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A Simple Solution Scenario#: WO23     Date: 10/12/1944     Location: Aachen, Germany The battle for Aachen, the city of Charlemagne and the First Reich, had started two days earlier. American High Command had initiated a complicated series of maneuvers outside the city designed to isolate Aachen from the north and the south in a… Advanced Squad Leader — Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2017
A Tough Nut to Crack 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 … Last Hundred Yards — Last Hundred Yards
Aachen, Bloody Aachen Scenario#: BttR06     Date: 1944-10-18     Location: Aachen, Germany The ancient, picturesque city of Aachen had been incorporated into the German defensive positions of the Siegfried Lines. It held little military value; it was, however, an important symbol as it was the fi rst German city threatened by an enemy… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Battles to the Rhine
Aachen's Pall Scenario#: P     Date: 25-Oct-44     Location: Aachen, Germany The American hand had closed about Aachen. The city fell slowly. Street by street, then house by house the Gls squeezed out the Germans. Finally the Wehrmacht headquarters in the Hotel Quillenhof was in sight. The massive hotel structure proved … Squad Leader — The General #21.2
Aachen's Pall Scenario#: T08     Date: 10/15/1944     Location: Aachen, Germany The American hand had closed about Aachen. But the city fell slowly. Street by street, then house by house, the GIs squeezed out the Germans. Finally, the Wehrmacht headquarters in the Hotel Quellenhof was in sight. The massive hotel structure proved… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #27.3
Among the Ruins Scenario#: 21     Date: 10/17/1944     Location: Aachen, Germany Aachen was isolated, but prying the first German city away from the Reich would prove no easy task. Hoping to avoid the nightmare of house-to-house fighting, two battalions were ordered to drive through the heart of Aachen towards the three hills… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 3 - Yanks
Behind in the Count Scenario#: O09     Date: 10/4/1944     Location: Ubach, Germany In Übach, GIs worked in concert with tanks of the 743rd Tank Battalion, which blew open the doors of boarded-up houses, allowing infantry to enter and clear out anyone remaining. House-to-house fighting went on all night, with lines never more than a… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 5
Bourbon for Bravery Scenario#: W12     Date: October 8, 1944     Location: Aachen, Germany The West Wall fortifications stood between the Allies and the German homeland. They would make the enemy pay dearly for each step into Germany. Near the old city of Aachen, American soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division, the ’Big Red … Old School Tactical — Volume 2 Western Front
Checking Out Scenario#: WO27     Date: 10/19/1944     Location: Aachen, Germany The Big Red One had been working its way into Aachen for a month. Two battalions of the 26th Infantry Regiment entered the city proper on 13 October and began grinding their way through the heart of the city. Colonel Wilck, commander of… Advanced Squad Leader — Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2018
City on the Edge Scenario#: O10     Date: 10/8/1944     Location: Alsdorf, Germany The encirclement of Aachen – the first significant German city reached by the Western Allies – began in earnest on 2 October when the city’s suburbs were attacked from both north and west. After five days of combat, the 30th, attended by tanks of the… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 5
Crucifix Hill Scenario#: 5675     Date: 10/8/1944     Location: Haaren, Germany The US Army nears Aachen. Rather than heading straight for the town, General Hodges opts for an encircling maneuver. The 30th Infantry Division, north of Aachen, marches South, while the 1st Infantry Division skirts the suburbs via the South-East. … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2010
Crucifix Hill Scenario#: O08     Date: 10/8/1944     Location: Haaren, Germany In the 1st Infantry Division’s drive to capture Aachen, the 1st Battalion of Col. George Smith’s 18th Infantry Regiment was ordered to capture a fortified hill near Haaren known as Crucifix Hill. Employing special pillbox assault teams equipped with… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 4
Display Of Enthusiasm Scenario#: AP110     Date: 10/4/1944     Location: Breberen, Germany The overstretched 175th Infantry Regiment had finally crossed Saeffler Creek and was being relieved by the 113th Cavalry Squadron when the Germans, in Major General Charles Gerhardt’s peculiar vernacular, started to display “a little enthusiasm” in… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #11 29 Lets Go!
Hickory Lickin' Scenario#: AP172     Date: 10/16/1944     Location: Wurselen, Germany After several days of struggle, the city of Aachen, one of the first major German towns to be threatened on the Western Front, was now completely enveloped. The veteran U.S. 1st infantry Division had approached Aachen from the south while the 30th… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under
Kurhaus Clash Scenario#: 22     Date: 10/18/1944     Location: Aachen, Germany Americans were close to assaulting the Quellenhof, headquarters of the Aachen commandant. By midday they had captured Farwick Park’s outbuildings, the shattered greenhouses. and the famous Kurhaus beerhall. But suddenly the teenage veterans of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 3 - Yanks
Point D'Appui Scenario#: 307     Date: 9-Oct-44     Location: Bardenberg, Germany As the majority of the I 19th Infantry Regiment advanced into North Wuerselen, they left behind a reduced company, commanded by Captain R. Simmons, to protect their line of communication. Captain Simmons deployed the bulk of his troops around a … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory (Addon)
Point D'Appui Scenario#: U05     Date: 10/9/1944     Location: Bardenberg, Germany As the majority of the 119th Infantry Regiment advanced into North Wuerselen, they left behind a reduced company deployed around a roadblock to protect their line of communication. There seemed little chance of significant action. Suddenly, as light… Advanced Squad Leader — G.I.s Dozen
Red Sector A Scenario#: TBP12     Date: Oct 1944     Location: Aachen Vicinity, Germany The US effort to break into the Ruhr was given to the US 1st Army. The Germans defended the city of Aachen and its approaches with grim determination in an effort to prevent the breaking of the Siegfried Line. Combat Commander — Tournament Battle Pack
Ring Around Aachen Scenario#: 61     Date: 2 Oct 1944     Location: Wurselen, Germany Having broken through the Siegfried Line. fortifications by the end of the first week in October 1944. the American 30th Infantry Division wheeled south to link up with the “Big Red One" (1st Infantry Division) at Wurselen to encircle the … Tide of Iron — Designer Series
Siegfried Assault Scenario#: 9     Date: October 1944     Location: Aachen, Germany In October 1944, the U.S. 1st Army begins its attack on the Siegfried Line north of Aachen. Heavy artillery pounds pillboxes, barbed wire, and mine fields for several days before the assault. The 30th Infantry Division, joined by the 2nd … Tide of Iron — Next Wave
Simple Equation Scenario#: S003     Date: 10/12/1944     Location: Aachen, Germany The battle for Aachen had been raging for two days. A complicated series of maneuvers designed to encircle the city from both the north and south had been occupying the American command. These few units committed to the frontal assault on Aachen had… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit #1
Tanks in the Street Scenario#: 26     Date: 10/11/1944     Location: Bardenberg, Germany On the same day that the USAAF began its massive attacks on Aachen, the reserve 120th Infantry Regiment – which had taken Bardenberg without opposition the day before – suddenly found itself trapped by a battalion of the 108th Panzer Brigade, which… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 3 - Yanks
Wise's War Scenario#: AP118     Date: 10/13/1944     Location: Aachen, Germany The main assault on Aachen began with a pounding barrage by aircraft and artillery. Early on 13 October, Lt. Col. John Corley's 3rd Battalion of the 26th Infantry Regiment was ordered to push northwest, while Lt. Col. Derrill Daniel's 2nd Battalion… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #12 Oktoberfest XXX