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Scenario#: U33     Date: 9/24/1943     Location: Kiev, Russia Second

In mid September 1943 Manstein’s Army Group South initiated a full scale retreat along the entire length of its 600 mile front. The plan was to fall back to the west bank of the Dnieper and redeploy for defense before the Russians could form any…

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Scenario#: U32     Date: 9/24/1943     Location: Dnieper loop between Kaniv and Rzhishchev, Russia

STAVKA (the Soviet high command), detached the Central Front's 3rd Tank Army to the Voronezh Front to race the weakening Germans to the Dnieper, to save the wheat crop from the German scorched earth policy, and to achieve strategic or operational…

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Scenario#: U31     Date: 8/22/1943     Location: Kharkov, Russia

As Kharkov fell for the final time, front lines became unclear. Observation posts and defensive lines were held briefly, then abandoned as the Soviets advanced. The front began to stabilize around the Mosh River as units of the Soviet 57th Army…

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Scenario#: U30     Date: 7/11/1943     Location: Biazzo Ridge, Sicily

In the early morning hours of July 10th, Colonel James Gavin and the 505th Parachute Regiment were scattered over much of southern Sicily. Gavin landed 20 miles east of the selected drop zone, while most of his regiment came down as far as 60 miles…

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Scenario#: U29     Date: 1/1/1943     Location: Noromaryevka, Russia

In an effort to threaten Rostov from the northwest, the Russian XXV Tanks Corps launched its '42-'43 winter offensive on Army Group Don in an attempt to strike at the rear of Army Detachment “Hollidt”. Misled by the slight resistance offered by the…

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Scenario#: U28     Date: 12/8/1942     Location: Southern, Russia

Following the encirclement of 6th Army at Stalingrad, the Germans launched a relief effort from their bridgehead at Nizhna Chirskaya, 25 miles from the nearest troops of Sixth Army at Marinowka. The Chir River was to provide the left flank for the…

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Scenario#: U27     Date: 2/17/1942     Location: Ozerechnya, Russia

Following the Russian winter counteroffensive, the Germans were forced to fall back to isolated pockets in an attempt to survive both the Russians and the Weather. In the resulting gaps, the Russians found useful employment for their cavalry in…

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Scenario#: U26     Date: 9/11/1941     Location: Leningrad, Russia SEIGE

With the 1st Panzer in the line, the attack moved forward again on the 11th. Eckinger’s I/113th Rifle Regiment, reinforced by a company of the 1st Panzer Regiment and a platoon of engineers, was in the lead. Von Richtofen’s Stukas arrived right on…

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Scenario#: U25     Date: 7/2/1941     Location: Borisov, Belarus

Borisov, East of the Berezina River, 2 July 1941: After Tenacious fighting the 52nd Panzer Grenadier Regt. drove the Rusians from Borisov and established a bridgehead across the river. The Russians, under direct orders from General Yeremenko, were to…

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Scenario#: U24     Date: 6/23/1941     Location: Bialystok, Poland

The elite German 18th Panzer Regiment, fresh from amphibious training, was among the lead elements of Army Group Center as they pressed deep into Russia on the day after ‘Barbarossa’. The Soviets, still confused as to the extent of the attack,…

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Scenario#: U23     Date: 4/26/1941     Location: Argos, Peloponnesus

The issue in Greece was no longer in doubt; the last units of the Greek Army had surrendered the day before. W Force was attempting to withdraw to evacuation points along the south coast of Greece. This greatly increased the importance of the narrow…

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Scenario#: U22     Date: 4/13/1941     Location: Komanos, Western Greece

The Balkan Campiagn offered little hope in the way of a clear-cut victory for the Allies. Nevertheless the British often proved themselves equal in fighting skills against a numerically superior enemy. As the British fought hard to hold back the…

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Scenario#: U19     Date: 5/27/1940     Location: Dunkirk perimeter, France

Throughout May 27th, the Allies stubbornly held off the advancing Germans as they simultaneously prepared for a general withdrawal to a defense perimeter around Dunkirk. In an attempt to buy time a raid was ordered behind German lines. Elements of…

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Scenario#: U18     Date: 5/11/1940     Location: The Hague, Holland

Following the spectacular success of the parachute drop on the fortress of Eben Emael, it was feared the Germans would attempt a similar raid to seize Queen Wilhelmina, infant crown Princess Beatrix, and other members of the Dutch Royal Family.…

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Scenario#: U17     Date: 5/10/1940     Location: The Ardennes, Belgium

The Chasseurs Ardennais were involved in notable actions on the Tenth of May, 1940. The first, at Chabrehez, by a company of the 3rd Regiment, against the advanced guard of Rommel’s 7th Panzer Division. The Chasseurs, under Lieutenant Lejeune and his…

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Scenario#: U16     Date: 9/12/1939     Location: Gdynia, Poland

As the German attack in the northern Corridor made steady progress to capture the Polish ports, resistance finally began to stiffen as Polish naval units were committed to a ground combat role. One by one the surrounding ports of Gdynia began to draw…

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Scenario#: U15     Date: 9/6/1939     Location: Central, Poland

For two days the Poles desperately tried to hold a line in the vicinity of the Warta and Widawka Rivers but were gradually pushed back. However, the stubborn resistance of the crack Polish 10th Infantry Division was threatening to throw the German…

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Scenario#: U14     Date: 9/1/1939     Location: Novy Targ, Poland

Despite the known German troop concentrations at the border, the Polish Army was taken by complete tactical surprise. Many Polish units were in the process of moving to their defensive positions or areas of concentration when the attack commenced.…

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Scenario#: U48     Date: 4/12/1945     Location: Barby on the Elbe, Germany

GIs of the 83rd Infantry Division took particular pride in their use of captured German vehicles. So extensive was their “used car lot” appearance that the news correspondents nicknamed this unit the “Rag Tag Circus”. The Americans had a chance to…

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Scenario#: U47     Date: 4/8/1945     Location: Friesoythe, Germany

The occupation of the Groningen bulge made it possible for the British Second Army to drive into northern Germany. The Allied advance did not go smoothly. Small "stay-behind" forces resisted bitterly. One example occurred when the Canadian 4th…

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Scenario#: U46     Date: 3/30/1945     Location: Ruhr, Germany

As the 12th Army wheeled its way north under overcast skies to join the 9th Army in encircling the Ruhr, they drew upon the 3rd Armored Division to lead the way. A task force built around a medium tank battalion which included a few of the new…

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Scenario#: U45     Date: 3/24/1945     Location: Speldrop, Germany

During the night of 23 March, the Allied 21st Army Group began the long-awaited Rhine crossing. The first division to cross was the British 51st Highland Division mounted in Buffaloes of the 4th Royal Tank and Northamptonshire Yeomanry of the special…

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Scenario#: U44     Date: 3/24/1945     Location: Hamminkeln, Germany

The airborne phase of the Allies' Northern Rhine crossing was to be the last airborne assault of the war. Artillery units and fighter-bombers pounded the German gun positions in the vicinity of the drop zones so severely that the first wave of…

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Scenario#: U43     Date: 2/23/1945     Location: Koerrenzig, Germany

The GIs had been poised before the Roer for days. German engineers had skillfully blown the upriver dam floodgates so that the Roer had run fierce and wide. Now, with the river still in flood but navigable, the concentrated might of the US Army would…

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Scenario#: U42     Date: 12/10/1944     Location: Hamlet outside Obergeich, Germany

As the Americans advanced across the plains of Germany, the badly outnumbered Germans could not hope to hold a continuous line. Rather than expose themselves, the Wehrmacht troops turned each town or clump of buildings into a small strongpoint. Early…

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Scenario#: U41     Date: 11/1/1944     Location: Westkapelle, Holland

The last German stronghold on the Schledt Estuary was the island of Walcgeren. Linked by a narrow causeway to South Beveland, its batteries were still a threat to Allied transports. Agile minesweepers were already plying their trade in the estuary,…

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Scenario#: U40     Date: 10/24/1944     Location: South Beveland, Holland

The south shore of the Schledt was nearly cleared. Unfortunately, guns on the north bank, though much less commanding, could threaten the Allied shipping lanes to the port of Antwerp. The eastern portion of the north shore was a fingerlike strip of…

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Scenario#: U39     Date: 10/10/1944     Location: Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Day after day of seemingly endless forest. Constant shelling had turned most of the trees to shattered hulks. Advances were truly measured in yards as each step forward increased the threat of yet another sniper or hidden Spandau. Then, near the road…

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Scenario#: U38     Date: 10/6/1944     Location: Scheldt Estuary, Holland

This is a two-part scenario that combines the previous two scenarios: U36 "Operation Switchback" and U37 "Scheldt Fortress South".

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Scenario#: U37     Date: 10/25/1944     Location: Albert Canal, Holland

Backed against the Scheldt Estuary, the weakened German 64th Infantry Division faced the entire Canadian Fisrt Army. It was the guns of the 64th which barred shipping from Antwerp. Every day that the 64th held out meant another day of short supplies…

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Scenario#: U36     Date: 10/6/1944     Location: Leopold Canal, Holland

Antwerp had fallen unharmed into Allied hands All that prevented the use of the port was the German flak and artillery that lined the narrow waterway linking the North Sea to Antwerp: the Scheldt Estuary. Hitler assigned General Eberding as Fortress…

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Scenario#: U35     Date: 9/27/1944     Location: Oorderen, Holland

"Semper Paratus" (Latin for "Always Ready") was the motto of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Regiment. Lieutenant C.P. J. Des Groseillers urged his straining men to push again. D Company had found a German 75mm antitank gun in the ruins of…

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Scenario#: U34     Date: 9/10/1944     Location: Dornot, Germany

With its series of forts and prepared positions, the area around the historic Lorraine city of Metz was to become known as “Fortress Metz” to the U.S. forces fighting in Europe. The first test in the long campaign which was to earn the city its name…

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Scenario#: PP10     Date: 8/24/1944     Location: Sainte-Anne quarter of Toulon, France

Lt. Colonel Guffet was determined to push his 4th Senegalese Regiment into the heart of the city. Toulon was an important historic landmark for the 4th Senegalese, as the regiment had been garrisoned in the city from 1922 to 1939. As the 2nd Company…

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Scenario#: PP09     Date: 8/23/1944     Location: Toulon, France

Although General De Lattre has told Colonel Bonjours of his desire to officially enter Toulon on August 22nd, it was impossible due to the numerous pockets of Germans still scattered throughout the city. Even though the skirmishers and hunters of the…

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Scenario#: PP08     Date: 8/22/1944     Location: Toulon, France

General Brosset ordered his reconnaissance units to advance more boldly. Citing the numerous possibilities offered by the terrain to outflank any resistance, there should be no need for further delays. As the 1eme DFL advanced, the 11eme Bataillon de…

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Scenario#: PP07     Date: 8/21/1944     Location: Toulon, France

At 0700, the various commanders from the 2nd Battalion, 9th Colonial Infantry Division met at the Solliès-Pont railway station. The overall operational plan called for opening the road to La Farlede as soon as possible following the liberation of…

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Scenario#: PP06     Date: 8/21/1944     Location: Toulon, France

Early on the morning of the 21st, the 10th Company, under command of Captain Ternynch, had captured the village of Sollies-Ville. Advancing through the cover offered by a nearby olive grove, Captain Ternynch's men followed closely behind a heavy…

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Scenario#: PP05     Date: 8/21/1944     Location: Hyeres, France

Shortly after after the fall of the Golf Hotel, a platoon of scour cars entered downtown Hyeres. They crossed through the northern portion of town and reached the western edge. There they came under fire from several German 88s and quickly turned…

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Scenario#: PP04     Date: 8/21/1944     Location: Hyeres, France

The anchor of the Hyeres defense was the Golf Hotel. It controlled the eastern approaches and interdicted all vehicular traffic along National Highway 98 and across the Gapeau river. Interrogated German prisoners revealed that the local commander,…

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Scenario#: PP03     Date: 8/19/1944     Location: Hyeres, France

The U.S. 3rd Infantry Division was scheduled tobe replaced in the line by the 1st Free French Division at dawn on the 19th. After disembarking theprevious day, the Garbay and Raynal brigades of the 11th March Battalion began taking over positions…

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Scenario#: PP02     Date: 8/20/1944     Location: Dardennes, France

Company Vieules had received orders to attack Village des Moulins. Stubborn German resistance had stalled the attack for three hours. The defenders held a large villa which dominated the entire valley as well as the road to Toulon. First Section had…

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Scenario#: PP01     Date: 8/19/1944     Location: Toulon, France

The 4th Squadron of the 3éme Régiment de Spahis, 3éme DIA was assigned the task of clearing and securing the strategic Camp crossroads controlling the roads to Aubagne. Having reconnoitered the area earlier in the day, a plan was devised to take the…

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Scenario#: OB14     Date: 5/27/1945     Location: Wawa Dam, Luzon

The next priority for General Krueger's XIV Corp after the retaking of Manila was to secure the dams and reservoirs notheast of the city that provided the metropolitan area with water for all puposes. The high ground surrounding the Ipo and Wawa dams…

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Scenario#: OB13     Date: 2/18/1945     Location: Kunzendorf, Germany

The 8th Panzer Division was part of a relief operation the Germans were mounting on the small city of Lauban, which had been encircled by the Soviets. Aufklarungs Abteilung 59 was tasked with screening the right flank if the 8th Panzer Division by…

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Scenario#: OB12     Date: 9/13/1944     Location: Ville-Sur-Illon, France

On September 11, 1944, Wade Haislip's XV Corps of Patton's 3rd Army began moving forward to push the weakened German 64th Corps back over the Moselle. While the U.S. 79th Division pinned the German 16th Infantry Division via frontal attack, the…

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Scenario#: OB11     Date: 9/8/1944     Location: Avril, France

The 90th Division was the northernmost unit of Walton Walker's XX Corps as it made its way to the Moselle. The German 1st Army commander, General Knobolsdorf, decided to try to turn the flank of XX Corps by launching a spoiling attack from the west…

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Scenario#: OB10     Date: 8/19/1944     Location: Neuilly, France

On the morning of August 19th, alerted by the codeword "The Men from Zadig", a resistance group under the command of Andre Caillette seized the Neuilly town hall. This was to be but a small part of a much larger insurrection that was taking place in…

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Scenario#: OB09     Date: 12/9/1943     Location: Hellzapoppin' Ridge, Bougainville

During November and December, the Japanese under Major General Iwasa made extraordinary efforts to emplace artillery on the high ground overlooking the Marine beachhead at Empress Augusta Bay. Guns of calibers ranging from 70mm up to 150mm were…

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Scenario#: OB08     Date: 11/5/1943     Location: Numa-Numa, Bougainville

Following the main landings at Empress Augusta Bay on November 1, the Marines of the 3rd Marine Division & 3rd Raider Battalion were ordered to push inland to expand the perimeter and establish a jumping off point for the eventual assault on the…

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