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...and Here We Damned Well Stay Scenario#: A050 Date: 10/27/1942 Location: El Alamein, Egypt In an ill-organized night attack during Operation Lightfoot, a battalion of the British 7th Motor Brigade had thrust forward to seize a German-held position. However, unaware that their maps were faulty, the men and carriers advanced along an… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 92
A Good Party Scenario#: A056 Date: 3/16/1943 Location: Mareth, Tunisia Before the 8th Army could launch its assault on the Mareth Line, it had to clear the Axis outposts between the Wadi Zeuss and the Wadi Zigzaou. One of these, held by veterans of the 90th Light Division, encompassed a group of small hills… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 93a
A Meeting of Patrols Scenario#: A029 Date: 12/26/1944 Location: Monschau, Belgium During the Battle of the Bulge, the U.S. 47th Infantry Regiment was trucked to the vicinity of Eupen and assigned the role of preventing an enemy penetration past the lines held by the 38th Cavalry Squadron. Defensive positions were established along… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 91
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
Able at Cesaro Scenario#: A013 Date: 8/8/1943 Location: Cesaro, Sicily At first light, 2nd Battalion of the 47th Infantry Regiment stepped off to seize the next group of hills and, if possible, the village of Cesaro itself. Pushing through the scrub and low hills northwest of Cesaro, Company A quickly reached the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 90
Across the Wire Scenario#: A061 Date: 6/16/1940 Location: Nezvet Ghirba, Libya On the afternoon of June 10th, Italy declared war upon France and England. At a single stroke, the fight had leapt beyond the confines of Europe to become a "world" conflict. On the 16th, two troops of B Squadron, 11th Hussars, were patrolling the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 93b
Airborne Samurai Scenario#: A085 Date: 1/11/1942 Location: Menado, Celebes The Battle of Manado at Manado (also spelled Menado) on the Minahasa peninsula on the northern part of the island of Celebes (now known as Sulawesi), from 11–13 January 1942 was an attempt to open a passage to attack Australia through the eastern… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 95 Winter
Ambitious Plans Scenario#: BB16 Date: 1942-09-27 Location: Point Cruz, Guadalcanal After a series of Bloody Ridge engagements earlier in the month, General Vandegrift knew that a sizable Japanese force was operating from Matanikau village east of Point Cruz. A series of ambitious offensives in regimental strength were planned to… Advanced Squad Leader — Backblast #2
Best-Laid Plans Scenario#: A048 Date: 6/27/1943 Location: Leskovik, Albania ELAS had learned that the German 1st Mountain Division was moving from Serbia to Greece, with its route passing through the village of Leskovic high in the mountains along the Greek-Albanian frontier. The commander of ELAS decided to use the village… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 92
Beyond the Blue Beach Scenario#: A004 Date: 9/9/1943 Location: Paestum, Italy At one minute past midnight, loud speakers on the Allied transports called the boat teams to their stations. Before them lay the beaches of Salerno. The 141st and 142nd Infantry regiments of the U.S. 36th Division would be first ashore, in six waves… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 89
Blockbusters Scenario#: A115 Date: 3/31/1944 Location: Nhpum Ga, Burma On the fourth day of fighting at Nhpum Ga, elements of the Japanese 114th and 55th Regiments were able to completely surround the 2nd Battalion of Merrill's Marauders. The Japanese established a block on the trail just north of Nhpum Ga, severing… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 97
Blocking Action at Lipki Scenario#: A044 Date: 7/3/1941 Location: Borisov, Belarus During the opening stages of Barbarossa, the first great pincer movement on the Central Front occurred between the cities of Bialystok and Minsk. As a result of the encirclement of four Soviet armies in the pocket, the high command was forced to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 92
Breakout Scenario#: AD06 Date: 6/29/1944 Location: Bokruisk, Russia In what was to become known as the "Destruction of Army Group Centre", the city of Bobruisk was one of the primary objectives for the Soviet summer offensive. The Soviet 65th and 3rd Armies linked up west of Bobruisk, trapping some 100,000 German… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 90
Cat and Mouse Scenario#: A019 Date: 2/1/1944 Location: Anzio, Italy From the moment that the "Devil's Brigade" moved in to occupy a portion of the defensive perimeter around the beachhead, Lt.-General Frederick instituted aggressive nightly patrols of company strength. His goal was to keep the enemy opposite --… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 90
Cattern's Position Scenario#: A111 Date: 11/20/1942 Location: Soupta, New Guinea After their rout at Oviv-Gorai, the Japanese continued their retreat along the Kokoda Trail. The Australians pursued them on two parallel axis of advance, hoping to reach the coast at Sananada before Japanese reinforcements could be landed. For days,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 97
Chakila Sunrise Scenario#: A045 Date: 7/13/1944 Location: Chakila, New Guinea Major Iwataro Hoshino’s ad hoc Coastal Attack Force had crossed the Driniumor River during the night of 11-12 July, bringing 70mm and 75mm guns up to support the advance by the 237th Infantry. When contact with the 237th was lost, however, the major… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 92
Clash Along the Psel Scenario#: A051 Date: 7/12/1943 Location: Prokhorovka, Russia Hundreds of AFVs were compressed into a corridor bordered by the Psel River on one side and the Belgorod-Kursk railway embankment on the other. The ensuing struggle raged for eight hours, punctuated by four major armored clashes. One such came about… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 93a
Cold Crocodiles Scenario#: A025 Date: 1/20/1945 Location: Saint Joost, Holland Operation Blackcock's plan was for 12th Corps to clear the German 176th and 183rd Infantry Divisions, well dug in with anti-tank guns, from a triangle formed by the rivers Roer, Wurm and Maas. The Division was on the left bank with 131st Brigade… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 90
Commando Hunt Scenario#: A042 Date: 9/22/1942 Location: Ramelau Mountains, Timor Since the February invasion, the Japanese occupation forces had been subjected to a constant series of raids, ambushes and small firefights by the Australian 2/4th Independent Company. Japanese Area Command called in their own specialists – the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 92
Contest in the Clouds Scenario#: A023 Date: 3/26/1944 Location: Plateau Glieres, France Information reached Britain and America that a great and glorious uprising had taken place in south east France. Glières had become an important element in the psychological warfare. To honour the French Resistance, the new leader, Captain Anjot, an… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 90
Counterattack at Sidi Bou Zid Scenario#: A020 Date: 2/15/1943 Location: Sidi Bou Zid, Tunisia Kampfgruppe Schütte and Kampfgruppe Stenckhoff of the 21st Panzer Division had secured the Maizila Pass to the south and Kampfgruppe Schütte headed north to engage two battalions of the 168th RCT on Djebel Ksaira while Kampfgruppe Stenckhoff headed… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 90
Crossing the Gniloi Tikitsch Scenario#: A098 Date: 2/14/1944 Location: Lissjanka, Ukraine By 28 January, the First and Second Ukrainian Fronts had succeeded in surrounding XI and XLVII Korps through a series of bold maneuvers. The encircled force, centered at Korsun, was directed to break out toward Field Marshal Manstein’s III… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 96
Cutting Out a Strongpoint Scenario#: A090 Date: 12/19/1941 Location: Halfaya Pass, Egypt During the tedious days of confining the Axis to their ring of frontier fortresses around Halfaya, HQ 4th South African Infantry Brigade authorized a small operation to eliminate an enemy forward position. This strongpoint, manned by mostly Italian… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 95 Winter
Defeat in Java Scenario#: A030 Date: 3/2/1942 Location: Soebang, Java The fate of the Dutch East Indies – a prize rich in natural resources and one of the prime objectives of the Japanese expansion – had been decided by the naval clashes off the coast of Java. After a pre-dawn landing on 1 March, elements of the Shoji… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 91
Delaying Action Scenario#: A049 Date: 10/26/1944 Location: Libau, Lithuania After failing to halt the onslaught of Bagramyan’s 1st Baltic Front, scattered units of Grossdeutshcland Division were ordered to fall back to the northwest and regroup. One evening during the course of this retreat, some 300 of its men were… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 92
Dorset Wood in the Rain Scenario#: A100 Date: 11/19/1944 Location: Tripsrath, Germany Despite days of intermittent rain, by evening of the 18th the Allies XXX Corps had completed the encirclement of Geilenkirchen with the British 43rd Wessex Division to the north and the U.S. 84th Division to the south. As the GIs attempted to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 96
Endless Struggle Scenario#: A084 Date: 2/4/1946 Location: Turia Velyka, Russia In Russia and Poland, Ukrainian partisans attacked military and police outposts, assassinated Communist and Red Army leaders, and waged a bitter but unheralded war. In March 1945, Stalin ordered Nikita Khrushchev to the region, giving him unlimited… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 95 Winter
Faugh A Ballagh! Scenario#: A093 Date: 5/16/1944 Location: Sinagoga, Italy The Allied approach to Monte Cassino was agonizingly slow. The commanding heights gave the Germans superb observation and fire positions. In the valleys, small rearguard groups ensured that each hamlet had its price in blood. The Irish Brigade’s… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 96
Fighting Sparrow Scenario#: A086 Date: 2/21/1942 Location: Kaunas, Timor By mid-February the Japanese had embarked their invasion force, bound for the south coast of Timor opposite Koepang. At roughly 0830 on 20 February, long-range Japanese aircraft began to scatter paratroopers in small drops all around the city. Their… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 95 Winter
Fire on the Volga Scenario#: AH01 Date: 1942-10-27 Location: Stalingrad, Russia For the Russians, this was rapidly becoming yet another critical day in the defense of their ruined city. Elements of the German 79th Infantry Division had pushed toward the Krasny Oktyabr steel mill, bringing the HQ of Guryev’s 39th Guards Division… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 91
First Banzai Scenario#: A057 Date: 5/29/1943 Location: Chichagof Harbor, Alaska The Japanese force on Attu was facing obliteration. A banzai counterattack during the night caught the Americans literally asleep. Hearing the gunfire, the divisional engineer battalion set up a hasty defensive line in the dark. Cooks and drivers,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 93a
Gift of Time Scenario#: A112 Date: 2/20/1943 Location: Kasserine Pass, Tunisia Rommel's army had crushed the defenses in Kasserine Pass. "Gore Force", a British company of infantry, ten tanks, some six-pounder AT guns, and a battery of artillery, had been sent forward as a reserve unit but as they arrived all the traffic was… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 97
Gruppo Mobile Scenario#: AD08 Date: 7/10/1943 Location: Gela, Sicily By dawn of D-Day, Force X consisting of the 1st and 4th Ranger Battalions along with attached combat engineers, were were fighting for possession of Gela. By 0830 hours they had taken the burning town, along with some 200 Italian prisoners, and were… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 91
Hamlet's Demise Scenario#: A114 Date: 5/13/1940 Location: Jauche, Belgium The 3rd Panzer Division was having some tough luck. Positioned on the right flank of the 4th Panzer, which was making steady progress, the 5th and 6th Panzer Regiments were finding things a little tougher. After a preliminary bombardment and repeated… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 97
Hide & Seek Scenario#: A077 Date: 6/7/1944 Location: Saint-Come-du-Mont, France After their initial drop into the bocage country behind the invasion beaches, the 2nd Battalion of the 501st Parachute Regiment discovered that their regiment objective of St. Come-du-Mont would not fall as easily as expected. The village was… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 95 Winter
Highway 5 Scenario#: A092 Date: 12/31/1941 Location: Baliuag, Luzon By late December it was obvious to MacArthur that the time had come for the retreat to Bataan. For the Philippine Army’s 71st and 91st Divisions, assigned to hold the Baliuag-Plaridel-Calumpit area, the order to withdraw came not a moment too soon.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 96
Holding the Rear Scenario#: A005 Date: 9/11/1943 Location: Naro, Italy To accompany the 142nd's push to Altaville, the U.S. 179th Regimental Combat Team had been ordered to advance to Ponte Sele up the corridor of the Serre Valley. All night their drive continued and dawn saw the weary GIs of the 1st and 3rd Battalions… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 89
King's Castle Scenario#: A027 Date: 11/26/1944 Location: Weisweiler, Germany Penetrating the outskirts of Weisweiler, the GIs of "King" Company suddenly encountered devastating fire from the feudal castle which dominated the "old town". Frenzenberg Castle, a landmark of the region, was being held by the young troops of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 91
L'Ecole Normale Scenario#: AD01 Date: 6/8/1944 Location: Tulle, France With the arrival of the Allies in Normandy, many in France believed their liberation would follow within weeks if not days. The Communist FTP partisans believed that they would now have to take matters into their own hands or see their power in the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 89
Lash Out Scenario#: A034 Date: 9/19/1944 Location: Kaunas, Holland 101st Airborne forces holding "Hell's Highway" were in an intense battle with German forces when a crippled British Sherman tank, which had dropped out of column due to mechanical issues, came charging in -- at five miles per hour. Afterward, when… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 91
Last Act in Lorraine Scenario#: AD02 Date: 12/6/1944 Location: Singling, France For nearly a month the U.S. 4th Armored Division had been fighting in difficult terrain to clear Lorraine. On December 6th in an attempt to take Bining and Rohrbach and reach the River Sarre and the German border, Lt. Colonel Creighton Abrams’ tank… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 89
Maggot Hill Scenario#: A117 Date: 3/31/1944 Location: Nhpum Ga, Burma On the 28th, the 2nd Battalion of the 5307th Composite Unit set up a defensive perimeter at Nhpum Ga to stop the Japanese 114th Infantry Regiment from advancing north through the Tanai valley to attack the flank of the Chinese 22nd Division near… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 97
Medal of Honor Scenario#: A075 Date: 9/21/1944 Location: Nijmegen, Holland The American hold on the Nijmegen Bridge was tenuous and the Germans were determined to retake or destroy it. Reinforced by the remnants of the 9th SS Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion, the Germans launched a series of violent counterattacks on the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 95 Winter
Midnight Massacre Scenario#: A009 Date: 9/15/1944 Location: Uttfeld, Germany Company F of the 110th Infantry Regiment cleared out a small grouping of Siegfried Line pillboxes in the late afternoon of September 14th. The weary men settled down around the pitted and scarred pillboxes, hoping to spend a quiet night. But just… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 89
Mike Red Scenario#: A079 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Courseulles-sur-Mere, France The port of Courseulles-sur-Mer was a German strongpoint, known to contain numerous AT guns and MG nests. The task of neutralizing these installations was given to the Canadian 7th Brigade and the hardpoints west of the River Seulles were detailed to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 95 Winter
Monastery Hill Scenario#: A014 Date: 3/9/1941 Location: Scialesi, Albania Mussolini's bid to dominate Greece had been a fiasco of the first magnitude; by mid-February 1941, the war which had begun in November amid much posturing had taken the lives of 500 Italian officers and over 5000 other ranks. The Greeks had gone on… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 90
Monte Castello Scenario#: A067 Date: 12/12/1944 Location: Gaggio Montano, Italy Following the sinkings of a number of their merchantmen by U-boats, Brazil declared war on Germany and Italy in August 1942. A year later, after lengthy training, the Brazilain 1st Expeditionary Infantry Division arrived in Naples in mid July 1944.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 93b
Night Drop Scenario#: A076 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Cauquigny, France Scattered in farms and villages along thirty miles of coast, the German 709th Infantry Division had been awaiting the invasion for one year. On the night of June 5-6, the 82nd Airborne dropped into the midst of the 709th. The mission of the 82nd was… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 95 Winter
Oy Veghel Scenario#: A036 Date: 9/22/1944 Location: Uden, Holland On the morning of 22 September, the U.S. 327th Glider Regiment’s 3rd Battalion was just moving into Veghel. Behind them came in the 1st Battalion Anti-Tank Platoon. Colonel Joseph Harper gave both his formations orders to push up the highway toward… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 91
Police Action Scenario#: A105 Date: 4/1/1940 Location: Kamienna, Poland During the occupation of Poland, SS Cavalry brigades rounded up straggler Polish soldiers, stockpiled munitions and "criminals". But soon they were engaging larger bands of partisans. Then came word of an ex-Polish army captain forming a large band… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 97