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Fortress Within A Fortress Scenario#: SF19     Date: 1945-02-23     Location: Fort Santiago, Manila, Philippines FORT SANTIAGO, MANILA, LUZON, PHILIPPINES, 23 February 1945: Shells from 240mm and 155mm American guns finally managed to breach a portion of the outer walls of this ancient Spanish fort along the south shore of the Pasig River. To escape the… Advanced Squad Leader — Sword and Fire: Manila
Furor Hungaricus Scenario#: FB03     Date: 1/20/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary Unwilling to accept the 19 January loss of the Városmajor to the Soviets, Major Lázlo Vannay quickly regrouped his men for an assault at 0500 the next morning, having secured the support of two Zrinyi IIs from the 10th Assault Gun Brigade and… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
Ghosts in the Rubble Scenario#: RB09     Date: 10/31/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia The last ferry-landing across the Volga was under German machinegun fire and the Russians were barely holding their positions in the rubble around Krasny Oktyabr and the Barrikady. Rather than waiting passively for the final blow, the Soviet “Army… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL10a - Red Factories
Goch Ya Scenario#: HS22     Date: 2/18/1945     Location: Goch, Germany With the civilians evacuated and the town fortified by two anti-tank ditches, the defenders of the town of Goch waited patiently for the inevitable Allied assault. For the Allies, the plan was for a dual assault by two Scottish Divisions via a set… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 2 - Operation Veritable
God Save the King! Scenario#: ABTF08     Date: 9/20/1944     Location: Arnhem, Holland The Germans were determined to drive the British from the Arnhem Road Bridge and open the road to Nijmegen. Committing heavy tanks and artillery, as well as flak guns and self-propelled guns, Lt. Colonel Harzer devised a plan to eliminate the British… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 6 - A Bridge Too Far
Got Milk? Scenario#: HS26     Date: 2/19/1945     Location: Goch, Germany During Operation Veritable, the Canadian 4th Infantry Brigade and attached formations were to capture a vital stretch of roadway that connected Goch and Kalkar. The Goch-Kalkar road was a fairly ordinary paved two-lane market road surrounded by… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 2 - Operation Veritable
Gotta Get Out Scenario#: HF7     Date: 1/13/1945     Location: Hatten, France Four days into the battle, the 14th Armored Division, supported by infantry from two battalions of the 315th Infantry Regiment, had managed to temporarily halt the momentum of Panzer-Korps XXXIX. Switching to the offensive, American tankers sought to… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 9 - Hatten in Flames
Government Property Scenario#: HS10     Date: 10/12/1942     Location: Matanikau River, Guadalcanal Marine offensive operation in the area near the Matanikau River were scaled back due to reports of a massive Japanese attack on the main Henderson Field defensive perimeter. A large supply of mortar shells had been transferred to the front for use… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 1 - Operation Watchtower
Graebner's Folly Scenario#: ABTF02     Date: 9/18/1944     Location: Arnhem, Holland Captain Graebner had halted his armored column in the town of Elst, about midway between Nijmegen and Arnhem. After refueling, he left a small contingent behind and sped back toward the Arnhem bridge with the remaining 22 vehicles to clear it of… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 6 - A Bridge Too Far
Graveyard Shift Scenario#: HF5     Date: 1/10/1945     Location: Hatten, France For the remainder of 10 January, the Germans focused their efforts on securing defensive positions while aligning themselves for an assault on Rittershoffen via a sunken road originating from the northwest of Hatten. The American counterattack… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 9 - Hatten in Flames
Ham and Bloody Jam Scenario#: PB01     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Benouville, France One of the first objectives of Operation Overlord was the seizure of the bridges over the Orne River and Canal de Caen just west of Ranville. The bridges were vital links to the British 6th Airborne’s bridgehead over the Orne on the Allied left… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 4 - Pegasus Bridge
Hammer and Nail Scenario#: VOTG08     Date: 9/16/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia The Germans had managed to seize a building on the station square to the rear of the Guards position, where they were reported to be assembling to attack the station building from behind. Lt. Fedesyev ordered Lt. Dragan to organize a counterattack to… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
Hell Wouldn't Have It Scenario#: BRT05     Date: 11/22/1943     Location: Betio Island, Tarawa By 1930 hours on D+2, General "Howlin' Mad" Smith was on shore to personally take command of his Second Division. Plans were made for the 6th Marines to clear up the remaining one thousand or so Japanese rikusentai. Incredibly, by the third night an… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 5 - Blood Reef: Tarawa
Hervorst Hell Scenario#: HS21     Date: 2/15/1945     Location: Hervorst, Germany At Hervorst, a village slightly north of Goch that was also part of the Siegfried line, a company of Camerons bumped up against several enormous pillboxes. They had concrete walls 3-feet thick and were cleverly camouflaged under dirt and grass, with… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 2 - Operation Veritable
High Rent Hooligans Scenario#: SF10     Date: 1945-02-20     Location: South Port Area, Manila, Philippines In downtown Manila just east of the High Commissioner's Office were several high-rise hotels and apartment buildings. These were the University Apartments, Peralta Apartments, Alhambra Apartments, Bayview Hotel, Miramar Apartments, Luneta Hotel and… Advanced Squad Leader — Sword and Fire: Manila
High Water Mark Scenario#: HS04     Date: 9/13/1942     Location: Lunga Ridge, Guadalcanal The Japanese under Colonel Kawaguchi were pressing hard to take the Lunga Ridge from Edson's Raiders. The Marines bent, but had not yet broken, and were making a last stand on the final defensive obstacle between the Japanese and Henderson Field.… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 1 - Operation Watchtower
Hill 27 Scenario#: HS15     Date: 1/2/1943     Location: Hill 27, Guadalcanal Hill 27 was a separate rocky elevation, 920 feet high, just east of the Gifu. The leading assault troops of the 2nd Battalion gained the summit of the hill at 0907 without firing a shot. By 1130 hours the entire assault force had reached the summit,… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 1 - Operation Watchtower
HKL 259 Scenario#: FB04     Date: 1/24/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary Since the beginning of the siege on 25 December, German and Hungarian forces on the Buda side of the Danube had built their defenses around a series of hills located a few kilometers west of the river. By the middle of January, several of the… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
Howard's Men Scenario#: PB02     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Benouville, France The British coup de main force had been on the ground for nearly an hour and a half. The capture of the bridges over the Orne River and Canal de Caen had been spectacularly successful. Lt. Fox’s platoon had arrived from the Orne River bridge to… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 4 - Pegasus Bridge
It's About Time Scenario#: PB06     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Benouville, France Tthe final relief of the British paratroopers at dusk. The British get a massive force, including ponderous but impenetrable Churchill tanks, but have to clear the Germans out of every building. Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 4 - Pegasus Bridge
Iwabuchi's Sarcophagus Scenario#: SF23     Date: 1945-02-26     Location: Manila, Philippines For the weary troopers of the 1st Cavalry Division, their final fight in Manila would be to secure the Agriculture Building where Admiral Iwabuchi had located his headquarters. Surrounded and with no hope for eventual victory, the well-stocked… Advanced Squad Leader — Sword and Fire: Manila
Jackpot Jones Scenario#: HF6     Date: 1/11/1945     Location: Hatten, France Lieutenant Colonel Holton had three experienced companies available to him from the 2nd Battalion, 315th Infantry Regiment, for the defense of Hatten. They were supported by a platoon of M18 Hellcats, ably led by Lieutenant Robert Jones. The Germans,… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 9 - Hatten in Flames
Just Fighting Through Scenario#: HS06     Date: 9/14/1942     Location: Lunga Ridge, Guadalcanal The defense on Lunga Ridge had been severely stretched, but it had not broken and had extracted a heavy toll on the attacking Japanese troops. General Vandergrift committed the Marine reserves and ordered a counterattack to disrupt Japanese efforts… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 1 - Operation Watchtower
Just in Case Scenario#: ABTF06     Date: 9/19/1944     Location: Arnhem, Holland Colonel Frost could feel the German noose tightening about his weary force. No word had arrived from the remainder of the 1st Airborne Division. All positions east of the Arnhem Road Bridge were now in German hands or abandoned, nothing had been… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 6 - A Bridge Too Far
Khopka's Crossing Scenario#: VOTG03     Date: 9/14/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia The Russian 62nd Army was desperately trying to keep the German 71st Division from breaking through to the main ferry landing. All General Chuikov had to accomplish this were two lightly armed regiments and militia of Sarayev’s 10th NKVD Division,… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
Killean's Red Scenario#: PB04     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Le Port, France As D-Day progressed, the German counterattacks in Benouville grew fiercer and fiercer, but life for the defenders of the canal bridge was dangerous for one main reason – sniper fire. Unable to move about freely, something had to be done to reduce the… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 4 - Pegasus Bridge
Lambs Led to Slaughter Scenario#: HS25     Date: 2/19/1945     Location: Goch, Germany As A and D Companies attacked the middle of the Goch-Kalkar road, the inexperienced C Company attacked on the RHLI left flank. Most of C Company, comprised mainly of non-riflemen soldiers such as artillerymen and service corps men, had never fired a… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 2 - Operation Veritable
Late for Mass Scenario#: ABTF03     Date: 9/18/1944     Location: Arnhem, Holland As the remainder of the 2nd Parachute Battalion made its way to the British perimeter, German units were responding to the threat. One such unit, Kampfgruppe Euling from SS-Panzer Division 10 had moved into position just west of the ramp. From the… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 6 - A Bridge Too Far
Lawless Ways Scenario#: HS27     Date: 2/20/1945     Location: Goch, Germany The RHLI had been in position on their objective for over 24 hours. They had taken a beating but held, although the Schwanenhof farmstead changed hands multiple times. Frustration on the German side was noticeable, as ad-hoc assault after ad-hoc… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 2 - Operation Veritable
Les Montis Scenario#: KGP08     Date: 12/24/1944     Location: La Gleize, Belgium Peiper and most of his remaining men had silently evacuated the La Gleize pocket on foot during the night of 23-24 December. At 0745 on the following, bitterly cold, morning, two American infantry companies pushed southeast through the Bois de… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 3 - Kampfgruppe Peiper II
Liehr Launches First Scenario#: HF4     Date: 1/10/1945     Location: Hatten, France Dawn of 10 January held up hope for OKW that their stalled NORDWIND offensive was being reinvigorated. Hatten was largely theirs, and the neighboring village of Rittershoffen appeared lightly defended. Beyond those villages, the terrain was more… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 9 - Hatten in Flames
Light 'em Up Scenario#: SF04     Date: 1945-02-12     Location: Tabacalega Cigar Factory, Manila, Philippines The Tabacalera Cigar Factory and warehouses were situated along the western shore of the Estero de Tanque. From here the Japanese could interdict any movement across the estero or the nearby bridge. Initial attacks on 10 February were repulsed by… Advanced Squad Leader — Sword and Fire: Manila
Marechal's Mill Scenario#: KGP05     Date: 12/20/1944     Location: La Gleize, Belgium A small German group comprised of only a King Tiger, a Pz IV, a Puma armored car, one halftrack and fifteen men with a Panzerschreck, drew back to an old mill known as the Moulin Marechal to cover the southern approach to La Gleize. In the late… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 3 - Kampfgruppe Peiper II
Married Up Scenario#: HS20     Date: 2/11/1945     Location: Reichswald Forest, Germany At the start of Operation Veritable, the battle lines tan throughout the meticulously maintained Reichswald National Forest. Montgomery required that the forest be cleared of the Germans of the 86th Infantry Corp who had plenty of time to prepare a… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 2 - Operation Veritable
Meeting at the Elks Club Scenario#: SF08     Date: 1945-02-19     Location: Manila, Philippines Situated near the shores of Manila Bay were the Elks Club, the Army/Navy Club, and the High Commissioner's Office. These large structures blocked access towards Burnham Green, the Manila Hotel, and the South Port area. The Japanese positioned their… Advanced Squad Leader — Sword and Fire: Manila
Men of Steel Scenario#: RO5     Date: 11/11/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia Operation HUBERTUS would be the Germans’ final bid to capture Stalingrad’s devastated factory district, one last attempt to secure the prize on the Volga that Hitler so dearly craved. The better part of three bloodied but still effective German… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL10a - Red Factories
No Greater Love Scenario#: SF15     Date: 1945-02-23     Location: South Port Area, Manila, Philippines Advancing through a light rain shower down a narrow street in the South Port Area, the men of E Troop suddenly came under machine gun and small arms fire from the Customs building. Most of the troopers dove under cover or ran behind the supporting… Advanced Squad Leader — Sword and Fire: Manila
No Safe Refuge Scenario#: SF05     Date: 1945-02-15     Location: Manila, Philippines The 2nd Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment finally reached Taft Avenue and proceeded to attack the Japanese holed up in the Philippine University and Hospital Complex. The Japanese had fortified themselves inside the hospital and, against Geneva… Advanced Squad Leader — Sword and Fire: Manila
Obstinate Canadians Scenario#: HS29     Date: 2/26/1945     Location: Ebben, Germany Company D, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry had recently made an unsupported night attack to capture a patch of woods that had been the staging area for many counterattacks by the 116th “Greyhound” Panzer Division. Given the importance of the woods line… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 2 - Operation Veritable
Oh Joy! Scenario#: RB11     Date: 10/28/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia Although desperate to buy time to allow the 45th Division to be ferried across the Volga at night, the Russians had no more reserves. During the 27th, the shattered 118th Rifle Regiment had a bit of luck. To their surprise, they recovered three tanks… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL10a - Red Factories
On the Verge of Extinction Scenario#: VOTG17     Date: 1/30/1943     Location: Stalingrad, Russia On 10 January, thousands of Russian guns heralded the start of Operation Koltso, and the armies of the Stalingrad Front began to attack den Kessel (the cauldron). Gradually the perimeter shrank, and finally the German Army was split into several… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
One Down, Two to Go Scenario#: RB01     Date: 10/17/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia With the fall of the massive Dzherhezinsky Tractor Works, the Germans turned their attention to the Barrikady and Krasny Oktyabr factories. On 16 October German infantry, tanks and Stukas tried to blast a path into the Barrikady through the remnants… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 1 - Red Barricades
Panthers in the Mist Scenario#: KGP03     Date: 12/21/1944     Location: Stoumont, Belgium Early on the morning of 20 December, Task Force Jordan of Combat Command B, 3rd Armored Division, had set out from Theux. Its destination was the German defenses at Stoumont, some ten miles to the south. As its point vehicles, proceeding down the… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 2 - Kampfgruppe Peiper I
Pavlov's House Scenario#: VOTG14     Date: 10/15/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia Finally, the historical version of this famous action. A bunch of fanatical Russians try to keep the Germans out of a three storey building as they rush from all sides. A bloody battle with lots of very tall stacks. Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
Peiper's Last Gasp Scenario#: KGP10     Date: 12/22/1944     Location: La Gleize, Belgium In a desperate bid to break out of the ever-tightening American stranglehold, Peiper decided to mount an attack toward Borgoumont, using the remainder of his precious fuel to give renewed mobility to several of his panzers. Before dawn, SS… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 3 - Kampfgruppe Peiper II
Perfected in Battle Scenario#: VOTG15     Date: 10/24/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia The nature of the close quarter fighting dictated the development of new tactics. The Soviet 62nd Army formed small shock units termed "Storm Groups" - assault groups equipped with grenades and tommy-guns, which would first attack the objective, with… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
Piecemeal Scenario#: PB03     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Benouville, France Colonel Hans Von Luck, commander of the 125th Panzer Grenadier Regiment, stewed while waiting for permission to move his unit to counterattack the British forces in Benouville and Le Port. It would violate direct orders if he moved his unit, but he… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 4 - Pegasus Bridge
Please Hurry Scenario#: ABTF09     Date: 9/21/1944     Location: Arnhem, Holland Colonel Frost had been injured by a mortar round and the SS were organizing yet another assault on the surrounded Paras. Major Gough had taken command and moved his token force toward the river. Under the cover of darkness, he hoped to concentrate… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 6 - A Bridge Too Far
Power Struggle on Provisor Scenario#: SF02     Date: 1945-02-10     Location: Isla Provisor, Manila, Philippines Situated along the south shore of the Pasig River, Isla Provisor was 400 by 125 meters in size, but with no sandy beaches, no seawall, no tropical jungle; just factory buildings, tin-roofed workshops, a power plant, a boiler room, and a large coal… Advanced Squad Leader — Sword and Fire: Manila
Probing the Villas Scenario#: KGP06     Date: 12/20/1944     Location: La Gleize, Belgium Task Force McGeorge departed the Spa area at about 0800 on the 20th, its mission to proceed to La Gleize. Moving south, it arrived at Borgoumont around noon, where it linked up with Company K of the 117th Infantry and the 1st and 2nd Platoons of… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 3 - Kampfgruppe Peiper II