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Art Nouveau Scenario#: 88     Date: 5/10/1940     Location: Mont-Le-Ban, Belgium Rommel’s 7th Panzer Division on a bypass bumped into units protecting the Belgian southern flank. This lightly-held part of the Belgian defense was occupied by units of the 10th Motorcycle Company, which had been scattered into three different… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions
Bodange Scenario#: 4321     Date: 5/10/1940     Location: Bodange, Belgium After they had crossed the Belgian border, German units of the 1st and 2nd Panzer Divisions ran up against the defensive positions of the 1st Division of Chasseurs Ardennais. Commandant Bricart's 5th Company was ordered to resist at all costs … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Bring up the Guns Scenario#: G07     Date: 5/10/1940     Location: Coevorden, Holland The German 1st Cavalry Division had taken up positions along the frontier of eastern Holland. The regimental commander, Lt.-Col. Wachsen, was determined to crack through the 20-kilometer deep Dutch defensive belt at Coevorden, an important frontier… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #25.3
Eben-emael, Belgium Scenario#: 33     Date: May 10, 1940     Location: Eben-emael, Belgium Assault Battalion Koch strikes the fortress to open the way for the Blitzkrieg. Panzer (AH/MMP) — Panzer Leader Para-Leader
Fallschirmjäger Bridgehead Scenario#: DD02     Date: 05/10/1940     Location: Dordrecht, Holland As the Blitzkrieg in Holland began, the Germans had to capture the traffic bridge in Dordrecht intact in order to allow the flow of forces from the border to reach Rotterdam and The Hague. A platoon from the 3rd Company, … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance
Fallschirmjäger Bridgehead Scenario#: HiD04     Date: 1940-05-10     Location: Dordrecht, Holland As the Blitzkrieg in Holland began, the Germans had to capture the traffic bridge in Dordrecht intact in order to allow the flow of forces from the border to reach Rotterdam and The Hague. A platoon from the 3rd Company, … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance
Fort Eben-Emaël Scenario#: 3376     Date: 5/10/1940     Location: Eben-Emaël, Belgium In the early dawn of May 10, 1940, nine DFS-230 gliders landed on the superstructure of the fort at Eben-Emaël, which protected the bridges across the Meuse in Maastricht. German sappers rushed out of the gliders and immediately attacked their … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
In Front of the Storm Scenario#: 231     Date: 5/10/1940     Location: Aessan, France The blitzkrieg in the West had begun. German forces were pouring into France at breakneck speeds. Bridges on the Moselle had been captured undamaged and the advance elements of the 34th infantry Division started to cross as soon as the obstacles… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
Indeed! Scenario#: J039     Date: 5/10/1940     Location: Hemnesberget, Norway On 10 May, south of Mosjoen, two platoons from the 5th Independent Company along with Norwegian soldiers laid a deadly ambush for a German motorcycle vanguard. The Allies then retreated to the Hemnesberget area with the aim of delaying the Germans… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3
Moerdijk Bridges Scenario#: 3359     Date: 5/10/1940     Location: Moerdijk, Holland German paratroopers of the 1st Fallschirmjäger Regiment were dropped near Moerdijk and Dordrecht in order to take the bridges that were the gateway to Rotterdam and "Fortress Holland". The operation in Moerdijk was a success as the paratroopers… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Operation NIWI Scenario#: S060     Date: 5/10/1940     Location: Bodange, Belgium As part of the opening German offensive in the west called FALL GELB, the 400 men of Bataillon II, Infanterie-Regiment "Gorssdeutschland" were selected to land by 98 Fieseler Storch planes in the area of Nives and Witry, near the Belgain fort at… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 7
Piercing the Peel Scenario#: 49     Date: 5/10/1940     Location: Gennap, Holland It was vital for the German 6th and 18th Armies to get across the River Maas and the Dutch defensive line just beyond it swiftly. The Dutch defensive line – the so-called “Peel Line” – was composed of MG bunkers and artillery casemates fronted by an… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 6 - The Last Hurrah
Poker Trick in Martelange Scenario#: HB09     Date: 05/10/1940     Location: Martelange, Belgium In the morning, the 1st Panzer Division crossed Luxembourg, and its advanced guards were ready to enter Belgium as soon as possible. On the border, in Martelange, the Chasseurs Ardennais were ready to fight, and hosted their defenses. Bridges had … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
Poker Trick in Martelange Scenario#: HiD05     Date: 1940-05-10     Location: Martelange, Belgium In the morning, the 1st Panzer Division crossed Luxembourg, and its advanced guards were ready to enter Belgium as soon as possible. On the border, in Martelange, the Chasseurs Ardennais were ready to fight, and hosted their defenses. Bridges had … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance
Resistance at Chabrehez Scenario#: 25     Date: 10-May-40     Location: Chabrehez, Belgium As the Germans pushed through the Ardennes the lightly armed Belgian troops were easily dealt with. But at Chabrehez a small group of the Belgian 3rd Regiment of Chasseurs Ardennais stood in good position blocking the way of Rommel's 7th … Squad Leader — Crescendo of Doom
Resistance at Chabrehez Scenario#: U17     Date: 5/10/1940     Location: The Ardennes, Belgium The Chasseurs Ardennais were involved in notable actions on the Tenth of May, 1940. The first, at Chabrehez, by a company of the 3rd Regiment, against the advanced guard of Rommel’s 7th Panzer Division. The Chasseurs, under Lieutenant Lejeune and his… Advanced Squad Leader — Turning the Tide
Sturmgruppe Beton Scenario#: 75     Date: 10-May-40     Location: Vroenhoven, Belgium A dangerous salient in the Belgian frontier defenses was centered on the city of Maastricht Due to treaties and prewar politics the Belgian Army was unable to effectively garrison the approaches to Belgian territory over the Albert Canal. The capture… Combat Commander — Battle Pack #5: The Fall of the West
Sturmgruppe Granit Scenario#: 74     Date: 10-May-40     Location: Fort Eben Emael, Maastrict Vicinity, Belgium Positioned directly in the path of Army Group B's invasion route for Fall Gelb, Fort Eben Emael was considered one of the strongest fortresses in the world. The fort's elimination was crucial to the success of the German operational plan. … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #5: The Fall of the West
Sunrise at Ypenburg Scenario#: DD01     Date: 05/10/1940     Location: Ypenburg, Holland To open the Battle of the Netherlands, the Germans had planned a grand endeavor to capture not just The Hague, and the main Dutch military headquarters there, but the Dutch Royal Family and the Cabinet. Crucial to this effort was … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance
Sunrise at Ypenburg Scenario#: HiD03     Date: 1940-05-10     Location: Ypenburg, Holland To open the Battle of the Netherlands, the Germans had planned a grand endeavor to capture not just The Hague, and the main Dutch military headquarters there, but the Dutch Royal Family and the Cabinet. Crucial to this effort was … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance
Toujours L'Audace Scenario#: 48     Date: 5/10/1940     Location: Witry, Belgium 400 men of Infantry Regiment “Deutschland” landed by light plane to seize crossroads near the villages of Nives and Witry deep in the Ardennes. Lt.-Col. Garski’s command, landing in fields east of his target, was informed of the presence of Belgian… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 6 - The Last Hurrah
Unternehmen Niwi Scenario#: 3365     Date: 5/10/1940     Location: Nives, Belgium To carry out the "Sickle-Cut" plan that would split the Allied forces in half, the Panzers of Gruppe Von Kleist had to cross the Ardennes. The key of the operation was the speed of the assault: for the Panzers, the … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Valkenburg Airfield Scenario#: 3358     Date: 5/10/1940     Location: Valkenburg, Holland The invasion of the Netherlands was launched with a large German airborne operation. Paratroopers of the 7th Flieger Division were tasked with taking several bridges to open the way for motorized units. The plans also called for them to secure … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Vogt's Ritterkreuz Scenario#: OA26     Date: 5/10/1940     Location: Hatert, Holland As Operation Yellow opened, the recon battalion of the SS Verfugungs Truppen (or “V Division”) was detailed to Kampfgruppe Grave. This battle group was assigned the task of seizing bridges across the Waal River at Nijmegen, Neersbosch, Hatert, Malden… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Attic #2
Where are all the Others? Scenario#: HB12     Date: 05/10/1940     Location: Bodange, Belgium The 1st Panzer Division entered Belgium without difficulty. The Germans hoped to take Neufcháteau on the same day and then rush to the west. but most of the bridges over the Sure River had been destroyed and, at first, only … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
Where are all the Others? Scenario#: HiD06     Date: 1940-05-10     Location: Bodange, Belgium The 1st Panzer Division entered Belgium without difficulty. The Germans hoped to take Neufcháteau on the same day and then rush to the west. but most of the bridges over the Sure River had been destroyed and, at first, only … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance