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A Ridge Too Far Scenario#: S017     Date: 6/8/1944     Location: Amfreville, France On D-Day, the 1st Special Service Brigade landed under fire on Sword Beach at H+90 and made the long trek to cross the Orne River Bridge (Pegasus Bridge) at Benouville and establish a defensive perimeter against counterattack on the far eastern flank… Advanced Squad Leader — Operations #48
Beneath The Castle Walls Scenario#: N14     Date: 8 June, 1944     Location: North Of Amfreville, France Lt Col. Timmes’ night patrols paid off. Lieutenant John Marr and Private Norman Carter stumbled upon the secret ford, and crossed to rendezvous with General Ridgeway at the Division CP. The General’s staff called on the 1st Battalion of the … Combat! — Normandy
Better Late Than Never Scenario#: AP102     Date: 6/8/1944     Location: Pointe-du-Hoc, France Companies D, E and F of the 2nd Rangers Battalion – having scaled the cliffs and accomplished their D-Day goals – were under heavy attack. That night, expected German attacks knocked the Rangers out of their forward positions along the coastal road,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #11 29 Lets Go!
Buying The Farm Scenario#: DASL14     Date: 6/8/1944     Location: LaCambe, France The U.S. 175th Infantry Regiment was to spearhead the 29th Infantry Division's advance on Isigny; and Company A was to lead the 175th. Lieutenant John Allsup was not at all pleased with his company's role, and he was barely encouraged by the… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
Cat's Kill Scenario#: G21     Date: 6/8/1944     Location: Bretteville L'Orgueilleuse, France On June 8th, SS-Obersturmfuhrer Rudolf von Ribbentrop arrived in Normandy with his Panzer Abteilung as part of the ttempt to bolster the German defenses. Ribbentrop's troops were immediately ordered into a night assault to relieve the 1st Battalion… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #29.4
Cloaks Of Confusion Scenario#: N05     Date: 8 June, 1944     Location: Near Cauquigny, France Landing on 7 June, the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment spent much of the day mai'ching and counter-marching. Late in the day, 1st Battalion was despatched across the ‘secret ford’ through the marshes to bolster Colonel Timmes’ 2/507th in their orchard… Combat! — Normandy
Day 3 US 12th Army Group Situation Map for 1944-06-08, US troops capture St. Mére-Eglise. World War II - Western Front
Deeds Not Words Scenario#: 53     Date: 8-Jun-44     Location: Utah Beach Vicinity, Normandy, France Fire from the 210mm guns of the Crisbecq Coastal Artillery Battery, commanded by Lt. Walter Ohmsen, constantly harassed and prohibited the unloading of supplies and reinforcements on Utah Beach. On June 7 the 1 Bn, 22nd lnfantry was tasked with … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #3: Normandy
Defiance on Hill 30 Scenario#: 11     Date: 6/8/1944     Location: Pont l'Abbe, France An ad hoc group of roughly two parachute companies under Lt. Colonel Shanley were stopped cold on their drive toward the bridge at Pont L’Abbe. They fell back to high ground overlooking the Chef-Du-Pont crossing. The key element of the position was a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 2 - Paratrooper
Encircled at Hill 30 Scenario#: 34     Date: 8-Jun-44     Location: Hill 30, Caponnet, France Elements of the 2nd Bn, 508th PIR under Lt. Col. Thomas Shanley were one of the few groups of troopers that landed west of the Merderet River. In constant enemy contact and short of supplies, Shanley decided to withdraw to … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #1: Paratroopers
Ewell's Charge Scenario#: BOH11     Date: 06/08/1944     Location: St. Come Du Mont, France Carentan was the key to preventing a linkup between American forces from Utah and Omaha Beach. Taking Carentan, however, meant that St. Come du Mont and the road leading southfrom the causeway to the town would have to be won. … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Band of Heroes
Ewell's Charge Scenario#: HoN19     Date: 1944-06-08     Location: St. Come Du Mont, France Carentan was the key to preventing a linkup between American forces from Utah and Omaha Beach. Taking Carentan, however, meant that St. Come du Mont and the road leading southfrom the causeway to the town would have to be won. The fight started on… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of Normandy
L'Ecole Normale Scenario#: AD01     Date: 6/8/1944     Location: Tulle, France With the arrival of the Allies in Normandy, many in France believed their liberation would follow within weeks if not days. The Communist FTP partisans believed that they would now have to take matters into their own hands or see their power in the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 89
Normandy - Omaha Beachhead - Action at Grandcamp 8 June 1944 World War II - Western Front
Normandy - Utah Beach - Attack on St. Come-Du-Mont 8 June 1944 World War II - Western Front
Omaha Lifeline Scenario#: P06     Date: 8 June, 1944     Location: Pointe Du Hoc, France After reaching St-Pierre-du-Moni before noon, the relief column planned to push along the coastal highway to the junction of the exit road from Pointe du Hoc. Company A of the 2nd Rangers, fonning the column’s point, got to a hamlet … Combat! — Rangers
Road Trip Scenario#: 65     Date: 8-Jun-44     Location: Cressensac, France Cressensac, southern France, with FFI partisan forces ambushing the German 4th SS Panzergrenadier Regimental HQ. Combat Commander — CC: Resistance
Sink's Encouragement Scenario#: S041     Date: 6/8/1944     Location: St. Côme du Mont, France Colonel Robert Sink and his unit, the five-oh-sinks, were trying to break the German hold on the town of St. Côme du Mont bewteen Carentan and St. Mere Eglise. To do this he manuevered several units into a line east of the town including the 1st… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit Bonus Pack #1
That Damn Bridge Scenario#: AP103     Date: 6/8/1944     Location: Grandcamp-Les-Bains, France Immediately after the relief of Pointe-du-Hoc, Col. Canham, C.O. of the 116th Infantry Regiment, turned his attention to Grandcamp-les-Bains and its small but important harbor. 5th Rangers were ordered down the coastal road over a small, flooded… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #11 29 Lets Go!
The Call of Duty Scenario#: BOH12     Date: 06/08/1944     Location: E Of St Come Du Mont, France During the day of June 8th, the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division assisted in the attack on St. Come du Mont. Their job was to destroy the four bridges that linked Carentan to the geninsula. It … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Band of Heroes
The Call of Duty Scenario#: HoN20     Date: 1944-06-08     Location: E Of St Come Du Mont, France During the day of June 8th, the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division assisted in the attack on St. Come du Mont. Their job was to destroy the four bridges that linked Carentan to the geninsula. It was one of their first… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of Normandy
The Price of Impatience Scenario#: A006     Date: 6/8/1944     Location: Cressensac, France At dawn, under orders that brooked no delay, the vehicles of the 2nd SS-Panzer Division lurched forward, beginning the eventful trek north towards the Allied beachheads at Normandy. At Montauban, the 4th SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment was to meet up… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 89
The Seige Scenario#: N15     Date: 8 June, 1944     Location: Les Heutes, France By D+2, Timmes had the enormous psychological boost of a telephone line across the marsh to the far shore. He had also the shaken glidermen who had fallen back to the orchard after the confusion of the night. As dawn … Combat! — Normandy
Trapped! Scenario#: 15     Date: 6/8/1944     Location: Saint-Come-du-Mont, France German paratroops and grenadiers had held St. Come-du-Mont against constant pressure from American paratroops for two days but the Americans were already getting relief from the beaches. And then the Americans cut the road to Carentan from the south… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 2 - Paratrooper
V.3, #9 June 8 -15, 1944 The War Fronts: France, Italy, Pacific, Eastern Front, Balkans Back: Germany and adjacent areas WWII News