/1944 Location: Hôtel Meurice, France In the evening of 24th of August 1944, a detachment under the command of captain Dronne, vanguard of the 2nd French Armored Division, reached the Hôtel de Ville of Paris. The next morning, the whole Division entered in Paris. With … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2012
Forêt dEcouves Scenario#: 7045 Date: 8/12/1944 Location: Alencon, France After the capture of Alençon on 12 August 1944 in the morning, the 2nd French Armored Division under General Leclerc continued its offensive toward Argentan. The French were informed that the 9th Panzer Division was ambushed in Ecouves forest. … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2012
The Hell of Grussenheim Scenario#: 7044 Date: 1/28/1945 Location: Grussenheim, France Attached for a while to the 2nd French Army Corps under the command of general de Monsabert, the 2nd French Armored Division was involved in the reduction of the Colmar's pocket. GT"V" (Combat Command of colonel de Guillebon) took part … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2012
The Oath of Kufra Scenario#: 7004 Date: 2/18/1941 Location: Kufra, Libya Philippe de Hauteclocque, alias Colonel Leclerc, arrived in Chad in November 1940 with the aim to launch offensive operations against Italian troops. Immediately, he wanted to strike a decisive blow by the capture of the oasis of Kufra in south-east… Memoir '44 — Open de France 2012
Operation Amherst Scenario#: 6369 Date: 4/8/1945 Location: Groningen, Holland The Third Reich is in its final throes. But Netherlands is still under the iron grip of the German forces, following the disaster of Operation Market-Garden. Heading North toward the heart of the Reich, the Canadian tanks and Polish artillery … Memoir '44 — Breakthrough
Battle for the Passes Scenario#: 6088 Date: 7/21/1944 Location: Massif of Grand Veymont, France As July 1944 drew to its end, the troops of German 157.Reserve-Division had the Vercors Plateau virtually surrounded. The only ground still out of their reach were the mountain passes (or "Pas") protecting the access to the East of the … Memoir '44 — Vercors Campaign
Battle of Valchevrière Scenario#: 5973 Date: 7/22/1944 Location: Valchevrière, France On July 22, 1944, the Germans launched a new assault on Valchevrière, a village under the protection of Captain Goderville and his group of French Resistance fighters. The maquisards' mission was to deny the Germans access to the west and … Memoir '44 — Vercors Campaign
Massacre at Vassieux-en-Vercors Scenario#: 5933 Date: 7/21/1944 Location: Vassieux-en-Vercors, France On July 20, 1944, following several weeks of troops build-up, the Germans launched their attack on the newly proclaimed "Free Republic of Vercors". The next morning, the German 157.Reserve-Division, bolstered with Ukrainian troops from Eastern… Memoir '44 — Vercors Campaign
The Surrender of Elsters column Scenario#: 5841 Date: 8/20/1944 Location: Decize, France With the landing of the Allied forces in Provence (Operation Dragoon), German occupation troops have been issued a general retreat order; As early as August 17, 1944, garrisons in the South-West of France evacuate en masse; their occupants, a long … Memoir '44 — Breakthrough
Battle of Saint Nizier Scenario#: 5754 Date: 6/13/1944 Location: Saint Nizier, France With its cliffs, steep slopes and limited access points, the Vercors plateau is a natural and easily defended fortress. Familiar with the terrain, the heads of the French Resistance immediately saw its value as a defensive bastion deep within… Memoir '44 — Vercors Campaign
Maquis of Malleval Scenario#: 5683 Date: 1/29/1944 Location: Malleval-en-Vercors, France The maquis of Malleval, a rural guerrilla band of the French Resistance, was composed of 50 men under the command of Lieutenant Eysseric (code name "Durand"). The group's base of operations was the isolated village of Malleval-en-Vercors, on the… Memoir '44 — Vercors Campaign
Battle of Abbeville Scenario#: 4643 Date: 5/28/1940 Location: Abbeville, France France, May 1940 - The Allied High Command has already ordered several counter-attacks against the German bridgehead on the Somme river to the south of Abbeville; alas they have all failed. After the defeat of the British 1st Armoured Division, … Memoir '44 — Breakthrough
The Cadets of Saumur Scenario#: 4554 Date: 6/19/1940 Location: Saumur, France Saumur - 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
Battle of Hannut -Merdorp Scenario#: 4472 Date: 5/13/1940 Location: Hannut, Belgium After having crossed the Meuse river at Maastricht, the 4th Panzer division arrived in the region of Hannut. Once there, the Germans confronted the French Cavalry Corps of General Prioux, which had moved into Belgium as part of the Dyle … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Bouvignes Bridgehead Scenario#: 4322 Date: 5/13/1940 Location: Bouvignes, France General Rommel's 7th Panzer Division arrived at the river Meuse on May 13. On the island of Houx, soldiers of the 7th Motorcycle Battalion discovered locks that the infantry could use to cross the canal. The first bridgehead was set … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Breakout at Sedan Scenario#: 4320 Date: 5/13/1940 Location: Sedan, France French General Staff thought it was impossible for tanks to cross the massif of the Ardennes. Because of that assumption, French forces were completely surprised when, on the evening of May 12, General Guderian and his Panzer Divisions appeared… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Defense of Le Cateau Scenario#: 3954 Date: 5/19/1940 Location: Catillon, France On 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
Liberation of Paris Scenario#: 3699 Date: 8/24/1944 Location: Paris, France Conscious of the highly symbolic and political importance of Paris, Allied forces initially planned to surround the city and wait for its capitulation rather than risk taking it, with the inherent costs of street-by-street fighting and obvious risks… Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Strasbourg Scenario#: 3683 Date: 1/11/1945 Location: Strasbourg, France On the 7th of January 1945, the German Nineteen Army initiated an attack south of Strasbourg against the First French Army. Code-named 'Sonnenwende' ("Winter Solstice"), the operation led by the 198th Volksgrenadier Division, the 106th Panzer Brigade… Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Saverne Gap Scenario#: 3679 Date: 11/23/1944 Location: Saverne, France The Saverne Gap, cutting through the Vosges, was the key to Strasbourg, capital city of Alsace. On November 21st, the US Seventh Army 15th Corps, under the command of General Wade Hampton Halslip, arrived at the front lines in Phalsbourg. … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Toulon Scenario#: 3675 Date: 8/26/1944 Location: Toulon, France Plans for the landings and campaign in southern France called for the French 2nd Corps to take the port cities of Toulon and Marseille. Seeking to exploit German weakness in the area, General de Lattre de Tassigny pushed up the … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Vassieux-en-Vercors Scenario#: 3674 Date: 7/24/1944 Location: Vassieux, France Hotbed of the French Resistance, the "Maquis" of Vercors became one of the largest groups of its kind in the early months of 1944, with countless young French recruits joining up. Resistance camps were established around many villages such as … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Mont Mouchet Scenario#: 3673 Date: 6/10/1944 Location: Mont Mouchet, France On June 10th, three tactical groups from the Wehrmacht, about 2,000 men with armored support, converged on Mont Mouchet. Simultaneously moving in from the west (Saint Flour), north (Langeac and Pinols) and east (Le Puy-en-Velay et Saugues) they were… Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Assault on the Wattenberg Scenario#: 3533 Date: 5/25/1940 Location: Watten, France On May 20, the 1st French Army and the BEF were surrounded in the Dunkirk Pocket. As a natural obstacle, the canal of the river Aa represented the south defensive line of the mixed Allied rearguard. The Leibstandarte SS Adolf … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
To Crécy-sur-Serre Scenario#: 3521 Date: 5/19/1940 Location: Crécy-sur-Serre, France After 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
De Gaulle to the Rescue Scenario#: 3516 Date: 5/17/1940 Location: Montcornet, France Forced to cope with the Panzer advance without any reserve troops, General Gamelin decided to create a new army, the 6th, which was tasked with protecting Paris. The new army had to hold the Panzers and give Gamelin time to … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1