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Hube's Pocket Scenario#: G Date: 4/6/1944 Location: Buchach, Russia The March Russian offensive to drive the Germans back to the Carpathian Mountains had been successful. Partially due to Hitler’s “stand fast” order, many large German formations were encircled. Among them was the entire First Panzer Army of General… Advanced Squad Leader — Classic ASL
In Pursuit of the French Scenario#: S056 Date: 6/15/1940 Location: Paris, France After Dunkirk, the Germans launched FALL ROT (CASE RED), and “Grossdeutschland” Division was transferred south, where it helped establish a crossing of the La Noye River at both Quiry-le-Sec and Paillart on 8 June. The French 2nd and 4th Armies were… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 5
In Sight of the Volga Scenario#: VOTG18 Date: 1942-09-14 Location: Stalingrad, Russia Defense of Stalingrad’s central district and the all important main ferry landing lay largely in the hands of hastily mobilized militia composed of factory workers and the NKVD garrison. These troops would have to hold the Wehrmacht at bay until the… Advanced Squad Leader — Operations Special Issue #1
Island Retreat Scenario#: S040 Date: 1/30/1944 Location: Isola Bella, Italy Two American Ranger Battalions were to infiltrate through enemy lines along the narrow Pantano ditch in an effort to reach Cisterna, where careful reconnaissance had determined that the enemy had not had time to consolidate their defenses. Behind… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 2
Jabo! Scenario#: G41 Date: 12/18/1944 Location: Cheneux, Belgium The long file of Kampfgruppe Peiper vehicles, many heavily camouflaged with pine boughs, filled the road north from Trois Ponts, through La Gleize, and on towards Cheneux where advance elements had discovered an intact, undefended bridge over the… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #31.5
Loss Of Hope Scenario#: O12 Date: 4/7/1942 Location: Bataan, Luzon As disaster manifested itself in every form for Fil-American forces, General Parker, the American commander of II Corps, looked for units to plug gaps in the line. Units of untrained Filipinos would quickly form up and then, just as quickly, disperse… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 6
Mountain Comes to Mohammed Scenario#: G24 Date: 8/25/1941 Location: Qasr Shaikh, Iran During the Anglo-Soviet invasion of neutral Iran, British forces attempt to take a strongpoint in the desert held by a battalion of the elite Pahlavi Guards Regiment, devout Muslims pledged to defend the Shah, and armed with modern Czech weapons. Advanced Squad Leader — The General #29.5
No Monumental Acclaim Scenario#: S029 Date: 8/16/1944 Location: Le Muy, France In the Allied invasion in southern France, the Dragoon plan called for early morning raids on each of the German flanks, followed by paratroop drops and glider landings around Le Muy, a transportation hub a dozen miles from the coast. Once organized… Advanced Squad Leader — Operations #52
Nothing Left to Lose Scenario#: S063 Date: 4/26/1945 Location: Berlin, Germany As the vast Soviet forces encircled Berlin, 1st Belorussian Front under Marshal Zhukov was given the “honor” of capturing the Nazi capital. 8th Guards Army and 5th Shock Army jockeyed for positions as they drove through Neukolln towards Tempelhof… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 8
Operation Natzmer Scenario#: S054 Date: 8/15/1943 Location: Belsk, Russia A Kampfgruppe from Panzergrenadier-Division “Grossdeutschland” took part in Operation NATZMER on 15 August to blunt a Soviet attack across the Vorskla River. As the day progressed, many of the unit’s Tiger tanks, in action for the first time, began… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 4
Operation NIWI Scenario#: S060 Date: 5/10/1940 Location: Bodange, Belgium As part of the opening German offensive in the west called FALL GELB, the 400 men of Bataillon II, Infanterie-Regiment "Gorssdeutschland" were selected to land by 98 Fieseler Storch planes in the area of Nives and Witry, near the Belgain fort at… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 7
Out of Luck Scenario#: S028 Date: 4/26/1945 Location: Baruth, Germany The Ninth Army was trapped and encircled between the two Soviet Fronts which were competing to take the ultimate prize – Berlin. Having convinced Hitler that he could link up with the Twelfth Army and drive to the defense of Berlin, the Ninth’s… Advanced Squad Leader — Operations #51
Pegasus Bridge Scenario#: G11 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Benouville, France In the opening hours of Operation Overlord, of critical importance were two bridges that crossed the Orne and the canal between Benouville and Ranvlle. To take these, a special group drawn from the 6th Air-Landing Brigade was organized. At 0015… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #26.5
Prelude to Festung Brest Scenario#: S007 Date: 8/26/1944 Location: Plouzané, France The Operation “Chastity” offensivewas planned to gain control of the large harbors of Brest and Lorient whosefacilities were needed to provide the logistical support the Allies would need todrive across France. General Ramcke and the 2nd… Advanced Squad Leader — Operations #46
Purple Heart Hill Scenario#: O18 Date: 6/18/1944 Location: Villiers-Fossard, France None. Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 9
Purple Heart Lane Scenario#: S019 Date: 6/12/1944 Location: Carentan, France Having secured the area behind Utah Beach, and with the 29th Infantry having captured Isigny, it was now up to the 101st Airborne to take Carentan to allow the linkup of the two American beachheads. The 327th Glider Infantry Regiment would clear the… Advanced Squad Leader — Operations #50
Raiders Along the Wall Scenario#: S038 Date: 9/22/1944 Location: Schevenhütte, Germany The 8th Infantry Division's ultimate objective was Roer River crossings at Düren. On September 14, 1944, an attack by the 47th Infantry Regiment captured Schevenhütte, on the northern fringes of the forest, with few casualties. The division had… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 1
Reaper's Harvest Scenario#: S062 Date: 6/11/1944 Location: Rots, France The position held by SS-Panzer-Division 12 “Hitlerjugend” in the village of Rots threatened the deep flank of the 3rd Canadian’s advance against Caen. To remove this threat, the Canadians ordered the 46th Royal Marine Commandos, supported by the 10th… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 8
Recon in Force Scenario#: G08 Date: 7/16/1943 Location: Porto Empedolce, Sicily As the Allied beachhead in Sicily expanded, the impatient General George Patton demanded better facilities for supplying his troops. Under orders not to launch an offensive, Patton hit upon the subterfuge of calling his advance a “reconnaissance in… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #25.5
Ripples on the Pond Scenario#: S030 Date: 11/16/1944 Location: Apweiler, Germany Operation Queen was the codename for the assault into the Roer River plain. The American XIX Corps was to cross the Roer and drive towards the Rhine. Most of the terrain was flat and dotted with villages and cultivated fields. The tankers of the 2nd… Advanced Squad Leader — Operations Special Issue #1
Road to Rome Scenario#: O13 Date: 9/10/1943 Location: Rome, Italy None. Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 7
Samurai Sunset Scenario#: HC3 Date: 10/8/1942 Location: Matanikau Village, Guadalcanal As part of a larger offensive designed to drive Japanese forces away from the Matanikau valley, two battalions from the 5th Marines and elements of the 1st Raider Battalion attacked west from the Lunga perimeter on October 7, forcing an infantry… Advanced Squad Leader — Operations Special Issue #3
Satisfaction and Confidence Scenario#: S036 Date: 6/25/1944 Location: Slobodka, Russia On June 24, the 3rd Army of the 1st Byelorussian Front made a 10 kilometer penetration towards Minsk against the German 134th Infantry Division as part of Operation Bagration. General Jordan, commander of the German 9th Army, received permission from… Advanced Squad Leader — Operations Special Issue #3
Shklov's Labors Lost Scenario#: T04 Date: 7/11/1941 Location: Shklov, Russia In the town of Shklov, the German advance was frustrated by the determined defense of a handful of young Soviets. Skillfully using every advantage, the young officer cadets, known as “Stalin Scholars”, were able to beat back the advance of the… Advanced Squad Leader — Classic ASL
Short-Lived Offensive Scenario#: O11 Date: 3/24/1939 Location: Závadka, Slovakia At dawn on 23 March, the Hungarians attacked Slovakia without any declaration of war – catching the Slovakian army unaware – in an effort to grab land prior to the Slovakians signing a protection agreement with Hungary’s ally, Germany. They drove… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 6
Six Came Back Scenario#: G05 Date: 1/30/1944 Location: Cisterna di Littoria, Italy The big push to break out of the Anzio beachhead was on, and Darby’s Rangers were to lead the way for the Americans. At 0100, the 1st and 3rd Ranger Battalions, with the 4th following, infiltrated the mobile defensive positions of the Hermann Goering… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #24.3
Soldiers of Destruction Scenario#: N Date: 10/10/1944 Location: Radzymin, Poland The men of the SS Totenkopf Division had stalled the advance of the Fifth Guards Tank Army in late September. Then, silence. No fighting had occurred for the past three weeks. It was too good, too unreal. A feeling of unease pervaded the encampment.… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #25.6
Stretched Thin at Altaville Scenario#: S072 Date: 9/13/1943 Location: Altavilla, Italy After the conquest of Sicily and the ouster of Mussolini, the Allies invaded Italy proper at Salerno to begin their long slog up "the boot". Needing to expand the beachhead and deny the Germans good artillery observation points, the Americans secured… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 9
Sunday of the Dead Scenario#: G09 Date: 11/23/1941 Location: Sidi Rezegh, Libya The 5th South African Infantry Brigade was preparing to assault Point 178 just to its north, when the 15th Panzer Division, moving southwesterly, unexpectedly (from both sides’ point of view) smashed into its southern end, scattering most of its… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #25.6
Taming Tulagi Scenario#: BB01 Date: 8/8/1942 Location: Tulagi Island, Solomon Islands The invasion of Tulagi was one of the several small preliminary invasions planned to secure the flanks of the Guadalcanal attack. The units selected for the invasion of Tulagi were the highly trained 1st Raider Battalion and the 2nd Battalion, Fifth… Advanced Squad Leader — Backblast #1
The Akrotiri Peninsula Scenario#: T15 Date: 5/20/1941 Location: Profitilias, Crete The German assault on the mountainous island of Crete called for airborne landings in four separate areas. One objective of the first wave was the quick capture of Canea, the capital city. To clear the way for the landing of the main regiment, a… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #29.1
The Awakening of Spring Scenario#: G33 Date: 3/14/1945 Location: Lake Balaton, Hungary SPRING With the Soviet Army firmly established on the Oder River and threatening Berlin, Hitler was still obsessed with taking the offensive elsewhere. Hitler decided to launch an attack to create a buffer zone between the Soviet forces near the Danube… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #31.1
The Bitche Salient Scenario#: J Date: 1/14/1945 Location: Bitche, Germany Elements of the 29th Infantry Division had been ordered to continue closing the ring around German forces trapped near Bitche. However, due to poor radio security, the Germans were quite aware of this latest development and had planned a flanking… Advanced Squad Leader — Classic ASL
The Cannes Strongpoint Scenario#: K Date: 8/23/1944 Location: Cannes, France Generally, the American advance through Southern France was so swift that it was rare when the Germans stayed and fought. However, the swiftness of the advance often caused German elements to be cut off and faced with the decision to either fight on… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #25.2
The Dead of Winter Scenario#: T06 Date: 12/29/1941 Location: Naro, Russia The German army was frozen in place. Bitter cold and deep snow made the thinly-clad Wehrmacht dig in and fight first for warmth, then the Russians. The Siberians were well equipped for war in the snow, but the Soviet High Command still threw them… Advanced Squad Leader — Classic ASL
The Fire Brigade Scenario#: S055 Date: 5/2/1944 Location: Targu Frumos, Romania With the arrival of decent spring weather, the Soviets launched an offensive at the start of May into Romania using the combined weight of both the 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts. German and Romanian forces had more than held their own during some… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 4
The Forgotten Front Scenario#: G03 Date: 2/9/1945 Location: Hennebont, France The 66th Infantry Division was typical of many raised from draftees in preparation for the invasion of Europe. Yet when the “Panthermen” arrived, they found themselves relegated to a relative backwater – containing the isolated German pockets around… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #23.6
The Guards Counterattack Scenario#: A Date: 10/6/1942 Location: Stalingrad, Russia After an extremely successfulsummer campaign, the Germans came upon the Volga fortress of Stalingrad.Here the Red Army had dug in and was determined to make a stand. Sensingtotal victory, the Germans threw more and ever more troops into the… Advanced Squad Leader — Classic ASL
The Hedgehog of Piepsk Scenario#: D Date: 11/14/1941 Location: Piepsk, Russia Despite a heavy beating, the Soviet Army was still holding the field and, in some areas, giving better than they got. However, the German ranks were thinning out as their manpower resources were called upon time and again to fight just one more… Advanced Squad Leader — Classic ASL
The Liberators Scenario#: G34 Date: 4/2/1945 Location: Wiener Neustadt, Austria Following the collapse of Hitler's Awakening of Spring, on March 16th, Marshall Tolbuhkin's 3rd Ukrainian Front went over to the attack. The 6th Guards Tank Army was placed at his disposal to deal with the stiff resistance. On April 2nd, having… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #31.1
The Paw of the Tiger Scenario#: F Date: 1/12/1943 Location: Leningrad, Russia ISKRA Throughout the winter of ‘42–‘43, the Soviets launched repeated attacks to relieve the siege of Leningrad. The hard-pressed Germans rebuffed one attack after another, but in so doing, their lines became progressively thinner. Finally, the Germans had… Advanced Squad Leader — Classic ASL
The Puma Prowls Scenario#: T02 Date: 6/28/1944 Location: Lepel, Russia During the destruction of Army Group Center,the German front became pierced at many points. As the battlefield situationbecame more fluid, reliable information was of crucial importance to both sides.In the midst of the fighting an unusual clash… Advanced Squad Leader — Classic ASL
The Road to Wiltz Scenario#: P Date: 12/18/1944 Location: Wiltz, Luxembourg The German Bulge Offensive had surprised the Americans both in its size and intensity. The Germans had to be delayed or stopped as they drove along the roads to Bastogne. In the early hours, elements of the 44th Combat Engineers, supported by… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #26.1
The Sand Spit Scenario#: HC5 Date: 1942-10-23 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 Leader — Operations Special Issue #3
The St. Goar Assault Scenario#: O Date: 3/24/1945 Location: Saint Goar, Germany Germany’s army was beaten. The Rhine River had been crossed at Remagen and elsewhere. As more and more of the Allied forces closed in on the Rhine, there was a growing tendency to simply take it “on the run” rather than shift to an existing… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #26.1
The Streets of Stalingrad Scenario#: C Date: 10/6/1942 Location: Stalingrad, Russia This scenario combines two other scenarios (A and B) into one monster scenario. Advanced Squad Leader — Classic ASL
The Tractor Works Scenario#: B Date: 10/6/1942 Location: Stalingrad, Russia While pushing into the industrial area of the city, advancing elements of the 389th Infantry Division isolated a contingent of the 308th Rifle Division in the crucial Dzerhezinsky Tractor Works. The German command decided to crush this island of… Advanced Squad Leader — Classic ASL
The Volga is Reached! Scenario#: S035 Date: 9/14/1942 Location: Stalingrad, Russia The 71st Division's drive into central Stalingrad was spearheaded by Colonel Roske's 194th Infantry Regiment. Around noon his two battalions paused briefly to regroup, after which they renewed their efforts to reach the banks of the Volga River and… Advanced Squad Leader — Operations Special Issue #3
The Whirlwind Scenario#: S Date: 4/18/1945 Location: Aschaffenburg, Germany On the night of 17th of April, elements of a recon troop of the American 26th Infantry Division occupied a tiny village on the outskirts of Aschaffenburg without opposition. Based on civilian reports of the presence by the enemy, the staff of the… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #28.4
The Youth's First Blood Scenario#: G42 Date: 6/7/1944 Location: Authie, France The spearhead of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division moved with the airfield at Carpiquet as its objective. The Stuart tanks of the recon unit advanced at the point, followed by Company C of the Highlanders. The main body followed behind mounted on… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #31.6