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A Polish Battlefield Scenario#: AP129     Date: 8/20/1944     Location: Hill 262, France To help close the gap in the Falaise Pocket, the Polish 1st Armored Division occupied Hill 262, which the Poles called Maczuga (the Mace). The Mace overlooked the Chambois-to-Vimoutiers road which was the Germans' only hope of escape. Occupying a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #13 Oktoberfest XXXII
Battle of La Heuniere Scenario#: 20525     Date: 8/20/1944     Location: La Heuniere, France At the end of the Normandy campaign, Allied troops ran to the Seine River to prevent the Germans from re-forming a front line on the river. On August 18th, when the first tanks of the 5th US Armored Division appeared … Memoir '44 — New Flight Plan
Day 76 US 12th Army Group Situation Map for 1944-08-20 World War II - Western Front
Supply Detail Scenario#: PP02     Date: 8/20/1944     Location: Dardennes, France Company Vieules had received orders to attack Village des Moulins. Stubborn German resistance had stalled the attack for three hours. The defenders held a large villa which dominated the entire valley as well as the road to Toulon. First Section had… Advanced Squad Leader — Provence Pack (Download)
Surrender is Out of the Question Scenario#: 61     Date: 20-Aug-44     Location: Hill 262, The Falaise Pocket, France After the Allied breakout forced by Operation Cobra, the German army was caught between two pincer movements with most of the Seventh Army trapped in the rapidly closing "Falaise Pocket." The retreating army desperately sought to escape along its… Combat Commander — Battle Pack #3: Normandy
The Bridge at Chambois Scenario#: 62     Date: 20 Aug 1944     Location: Chambois, France On August 20, 1944, a hodgepodge of retreating German forces, including heavy Tiger tanks, medium Panzer IV models, and hordes of demoralized but desperate Nazi soldiers, attacked the U.S. 359th Infantry Regiment at the town of Chambois in order to … Tide of Iron — Designer Series
The Closer Scenario#: AP142     Date: 8/20/1944     Location: St. Lambert-sur-Dives, France Having secured most of the small village of St Lambert-sur-Dives with a quick strike the day before, Major David Vivian Currie of the South Alberta Regiment consolidated his mixed force of tanks and infantry around the main bridge across the Dives… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #14 Oktoberfest XXXIV
The Head of the Mace Scenario#: AP040     Date: 8/20/1944     Location: Mont Ormel, France Elements of the 1st Polish Armoured Division had accidentally arrived in the gap through which the remnants of the German armies in Normandy were struggling to escape the “Falaise Pocket”. Atop the twin 262-meter peaks of Mont Ormel, which they… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #4 Normandy 1944
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
Toulon Champaign for Southern France Scenario#: 23     Date: 8/20/1944     Location: Toulon, France Plans for the landings and campaign in southern France called for the French II 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 — Memoir 44