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A Real Barn Burner Scenario#: J183 Date: 5/31/1940 Location: Amagne, France In contrast to their comrades to the west, the French Aisne River front held firm against the German attacks in May. The 14éme division d’infanterie, one of the best French units, manned the front bear Rethel. On 30 May, a reconnaissance in force was… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #12
Dayan to Meet You Scenario#: J184 Date: 6/8/1941 Location: Iskenderun, Syria Moshe Dayan was assigned to a small Australian-Palmach-Arab reconnaissance task force, formed in preparation for the Allied invasion of Syria and Lebanon and attached to the Australian 7th Division. Using his home kibbutz of Hanita as a forward base,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #12
The Haunted Castle Scenario#: J185 Date: 6/22/1941 Location: Oleszyce, Poland For the veterans of Gebirgs-Division 1, who had fought in Poland, France, and the Balkans, Operation BARBAROSSA was to be a totally new experience. Under the roaring salvos of divisional artillery, the Jäger of Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 99 crossed the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #12
Castles on the Horizon Scenario#: J186 Date: 11/20/1941 Location: Bir Bu Meliha, Libya Panzer-Division 15 was moving in the direction of Gabr Saleh. Late in the day they came upon the 4th Armoured Brigade’s Honeys which were this time “…in good defensive terrain with the sun behind them and their ammunition racks full”. 22nd Armoured… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #12
In Deadly Combat Scenario#: J187 Date: 12/30/1941 Location: Mekensievy-Gory, Crimea After 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
Grab and Go Scenario#: J188 Date: 8/20/1943 Location: Kalupnovka, Ukraine In 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
Buckley's Block Scenario#: J189 Date: 1/13/1944 Location: Cape Gloucester, New Britian The Marines had solidly established their presence on Cape Glouchester, secured their initial objectives, and continued to push south and east. A major campaign objective was Hill 660. Confident that Hill 660 would be taken a detachment from the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #12
Trial Run Scenario#: J190 Date: 1/17/1944 Location: Ricco River, Italy British planners desired to keep German units in the Ortona region “occupied” so they would be unavailable to reinforce the Cassino area. V Corps Maj. Gen. Allfrey decided to carry out this mission with green troops who would be provided with combat… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #12
Rebels Without A Pause Scenario#: J191 Date: 9/5/1944 Location: Telgart, Slovakia Nestled in the picturesque Hron Valley, the communication center of Telgart was a key objective for the uprising in central Slovakia. As the insurgency gained successes in the center, both the Slovak regular forces and partisan groups gained… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #12
Taking Some Flak Scenario#: J192 Date: 10/28/1944 Location: Muonio, Finland During the final withdrawal of German units from Finland, SS-Gebirgsjager-Regiments 11 and 12 were tasked with holding the Finns at bay. On the road from Tornio and Kemi, the Germans were withdrawing their troops interspersed with equipment-laden… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #12
Raff's Rules Scenario#: J193 Date: 3/24/1945 Location: Diersfordt, Germany Lead elements of the 507th PIR crossed the river Rhine at around 0950 and made the first combat jump in the history of the 17th Airborne Division. Colonel Edson Raff gathered his staff and available men after landing. It took some time before he… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #12
The Gorge Scenario#: J013 Date: 4/9/1945 Location: Kakazu Ridge, Okinawa The 3rd Battalion had been given the task of pushing onto Kakazu Ridge by advancing through the series of stream beds that lay in front of the hill. The Japanese had placed some defenses in the approaches to the ridge.. Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2
On the Hoss' Side Scenario#: J014 Date: 4/10/1945 Location: Kakazu Ridge, Okinawa After advancing to the top of the smaller of the two summits along Kakazu Ridge, L Company developed a bit of a problem. It was sitting in the open above a Japanese underground complex specially prepared for just such a situation... Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2
Turning Off the Spigot Scenario#: J015 Date: 4/11/1945 Location: Kakazu Ridge, Okinawa After the failure of the “powerhouse attack” to dislodge the Japanese from Kakazu Ridge earlier in the day, the Americans tried a series of attacks in battalion strength against various portions of the ridge... Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2
Kakazu's Tombs Scenario#: J016 Date: 4/13/1945 Location: Kakazu Ridge, Okinawa As 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
Clearing Kakazu Scenario#: J017 Date: 4/24/1945 Location: Kakazu Ridge, Okinawa During the night of April 23 and early morning of April 24, a heavy Japanese bombardment masked the withdrawal of most of the remaining defenders of the Kakazu pocket. Several small units were left behind to delay the American pursuit. At the same… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2
Merzenhausen Zoo Scenario#: J019 Date: 11/22/1944 Location: Merzenhausen, Germany After 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
The Guns of Naro Scenario#: J020 Date: 7/11/1943 Location: Naro, Sicily The attack on Sicily was underway and U.S. forces had broken out from the Gela Beachhead. After capturing Naro on 11 July, recon elements were ordered to move toward Canicatti. Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2
Scobie Preserves Scenario#: J021 Date: 12/6/1944 Location: Piraeus, Greece LATE SUMMER 1944: German forces withdraw from most of Greece, which is taken over by local partisans. Most of them are members of ELAS, the armed wing of the National Liberation Front, EAM, which included the Communist KKE party … Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2
Kampfgruppe at Karachev Scenario#: J023 Date: 7/28/1943 Location: Kusmenkovo, Russia In 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
Smashing the 3rd Scenario#: J024 Date: 8/3/1944 Location: Wolomin, Poland The success of Operation Bagration allowed a number of Russian units, including the Soviet 3rd Tank Corps, to make deep penetrations through the German lines. On July 31, the German 9th Army believed it was in position to cut off and destroy the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2
High Tide at Heiligenbeil Scenario#: J027 Date: 3/24/1945 Location: Heiligenbeil, East Prussia In 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
Inhumaine Scenario#: J028 Date: 12/27/1944 Location: Humaine, Belgium American 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
The Capture of Balta Scenario#: J029 Date: 8/3/1941 Location: Balta, Ukraine The 11th Army, advancing on the right side of Army Group South, skirted the Rumanian border with the Black Sea port of Odessa as its primary objective. The small town of Balta, located 120 miles northwest of Odessa, had changed hands several times… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2
Nocturnal Attrition Scenario#: J030 Date: 11/26/1941 Location: Sidi Rezegh, Libya Operation Crusader was boiling around the Sidi Rezeg area, and General Freyberg's New Zealand 6th Brigade was dangerously exposed. The Kiwis were perched on the Sidi Rezeg ridge and airfield, sandwiched between the German 155th Infantry Regiment on… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2
Lovat First Sight Scenario#: J031 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Benouville, France Fighting 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
Panzer Graveyard Scenario#: J032 Date: 1/21/1944 Location: Minturno, Italy On 13 Nov 1943, 1st Company Hermann Góring Parachute-Panzer Regiment had been sent to support the 94th lnfantry Division, and worked with the 267th Grenadier Regiment guarding the coast. 7th Company HG Parachute-Panzer Regiment was supporting the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2
The Slaughterhouse Scenario#: J033 Date: 2/22/1945 Location: Graudenz, East Prussia The bridgehead position at Graudenz. was declared a fortress on 27 January 1945. The fortress defense was manned by the remaining elements of Division Hermann Gbring, as well as various other Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe, Police, and Fortress units... Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2
Men of the Mountains Scenario#: J034 Date: 7/13/1941 Location: Ceyinje, Montenegro On 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
It's About Time - Historical Variant Scenario#: PB06A Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Benouville, France The 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
The Bridge of Verdalsöra Scenario#: J036 Date: 4/21/1940 Location: Verdalsöra, Norway After landing at Namsos, the British goal was to make contact with the Norwegians at Verdalsöra where a strategic bridge crossed the Inna River. On the morning of 21 April, a German destroyer landed a company of Gebirgsjagers on the shore north of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3
Tretten in Flames Scenario#: J037 Date: 4/23/1940 Location: Tretten, Norway The first Allied land operations conducted in April 1940 to stop the German invasion of Norway had been a complete failure. The Allies suffered defeat after defeat. Nonetheless, at Tretten, they made one last attempt to stem the German advance. Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3
Bitter Defense at Otta Scenario#: J038 Date: 4/28/1940 Location: Gudbrandsdal Valley, Norway In southern Norway, any Axis line of advance had to parallel the existing road system due to terrain and weather. Taking advantage of these restrictions, the Allies based their defense on a series of roadblocks supported by flanking fire from… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3
Indeed! Scenario#: J039 Date: 5/10/1940 Location: Hemnesberget, Norway On 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
Might Makes Right Scenario#: J040 Date: 5/11/1940 Location: Finneid, Norway The 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
By Ourselves Scenario#: J041 Date: 5/11/1940 Location: Finneid, Norway In 1940, the Norwegian army was a force completely unable to resist the Nazi war machine. Its equipment and training were mediocre. Furthermore, the German aggression took its High Command by complete surprise; such was the case of Colonel Sundlo,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3
3rd RTR in the Rain Scenario#: J043 Date: 5/23/1940 Location: Guines, France In their attempts to stem the German advance to Calais and other port cities, the British dispatched the 3rd Royal Tank Brigade, composed of the 2nd king's Royal Rifles and the 1st Queen's Victoria Rifles. On 23 May, these units sallied aggressively… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3
Strongpoint 11 Scenario#: J046 Date: 1/11/1942 Location: Tarakan Island, Dutch East Indies The Japanese offensive against the Dutch East Indies was designed to gain control of the rubber and oil production facilities found on the many scattered islands in the region. The Dutch defense on Tarakan Island was organized by “Fronts” protecting… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3
"They're Here! Reverse!" Scenario#: J047 Date: 2/8/1941 Location: Beda Fomm, Libya The famed Desert Rats were on the move. Heading for the African coast through the Saleh/Beda Fomm area, they planned to set up ambush positions against the large Italian motorized columns retreating from Benghazi towards Tripoli. The 2nd Royal Tank… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3
Desperate Dash Scenario#: J049 Date: 11/28/1942 Location: Zherebetso, Russia Attacking across a broad front, the Soviet winter offensive known as Operation Mars had some early penetrations far behind the lines of the German 9th Army. Unfortunately many of these breakthroughs could not be supported in the face of tough German… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3
The Cactus Farm Scenario#: J050 Date: 4/29/1943 Location: Hill 107, Tunisia The Germans were defending Hill 107, a key piece of terrain that denied the Allies a direct route to Tunis. The 2nd Royal Fusiliers were assigned to the task to take the hill. At 0600 on the morning of April 29, 1943, the Fusiliers attacked,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3
Canicatti Scenario#: J051 Date: 7/12/1943 Location: Canicatti, Sicily CCA was ordered to secure Canicatti. A small Italian contingent remained in Canicatti and the 15th Panzergrenadier Division was digging in on the high ground to the north. Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3
Dress Rehearsal Scenario#: J052 Date: 7/10/1943 Location: Komsomolets State Farm, Russia Scenario 1/3 of Broadway to Prokhorovka campaign (page 60 of Journal 3).Both sides chooses their OBs from available groups. The unit list below lists everything available, but the players only get to use about half of them. Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3
Setting the Stage Scenario#: J053 Date: 7/11/1943 Location: Okytaberskii State Farm, USSR Scenario 2/3 of Broadway to Prokhorovka campaign (page 60 of Journal 3). Both sides chooses their OBs from available groups. The unit list below lists everything available, but the players only get to use about half of them. Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3
Showtime Scenario#: J054 Date: 7/12/1943 Location: Prokhorovka, Russia The breaking dawn on the 12th saw both sides slamming artillery barrages into the grainfields around Prokhorovka. Like two tides of steel and flesh rushing towards each other, the 5th Guards Tank Army and II SS Panzer Corps collided just south of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3
Matsumoto's Charge Scenario#: J055 Date: 4/6/1944 Location: Nhpum Ga, Burma Roy 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
A Burnt Out Case Scenario#: J056 Date: 7/6/1944 Location: Smorgon, Belarus Following the capture of Minsk and the destruction of the bulk of the Fourth Army, the 5th Guards Tank Army pushed westward towards Vilnius. North of Minsk, emergency reserve units of Army Group Center augmented with Luftwaffe flak units, were… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3
Guards Artillery Scenario#: J057 Date: 8/3/1944 Location: Maisoncelles, France Following 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
No. 8 Platoon Overrun Scenario#: J058 Date: 9/18/1944 Location: Arnhem, Holland One of the few units near the bridge not attached to the 2nd Parachute Battalion was Platoon No. 8 of the 3rd Parachute Battalion. Accompanied by men from the Headquarters Defense Platoon, Platoon No. 8 probed outward into the factories of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3
Friday the 13th Scenario#: J059 Date: 10/13/1944 Location: East Prussia In 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