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Scenario#: J160     Date: 3/25/1945     Location: Bienen, Germany

The only axis of attack available to the Canadian 3rd Infantry Division was through the villages of Speldrop and Bienen. Speldrop was taken by the end of 24 March but at a high cost in both men and material, providing a taste of things to come. The…

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Scenario#: J154     Date: 9/1/1944     Location: Meximieux, France

The area around Lyon was known as the “cradle of the resistance” due to activity of the FFI. Consequently, after landing in southern France on 15 August and heading quickly northward, the American Seventh Army encountered more friendly maquisards…

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Scenario#: J153     Date: 8/7/1944     Location: Mortain, France

The first elements of the American 30th Infantry Division to enter Mortain were met by civilians going about their daily lives. Some of the departing members of the 1st Infantry Division congratulated the new arrivals of their soft assignment. Not…

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Scenario#: J147     Date: 9/12/1937     Location: Luodian, China

In August 1937 hostilities broke out between Chinese troops and Japanese Marines posted in Shanghai. The Japanese escalated the conflict by large-scale troop landings outside the city and took the coastal town of Baoshan after a brutal siege.…

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Scenario#: J158     Date: 1/15/1945     Location: Noville, Belgium

By the middle of January, “Easy” was on the attack again. Although many replacements had come into the ranks, some of whom were not even paratroop-qualified, Major Dick Winters entrusted them with one more assault to retake ground east of Bastogne…

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Scenario#: J155     Date: 9/20/1944     Location: Wyler, Germany

At approximately 1330 hours on 17 September 1944, the Red Devils jumped into Holland as part of Operation Market Garden. Although initial resistance was light, heavy fighting ensued for days.The 508th established and maintained a defensive position…

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Scenario#: J148     Date: 3/24/1939     Location: Nižná Rybnica, Slovakia

At dawn on March 23, 1939 Hungary suddenly attacked Slovakia from Carpatho-Ukraine with instructions being to "proceed as far to the west as possible". Hungary attacked Slovakia without any declaration of war, catching the Slovak army unprepared,…

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Scenario#: J156     Date: 12/19/1944     Location: Mageret, Belgium

Fearing a counterattack, Lehr commander Bayerlein pulled back his tanks and let Volksgrenadier-Division 26 secure Mageret during the night of 18-19 December. Combat Command R, 9th Armored Division the next morning launched an attack to reopen the…

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Scenario#: J152     Date: 8/2/1944     Location: Drouet, France

By the fourth day of the British offensive Operation Bluecoat, the German front line had been penetrated and the armoured units sought to exploit the gains. To obtain a clear line of advance, the British Guards Armoured division changed its…

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Scenario#: J157     Date: 12/21/1944     Location: Courland Pocket, Latvia

For nearly one month, heavy rain and mud had prevented further Russian offensives against the German army trapped in the Courland pocket. When a sudden heavy frost returned the roads to passable conditions in mid-December, a forbidding atmosphere of…

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Scenario#: FB18     Date: 1/26/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary

With the arrival of the 297th Rifle Division to their south, the regiments of the Soviet 108th Guards Rifle Division were able to shorten the width of their front lines in order to bring additional pressure on the Axis units defending the blocks on…

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Scenario#: J151     Date: 5/25/1944     Location: Marbam, Burma

Following a heavy downpour, the temporary command for the battle of Imphal called WOODFORCE, decided to launch a new assault on the village of Marbam. The 10th Baluch Regiment would be sent in to clear Marbam and the ridge to the west, both of which…

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Scenario#: J149     Date: 12/22/1941     Location: Rosario, Luzon

On 22 December, the main Japanese landing on the island of Luzon came ashore at Lingayen Gulf. The objective was Manila, but getting there required a breakthrough of blocking positions on the main roads along the way. First up after the beach was…

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Scenario#: J150     Date: 3/26/1944     Location: Sangshak, India

The 153rd Parachute Battalion, 50th Parachute Brigade, was the only Gurkha airborne unit formed during the war. Their initial combat experience occurred as part of a delaying action against the northern pincer of the Japanese envelopment of Imphal,…

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Scenario#: J159     Date: 1/24/1945     Location: San Manuel, Philippines

Resolving to fight to the death, Major General Shigemi ordered his forces to dig in at San Manuel. Several tanks were converted into fortified bunkers by burying them in the ground so only their turrets were visible; the remainder were to be used as…

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Scenario#: VOTG25     Date: 9/28/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia

Late September found the 13th Guards Rifle Division still clinging stubbornly to a narrow section of the riverbank in downtown Stalingrad. The Germans had shifted their main effort north to the factory district, and the battle for the center of the…

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