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Scenario#: SF13     Date: 1945-02-22     Location: Manila, Philippines

The first attempt on 20 February to reach City Hall had failed. A second attempt the next day met with similar results. Beginning just before dawn on 22 February, a heavy barrage of 155mm and 105mm artillery and 81mm and 4.2-inch mortars-accompanied…

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Scenario#: HS07     Date: 9/14/1942     Location: Lunga Point, Guadalcanal

On the night of September 13th, elements of Major Mizumo's Kuma Battalion attacked the positions held by Marines of the 3rd Battalion on the eastern flank of the American perimeter. At dawn, the Marines sent a platoon of light tanks on patrol to see…

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Scenario#: HS17     Date: 2/9/1945     Location: Niel, Germany

Operation Veritable kicked off in the early morning of the 8th, and progress throughout the day was better than expected. Plans called for several units to wait to attack after darkness had fallen, and some of these had the unenviable task of…

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Scenario#: HS02     Date: 8/21/1942     Location: Tenaru River, Guadalcanal

Colonel Ichiki's men were practically wiped out the night before in wave after wave of banzai attacks across the Tenaru into the well-prepared Marine defenses. Canister, machine-gun fire, and courage had broken Ichiki's back. As dawn rose above the…

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Scenario#: SF11     Date: 1945-02-20     Location: Manila, Philippines

As the Americans edged deeper into the Ermita District of downtown Manila, the Japanese response became increasingly violent. Dominating this area was the City Hall with its tall tower. Should the Americans gain control of this building it would…

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Scenario#: VOTG16     Date: 11/24/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia

On 24 November, sappers arrived to deactivate the minefield surrounding "Pavlov's House", which they accomplished without being fired on. Shortly thereafter, Sgt. Pavlov received orders to attack a building that was about one hundred yards across the…

Advanced Squad LeaderHASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
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Scenario#: FB01     Date: 1/1/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary

By 26 December 1944, Soviet forces were finally able to complete the outer encirclement of Budapest when lead units of the 18th Tank Corps linked up with forward elements of the 6th Guards Tank Army northwest of the city near Estergom. Beginning on…

Advanced Squad LeaderHASL 8 - Festung Budapest
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Scenario#: HS23     Date: 2/18/1945     Location: Thomashof, Holland

On the morning of the 17th of February, as the 6th Black Watch and the 1st Gordon Highlanders approached the hamlet of Thomashof, the lead company of the Black Watch was pinned down by fire from a fortified farm complex, consisting of a large house…

Advanced Squad LeaderHSASL 2 - Operation Veritable
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Scenario#: RB06     Date: 11/15/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia

Despite failing to achieve its main objective, Operation Hubertus had severely mauled the remaining Soviet formations. One of these, the redoubtable 138th Rifle Division, now found itself isolated along the Volga on a 400m x 700m strip of land. Of…

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Scenario#: RB04     Date: 10/26/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia

A patrol of Jaeger Division 100 managed to reach the west bank of the Volga following a saturation bombardment of Russian positions. The Germans soon found themselves cut off as Red Army soldiers re-emerged from their rubble hideouts after allowing…

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Scenario#: HS18     Date: 2/9/1945     Location: Cleve, Germany

By D+1 of the Operation Veritable campaign, the King’s Own Scottish Borderers had been ordered to cross the Westwall defenses in force near the Reichswald Forest as part of the 15th Scottish Division’s assault. They found a location to cross the…

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Scenario#: ABTF05     Date: 9/19/1944     Location: Arnhem, Holland

Field Marshal Model had continually demanded that the Arnhem Road Bridge be opened to allow reinforcements to move south to Nijmegen. Throughout the morning, the Germans had probed the British defenses searching for weak points. Convinced that…

Advanced Squad LeaderHASL 6 - A Bridge Too Far
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Scenario#: HS24     Date: 2/19/1945     Location: Goch, Germany

The Canadians dug in immediately upon capturing the Schwanenhof farm. German fallschirmjager counterattacked soon after but were repulsed. Major Kennedy, the wounded commander of B Company, barked out orders from his cellar command post, directing…

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Scenario#: SF20     Date: 1945-02-23     Location: Intramuros, Manila, Philippines

The entire area within the walls of Intramuros had been subjected to a massive artillery barrage the previous day and another artillery attack that lasted for ninety minutes on the morning of the main attack. When the last shells bad roared overhead~…

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Scenario#: SFCG4     Date: 1945-02-23     Location: Intramuros, Manila, Philippines

The Intramuros is an ancient Spanish fortress-town built in the late 16th century. The outer walls were designed to withstand the greatest sieges possible, being 40 feet thick at the base and 15 feet thick at the top. Only 155mm, 8-inch, and 240mm…

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Scenario#: FB07     Date: 1/31/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary

One partial success in penetrating the Axis main line of resistance was achieved by the Soviets on 30 January when an assault group swiftly stormed across the Vermezo from the intersection of Bors utca and Krisztina Korut and seized the primary…

Advanced Squad LeaderHASL 8 - Festung Budapest
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Scenario#: FB15     Date: 2/7/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary

By 6 February, the loss of Sas-hegy placed the German troops holding the Austrian built Citadelia atop the Gellert-hegy in imminent danger of being overrun from the south by the Soviet 83rd Marine Brigade. Further to the north the Soviet 297th Rifle…

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Scenario#: VOTG05     Date: 9/14/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia

The German 71st Infantry Division had broken through the weak Russian defenses in downtown Stalingrad and seized several tall buildings along the bank of the Volga. A group of Germans wielding submachine-guns and supported by tanks had captured the…

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Scenario#: FB09     Date: 2/2/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary

By the end of January, remaining Axis force had retreated across the Danube from the Pest side of the city where they formed a bridgehead centered on Castle Hill. One of the Wehrmacht’s finest units, Panzer-Division 13, was with the defenders of…

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Scenario#: HS11     Date: 10/23/1942     Location: Matanikau River, Guadalcanal

The leading elements of the elite 2nd "Sendai" Division had arrived on Guadalcanal with same orders as their predecessors -- eliminate the Marine beachhead. With ample manpower, Japanese commanders planned to attack the perimeter from the west and…

Advanced Squad LeaderHSASL 1 - Operation Watchtower
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Scenario#: RB07     Date: 12/5/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia

The German 6th Army had been surrounded for almost two weeks. Still, it in turn had trapped the Soviet 138th Rifle Division in a pie-shaped piece of land behind the Barrikady. The 138th launched nightly forays against the eastern edge of der Kessel,…

Advanced Squad LeaderHASL 1 - Red Barricades
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Scenario#: HS13     Date: 11/24/1942     Location: Hill 81, Guadalcanal

The Japanese began to fortify their positions, particularly in the hills west of the Matanikau. The westward U.S. advance threatened supply routes leading to inland positions. Using reverse slope positions that could not be hit by artillery, the…

Advanced Squad LeaderHSASL 1 - Operation Watchtower
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Scenario#: ABTF01     Date: 9/17/1944     Location: Arnhem, Holland

The primary objective of the British 1st Airborne Division was the main road bridge in Arnhem. The three battalions of the 1st Parachute Brigade were to drive for the bridge along three separate routes. 2nd Parachute Battalion’s route – “Lion” – took…

Advanced Squad LeaderHASL 6 - A Bridge Too Far
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Scenario#: SF14     Date: 1945-02-22     Location: Manila, Philippines

While the 3rd Battalion was trying to secure the City Hall, the 1st Battalion of the 145th Infantry Regiment was preparing to attack the General Post Office. Situated along the south shore of the Pasig River, the five-story tall Post Office building…

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Scenario#: RO6     Date: 12/15/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia

By the end of the second week in December the former defenders of Stalingrad were finally ready to take the initiative and begin their bid to recapture the ruined city. In the southern end of the Red October factory complex, two of those structures…

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Scenario#: RO4     Date: 11/11/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia

Dominating the Krasny Oktyabr factory complex, the mammoth Hall 4 was the lynchpin of the Soviet defense. The enterprising Soviets had turned the factory’s 14 recessed “Martin Ovens” into a series of impregnable fortresses, interconnected with…

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Scenario#: VOTG04     Date: 9/15/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia

The German 3rd Battalion, Infanterie Regiment 194 fought through Stalingrad’s suburbs, the Main Railway Station, Red Square, and finally to within sight of the Volga. Their rapid advance across the cratered landscape and the fierce resistance the…

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Scenario#: RB05     Date: 11/11/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia

Hoping that one last great push might be enough to finally shatter all organized resistance in the city, German assault troops prepared for a final onslaught. In the meantime, fresh Pioniere battalions specially trained in urban warfare were flown…

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Scenario#: BRT01     Date: 11/21/1943     Location: Betio Island, Tarawa

Lt. Dean Hawkins and his Scout Sniper platoon had the distinction of being the first American force on Betio. Hawkins led a detachment of engineers and Scout Snipers along the pier on D-Day, taking out bunkers and buildings likely to be in the way of…

Advanced Squad LeaderHASL 5 - Blood Reef: Tarawa
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Scenario#: SF03     Date: 1945-02-11     Location: Paco Cemetery, Manila, Philippines

Situated a few blocks southeast of the new Manila Police Station was the Paco Cemetery. It was built in 1820 of two concentric adobe walls ten feet high and ten feet thick. Entry to the central courtyard was through four gates in the walls.…

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Scenario#: HS30     Date: 2/26/1945     Location: Kepplen, Germany

The North Shore Regiment had been ordered to advance toward the Rhine. Its Commander, Lt. Col. John Rowley, was known as the Good Shepherd for the long walking staff he usually carried. The regiment closed on Kepplen with the two lead companies…

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Scenario#: VOTG01     Date: 9/14/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia

Since early morning the German 71st Infantry Division had been attacking towards the downtown district with the capture of the main ferry landing as its goal. Led by Lt. Col. Roske’s 194th Regiment, good progress was made through the residential…

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Scenario#: FB02     Date: 1/19/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary

After the initial assault by the Soviet 108th Guards Rifle Division failed to capture the Városmajor on January 1, the 320th Rifle Division, supported by a half dozen armored vehicles, was ordered to try to seize the City Park. The main defenders of…

Advanced Squad LeaderHASL 8 - Festung Budapest
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Scenario#: VOTG10     Date: 9/21/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia

On 20 September, a civilian informed Lt. Dragan that a massive German buildup was taking place. Fortifications and street barricades were prepared as well as detachments of men armed with anti-tank rifles and molotov cocktails to combat tanks. The…

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Scenario#: RB10     Date: 9/11/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia

The Sixth Army was being bled white amidst the ruins. The rifle strength of whole companies was often reduced to little more than a squad in an attempt to take a single house. The battle lines were now drawn through the hallways of individual…

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Scenario#: HS14     Date: 12/25/1942     Location: Gifu, Guadalcanal

Army troops, having taken over for most of the Marine formations, were eager to prove their mettle on the assault. Their first task on the long list of objectives required to clear the island was a strongpoint called the Gifu. This particularly nasty…

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Scenario#: KGP07     Date: 12/21/1944     Location: Cheneux, Belgium

By the afternoon of the 21st, Col. Tucker had ordered the 3rd Battalion of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment to assist the 1st Battalion in its attempt to capture Cheneux and the bridge over the Ambleve. Company G entered the western end of the…

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Scenario#: FB12     Date: 2/5/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary

By February 5, the Soviets had reached the area around Királyhágo tét. Strongly opposed by a mix of German and Hungarian forces, the Soviets would be forced to fight for every building. In addition to their military strengths, the Soviets had…

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Scenario#: RB12     Date: 11/17/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia

On the 11th of November the Germans launched an offensive in the Barrikady district with elements of two infantry divisions, backed up by five especially formed pioneer battalions, armed with satchel charges and flamethrowers. In addition two assault…

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Scenario#: PB05     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Benouville, France

Continuous counterattacks were steadily pushing the paratroopers of Major Taylor’s company back inBenouville. Most of the paratroopers were wounded, including Taylor himself, but continued to fight as they had no place to retreat. The 7th Battalion’s…

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Scenario#: HS03     Date: 9/8/1942     Location: Tasimboko, Guadalcanal

With the U.S. Marines now firmly established on Guadalcanal, the Japanese landed more troops at Taivu Point, 18 miles east of the Marine-held Henderson Field. The Japanese commander planned to attack the Marine positions after having his engineers…

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Scenario#: SF16     Date: 1945-02-23     Location: Manila, Philippines

Even with most off the major buildings in the Hospital/University complex now under their control, the troopers of 5th Cavalry were having an extremely difficult time in eliminating the remaining isolated pockets of Japanese from the area. It seemed…

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Scenario#: VOTG07     Date: 9/16/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia

The past couple of days had seen horrific fighting at the Stalingrad-1 Rail Station. On the morning of 16 September, the 1st Battalion of the 42nd Guards Regiment turned away an attack by twelve self-propelled guns with supporting infantry. Not long…

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Scenario#: RO7     Date: 12/26/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia

One month had passed since the German 6th Army had been surrounded by the Soviet counteroffensive of 19 November, but periodic spurts of fighting still erupted in the cold ruins of the Red October factory. A Russian war correspondent wrote that the…

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Scenario#: FB17     Date: 2/9/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary

By 9 February, Soviet forces had succeeded inc capturing their primary objective wets of Castle Hill, the Budapest Railway Terminal. The next day, the Soviets continued their march toward the case of Castle Hill by crossing over the marshalling…

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Scenario#: HS16     Date: 1/13/1943     Location: Galloping Horse, Guadalcanal

The 27th Infantry Regiment had been attacking the 900-foot-high hill called Galloping Horse for three days. Only Hill 523, the head of the horse-shaped mass, was left. F Company would advance through the jungle on the right flank. E Company would…

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Scenario#: FB05     Date: 1/29/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary

By 26 January, the Soviet 297th Tank Rifle Division had finally pushed the Hungarian Vannay Battalion out of the Városmajor. One building that still remained firmly in Hungarian hands was the Siesta Sanatorium located on Városmajor utca just to the…

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Scenario#: VOTG12     Date: 9/23/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia

General Chuikov desperately wanted to gain complete control of the main ferry landings, which had fallen into German hands, and were prefect locations for the Germans to interdict reinforcements crossing the Volga. Help was on the way in the form of…

Advanced Squad LeaderHASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
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Scenario#: KGP01     Date: 12/20/1944     Location: Stoumont, Belgium

The initial objective of Task Force Harrison was the recapture of the St. Edouard Sanatorium, a large brick building dominating the heights on the northwestern outskirts of Stoumont. At twilight, partially concealed by a dense mist, the GIs attacked…

Advanced Squad LeaderHASL 2 - Kampfgruppe Peiper I
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Scenario#: RO2     Date: 10/23/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia

By 0930 the Germans’ first objective, the north-south railroad embankment west of the factory, had been reached. The attack plan then called for a brief interlude to allow fresh troops of the second wave to come up and for continued bombardment of…

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