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- Collection: ASL - Action Packs
Konev CrossScenario#: AP119 Date: 4/27/1945 Location: Berlin, GermanyOn the evening of 25 April, General Chuikov's scouts discovered units of General Konev's front in the suburbs of Berlin. The glory of capturing the Reichstag had been promised to Chuikov's commander, Marshal Zhukov. Zhukov ordered Chuikov to cross… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #12 Oktoberfest XXX |
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KleckerweiseScenario#: AP057 Date: 5/14/1940 Location: Chémery, FranceResponding to a German bridgehead over the river near Sedan, the French ordered two tank battalions to join two reserve infantry regiments for possible action. Unfortunately it took them all night to reach their assigned positions. The attack order… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #6 A Decade of War |
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Kingston of the HillScenario#: AP120 Date: 4/22/1951 Location: Hwachon Reservoir, South KoreaJoe Kingston's “King” Company, reinforced by a weapons platoon from “Mike” Company, the regimental recon platoon, and a platoon of 4.2” mortars, was responsible for defending 3,400 meters of the Hill 902 ridge despite being short of ammunition. As… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #12 Oktoberfest XXX |
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Katyusha VariationsScenario#: AP155 Date: 6/21/1944 Location: Näätäkä, FinlandAfter the Russian breakthrough of the first Finnish line of defense in the Karelian Isthmus, Field Marshal Mannerheim ordered the evacuation of Far Karelia. All forces in the region were sent to the Isthmus tp prevent a Russian exploitation of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #15 Swedish Volunteers |
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Invisible FoesScenario#: AP005 Date: 5/4/1945 Location: Davo City, PhilippinesAs the Okinawa campaign was in full swing, the Philippine campaign was winding down.Only the southern islands remained to be retaken from the Japanese. Mindanaowas the largest of these, and it was defended by the Japanese 100th and 30thDivisions. The… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #1 |
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Into Vienna WoodsScenario#: AP052 Date: 4/17/1945 Location: St. Polten, AustriaOn April 12 STAVKA declared Vienna clear of German forces. The 3rd Ukrainian Front was issued new orders, one of which was to take the town of St. Polten, south-west of Vienna, in the strategically located Vienna Woods. St. Polten was taken on the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #5 East Front |
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Insult to InjuryScenario#: AP047 Date: 7/12/1943 Location: Storozhevoe, RussiaAlthough the German spearhead had been blunted at Prokhorovka, the thrusts of SS-Panzerkorps II would continue to push forward for another day. However, General Rotmistov was now gaining the initiative, and the armored battles would be under… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #5 East Front |
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InfiltratorsScenario#: AP038 Date: 8/4/1944 Location: Burcy, FranceIn support of the American COBRA offensive, the British launched Operation BLUECOAT on 30 July. Within days, combined-arms columns had penetrated over fifteen miles into the German line south of Caumont, threatening the pivotal town of Vire. Yet this… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #4 Normandy 1944 |
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Home By Christmas?Scenario#: AP187 Date: 11/29/1950 Location: Samso-Ri, N. KoreaEven after the heavy casualties inflicted on the 8th Cavalry Regiment at Unsan and Yongbyon, UN Command still thought that the Communist Chinese did not intend to rescue the Kim Il Sung regime. When Chinese forces disengaged in early November, the UN… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #17 - Oktoberfest XXXV |
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Hold Your HorsesScenario#: AP175 Date: 3/3/1944 Location: Los Negros Island, New GuineaHaving spent the first year of the war patrolling the Mexican border, by 1943 1st Cavalry Division was alerted for overseas duty in February with all of their normal equipment-submachine guns, carbines, a Colt .45 for each trooper, and other… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #17 - Oktoberfest XXXV |
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Hickory Lickin'Scenario#: AP172 Date: 10/16/1944 Location: Wurselen, GermanyAfter 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 |
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Helluva Patrol LeaderScenario#: AP106 Date: 6/12/1944 Location: Montmartin-en-Graignes, FranceBrigadier General Norman Cota had decided to tag along on a mission to capture two bridges that the Germans might use to sever the tie between US forces in Carentan and Omaha Beach. After crossing the Vire River, the two companies encountered heavy… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #11 29 Lets Go! |
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Head in the NooseScenario#: AP071 Date: 9/10/1944 Location: Dornot , FranceThe American XXth Corps’ advance through central France brought it to the banks of the Moselle River in early September, and the 5th Infantry Division’s 11th Infantry Regiment forced a crossing of the river in the rain at Dornot on September 8. In… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #7 |
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Happy ValleyScenario#: AP073 Date: 11/26/1942 Location: Chouigui Pass, TunisiaLt. Col. John Waters was tasked with creating a "tank-infested area" in the Tine Valley southeast of Mateur and reconnoitering the bridges across the Medjerda River at El Bathan and Djedeida. Waters' route of march led over the hills between the Tine… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #8 Roads Through Rome |
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Guns for St. BarbaraScenario#: AP072 Date: 11/29/1944 Location: St. Barbara, GermanyThe American 95th Infantry Division, upon being relieved from its position at Metz, was tasked with making the first crossing of the Saar River. From 25-28 November, the division made headway against the German defense which, though thin spread, was… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #7 |
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Ghost RidersScenario#: AP022 Date: 1/22/1943 Location: Sceljakino, RussiaThe retreating Alpini Corps trudged westward through the snow. Cresting the low hills dominating the town of Sceljakino, on the route of the Italian retreat, the lead troops encountered heavy gyunfire from Soviet troops in the town below. To keep an… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #3 Few Returned |
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Garry Owen!Scenario#: AP179 Date: 7/28/1950 Location: Kumchon, S. KoreaGenerals Walton "Johnnie" Walker and Hobart "Hap" Gay, commanders respectively of Eighth Army and 1st Cavalry Division, had both served in the Third Army during WWII, and both realized the division's performance at Yongdong was nothing General Patton… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #17 - Oktoberfest XXXV |
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Gabriel's HornScenario#: AP075 Date: 9/12/1943 Location: Altavilla, ItalyThe barely tested “T-Patchers” of the US 36th (Texan) Infantry Division were tasked with taking the hilltop village of Altavilla and the hill to the northeast beyond the village, labeled Hill 424 on their maps. The Texans met little resistance… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #8 Roads Through Rome |
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Fuller's FollyScenario#: AP135 Date: 6/12/1944 Location: Hill 192, FranceThe week after D-Day, the 2nd Infantry Division was still not ready for the atatck on Hill 192. According to Captain Henry Caulder, a battalion adjutant in the 23rd, the officers leading the attack had not personally reconnoitered the ground and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #14 Oktoberfest XXXIV |
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Full Moon MadnessScenario#: AP088 Date: 2/11/1942 Location: Kuziek, BurmaAfter the drubbing they received at Moulmein, the British made haste to cover the crossings of the Salween River in an ultimately futile attempt to forestall the Japanese advane. Meanwhile, beginning in early February, the Japanese began aggressive… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #9 To the Bridge! |
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Frontiers and PioneersScenario#: AP042 Date: 6/26/1941 Location: Skaudvila, RussiaAs German penetrations into the Russian frontier intensified, Soviet commanders were forced to rely heavily upon counterattacks to stem the tide. Northwest Front commander Col-Gen Kusnetsov planned to use his 3rd and 12th Mechanized Corps to attack… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #5 East Front |
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Frivilligkompani BenckertScenario#: AP147 Date: 4/16/1940 Location: Kongvinger, NorwayShortly after the attack on Denmark and Norway, the Swedish government prohibited public meetings and recruitment organizations for Swedish volunteers to Norway. Maybe some 300 Swedes went to Norway, some of them in the Swedish uniforms with Finnish… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #15 Swedish Volunteers |
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Forest GummScenario#: AP174 Date: 1/19/1945 Location: Weyersheim, FranceTowards the latter part of Operation NORDWIND in the Alsace province of eastern France, the Germans shifted their focus to the Rhine River. ln response, the inexperienced American 12th Armored Division had tried to take the initiative against the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under |
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Food FightScenario#: AP096 Date: 4/29/1944 Location: Hrabivka, UkraineThroughout most of the Second World War, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) was engaged in partisan warfare, first against the Germans, then against the Soviets. The UPA tended to avoid conflict with the Soviet Army, instead focusing their efforts on… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #10 |
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Flight of FancyScenario#: AP128 Date: 7/8/1944 Location: Herouville, FranceAfter waiting a month for the Allied attack at Calais, Generalmajor Karl Seivers' Feld-Fivision 16 (Luftwaffe) began its move to Normandy into the front lines around Caen, protecting the flanks of SS-Panzer-Division 12 and Panzer-Division 21. After… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #13 Oktoberfest XXXII |
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Flea CircusScenario#: AP026 Date: 9/8/1943 Location: Mezzocamino, ItalyMuch to the dismay of the Italians, on the afternoon of September 8, 1943, General Eisenhower made public the armistice between the Allies and the Italian government. The Italians had been playing a dangerous balancing act between the Germans and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #3 Few Returned |
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First CristotScenario#: AP031 Date: 6/11/1944 Location: Cristot, FranceThe brigadiers commanding 69th Infantry and the supporting 8th Armoured Brigades had accompanied B Squadron of the Dragoons Guards up Hill 102, south of Cristot. Opposition was light, but infantry would be needed to secure the position. The Green… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #4 Normandy 1944 |
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First AllyScenario#: AP112 Date: 9/5/1939 Location: Zabrzez, PolandIn return for territory that was disputed over with Poland, Slovakia agreed to aid Germany in the invasion of Poland. The deployment of the 1st Slovakian Infantry Division was the most advanced, and thus it was most ready for immediate action. On 2… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #12 Oktoberfest XXX |
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Fear NaughtScenario#: AP137 Date: 6/26/1944 Location: St. Manvieu-Norrey, FranceMontgomery's attempt to take Caen by the end of June was codenamed Operation EPSOM, and the flanking maneuver west of Caen commenced in bad weather. This kept anticipated tactical airstrikes from happening, but did not prevent the 15th (Scottish)… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #14 Oktoberfest XXXIV |
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Far From HomeScenario#: AP053 Date: 12/18/1936 Location: Boadilla del Monte, SpainThe Nationalists' offensive started with a heavy artillery bombardment on the 14 December and Franco's troops occupied the town of Boadilla del Monte. As a countermeasure, the Republicans sent a detachment of Russian tanks led by General Pavlov and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #6 A Decade of War |
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Escape from EncirclementScenario#: AP043 Date: 8/3/1941 Location: Podvyssokoya-Peregonorka, RussiaLarge numbers of Russian men and material had been cut off and surrounded in a pocket centered on Uman, near Kiev. The encircled Russians, searching for a means to escape, had already attempted to break out to the east with disastrous results. To the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #5 East Front |
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End of the BeginningScenario#: AP092 Date: 2/22/1942 Location: Sittang, BurmaWith British defenses in disarray—the 17th Indian Division was strung out over 15 miles of roads, and jungle – the Japanese pressed even harder for their prize: the bridge at Sittang. Early on the morning of the 22nd the commander of 1st Battalion,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #9 To the Bridge! |
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Empire's FallScenario#: AP087 Date: 1/31/1942 Location: Moulmein, BurmaMoulmein – the third largest city in Burma with nearly 100,000 residents and long loyal to the Crown – clings to the eastern bank of the mouth of the Salween River. Its all-weather airfield, and position astride an important transportation route as… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #9 To the Bridge! |
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Emergency SurgeryScenario#: AP139 Date: 8/4/1944 Location: Châteauneuf, FrancePatton's rush across Brittany to take the port city of Brest and fortress of St. Malo met little resistance during July. To keep the pressure on, he ordered the formation of Task Force A, a regiment sized unit composed of the 15th Cavalry Group and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #14 Oktoberfest XXXIV |
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East BankScenario#: AP180 Date: 8/12/1950 Location: Wich’on-Dong, S. KoreaThe KPA plan for the attack against Taegu demanded that the 10th Division make a coordinated attack with the 3rd Division, from the west and southwest respectively. The 10th Division, so far untested in combat, was ordered to cross the Naktong River… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #17 - Oktoberfest XXXV |
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Double TroubleScenario#: AP084 Date: 12/28/1941 Location: Bokpyin, BurmaWithin days of gaining passage through Thailand, Japanese forces were probing southern Burma. On 12 December, 2nd Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment, 55th Division crossed the Kra Isthmus. The Regimental Commander, Colonel Uno, and one rifle company… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #9 To the Bridge! |
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Display Of EnthusiasmScenario#: AP110 Date: 10/4/1944 Location: Breberen, GermanyThe 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! |
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Directive Number ThreeScenario#: AP007 Date: 6/27/1941 Location: Dubno, RussiaOn June 22nd, “Barbarossa” struck the Soviet Union. Unlike the other Army Groups, Army Group South would have to fight through solid defenses held by troops skillfully led and determined to fight. By the 23rd, a breach of the front between the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #1 |
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Dingoes At DamourScenario#: AP163 Date: 7/9/1941 Location: Damour, SyriaAfter a month the British and Commonwealth campaign against Vichy forces in Syria was coming to a close. The coastal town of Damour was the last major Vichy outpost before the key city of Beirut. The Vichy commander in the Damour region, allocated a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under |
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Desobry DefiantScenario#: AP061 Date: 12/19/1944 Location: Noville, BelgiumEarly on the morning of 19 December, near Noville in a dense fog, advance units of the 2nd Panzer Division stumbled into elements of Combat Command B of the 10th Armored Division. After several probes, the Germans deployed to attack. As the moved out… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #6 A Decade of War |
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Death Takes a TollScenario#: AP134 Date: 6/10/1944 Location: Norrey-en-Bessin, FranceAfter the disaster that befell Kompanie 3 of SS-Panzer-Regiment 12 on the 9th, a last attempt to retake Norrey was made by the only uncommitted infantry left available to SS-Panzer-Division 12, SS-Panzer-Pionier-Abteilung 12. Ordered to assault at… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #14 Oktoberfest XXXIV |
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Day at NightScenario#: AP159 Date: 6/28/1944 Location: Tali, FinlandA report gave information that the Russian Tank Army drove south. Immediately the order was given to the 2nd Finnish Battalion to attack in the direction of Tali Mill. Supported by a few remaining men of the Swedish Avdelta Kompaniet, led by… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #15 Swedish Volunteers |
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Danger ForwardScenario#: AP016 Date: 7/21/1943 Location: Alimena, SicilyWhile the Axis forces slowly fell back towards Messina, the Big Red One kept up the pressure through the difficult terrain of central Sicily. The opposing Italians were fighting on native soil now, but their leadership hadn’t improved. As Gruppo… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #2 |
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Currie's FavorScenario#: AP141 Date: 8/19/1944 Location: St. Lambert-sur-Dives, FranceThe pincers around Falaise were closing en Paul Hausser's 7 Armee and by the third week of August there were very few routes of escape left. One such possible route was at the village of St. Lambert along the Dives river, which is little more than a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #14 Oktoberfest XXXIV |
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CrossfireScenario#: AP078 Date: 9/22/1943 Location: Acerno, ItalyAcerno was a mountain village astride a tortuous and winding stretch of road leading north from Battipaglia. The road was one of two that connected the beachhead with Highway 7—the main highway to Rome. On 22 September, elements of the US 3rd “Rock… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #8 Roads Through Rome |
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Crickets in SpringScenario#: AP131 Date: 3/7/1945 Location: Aranyos-Puszta, HungaryThe Lake Balaton offensive, code named FRUHLINGSERWACHEN (Spring Awakening) began on 6 March. The “Hitlerjugend” division launched its part of the attack at 0400. The first day was disappointing as the division made little progress against the Soviet… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #13 Oktoberfest XXXII |
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Cream of the CropScenario#: AP012 Date: 6/23/1941 Location: the Bug River, RussiaAssault gun crews were highly trained, elite artillery units assigned to provide close fire support to the infantry. All assault gun crews were volunteers up until 1944 and had proven in pre-war trials to be more accurate gunners than tank crews. In… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #2 |
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Cota's Last Stand?Scenario#: AP105 Date: 6/12/1944 Location: Montmartin-en-Graignes, FranceWith the paratroopers of the 101st Airborne fully engaged outside Carentan, the 29th was ordered to conduct a reconnaissance in force west of the Vire to test the German forces and to capture two important bridges. At the last moment, General Norman… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #11 29 Lets Go! |
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CorianoScenario#: AP082 Date: 9/13/1944 Location: Coriano, ItalyAfter the 1st Canadian Corps' breach of the Green Line, the Allies pushed forward to the inevitable next German defensive position, the Rimini Line. In order to secure its left flank while making the drive to the Rimini Line, the 1st Canadian Corps… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #8 Roads Through Rome |
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Coal in Their StockingsScenario#: AP100 Date: 12/25/1944 Location: Foy-Notre-Dame, BelgiumBy Christmas Eve, PanzerArmee 5’s attack had lost steam. Christmas morning dawned clear and bright, and ensuing Allied air activity restricted German ability to reinforce units that had made the deepest penetrations toward the Meuse River.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #10 |