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11th Company Counterattack Scenario#: 170 Date: 6/23/1944 Location: Vyborg, Finland After losing the important city of Viipuri to the Soviets, the Finns withdrew to the next natural defense barrier, the Kivisilta Strait. A small Soviet force crossed at the narrowest part of the strait and formed a bridgehead, and Finnish GHQ ordered… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
A Surprise Encounter Scenario#: A088 Date: 12/12/1939 Location: Tolvajärvi, Finland By the end of the first week of the Winter War, the Soviet 139th Rifle Division had driven the outnumbered Finnish defenders back almost 40 miles along the Tolvajarvi Road, threatening to create the first Russian breakthrough. Into the situation… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 95 Winter
A Wedge in the Ice Scenario#: BB09 Date: 2/11/1940 Location: Viipuri, Finland After a week of forceful probes and measured attacks, General Timoshenko’s major offensive against the Mannerheim Line was finally ready. The 123rd Division and 35th Tank Brigade were to spearhead the offensive, having undergone intensive training… Advanced Squad Leader — Backblast #2
Anabasis Scenario#: 177 Date: 10/29/1944 Location: Särkiniemi, Finland The Germans were not only fighting the Soviet offensive in the north of Finland, but their units in the south now had to fight their way past Finnish units attempting to cut off their routes to the north. The last German unit to make its way north… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
Arctic Crossroads Scenario#: 161 Date: 12/3/1939 Location: Yläluostari, Finland When the Winter War commenced on 30 November, the Finns did not expect any significant activity in the northernmost sector of Petsamo. The Soviets, however, had committed their entire 104th Division to secure both the Finnish arctic coast and the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
Armored Car Savikurki Scenario#: 162 Date: 12/5/1939 Location: Perkjärvi, Finland To delay the Soviet onslaught from reaching the main Finnish defense line, the finns engaged in a series of fighting withdrawals. Orders for one such delaying action was directed to 1st Company, Hämmen ratsurykmeniti (Häme cavalry regiment) at the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
Battle of Tolvajarvi Scenario#: 20285 Date: 12/12/1939 Location: Tolvajarvi, Finland At the beginning of the Winter War, north to Ladoga Lake, Soviets had deployed the 139th Rifle Division which advanced along the road to Tolvajarvi. To counter this threat, Finnish Command had formed the Talvela Group with some different units … Memoir '44 — Online Only
Breakout From Prääzä Scenario#: 167 Date: 8/8/1941 Location: Karelia, Russia The Finnish attack to capture the vital crossroads at the village of Prääzä had stalled in front of the objective. To get the attack rolling Jalkavakirykmentti (Infantry Regiment) 50 was dispatched to outflank the defenders. After a march through the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
Destruction of the 44th Division Scenario#: 20101 Date: 1/5/1940 Location: Raate, Finland After the success at Tolvajarvi, Finnish forces began attacking the Russian invaders with renewed strength. A successful tactic they used quickly became known as Motti tactics. Russian movements were bound to roads. As soon as they got into the… Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2016
Father Sunshine Scenario#: 173 Date: 6/29/1944 Location: Portinhoikka, Finland After being stopped at Viipuri, the Soviets were pushing to break through the Finnish lines to the east of the city. At midnight on 29 June, Soviet tanks broke through the infantry lines held by Infantry Regiment 50. Major Mikkola, commander of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
Fighting Withdrawal Scenario#: 1 Date: 9/2/1941 Location: Terijoki, Finland The Finns, seeking restitution for the Winter War of 1939, had erupted across the borders and breached the Soviet Karelian front even as the crisis to the south of Leningrad came. In a desperate attempt to salvage something and form a new defense… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
Final Push Scenario#: 17490 Date: 3/2/1940 Location: Viipuri, Finland The Finnish military situation on the Karelian 1sthmus was dire as troops were experiencing heavy casualties. In addition, artillery ammunition supplies were exhausted and weapons were wearing out. After failing to halt the Russians at Honkaniemi the… Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2016
Forest Bastion Scenario#: 168 Date: 9/8/1941 Location: Niiniselkä, Russia As part of the general attack aimed at the Karelian capital of Petrozavodsk, the Finnish 11th Division was ordered to take the village of Prääzä, an important road junction over which the two sides had been fighting for a while. The division devised… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
Hakkaa Paalle Scenario#: G17 Date: 1/12/1940 Location: Vetko, Finland With their victories in the north, Finnish reinforcements were dispatched to the Kuhmo sector to seal the fate of the Soviet’s 54th Rifle Division, whose own advance had stalled in the frozen marshland. To counter, Russia’s only trained ski troops,… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #29.2
Hunters at Ylimaa Scenario#: 175 Date: 10/8/1944 Location: Ylimaa, Finland The Finnish Armored Division was ordered to take the important city of Rovaniemi. After a few inconclusive skirmishes, the lead battalion encountered German positions near Lake Portimo. The first attack was not successful. For the next attack, five… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
Kollaa Scenario#: 20149 Date: 12/7/1939 Location: Rumilus, Finland North of the Karelian 1sthmus which received the main initial assault of the Winter War, the Soviet 8th Army, a force of 7 divisions reinforced by armor units, assaulted the 2 divisions of the Finnish 4th Army Corps. After pushing … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2016
Lagus Assault Guns Scenario#: 174 Date: 7/12/1944 Location: Vuosalmi, Finland On 9 July, the Soviets managed to create a bridgehead in the VKT Line at Vuosalmi. This was reinforced the following night with several divisions supported by armor. Finnish HQ realized the seriousness of the situation and ordered Maj. Gen. Lagus'… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
Night Fans Scenario#: 169 Date: 1/28/1943 Location: Lake Segozero, Russia The small island of Metchishori, in the frozen Lake Segozero, was guarded by a Finnish company that was rotated on a monthly basis. On the morning of 21 January, the 9th Company and a machine gun platoon was transferred to the island. On 28 January a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
Nothing But Courage Scenario#: 165 Date: 2/26/1940 Location: Honkaniemi, Finland When the weary Finnish troops took up positions in the Mannerheim Line, with the Soviets right on their heels, the defense ran into trouble right away. After a week of battle, the Soviets managed to breach the line in several places, including at the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
On The Borderline Scenario#: A1 Date: 30-Nov-39 Location: Artahuhta, Finland The Soviet 139th Rifle Division-20000 troops supported by 147 artillery pieces and 45 tanks, under the command of General LB. Belyayev-crossed the border on all available roads leading to Tolvajarvi, a key road junction defended by 4200 scattered… Squad Leader — ASL Annual 89
On the Borderline Scenario#: 124 Date: 11/30/1939 Location: Artahuhta, Finland The Soviet 139th Rifle Division – 20,000 troops supported by 147 artillery pieces and 45 tanks – crossed the border on all available roads leading to Tolvajarvi, a key road junction defended by 4,200 scattered Finnish reservists. Cavalry Reserve Lt.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
Out of Kemi Scenario#: 10925 Date: 10/3/1944 Location: Kemi, Finland Following the Moscow Armistice, Finnish troops began to boot their erstwhile German ally against the Soviet Union out of Lapland. In a bid to speed up the Germans' retreat toward Northern Norway, the troops of General Hjalmar Siilasvuo devised an … Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack
Red Churchills Scenario#: J170 Date: 6/20/1944 Location: Vyborg, Finland After the siege of Leningrad was lifted in January 1944, STAVKA began planning a summer offensive to knock Finland out of the war. The Soviet attack on the Karelian Isthmus started on 9 June, timed to coincide with the Normandy landings. Fifteen… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11
Retaking the VKT Line Scenario#: 171 Date: 6/26/1944 Location: Tali, Finland The Soviets breached the Finnish defenses of the Viipuri-Kuparsaari-Taipale (VKT) Line at the village of Tali. They exploited this success y driving the Finns off from the important Portinhoikka crossroads. In the early morning of the 26th, Jaeger… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
Silent Death Scenario#: 23 Date: 9-Dec-39 Location: Aittojoki, Finland As Soviet troops pressed into the wilderness areas north of Lake Ladoga, the Finns instituted a full scale scorched earth policy. Even those Russians lucky enough to find Finnish dwellings still intact often met with disaster. With the onset of … Squad Leader — Crescendo of Doom
Silent Death Scenario#: A011 Date: 12/9/1939 Location: Aittojoki, Finland As Soviet troops pressed into the wilderness area north of Lake Ladoga, the Finns instituted a full-scale scorched earth policy. Even those Russians lucky enough to find Finnish dwellings still intact met with disaster. With the onset of the severe… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 89
Skiing in Lapland Scenario#: 166 Date: 2/26/1940 Location: Kuhmo, Finland During the first three weeks of the war the Russian 14th Army drove Detachment Pennanen before it all the way to Hoyhenjarvi where the advance halted and the contenders dug in. The front would be quiet until February 24, when a Russian ski detachment… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
Stopped Cold Scenario#: 163 Date: 12/15/1939 Location: Kirvesmäki, Finland After two weeks of delaying actions and counterattacks, Finnish forces had now reached the prepared main defense works known as the Mannerheim Line. However, the defenses at Kirvesmäki, consisted of little more than barbed wire and a few old concrete… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
Suomussalmi Scenario#: 1409 Date: 12/16/1939 Location: Suomussalmi, Finland The Soviet Army crossed the border into Finland in the last days of November, 1939. On December 8th, they reached the lightly defended village of Suomussalmi. The next day, Colonel Hjalmar Siilasvuo, a veteran of WWI, brought in reinforcements and … Memoir '44 — Eastern Front
Taipale river Scenario#: 17300 Date: 11/30/1939 Location: Summa, Finland Both the Russians and the Fins know that Summa is the gateway through the Karelian 1sthmus into Finland. This is the most defended place in the Mannerheim line. That’s why Russian troops try to lure Finnish troops away from that … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2016
Taking Some Flak Scenario#: J192 Date: 10/28/1944 Location: Muonio, Finland During the final withdrawal of German units from Finland, SS-Gebirgsjager-Regiments 11 and 12 were tasked with holding the Finns at bay. On the road from Tornio and Kemi, the Germans were withdrawing their troops interspersed with equipment-laden… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #12
The Battle of Honkaniemi Scenario#: 20105 Date: 1/25/1940 Location: Honkaniemi, Finland On the night between 25th / 26th of February 1940, the Jaeger company was transferred by trucks to Heponotko (3 km North-East from the Honkaniemi depot) and skied to the starting point, arriving at 0400 hours. The tank company arrived … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2016
The Borders are Burning Scenario#: 22 Date: 30-Nov-39 Location: Kuhmo, Finland Along the Karelian Front, as the Soviets crossed the borders, the Finnish forces executed a planned withdrawal to the Mannerheim Line. In the north, however, the Finns were ordered to oppose the Russian advance at every opportunity. At Kuhmo, the … Squad Leader — Crescendo of Doom
The Borders are Burning Scenario#: 123 Date: 11/30/1939 Location: Kuhmo, Finland Along the Karelian Front, as the Soviets crossed the borders, the Finnish forces executed a planned withdrawal to the Mannerheim Line. In the north, however, the Finns were ordered to oppose the Russian advance at every opportunity. At Kuhmo, the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
The Only Way Out Scenario#: 176 Date: 10/15/1944 Location: Rovaniemi, Finland Rovaniemi, the capital city of Finnish Lapland and formerly the site of German headquarters, was burning to the ground when the first Finnish unit, Infantry Regiment 11, arrived on the scene as the delaying Gebirgs-Infanterie-Division 7 was just… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
The Raate Road Scenario#: A054 Date: 12/13/1939 Location: Raate, Finland With the invasion, two reinforced Soviet divisions crossed the border in the north with orders to cut Finland in half by seizing Oulu, 150 miles to the west. But the Russian 163rd Rifle Division was soon trapped at Suomussalmi. And so, a third Soviet… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 93a
The Road to Gora Scenario#: A091 Date: 12/15/1941 Location: Gora, Russia The Finnish 7th Division had gained a bridgehead on the eastern side of the Svir River at the Tetoimaki village group. The four villages of Tetoimaki lay along a solitary road in the otherwise desolate wilderness, with Gora being the westernmost… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 96
Tolvajarvi Scenario#: 17759 Date: 12/12/1939 Location: Tolvajarvi, Finland Early December Finnish forces where pushed back on every front. Only the Mannerheim line stood firm. Russia seems undefeatable with their superior numbers in men and equipment. The situation was especially critical north of lake Ladoga where Russian… Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2016
Torment at Tormua Scenario#: 164 Date: 1/11/1940 Location: Tormua, Finland Finnish Group Wolf was directed to attack those remnants of the 163rd Ukrainian Division that had managed to escape from the Soumussalmi pocket. The Soviets were dug in at Juntusanta, 5 kilometers south of Tormua. All three battalions of Wolf would… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
Uncommon Valor Scenario#: A120 Date: 12/21/1939 Location: Aglajavi, Finland Late on 21 December, a reinforced battalion of the 16th Jager Regiment attacked Aglajavi from the north, in conjunction with an attack from the south. It was a night attack, and at first it went well. The Finns managed to cross the ice and close on… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 97
Vetko Village Scenario#: 10923 Date: 1/12/1940 Location: Vetko, Finland In January 1940, during the Winter War, Stalin ordered the 2nd Soviet Ski Brigade, under the command of Colonel Konstan Dolin, to relieve the 54th Rifle Division who the Finns had encircled and cut off. Dolin, moved into Finland toward … Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack Bonus
Winter fight at Kuhmo Scenario#: 10922 Date: 11/30/1939 Location: Kuhmo, Finland On November 30, 1939, the Soviet Union broke off diplomatic relations with Finland and attacked by air and land without declaring war. Ordered to repel the Russian 54th Rifle Division in the North, elements of the 13th Finish Reinforced Battalion … Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack