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A Stiff Fight Scenario#: 147     Date: 12/12/1941     Location: Asun, Malaya At the start of the Malayan Campaign, British forces thrust into Thailand with the intent of capturing strategic points to deny them to the Japanese. Once the Japanese landed at Kota Bharu, however, the British realized they would soon be flanked and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 13 - Rising Sun
Battlin' Buckeyes Scenario#: 160     Date: 1/29/1945     Location: Tacondo Barrio, Luzon Many of the Japanese troops defending Clark Field were less than front-line quality. Lieutenant Colonel Seikuke Eguchi, however, scrounged for them every available machine gun from the destroyed aircraft littering the runways. As the remains of Kembu… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 13 - Rising Sun
Bloody Red Beach Scenario#: 74     Date: 7/21/1944     Location: Asan, Guam As part of Operation Stevedore, the veteran 3rd Marine Division was to land on four beaches between Asan and Adelup Points on the west coast of Guam. However, Lt.-Gen. Takashina had correctly guessed the landing spots and had shifted infantry and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 9 - Gung Ho!
Broken Bamboo Scenario#: 156     Date: 3/29/1944     Location: Maelu, Burma After Brigadier J. M. Calvert’s 77th Indian Infantry Brigade had successfully blockaded the railway leading out of Mawlu, combat between the Chindit and Japanese forces intensified. In order to expand the Allied area of control, Calvert launched an… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 13 - Rising Sun
Bungle in the Jungle Scenario#: 62     Date: 3/6/1942     Location: Payagyi, Burma Following the disaster at the Sittang River in February, the troops defending Burma against the Japanese invasion fell back toward Rangoon. And from there the 7th Armoured Brigade was rushed to the rapidly collapsing front. The experienced "Desert… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 8 - Code of Bushido
Cibik's Ridge Scenario#: 67     Date: 11/22/1943     Location: Bougainville Island, New Guinea As elements of the 3rd Marine Division pushed eastward to expand its beachhead on Bouganville, 1st Lt. Steve Cibik’s reinforced platoon was ordered to occupy a small knoll with a commanding view of Empress Augusta Bay. Shortly after arriving, the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 9 - Gung Ho!
Grabbing Gavutu Scenario#: 149     Date: 8/7/1942     Location: Gavutu, Solomon Islands In the overall planning of “Watchtower”, the simultaneous assault on Florida and Guadalcanal, the capture of Gavutu-Tanambogo was a “side-show”, a necessary but minor element in the whole operation. The 1st Marine Parachute Battalion was chosen for… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 13 - Rising Sun
Hazardous Occupation Scenario#: 64     Date: 9/12/1942     Location: Mindanao, Philippines In their occupation of the Philippines, the Japanese created an atmosphere of escalating anger and resentment. On Mindanao, outside the village of Tamparan, a band of Muslims equipped with discarded U.S. rifles as well as their own kris and bolo… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 8 - Code of Bushido
Hell or High Water Scenario#: 73     Date: 11/1/1943     Location: Cape Torokina, Bougainville The obvious invasion sites on Bougainville were avoided in favor of a landing around Cape Torokina in Empress Augusta Bay. The usual prolonged naval bombardment was rejected in order to maximize the element of surprise. At 0710 the first wave of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 9 - Gung Ho!
Jungle Citadel Scenario#: 71     Date: 12/9/1944     Location: Bhamo, Burma As part of the multi-pronged drive to re-open the northern end of the Burma Road, the Chinese New 1st Army had pushed south to the river port of Bhamo, the terminus of navigation on the Irrawaddy. The Japanese had spent some six months turning it… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 9 - Gung Ho!
KP 167 Scenario#: 70     Date: 1/22/1942     Location: Mauban, Bataan On the 18th of January 1942, a battalion of the Japanese 16th Division began infiltrating across the slopes of Mt. Silanganan, where the terrain so rugged and densely forested that I Corps had been unable to form a continuous defensive line. On the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 9 - Gung Ho!
Last Of Their Strength Scenario#: 158     Date: 5/21/1944     Location: Charpate, Burma On 17 May 1944, after a grueling 100-kilometre (62 mi) march over the 2,000-metre (6,600 ft) Kumon Mountain range (using mules for carrying supplies) to Myitkyina, approximately 1,300 remaining Marauders, along with elements of the 42nd and 150th… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 13 - Rising Sun
Munda Mash Scenario#: 152     Date: 7/16/1943     Location: Laiana, New Georgia The swift capture of Munda Point and its airfield was imperative. American forces reached the defenders' main line on the peninsula. The Japanese were there in force, cleverly concealed in pillboxes and "spider holes". It was decided to put the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 13 - Rising Sun
On the Kokoda Trail Scenario#: 60     Date: 8/9/1942     Location: Deniki, Papua New Guinea On New Guinea, the Japanese had been slowly advancing on the Kokoda Trail. The Allies’ Maroubra Force had been forced back to prepared positions at Deniki. The Australian militiamen preformed a three-company counterattack which recaptured Kokoda and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 8 - Code of Bushido
OP Hill Scenario#: 157     Date: 4/17/1944     Location: Mawlu, Burma The second Chindit expedition established a number of “bamboo fortresses” to cut the Japanese supply routes in northern Burma. The most important of these, codenamed “White City”, was installed just north of Mawlu to block the vital Rangoon-Myitkyina… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 13 - Rising Sun
Orange at Walawbum Scenario#: 154     Date: 3/6/1944     Location: Walawbum, Burma For their first mission in the Burmese jungle, Merrill’s Marauders had to outflank the 18th Japanese Division to prevent it from escaping the attack of Stilwell’s two Chinese divisions in the Hukawng Valley. After a 10 day march in the hills, the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 13 - Rising Sun
Ramsey's Charge Scenario#: 148     Date: 1/16/1942     Location: Morong, Philippines The village of Morong, situated on a good river defensive line, had been inexplicably abandoned by the Philippine 1st Division. An advance guard was needed to reconnoiter and secure the town. The task fell to the ragged troopers and bony horses of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 13 - Rising Sun
Red Star, Red Sun Scenario#: 65     Date: 7/5/1939     Location: Nomonhan, Mongolia In May 1939, a dispute broke out over the boundary between Soviet-controlled Outer Mongolia and Japanese-held Manchuria. After a Soviet and Mongolian combined-arms force virtually annihilated a Japanese recon party, the heavily reinforced 23rd… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 8 - Code of Bushido
Sea of Tranquility Scenario#: 72     Date: 10/7/1944     Location: Peleliu, Palau Islands Although the island of Peleliu had been declared secure on September 30th, about a thousand Japanese remained in an area some 900 yards long by 400 yards wide. In some of the fiercest fighting of the entire Pacific campaign they had repelled in… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 9 - Gung Ho!
Shanghai in Flames Scenario#: 145     Date: 10/27/1937     Location: Shanghai, China After two months of heavy fighting in and around Shanghai, the Chinese Army was forced to retreat to the south bank of Suzhou Creek. Covering the retreat was the 524th Regiment of the Chinese 88th Division led by Lt.-Col. Hsieh Chin-yuan. The… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 13 - Rising Sun
Shoestring Ridge Scenario#: 61     Date: 11/24/1944     Location: Damulaan, Leyte On Leyte in the Philippines, the U.S. 32nd Infantry Regiment seized the town of Dumulaan with ease. Several days later they received news that a large Japanese force was moving toward them. One battalion supported by artillery was to hold the point… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 8 - Code of Bushido
Smertniki Scenario#: 59     Date: 8/13/1945     Location: Mutanchiang, Manchukuo The surprise Soviet blitzkrieg across the eastern border of Manchukuo did not necessarily seal the fate of the Japanese 5th Army. The key was the quick capture of a great railroad bridge spanning the Mutan River north of the strategic city of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 8 - Code of Bushido
Smith & Weston Scenario#: 155     Date: 3/26/1944     Location: Warong, Burma Two American platoons, Lt. Logan Weston's Intelligence and Recon platoon and Lt. Warren Smith's rifle platoon of the 3rd Battalion, had been left in place to block the trails leading east to Auche, thus covering the withdrawal of "Merrill's… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 13 - Rising Sun
Take Two Scenario#: 151     Date: 8/8/1942     Location: Tanambogo, Solomon Islands Following the costly repulse of Company B of the 2nd Marine Regiment on Tanambogo, the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Marines was ordered to land on Gavutu at dawn, relieve the exhausted paratroopers, and capture Tanambogo by the end of the day. Ashore at… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 13 - Rising Sun
Tanambogo Nightmare Scenario#: 150     Date: 8/7/1942     Location: Tanambogo, Solomon Islands By 1600, the Marine paratroopers had secured the summit of the hill on Gavutu and would spend the night digging some of the die-hard Japanese defenders from scattered caves on its slopes. But they had been repulsed on nearby Tanambogo. The “Red… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 13 - Rising Sun
The Bushmasters Scenario#: 66     Date: 5/24/1944     Location: Sarmi, New Guinea The 158th Regimental Combat Team landed at Arare on the north coast of New Guinea with orders to capture Sarmi and its valuable airfields. Attacking westward, the RCT made modest gains against stiffer than anticipated resistance. The plan for the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 8 - Code of Bushido
The Drive For Taierzhuang Scenario#: 146     Date: 3/23/1938     Location: Taierzhuang, China The Japanese offensive in early 1938 was designed to link their northern force from Beijing with their central force from Nanjing. The two forces were to meet west of Xuzhou, this severing the Lunghai corridor and the railroad which ran from the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 13 - Rising Sun
The Eastern Gate Scenario#: 63     Date: 2/7/1944     Location: Maungdaw, Burma In a series of concentric flanking movements, the Japanese 55th Infantry Division enveloped the forward divisions of the XV Indian Corp, cutting off their supplies and communications. A defensive “box” was formed around the 7th Indian Division’s… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 8 - Code of Bushido
The Rock Scenario#: 68     Date: 5/6/1942     Location: Corregidor, Philippines After the fall of Bataan, the Japanese turned the full weight of their artillery and air force onto the island fortress of Corregidor. For nearly a month, massive guns up to 14 inches in caliber salvoed back and forth across the North Channel of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 9 - Gung Ho!
Today We Attack Scenario#: 69     Date: 3/29/1942     Location: Toungoo, Burma Generalissimo Jiang Kai-shek had committed some of his best divisions to aid the British defense of Burma. One of them, the 200th, was fighting valiantly to hold the walled city of Toungoo, now nearly encircled by the Japanese. Major-General “Vinegar… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 9 - Gung Ho!
Totsugeki! Scenario#: 153     Date: 1/10/1944     Location: Kantau, Burma An encircling force, the Chinese 114th Regiment with the 6th Field Artillery Battery, was sent circling south to cross the River Tanai at Kantau. The Chinese regiment collided with the Japanese in a series of sharp actions along two small creeks. The… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 13 - Rising Sun
White Tigers Scenario#: 159     Date: 6/7/1944     Location: Ningthoukhong, India In early March, the Japanese 15th Army launched Operation U-GO to capture the highland town of Imphal, a vital British base in Assam. As part of the offensive, Lt.-General Yanagida’s veteran 33rd Infantry Division, known as the “White Tigers”,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 13 - Rising Sun