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- Collection: ASL - Journal Magazines
The PinnacleScenario#: J018 Date: 4/21/1945 Location: Ie Shima, OkinawaThe Iegusugu Pinnacle was the nerve center of the Japanese defenses on the island of Ie Shima. After fighting their way through the town of Ie, the 306th was ready to attack the final Japanese bastion on Ie Shima. Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2 |
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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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Urban GuerillasScenario#: J001 Date: 4/9/1945 Location: Vienna, AustriaThe 2nd SS-Panzer Division, “Das Reich”, formed a rear guard position in Vienna as the Fourth Ukrainian Front closed in on the beautiful city. One area of bitter fighting was around the picturesque Prater Park with St. Stephen's Cathedral. The people… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #1 |
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A Sunday StrollScenario#: J003 Date: 6/12/1944 Location: Caumont, FranceUpon reaching Caumont, the 2nd Panzer’s recon battalion immediately deployed to cover the town’s approaches. A half-hour later, a Jeep full of men from the 26th Infantry Regiment rounded a bend in the road and quickly pulled back after receiving fire… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #1 |
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Wet SahwahsScenario#: J004 Date: 3/15/1942 Location: Bojonegoro, JavaOn the night of 4 March, several Dutch recon patrols left Babad and Kedoengpring for the city of Bodjonegora. Advancing along the main road and expecting opposition, the 1st Company of Infantry Division VIII found the outskirts of Baoerena unoccupied… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #1 |
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Bizory Loves CompanyScenario#: J005 Date: 1/3/1945 Location: Bizory, BelgiumCompany E of the 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment had been repulsing repeated German attacks on their dug-in position in the woods near the small city of Bizory. Mid-morning on January 3rd, found them under attack by elements of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #1 |
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Slow and SteadyScenario#: J007 Date: 3/5/1944 Location: Hukawng Valley, BurmaNone. Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #1 |
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Armored FistScenario#: J010 Date: 1/6/1942 Location: Trolak, MalayaThe Japanese continued boldly down the trunk road, assaulting and flanking any British position which tried to block the road. At Milestone 62, the British nearly stopped the Japanese cold. This time, a small Japanese detachment of four tanks and a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #1 |
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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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Red Banner DaysScenario#: FB18 Date: 1/26/1945 Location: Budapest, HungaryWith the arrival of the 297th Rifle Division to their south, the regiments of the Soviet 108th Guards Rifle Division were able to shorten the width of their front lines in order to bring additional pressure on the Axis units defending the blocks on… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #10 |
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Urban NightmareScenario#: VOTG25 Date: 9/28/1942 Location: Stalingrad, RussiaLate September found the 13th Guards Rifle Division still clinging stubbornly to a narrow section of the riverbank in downtown Stalingrad. The Germans had shifted their main effort north to the factory district, and the battle for the center of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #10 |
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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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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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Taking a Stand at RosarioScenario#: J149 Date: 12/22/1941 Location: Rosario, LuzonOn 22 December, the main Japanese landing on the island of Luzon came ashore at Lingayen Gulf. The objective was Manila, but getting there required a breakthrough of blocking positions on the main roads along the way. First up after the beach was… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #10 |
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The Sangshak RedemptionScenario#: J150 Date: 3/26/1944 Location: Sangshak, IndiaThe 153rd Parachute Battalion, 50th Parachute Brigade, was the only Gurkha airborne unit formed during the war. Their initial combat experience occurred as part of a delaying action against the northern pincer of the Japanese envelopment of Imphal,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #10 |
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Squeeze PlayScenario#: J151 Date: 5/25/1944 Location: Marbam, BurmaFollowing a heavy downpour, the temporary command for the battle of Imphal called WOODFORCE, decided to launch a new assault on the village of Marbam. The 10th Baluch Regiment would be sent in to clear Marbam and the ridge to the west, both of which… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #10 |
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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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Dawn's Early LightScenario#: J153 Date: 8/7/1944 Location: Mortain, FranceThe first elements of the American 30th Infantry Division to enter Mortain were met by civilians going about their daily lives. Some of the departing members of the 1st Infantry Division congratulated the new arrivals of their soft assignment. Not… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #10 |
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Cradle to GraveScenario#: J154 Date: 9/1/1944 Location: Meximieux, FranceThe area around Lyon was known as the “cradle of the resistance” due to activity of the FFI. Consequently, after landing in southern France on 15 August and heading quickly northward, the American Seventh Army encountered more friendly maquisards… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #10 |
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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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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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Rage Against the MachineScenario#: J157 Date: 12/21/1944 Location: Courland Pocket, LatviaFor nearly one month, heavy rain and mud had prevented further Russian offensives against the German army trapped in the Courland pocket. When a sudden heavy frost returned the roads to passable conditions in mid-December, a forbidding atmosphere of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #10 |
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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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Tropic LightningScenario#: J159 Date: 1/24/1945 Location: San Manuel, PhilippinesResolving to fight to the death, Major General Shigemi ordered his forces to dig in at San Manuel. Several tanks were converted into fortified bunkers by burying them in the ground so only their turrets were visible; the remainder were to be used as… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #10 |
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Bienen BurnoutScenario#: J160 Date: 3/25/1945 Location: Bienen, GermanyThe only axis of attack available to the Canadian 3rd Infantry Division was through the villages of Speldrop and Bienen. Speldrop was taken by the end of 24 March but at a high cost in both men and material, providing a taste of things to come. The… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #10 |
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War BrotherhoodScenario#: FB19 Date: 1/25/1945 Location: Budapest, HungaryHaving been allies off and on for centuries against a variety of enemies, the defending German and Hungarian forces had developed what some soldiers referred to as a “war brotherhood” or “Waffenbruderschaft”. This bond would be sorely tested… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11 |
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Down on the FarmScenario#: HS33 Date: 2/19/1945 Location: Goch, GermanyIn front of A and C Companies of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, B Company, under the command of Major Duncan Kennedy, was attacking the Schwanenhof farmstead, located a few hundred yards past the Goch-Kalkar road. The Kangaoos dropped the men… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11 |
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Bad Day for the LuftwaffeScenario#: VOTG26 Date: 9/20/1942 Location: Stalingrad, RussiaEarly in the morning of 20 September, a submachine gun-armed Sturmgruppe from Infanterie-Division 71 broke through along Moskovskaya Street and seized the main landing mole. At that moment ill fortune would have it that a flight of Stukas mistook the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11 |
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Drama, The Park, and Deadly ThingsScenario#: VOTG27 Date: 9/23/1942 Location: Stalingrad, RussiaInfanterie-Division 71 and 94 were pressing towards the Volga north and south of the Tsaritsa River, creating a salient of Soviet units just south of the city center. tasked with reducing the salient was Aufklarungs-Abteilung 171, commanded by… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11 |
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Riding to the RescueScenario#: J161 Date: 5/24/1940 Location: Picquigny, FranceOn May 22, German tanks reached Boulogne and split the Allied armies at the Somme River. The British 1st Armoured Division, in France for less than four days, was ordered to retake three river crossings with the support of lorry-borne Territorials… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11 |
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African BrothersScenario#: J162 Date: 7/10/1940 Location: Moyale, KenyaBy the end of June 1940, the garrison of Fort Harrington had received reliable reports that Italian reinforcements were entering the twin town of Moyale at the Abyssinian border. These included three Eritrean colonial battalions, a brigade of pack… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11 |
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Aiding the Local Constabulary (2 player)Scenario#: J163 Date: 3/29/1941 Location: Dire Dawa, EthiopiaThe days of Africa Orientale Italiana were finally coming to a close in Abyssinia, as South African and Nigerian forces continued a now largely-unopposed advance to Addis Ababa. Italian colonial forces were deserting and surrendering en masse, in… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11 |
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Aiding the Local Constabulary (3 player)Scenario#: J164 Date: 3/29/1941 Location: Dire Dawa, EthiopiaThe days of Africa Orientale Italiana were finally coming to a close in Abyssinia, as South African and Nigerian forces continued a now largely-unopposed advance to Addis Ababa. Italian colonial forces were deserting and surrendering en masse, in… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11 |
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Among the DeadScenario#: J165 Date: 5/26/1941 Location: Galatas, CreteThe German invasion of Crete began on 20 May 1941, and was the first large-scale airborne operation in history. Fallshirmjager jumped into battle or landed by gliders near their targets. However, the Allied defenders of Crete made the German… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11 |
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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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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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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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Red ChurchillsScenario#: J170 Date: 6/20/1944 Location: Vyborg, FinlandAfter the siege of Leningrad was lifted in January 1944, STAVKA began planning a summer offensive to knock Finland out of the war. The Soviet attack on the Karelian Isthmus started on 9 June, timed to coincide with the Normandy landings. Fifteen… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11 |
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Whom Gods DestroyScenario#: J171 Date: 8/14/1944 Location: Central, GreeceTHREE PLAYER SCENARIO - informal alliances are not forbidden but there will be only 1 winner! Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11 |
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Ramcke's RedoubtScenario#: J172 Date: 9/16/1944 Location: Brest, FranceFollowing the Allied D-Day landings on 6 June, 2nd Fallschirmjäger-Division was sent to the Brittany region of France, and took up defensive positions at Brest. Following Operation Cobra, the allied breakout from Normandy, Major-General Troy H.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11 |
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Assault on BaerendorfScenario#: J173 Date: 11/24/1944 Location: Baerendorf, FranceSoon after crossing the Sarre River, 4th Armored Division vanguards ran into the flank of Panzer Lehr Division. Approaching the village of Baerendorf, Combat Command B sent its 53rd Armor Infantry Battalion forward to conduct a hazardous stream… 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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Bedburg BiteScenario#: J175 Date: 2/16/1945 Location: Louisendorf, GermanyTo kick of the attack known as Operation VERITABLE, the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, supported by the 3rd Armoured Battalion of the Scots Guards, was ordered to take the hilly ground around Louisendorf, south of Moyland. This would protect the right flank… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11 |
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Deadly AssumptionScenario#: J176 Date: 3/4/1945 Location: Rheinberg, GermanyThe most appealing objectives in the Wesel bridgehead were two still-intact bridges, which offered the promise of a dry crossing of the Rhine by Allied forces. Because the Americans had encountered so little resistance in the days after Operation… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11 |
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Coup de Main at HamminkelnScenario#: J177 Date: 3/24/1945 Location: Hamminkeln Station, GermanyThough neither wide nor deep, the Issel stream had steep banks which formed a natural tank barrier, a fact which caused major concern among the Allied command. The seizure of every intact bridge over the Issel was considered vital to the success of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11 |
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Old FriendsScenario#: J178 Date: 3/26/1945 Location: Gahlen, GermanyFor the American 30th Infantry Division, Operation PLUNDER commenced on 24 March with a relatively quiet crossing of the Rhine. The division’s first main objective, the village of Spellen, was quickly taken by two of its regiments which attacked the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11 |
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Resignation SupermenScenario#: J179 Date: 4/10/1945 Location: Heilbronn, GermanyThe final weeks of the war in Europe saw deep penetrations by the forces of General Alexander Patch’s Seventh Army, which rolled over most resistance in its path. Crossing the Neckar River proved to be one of the first true obstacles encountered by… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11 |
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The Hour ZeroScenario#: J180 Date: 5/8/1945 Location: Forst Segeberg, GermanyMen of the 8th Parachute Division were called upon to neutralize a group of die hard SS and German Partisan's (Werewolf units) in the first days of May 1945. They dug themselves in within a forest called Forst Segeberg in Northern Germany. They were… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11 |
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The Deadly LineScenario#: J181 Date: 8/11/1945 Location: Mo Dao Shi, ChinaThe Soviet Union declared war on the Japanese Empire on 10 August. Depleted by the dispatch of its units to the Pacific theater, the Japanese Kwantung Army was seemingly helpless to resist the Soviet steamroller. Nevertheless, the Japanese commenced… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11 |
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Belgian BlitzkriegScenario#: J182 Date: 5/27/1940 Location: Knesselare, BelgiumOn 27 May, the Germans renewed their offensive on the Lys River line. The Belgian 11ème division d’infanterie was unable to withstand the German attack, and a gap appeared in the Belgian lines. The only reserves available were the Groupement Morel de… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #12 |