Browse Items (179 total)
- Collection: ASL - Journal Magazines
Few and Far BetweenScenario#: J169 Date: 8/30/1943 Location: Chistyakovo, UkraineThe wastefulness of Operation Citadel was beginning to hit home for Heeresgruppe Sud. Stripped of many Panzer Divisions, these were replaced with worn–out infantry divisions such as the 258th, which formed a shallow crust around the transport hubs… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11 |
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First LoveScenario#: J131 Date: 1/2/1944 Location: Cape Gloucester, New BritianCompany L of the 7th Marine Regiment was the left anchor of the Marines’ swing to the southeast to flank the Japanese defenders of Hill 600 and Borgen Bay. “Love” Company was the first to stumble upon a small stream that was unmarked on the maps… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9 |
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Flames of UnrestScenario#: J087 Date: 8/19/1944 Location: Warsaw, Poland UPRISINGThe Polish Home Army uprising had commenced with the sounds of Soviet artillery heard in the distance. The first days of the uprising were wildly successful against the surprised Germans. Soon, however, the Germans ruthlessly struck back against the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #5 |
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Flanking FlamethrowersScenario#: J104 Date: 10/15/1941 Location: Semenovskaya, RussiaThe landscape south and west of Borodino was covered with snow by first light on 15 October, but the skies were clear. The 32rd Rifle Division was holding its ground against the German onslaught, when some fresh elements of the 86th Schützen Regiment… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #7 |
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For A Few Rounds MoreScenario#: J100 Date: 3/30/1945 Location: Menden, GermanyAs March 30th dawned, the U.S. 5th Infantry Division and the 3rd Armored Division advanced on the village of Menden in an effort to seal the encirclement of the Ruhr pocket. In front of the village, the 737th Tank Battalion found itself engaged by… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #6 |
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Friday the 13thScenario#: J059 Date: 10/13/1944 Location: East PrussiaIn October 1944, 1st Company, Hermann Göring's Fallschirmpanzerkorps Panzerjager Battalion received 16 new JagdPanzer IV vehicles. Their mission was to act as a mobile fire brigade for the panzerkorps. Their first objective was to thwart the Soviet… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3 |
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Frontal AssaultScenario#: J086 Date: 8/3/1944 Location: Presles, FranceOn the evening of 2 August, fearful for his open left flank, Major Robinson pushed Ned Thornburn's D Company a half-mile to the east. Digging-in around the farm of les Grands Bonfaits, the company was later reinforced by two platoons of A Company, a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #5 |
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Golden PheasantsScenario#: J145 Date: 4/19/1945 Location: Nüremberg, GermanyOnly the truly fanatic remained in the old town by 19 April. General Simon now commanded only isolated bands of SS men or Luftwaffe troops here and there. Nazi political officers – known jokingly as “golden pheasants” for their love of fancy but… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9 |
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Grab and GoScenario#: J188 Date: 8/20/1943 Location: Kalupnovka, UkraineIn the aftermath of Operation CITADEL, Soviet attacks in the Ukraine followed the usual pattern: masses of med and machines thrown at the lines of Panzerkorps III, only to be thrown back by German counterattacks. However each time the new front line… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #12 |
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Guards ArtilleryScenario#: J057 Date: 8/3/1944 Location: Maisoncelles, FranceFollowing a night advance to Point 176, the self-propelled artillery regiment of the Guards Armoured Division formed its gun lines in the small fields west of Maisoncelles. At approximately 0845 hours, guns began to engage targets and the battery… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3 |
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Hart AttackScenario#: J167 Date: 11/28/1942 Location: Djedeida, TunisiaA German-held airfield just east of Djedeida – a mere dozen miles from Tunis – had suffered the ignominious distinction of being overrun by a reconnoitering company of American light tanks. The Americans, however, lacking orders and infantry to hold… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11 |
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Heart of AthenaScenario#: J174 Date: 12/7/1944 Location: Athens, GreeceBy 1944, the two major resistance movements in occupied Greece, EDES and EAM-ELAS, each saw the other to be their great enemy. They both saw the Germans were going to be defeated and were a temporary threat. For the communists, the British… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11 |
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Heroes of the Soviet UnionScenario#: VOTG23 Date: 9/26/1942 Location: Stalingrad, RussiaOn 26 September, Lt. Anton Dragan and five other wounded survivors dug their way out of the rubbled strongpoint which German assault guns had collapsed. Emerging into darkness, Dragan sent his orderly Hozhushko out to scout the area. He returned… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9 |
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High Tide at HeiligenbeilScenario#: J027 Date: 3/24/1945 Location: Heiligenbeil, East PrussiaIn February, seven Soviet Armies eneirclcd the German 4th Army, which included the Hermann Góring Parachute Panzer Corps, in the Heiligenbeil Pocket. The pocket contained 120,000 combat and 30,000 support troops, which could now only be supplied by… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2 |
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In Deadly CombatScenario#: J187 Date: 12/30/1941 Location: Mekensievy-Gory, CrimeaAfter heavy fighting, Infanterie-Division 132 took the strategic town of Mekensievy-Gory, north of Sevastopol. Gefreiter Bidermann’s PaK platoon, reduced to only two guns, set up near the railway station. On the morning of 30 December, red flares… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #12 |
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In the BagScenario#: J061 Date: 12/25/1944 Location: Celles, BelgiumThe 2nd Panzer Division had made the most progress during the Ardennes offensive, and was positioned a mere 6 kilometers from the Meuse River. General Harmon, the 2nd Armored Division commander, contacted headquarters for permission to attack and,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3 |
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Indeed!Scenario#: J039 Date: 5/10/1940 Location: Hemnesberget, NorwayOn 10 May, south of Mosjoen, two platoons from the 5th Independent Company along with Norwegian soldiers laid a deadly ambush for a German motorcycle vanguard. The Allies then retreated to the Hemnesberget area with the aim of delaying the Germans… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3 |
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InhumaineScenario#: J028 Date: 12/27/1944 Location: Humaine, BelgiumAmerican artillery pounded Humaine. CCR was assigned the task of capturing the town. They successfully surrounded the town, forcing most of the defenders to surrender. But a group of Germans manned a chateau on the northeastern end of the village and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2 |
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Into the Grinding MillScenario#: J147 Date: 9/12/1937 Location: Luodian, ChinaIn August 1937 hostilities broke out between Chinese troops and Japanese Marines posted in Shanghai. The Japanese escalated the conflict by large-scale troop landings outside the city and took the coastal town of Baoshan after a brutal siege.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #10 |
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Ishun Tank TrapsScenario#: J120 Date: 4/11/1944 Location: Ishun, CrimeaBecause of a severe shortage of self-propelled guns, a decision was made to equip the 1452nd Separate Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment (SAP) with KV tanks, which had the most destructive armament of all the heavy tanks presented in the Crimea at… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #8 |
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It Don't Come EasyScenario#: J158 Date: 1/15/1945 Location: Noville, BelgiumBy the middle of January, “Easy” was on the attack again. Although many replacements had come into the ranks, some of whom were not even paratroop-qualified, Major Dick Winters entrusted them with one more assault to retake ground east of Bastogne… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #10 |
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It's About Time - Historical VariantScenario#: PB06A Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Benouville, FranceThe 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 — ASL Journal #2 |
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It's Hardly FairScenario#: J155 Date: 9/20/1944 Location: Wyler, GermanyAt approximately 1330 hours on 17 September 1944, the Red Devils jumped into Holland as part of Operation Market Garden. Although initial resistance was light, heavy fighting ensued for days.The 508th established and maintained a defensive position… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #10 |
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Jungle FightersScenario#: J012 Date: 1/31/1942 Location: Jahore Bahru, MalayaThe Malayan Campaign was nearly complete with the goal of Singapore just a few short miles away from the Japanese lines. Knowing that further resistance on the mainland could result in troops being cut off, the commander of the British force in… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #1 |
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Jungle InfiltrationScenario#: J132 Date: 1/2/1944 Location: Cape Gloucester, New BritianAfter hitting severe Japanese resistance along the stream that became known as Suicide Creek, the 7th Marine Regiment’s slog through the dense jungle of Cape Gloucester came to a halt as the Marines tired and failed to take the stream “on the fly”.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9 |
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Kakazu's TombsScenario#: J016 Date: 4/13/1945 Location: Kakazu Ridge, OkinawaAs night fell on April 12, Sgt. Beaufort Anderson and the members of his mortar platoon occupied several of the tombs dotting the area between Kakazu Ridge and Kakazu West. Good things seldom happen when one is forced to sleep with the dead. This… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2 |
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Kampfgruppe at KarachevScenario#: J023 Date: 7/28/1943 Location: Kusmenkovo, RussiaIn response to the increasing pressure of the Soviet offensive to take Karachev and sever the rail link between Briansk and Orel, Panzer Division Grossdeutschland was shifted to the region northwest of Orel. To foil the Soviet plans, the division was… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2 |
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Katyusha's EmbraceScenario#: J168 Date: 8/8/1943 Location: Kuban, CrimeaAmid the brutal Crimea battles of 1943-44, Ekaterina Mikhailova managed to enlist at the tender age of 15. Affectionately called Katyusha by the troops, she was admired even by the enemy. She safely took water for her injured friends from a contested… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11 |
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Kempf at MelikhovoScenario#: J094 Date: 7/10/1943 Location: Melikhovo, RussiaOperation Citadel had been underway for five days and things were not going well for the German attack. The original plan to seize the town of Korocha was scrapped and 6th Panzer Division was tasked with breaking through the Soviet defenses and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #6 |
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Kerry's CrossingScenario#: J134 Date: 1/3/1944 Location: Cape Gloucester, New BritianIn the Battle of Suicide Creek, the Marines moved tanks up though the jungle but could not get them across a high-banked creek - until Kerry L. Lane manned a bulldozer and, under intense fire and totally exposed to the enemy, dumped enough landfill… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9 |
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Last Minute WarScenario#: J148 Date: 3/24/1939 Location: Nižná Rybnica, SlovakiaAt dawn on March 23, 1939 Hungary suddenly attacked Slovakia from Carpatho-Ukraine with instructions being to "proceed as far to the west as possible". Hungary attacked Slovakia without any declaration of war, catching the Slovak army unprepared,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #10 |
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Last Push To MozhaiskScenario#: J115 Date: 10/17/1941 Location: Mozhaisk, RussiaAfter nearly a week of exhausting combat, the Russian 32nd Rifle Division had proved to be as effective as its German counterparts. In order to speed up the advance towards the Soviet capital, the Germans were compelled to break through Russian… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #8 |
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Lee's ChargeScenario#: J062 Date: 1/3/1945 Location: Coroie, BelgiumOn January 3rd, 1945, VII Corps launched its offensive to reduce the Bulge salient. The drive, with the 2nd Armored Division as a key element, headed towards Houffalize. Over a foot of snow covered the ground and the armored columns were forced to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3 |
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Lend-Lease AttackScenario#: J098 Date: 6/28/1944 Location: Krupki, RussiaThe German High Command realized that Operation Bagration was indeed a large scale Soviet offensive. The first German reinforcements to arrive in Minsk from Ukraine were the 5th Panzer Division. Their first contact with the advancing Russian units… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #6 |
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Lenin's SonsScenario#: J103 Date: 10/14/1941 Location: Yudinki, RussiaTo the south of Borodino, the SS Das Reich was committed to several actions aimed at breaking the Soviet lines in order to rush towards the east. The Der Fuhrer Regiment, fighting on the southern flank of the Division, had regrouped and was to seize… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #7 |
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Light Aid DetachedScenario#: J139 Date: 9/4/1944 Location: Lessines, BelgiumLeft behind in the Guards Armoured Division’s dash to Brussels, the Light Aid Detachment set up a repair facility in the quiet town of Lessines. Early on 4 September, the quiet was broken by excited townsfolk warning of a German column descending on… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9 |
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Lovat First SightScenario#: J031 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Benouville, FranceFighting continued in Benouville and LePort as the British 7th Battalion continued to hold the towns against repeated German assaults. The Ox and Bucks, on the other hand, had been placed near the Caen Canal Bridge as a reserve to the British… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2 |
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Maczek Fire BrigadeScenario#: J113 Date: 9/4/1939 Location: Novy Targ, PolandAt the initial stage of the German invasion of Poland, the XXII Corps had orders to break the defense south of Cracow, defended by the Polish 10th (Motorized) Cavalry Brigade. In charge of the brigade was Colonel St. Maczek, who immediately started… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #8 |
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Mageret MixerScenario#: J156 Date: 12/19/1944 Location: Mageret, BelgiumFearing a counterattack, Lehr commander Bayerlein pulled back his tanks and let Volksgrenadier-Division 26 secure Mageret during the night of 18-19 December. Combat Command R, 9th Armored Division the next morning launched an attack to reopen the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #10 |
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Makin TakenScenario#: J084 Date: 11/22/1943 Location: Butaritari, Makin AtollWhile the Marines were experiencing the horror of Tarawa, the Army's 27th Division, a New York National Guard outfit, was facing a considerably smaller Japanese force on Makin Atoll. Previously, the 27th Division had been garrisoning Hawaii and its… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #5 |
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Marders not MartyrsScenario#: J106 Date: 9/10/1942 Location: Ischerskaja, RussiaToo many recent examples of martyred German soldiers trying to stand their ground against the upgraded Soviet tanks had convinced German authorities to make changes. In late June, the 13th Panzer Division finally got an opportunity to refit their… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #7 |
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Matsumoto's ChargeScenario#: J055 Date: 4/6/1944 Location: Nhpum Ga, BurmaRoy Matsumoto, a Japanese-American volunteer in Merrill's Marauders, would sneak up to the enemy lines at night to learn where the Japanese planned to attack the next day. On the night of the 5th, Matsumoto had found out that the Japanese planned to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3 |
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Maximum AggressionScenario#: J166 Date: 12/19/1941 Location: Sumpitan Village, MalayaOn 19 December the Scottish 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders received its next task, the defense of Kuala Kangsar. Success here would both deny the main north-south road junction to the Japanese and allow the 11th Indian Division to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11 |
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Men of the MountainsScenario#: J034 Date: 7/13/1941 Location: Ceyinje, MontenegroOn 13 July 1941, in Italian-occupied Montenegro, Montenegrin separatist Sekula Drljević proclaimed an Independent State of Montenegro under Italian protectorate, upon which a nationwide rebellion escalated raised by Partisans, Yugoslav Royal officers… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2 |
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Merzenhausen ZooScenario#: J019 Date: 11/22/1944 Location: Merzenhausen, GermanyAfter six days of fighting, XIX Corps believed they were ready for a quick push to the Roer. Merzenhausen was the key to the enemy’s defenses west of the Roer River. The 246th Volksgrenadier Division was undergoing a relief in place. TF 1/66 with… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2 |
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Messenger BoysScenario#: J152 Date: 8/2/1944 Location: Drouet, FranceBy the fourth day of the British offensive Operation Bluecoat, the German front line had been penetrated and the armoured units sought to exploit the gains. To obtain a clear line of advance, the British Guards Armoured division changed its… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #10 |
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Messervy's MenScenario#: J127 Date: 11/6/1940 Location: Tamanau Gap, EritreaAs part of the British invasion of Eritrea, Colonel F.W. Messervy’s “Gazelle Force”, a motorized commando unit comprised of three machine gun companies, a filed gun battery and a mechanized cavalry unit, was established with the mission of creating… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9 |
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Might Makes RightScenario#: J040 Date: 5/11/1940 Location: Finneid, NorwayThe German operation codenamed “Wildente” used surprise to catch the Anglo-Norwegian units off-guard by barring their way south of Ranfjord. A steamer sailed up the fjord and landed 300 men and two guns in the small port of Hemnesberget. They could… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3 |
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Moses' BlazesScenario#: J077 Date: 4/10/1945 Location: Rethem, GermanyThe defense of the Wesser-Aller line was allocated to the Second Marine Infantry of the Kriegsmarine. Approaching Rethem from the west, 1/5 Welch had orders to secure a crossing of the River Aller. But progress was slow. With his rifle companies… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #4 |
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Muddy MayhemScenario#: J136 Date: 1/4/1944 Location: Cape Gloucester, New BritianMarine pioneers had constructed corduroy roads to bring forth armor and bulldozers to build fords across Suicide Creek. As soon as the ford was complete, the Marines began their assault across the stream and into the Japanese bunkers. The Marines… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9 |