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Scenario#: 26     Date: 1944-12-26     Location: Müllerthal, Luxembourg

Elements of Patton’s Third Army were driving North to widen the corridor to Bastogne. The 5th Infantry Division’s 2nd Infantry Regiment sector extended down the Scheidgen draw to the Müllerthal. To gain entrance to the Müllerthal was no simple …

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Scenario#: 9     Date: 1944-12-13     Location: Kesternich, Germany

The American forces fighting around the small farming village of Kesternich, 15 miles southeast of Aachen, in mid-December 1944 were in disarray. Commanders in the area in many cases had little clue as to the situation at hand. Units of …

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Scenario#: 18     Date: 1944-06-06     Location: Chef Du Pont, France

Lt. Colonel Maloney gathered his marsh-soaked stragglers from the hodgepodge of formations of the 82nd Airborne. The bridges over the Mederet River and the town of Chef-du-Pont were to be their primary objectives. They were mission-critical for the…

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Scenario#: 23     Date: 1944-09-22     Location: Hurtgen Forest, Germany

The moment Captain Richards entered the battalion command post, he knew Major Carnes was pissed. “Those krauts snuck an observation post on Hill 179 last night and hammered regiment’s supply column this morning. Colonel Ranking is on my ass and …

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Scenario#: 14     Date: 1944-09-18     Location: Voederheil, Holland

On the main road to Nijmegen, north of Veghel, near a small village the locals called Voederheil, Captain Speirs lowered his binoculars and swore to himself. The fleeting grey figures he had seen moving about in the buildings ahead could …

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Scenario#: 3     Date: 1944-12-12     Location: Kalborn, Luxembourg

Corporal Cecil Hannaford was not happy. As the assistant squad leader in the 3rd Platoon, A Company, 110th Infantry Regiment, he had just learned that his platoon had been ordered to leave the warm safe shelter of their buildings in …

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Scenario#: 8     Date: 1944-08-27     Location: Allen, France

Captain Cole’s L Company of the 3rd Battalion found themselves on the outskirts of the small village of Allan in Southern France. The rest of the 3rd Battalion was still 5 miles back and just now passing through Bois des …

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Scenario#: 21     Date: 1944-09-24     Location: Son, Holland

Six days into Operation Market Garden and the situation was still chaotic for both Allied and German commands alike. Hell's Highway, a long narrow strip of road, was the only lifeline supplying the beleaguered American and British paratroopers.…

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Scenario#: 20     Date: 1944-06-13     Location: Carentan, France

This mission covers Easy Company’s (506th PIR) defense of the heights about one mile southwest of Carentan against a determined early-morning attack by elements of the 6th FJ and 17th SS Divisions. Flanked on the north and south by flooded …

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Scenario#: 28     Date: 1944-07-31     Location: Brecey, France

On the 31st, as part of Operation Cobra, the 1st Division had reached Brecey, about 10 miles east of Avranches. A few miles to the south is the river See which flows into the Atlantic just west of Avranches. The 1st Division’s 26th Inf Regl, the…

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Scenario#: 13     Date: 1944-09-18     Location: Grave, Holland

The 82nd Airborne had indeed achieved a major surprise on that bright September Sunday afternoon in 1944. Shortly after the paratroops had landed, a swift aggressive assault scattered the unprepared German defenders at the Grave crossing. With this…

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Scenario#: 4     Date: 1944-07-16     Location: St. Lo, France

Allied airpower had made movement and bringing in supplies for the German armies in Normandy a nightmare. By mid June 1944, the 3rd Fallschirmjager Division had finally received the major portion of their combat units. After a brief respite where …

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Scenario#: 15     Date: 1944-09-20     Location: Beek, Holland

Three days into Operation Market Garden, and the 82nd Airborne Division is knee-deep in vicious fighting in and around the Dutch city of Nijmegen. While the 504th and 505th PIRs battle for control of the Waal road bridge, the 508th …

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Scenario#: 5     Date: 1945-01-09     Location: Hatten

By December 21st, the German High Command had realized that the Ardennes Offensive was not going to reach its objectives. A sudden attack on the southern Allied front might damage the gap that Patton’s Third Army had left on its …

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Scenario#: 19     Date: 1944-06-06     Location: Ste. Marie-du-Mont, France

After a badly scattered night drop northwest of its objective, Lt. Winters led a remnant of Easy Company (506th PIR) towards the village of Ste. Marie-du-Mont. When finally there, they were tasked with taking out a German 105 battery at …

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Scenario#: 12     Date: 1944-11-24     Location: Metz, France

Following the pocketing of Metz by Patton’s Third Army on November 19, 1944, the army’s other divisions begin a drive through eastern Lorraine to cross the Saar River and pierce the West Wall. On the 24th, Combat Command B of …

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Scenario#: 11     Date: 1944-11-10     Location: Reichelskaul, Germany

The men of B and C Companies of the 1st Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment supported by two platoons of Shermans were met by intense mortar fire when they launched their attack against the Reichelskaul road junction in the morning of …

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Scenario#: 16     Date: 1944-09-19     Location: Beek, Holland

Groesbeek Heights, Holland. By the second day of Market Garden, the German High Command was desperately calling for counterattacks by any forces available. Near the small town of Beek, scattered units from the 82nd Airborne had captured a wooded hill…

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Scenario#: 40     Date: 1942-09-12     Location: Henderson Field, Guadalcanal

The Japanese of the 35th Infantry Brigade are bearing down on the American perimeter, which controls the ridge dominating Henderson Airfield, the spot the 2nd Marine Division HQ least expected. Controlling the ridge would enable the Japanese to take…

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Scenario#: 38     Date: 1942-11-01     Location: Bougainville Island, New Guinea

The 3rd Marine Division and the 37th Infantry Division conducted an amphibious assault on the island of Bougainville at the Cape of Torokina. Fierce jungle fighting defined this island battle as the Americans sought to expand their perimeter on the …

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Scenario#: 36     Date: 1943-01-13     Location: Mount Austen, Guadalcanal

The soldiers of the US Army’s 25th Infantry Division prepared for their third day of fighting on Galloping Horse Ridge where their objective was to take the final hill and thereby further the American advance to secure the island. Brought in to…

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Scenario#: 22     Date: 1944-06-06     Location: Sainte Mere Eglise, France

One of the few units of the 82nd Airborne that didn’t scatter badly that morning was Col. Sink’s 505th PIR. They were tasked with taking the village of Ste. Mere-Eglise and its nearby vital crossroads to the west. But they …

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Scenario#: 25     Date: 1944-12-16     Location: Lanzerath, Belgium

On the morning of 16 December, 3rd FJ Division began an attack through the Losheim Gap towards Lanzerath to secure the road north to Bullingen. This road w'ould provide the ISS Pz Division access to their assigned rollbahn in the Wacht am Rhein…

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Scenario#: 31     Date: 1944-06-11     Location: Hill 192, France

After landing on June 7th at Omaha beach, the 2nd Division moved inland and was eventually tasked with cutting the St Lo-Bayeux highway in mid-June. This operation was a critical part of enabling the planned 3rd Army breakout south out of Normandy…

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Scenario#: 29     Date: 1944-08-05     Location: Vire, France

The town of Vire was a key objective for both sides. It is located on the northern border of a large area containing dense hedge rows and hills known as the “Suisse Normande”. Near the south end of this large area is the town of Mortain; the starting…

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Scenario#: 10     Date: 1944-12-16     Location: Marnach, Luxembourg

In the early morning hours of December 16, 1944, the 1st and 3rd Platoons of B Company and a few anti-tank guns from the 630th Tank Destroyer Battalion were dug-in for the night in Marnach, an important road junction in …

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Scenario#: 17     Date: 1944-09-17     Location: Grave, Holland

Captain Kappel’s Company H orders were clear and sobering. They were to parachute, in broad daylight, into enemy territory, assemble their scattered troops, capture the Grave bridges, and eliminate all enemy resistance in your area. “We felt the…

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Scenario#: 42     Date: 1943-07-20     Location: Bairoko, New Georgia

Advance on Bairoko Harbor, New Georgia. On July 13th the Northern Landing Force lost its blocking position on the Bairoko-Munda Trail just south of Bairoko. On July 20th, Marine Commander Col. Liversedge, Naval Academy Olympian and two-time Navy…

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Scenario#: 1     Date: 1944-12-18     Location: Rocherath, Belgium

The Elsenborn Ridge will always be known as one of the few sectors of the American lines that held during the Battle of the Bulge. Just east of the Elsenborn Ridge lies the twin Belgian villages of Rocherath-Krinkelt. At 0530 …

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Scenario#: 32     Date: 1944-07-31     Location: Les Ajoncs, France

Following the launch of Operation Cobra on the 25th, the German FBE 4th Armored Division had driven about 20 miles south by the 30th exploiting a gap near Avranches. An advance element of the 4th Armored Division’s CCR was tasked with destroying the…

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Scenario#: 30     Date: 1944-07-07     Location: St. Lo, France

The 2nd Division’s 23rd Inf. Regt. (Tomahawks) makes their third attack against the 3rd FJ Div. which was defending an area that controlled the St. Lo-Bayeux highway, a vital east-west communications route for the German 7th Army in Normandy. Two …

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Scenario#: 27     Date: 1944-08-04     Location: Courson, France

Passing through Courson at about 9:30 am, the American column continued toward St. Sever-Calvados. The column consisted of elements of the 2nd Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment, and 3rd Battalion, 41st Armored Infantry Regiment, commanded by Lt. Col.…

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Scenario#: 41     Date: 1942-10-23     Location: Mantanikau, Guadalcanal

The morning peace was shattered by the rumble of tanks from the Japanese Independent Tank Company attacking down the coast toward the mouth of the Mantanikau River. Over the next 24 hours, the Japanese would fight fiercely to push the Marine…

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Scenario#: 24     Date: 1944-07-25     Location: St. Germain-sur-Seves,

Operation Cobra, the code name for the 3rd Army’s Normandy Breakout campaign, started on July 25th and focused on driving through an area of about 20 miles wide between St Lo and the west coast of Normandy. Among the many infantry divisions involved,…

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Scenario#: 35     Date: 1944-03-14     Location: Bougainville, New Guinea

Japanese soldiers of the 6th Division have prepared for the last several weeks for an offensive against the American forces at Bougainville. Divided into three assault units, they advanced against the American positions. Fierce fighting defined these…

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Scenario#: 2     Date: 1944-09-14     Location: Hurtgen Forest, Germany

The American 9th Infantry Division was the first unit to move into the unknown of the Hurtgen Forest. Poor weather had curtailed effective aerial reconnaissance, and the almost jungle like nature of the forest itself prevented combat units from…

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Scenario#: 41     Date: 1944-07-13     Location: Southern Ukraine

The morning brought a flurry of activity along German Rgt. 337’s front. Soviet infantry had infiltrated the Regiment’s forward positions in numerous places, and units had to be rapidly organized to expunge the Soviets and seal the line. By late …

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Scenario#: 34     Date: 1942-08-12     Location: Guadalcanal

1st Marine Division Intel Officer Frank Goettage asked for and received permission from MG Vandergrift to conduct a long-range patrol to locate Japanese remnants who he suspected to be on the verge of surrender. His patrol of 25 Marines would …

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Scenario#: 33     Date: 1942-09-23     Location: Henderson Field, Guadalcanal

In the weeks following the vicious fighting during the Battle of the Tenaru, both sides stayed on constant alert as they attempted to build up their forces. Ultimately, the Japanese felt confident that soon they would be able to attempt another…

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Scenario#: 39     Date: 1943-07-24     Location: Munda Point, New Georgia

The US Army 34th Infantry Division advanced on the Lambeti Plantation in New Georgia with Marine tanks as it attempted to capture the Japanese Airbase at Munda Point. The fighting was intense and did not see the gains expected as …

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Scenario#: 37     Date: 1942-08-17     Location: Makin Atoll

Elite Marine Raiders came ashore on Makin Island having debarked from two submarines for the purposes of taking Japanese prisoners, gathering intelligence, and destroying the enemy radar installation. This was also done to partially distract the…

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Scenario#: 7     Date: 1944-08-09     Location: Le Mans, France

The American Third Army was attempting to pin down and cut off the German Seventh Army near Le Mans, France. Like a huge sickle, CCR and CCA of the 5th Armored tore through the enemy's flank. On the night of …

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Scenario#: 6     Date: 1944-12-20     Location: La Gleize, Belgium

Four days into the Ardennes Offensive, Kampfgruppe Peiper had split its forces and was pushing desperately towards Stoumont and Cheneux. Peiper had left a garrison behind in La Gleize to protect his rear and cover the crucial road back to …

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