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Night of Nights Scenario#: AP132     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, France "Tonight is the night of nights" began Lt. Col. Robert Sink's message to the men of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment as they embarked onto a fleet of transport planes on the evening of 5 June. As the vast armada of aircrafts carrying the 101st… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #14 Oktoberfest XXXIV
Nishne, Nyet! Scenario#: AP060     Date: 2/10/1943     Location: Nishne-Gnilovskaya, Russia When Red Army elements crossed the Don River in early February just west of Rostov and established a bridgehead, the 503rd Heavy Tank Battalion was part of the force tasked to eliminate the threat. A force of six Tigers and then Pz IIIs, with… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #6 A Decade of War
No Dunkirk Scenario#: AP181     Date: 8/14/1950     Location: Yongp’o, S. Korea On 29 July, the increasingly dire situation prompted Eighth Army Commander General Walton Walker to issue to division commanders what became known as his “Stand or Die” order, which read in part "There will be no Dunkirk, there will be no Bataan."… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #17 - Oktoberfest XXXV
Norwegian Edelweiss Scenario#: AP150     Date: 5/17/1940     Location: Stein, Norway Operation Wildente had pushed the Allied troops all the way up to Mo I Rana. Brigadier Fraser was ordered to hold that area for as long as possible. The forces at his disposal were the Scots Guards, five Independent Companies, a few platoons of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #15 Swedish Volunteers
Not Apt to Drag Feet Scenario#: AP030     Date: 6/7/1944     Location: Sainte-Mère-Eglise, France American forces dropped from the skies on June 6th were finally consolidating and receiving reinforcements and supplies. Commander of 7th Corps, General “Lightning Joe” Collins, came ashore to plant his flag on French soil. Stopping at a tank park,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #4 Normandy 1944
Not Bad For A Lone Croc Scenario#: AP109     Date: 9/14/1944     Location: Fort Montbarey, France The 29th Infantry Division cuold feel that the campaign for Brest was reaching a climax but there was still a significant amount of frustration at divisional headquarters with the slow progress and general attrition of trained fighting men from… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #11 29 Lets Go!
Odd Angry Shot Scenario#: AP068     Date: 10/12/1943     Location: Finisterre Range, New Guinea The campaign to push the Japanese out of New Guinea moved into the Markham and Ramu Valleys in 1943. The Australian 7th Division was tasked with the job of clearing these two strategic areas. As the 21st Brigade battled for high ground to the west,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #7
Old Hickory Scenario#: AP039     Date: 8/7/1944     Location: Mortain, France The Germans did not expect to encounter much resistance in the town of Mortain. The Big Red One was being replaced in the line by the 30th Infantry Division, a proud unit with a rich heritage originally from the North Carolina National Guard. The… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #4 Normandy 1944
Operation Kutuzov Scenario#: AP095     Date: 7/19/1943     Location: Otrada, Russia Although Soviet counterblows after CITADEL were both swift and potent, they had not come as much of a surprise to the Germans. Feldmarschall Walter Model had kept all of Panzer-Armee 2 in reserve to help protect the operation’s northern pincer. On… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #10
Panzergeist Scenario#: AP050     Date: 10/30/1944     Location: Olszak, Poland While most Soviet formations were either out of supplies, victory drunk or both, the German landsers were becoming weary of constant defensive action. With new equipment in place and supply lines back to the Reich shortened by the territorial losses… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #5 East Front
Parting Shots Scenario#: AP091     Date: 2/21/1942     Location: Thebyuchang, Burma As the British made a precarious and disjointed withdrawal in front of the relentless Japanese advance, many small actions were fought between the Bilin River and the easily fordable Thebyu River. The Bilin was the last barrier before the Salween… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #9 To the Bridge!
Patton’s Ghost Scenario#: AP183     Date: 9/27/1950     Location: Osan, S. Korea The breakout from the Pusan Perimeter would not be considered successful until Eighth Army linked up with X Corps coming from the Seoul area. To help make that a reality, each regiment of the First Team received fresh troops in early September in the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #17 - Oktoberfest XXXV
Pössl’s Posse Scenario#: AP171     Date: 7/12/1944     Location: Kaunas, Lithuania The Soviet advance during their summer offensive was rapid and combined with Hitler"s “no retreat” order led to many German units becoming trapped inside cities. At Vilnius, remnants of two German regiments under the command of Luftwaffe Major… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under
Probing Korsus Scenario#: AP151     Date: 3/4/1942     Location: Jandeba, Russia The Svir Front had been calm for sometime, when the Swedish Volunteers in Avdelta Kompaniet arrived at the stream Jandeba. Occasional shelling was a nuisance, and a raid to locate the source of this problem was ordered. After a few days worth of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #15 Swedish Volunteers
Quagmire Scenario#: AP056     Date: 9/22/1939     Location: Shangfu, China The Japanese 106th Infantry Division attacked from west of Nanchang in Jiangxi province, moving southwest along the southern edge of the rugged and heavily wooded Jiuling Mountains. In a few days it had pushed into the upper valley of the Laio River.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #6 A Decade of War
Raff's Dilemma Scenario#: AP029     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Les Forges, France Not all the troopers of the 82nd Airborne Division entered France on D-Day via airdrop; some landed at Utah Beach with the 4th Infantry Division. Lt. Col. Edson raff, commander of a combined-arms unit whose mission it was to relieve the 82nd at Ste.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #4 Normandy 1944
Rather Uncoordinated Scenario#: AP158     Date: 6/26/1944     Location: Tali, Finland At the Command Post everyone was joyful, a Russian tank had been destroyed and the defense line held tight even if the battalion forces were strained to the limit. Then another tank attack came, an Assault Gun raced in the lead with a supporting… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #15 Swedish Volunteers
Red Comrades Scenario#: AP046     Date: 3/20/1943     Location: Taranovka, Russia As Manstein delivered the “back-hand blow” to Soviet forces at Kharkov, the Red Army was beginning to develop tactics on par with their German counterparts. With the huge victory at Stalingrad to build upon, propaganda switched from politics to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #5 East Front
Red Don Scenario#: AP021     Date: 1/16/1943     Location: Babka, Russia Day after day in mid-January, the Soviets launched repeated attacks against the Italians of the Cuneense, Julia, and Tridentina divisions. Often the attacks never even made it across the frozen Don River to the fortified positions. On January 16th,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #3 Few Returned
Red Horse Recon Scenario#: AP138     Date: 7/8/1944     Location: Goucherie, France The swampy areas of the Cotentin peninsula led Allied command to misundcrstand bocage country. Only as the U.S. First Army attempted to reach the line formed by the towns of Coutances, St. Ló, and Caumont would that terrain's true nature be… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #14 Oktoberfest XXXIV
Red Storm Scenario#: AP009     Date: 4/16/1945     Location: Alt Langsow, Germany The battle for the Seelow Heights on the outskirts of Berlin would be the battle upon which the fate of the capital would rest. On 16 April at 0300 hours, a massive array of Soviet artillery opened fore along the front. Searchlights were switched on… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #2
Rude Mood Scenario#: AP079     Date: 5/18/1944     Location: Esperia, Italy The Allied efforts to breach the German fortified defenses known as the Hitler Line were moving slowly forward. General Juin, commanding the Free French forces in Italy, had a plan to outflank the Germans through the Esperia defile and on to Mt.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #8 Roads Through Rome
Sabres Crossed Scenario#: AP182     Date: 8/16/1950     Location: Waegwan, S. Korea Lieutenant General Kim Ung and his KPA I Corps were two weeks behind schedule regarding "Operation Order 121"-to take Taegu and Pusan by 6 August. With Eighth Army getting stronger by the day in its defensive positions behind the Naktong, Ung’s… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #17 - Oktoberfest XXXV
Sat Sri Akal! Scenario#: AP058     Date: 1/2/1942     Location: Kampar, Malaya As the veteran troops of the Japanese 5th Infantry Division pushed down the Malay peninsula, the 11th Indian Division opposing it was forced to amalgamate several units from the battered 6th Brigade into the 15th Brigade, creating the composite… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #6 A Decade of War
Savannah Rain Scenario#: AP006     Date: 7/11/1943     Location: Gela, Sicily On July 10th, the Allies landed in Sicily — theAmerican VII Corps in the Licata and Gela area and the British at Pozzalo, eastof Syracuse. In Gela, Darby’s Rangers successfully fought off a counterattack by the 10-ton French tanks of Gruppo Mobile… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #1
Second City Scenario#: AP117     Date: 10/11/1944     Location: Debrecen, Hungary The Soviet attack had reached the edge of Debrecen and was closing in on the city itself. In typical fashion, the Cavalry-Mechanized Group would hit a weak point – usually the Hungarian lines – and try to force a rout. With the outskirts of Hungary's… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #12 Oktoberfest XXX
Second Crack at Caumont Scenario#: AP032     Date: 6/13/1944     Location: Caumont L'Evente, France On June 12th, to expand the Omaha Beach foothold, the 18th and 26th Infantry Regiments of the “Big Red One” launched a morning attack in the direction of Caumont. Initial progress was swift and the village of Sallen, 3km north of the objective, fell… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #4 Normandy 1944
Second Cristot Scenario#: AP033     Date: 6/16/1944     Location: Cristot, France Having briefly taken Hill 102, the British were determined to get it back, and this time to hold it. Once again, the starting point was Hill 103, south of Audrieu, and the attack would go in eastwards towards Hill 102 and the ruins of Cristot. This… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #4 Normandy 1944
Second to None Scenario#: AP136     Date: 6/16/1944     Location: Bérigny, France After licking its wounds amid two days of local German counterattacks, the 23rd Infantry Regiment was able to bring more supporting elements, including a tank platoon, to assist in a renewcd assault around Hill 192. This time, with three full… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #14 Oktoberfest XXXIV
Shielding Moscow Scenario#: AP013     Date: 12/3/1941     Location: Khimki, Russia The men of the 35th Infantry Division were exhausted after their long trek across Russia. First mud, the severe winter weather, then stiffening defenses had blunted the spearhead of Operation Typhoon’s drive to Moscow. Now, with the spires of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #2
Shouting Into The Storm Scenario#: AP062     Date: 2/8/1945     Location: Klein-Silber, Germany In early February, following the Red Army’s breakthrough and rapid advance in Poland, the northern flank of Zhukov’s 1st Belorussian Front in Pomerania was fluid. His worn-out and thinly spread troops pushed northward in an attempt to keep the enemy… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #6 A Decade of War
Show of Force Scenario#: AP094     Date: 3/12/1943     Location: Graiworon, Russia Following the disastrous loss of Stalingrad, German High Command faced another threat in northern Russia. After Russian breakthroughs at several points on the Don River, the Germans were in danger of losing three Heeresgruppes – in total, more men… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #10
Slicing the Throat Scenario#: AP085     Date: 1/19/1942     Location: Tavoy, Burma Men of the 3rd and 6th Burma Rifles were about to experience their baptism of fire. The Japanese were coming. They were coming not from the south, but from the east. British plans for the defence of Burma and Malaya were partly predicated on the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #9 To the Bridge!
Smashing the Hook Scenario#: AP090     Date: 2/18/1942     Location: Danyingon, Burma The British were desperate to cover the Salween River crossings; the Japanese were juts as anxious to secure them. Aggressive moves by both sides led to a particularly active fight for control of the Yinon crossing. Having beaten back an attack on… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #9 To the Bridge!
Smoke 'Em Scenario#: AP076     Date: 9/13/1943     Location: Persano, Italy During the afternoon, two German battle groups, the Kampfgruppe ‘Kleine Limburg’ and Kampfgruppe ‘Krüger’, had attacked Persano to the north-west and overrun the 1/157th Infantry before crossing the Sele river to fall on the 2/143rd Infantry and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #8 Roads Through Rome
Something to Prove Scenario#: AP051     Date: 1/18/1945     Location: Sid, Yugoslavia In an attempt to re-open lines to Panzer-Armee 2, Armeekorps XXXIV conducted a major attack along the Syrmien front south of the Danube. Opposing this assault were six divisions of Tito’s “partisan” army. Dug in like the Russians who had trained them… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #5 East Front
Sons of Slava Scenario#: AP070     Date: 7/18/1944     Location: Busk Sasov, Poland The Red Army launched the Lvov-Sandomierz offensive after OKH had stripped Army Group North Ukraine to the bare bones in order to plug the holes left by a crumbling Army Group Center. This attack was a major operation in its own right, designed to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #7
Sparrow Force Scenario#: AP164     Date: 2/22/1942     Location: Oesau, West Timor Following Pearl Harbor. the Japanese attacked key locations in Asia, including Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore. The islands of Java and Sumatra contained key raw materials and bases and also formed part of the Japanese expansion plans. Leading the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under
Storm of Steel Scenario#: AP002     Date: 7/5/1943     Location: Maloarkhangelsk, Russia The opening of Operation Citadel came as no surprise since both sides had been building up their forces for weeks. The first task facing the German assault was to break through the heavily defended Soviet lines. The Soviet positions, containing six… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #1
Strike Up the Band Scenario#: AP097     Date: 8/9/1944     Location: Lesquern, France By mid-summer, Third Army’s drive across northern France was moving so quickly that it outran its supply sources, and not enough trucks were available to transport supplies to every front line unit. On Patton’s orders, supplies were dumped at the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #10
Swamp Cats Scenario#: AP011     Date: 7/3/1944     Location: Smorgon, Russia Fighting had raged up and down the Minsk-Vilnius highway for over a week between Molodechno and Smorgon. Confronted with the collapse of Army Group Center and the imminent loss of Minsk, Hitler sacked Field Marshal Busch and allowed Model to release… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #2
Swede Revenge Scenario#: AP156     Date: 6/25/1944     Location: Tali, Finland The Finnish Battalion Commander's voice was barely heard over the alarm. "Take the height!" "Protect the flank". The order started pumping adrenalin into every man's body, as the Swedish group led by Lieutenauts Axel Hård av Segerstad and Orvar… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #15 Swedish Volunteers
Take a Bath Scenario#: AP036     Date: 7/31/1944     Location: Torigni-sur-Vire, France Fearing for his left flank, the boundary with the British, General Gerow had kept his V Corps advance on a tight rein. But the success of the British BLUECOAT offensive and weakening German resistance persuaded him to change his policy to an all-out… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #4 Normandy 1944
Taking Heads Scenario#: AP059     Date: 1/1/1942     Location: Concepcion, Luzon During the retreat of the North Luzon Force to Bataan in the last days of 1941, two recently mobilized reserve divisions of the Philippine Army took up temporary defensive positions astride the Concepcion-Magalang Road along the so-called D-5 Line.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #6 A Decade of War
Ten-Ton Tank Scenario#: AP144     Date: 2/27/1940     Location: Märkäjärvi, Finland The Swedish Volunteer Corps Anti-Tank Gun Company had taken up position along the road leading from Kemijärvi to Märkäjärvi. On the afternoon of the 27th a "Ten-Ton Tank" showed up besides the road at the edge of the woods opposite the Swedish… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #15 Swedish Volunteers
Texas Flood Scenario#: AP077     Date: 9/13/1943     Location: Persano, Italy To fulfill General Dawley's request to close the gap between the Sele-Calore Rivers, General Walker sent his divisional reserve to plug the hole. The 2nd Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment was deployed to cover the frontage with the company's HQ in… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #8 Roads Through Rome
Thai Hot Scenario#: AP083     Date: 12/8/1941     Location: Pattani Province, Thailand Pattani, a town in the province of the same name, is located on the Kra Isthmus, more than 500 kilometres south of Burma. The town’s proximity to the Malayan border made it a top Japanese priority. As day broke on 8 December, Japanese transports were… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #9 To the Bridge!
That Damn Bridge Scenario#: AP103     Date: 6/8/1944     Location: Grandcamp-Les-Bains, France Immediately after the relief of Pointe-du-Hoc, Col. Canham, C.O. of the 116th Infantry Regiment, turned his attention to Grandcamp-les-Bains and its small but important harbor. 5th Rangers were ordered down the coastal road over a small, flooded… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #11 29 Lets Go!
The Beasts Have Arrived Scenario#: AP169     Date: 4/16/1944     Location: Seredynki, Ukraine Marshal Zhukov mustered six tank armies within the 1st Ukrainian Front and, on March 4, launched them with the town of Tarnopol as a key objective. The "Mud Offensive" was successful and 200,000 Germans under General Hube became trapped, victim's of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under
The Bend Scenario#: AP173     Date: 1/16/1945     Location: Hatten, France A war of attrition had descended upon the villages of Hatten and Rittershoffen in the French province of Alsace. German attempts to break through this sector and into the open plains beyond as part of Operation NORDWIND had been halted through the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under