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Stand Fast the Guards Scenario#: 92     Date: 5/23/1940     Location: Boulogne, France An epic of disastrous proportions was looming for the BEF as the panzers neared the French Channel ports. If they fell, the BEF would be bereft of supplies – and evacuation. To Boulogne was shipped the 20th Guards Brigade. During the night of May… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5a - For King and Country
The Crux of Calais Scenario#: 96     Date: 5/25/1940     Location: Calais, France Calais, and all the troops in it, was doomed to fall – it was only a question of time. The 2nd KRR was given the task of holding the three bridges over the Marck Canal. It had a handful of light tanks and scout cars for support. … Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5a - For King and Country
Sudden Death Scenario#: 237     Date: 5/27/1940     Location: Orneset, Norway Allies re-took Narvik only to find it largely abandoned by the Germans. The beachhead was still covered by crews from destroyed German naval destroyers. After an intense naval bombardment, these Germans saw French Foreign Legion troops bearing down… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
Audacity! Scenario#: 238     Date: 5/28/1940     Location: Ankenes, Norway By the end of May 1940, the catastrophic unfolding of the battle for France caused the Allies to evacuate Norway. Nevertheless, it was decided to take Narvik in order to close the campaign on a victory and lessen the earlier humiliations. On the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
The Last Roadblock Scenario#: 240     Date: 5/28/1940     Location: Orneset, Norway On 24 May, faced with the deteriorating situation in France, the Allies decided to evacuate Norway. However, before the evacuation, the Anglo-French commanders wanted to retake Narvik. For that operation, the main attack would come from the north and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
Triumph atop Taraldsvikfjell Scenario#: 241     Date: 5/28/1940     Location: Taraldsvikfjell, Norway Despite an incredible number of command mistakes, a series of flanking attacks had put the Allies in position to cut off and destroy the isolated Germans who had captured Narvik. The defending German force was a mixed batch of excellent Gebirgsjager… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
Fighting at World's Edge Scenario#: 239     Date: 5/28/1940     Location: Taraldsvikfjell, Norway With the disastrous situation around Dunkerque entering its final stages, the Allied High Command decided that the operation around Narvik would have to be halted, though the city itself was taken in order to cover the evacuation and to ensure… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
Swan Song Scenario#: 242     Date: 5/29/1940     Location: Villers-sur-Mareuil, France De Gaulle’s 4th Armored Division, called upon to eliminate the German bridgehead across the Somme at Abbeville, attacked on the 28th and succeeded in pushing the Germans back some four kilometers before halting for the night. The morale of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
The French Perimeter Scenario#: 243     Date: 6/2/1940     Location: Spyckar, France As the last days and hours of the Dunkirk defense passed and the perimeter shrank to within four miles of the city, the British turned their remaining positions over to the French forces. On the western side of the perimeter the Grossdeutschland… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
Bridge of the Seven Planets Scenario#: 79     Date: 6/3/1940     Location: Les Sept-Planètes, France The defense of the bridges along the stretch of the Bergues canal south of Dunkirk was entrusted to the heavy weapons company of the French 1st Battalion, 224th Infantry Regiment, supported by miscellaneous troops including several mobile 155mm… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre
Chateau de Quesnoy Scenario#: 244     Date: 6/5/1940     Location: Condé-Folie, France Northern France had fallen and General Weygand was desperately attempting to form a long along the Somme. Lacking sufficient forces for a continuous front, he decided on a series of combined-arms hedgehogs which he hoped could thwart the German… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
Le Hérisson Scenario#: 77     Date: 6/5/1940     Location: Hangest, France Rommel’s 7th Panzer Division had established a small bridgehead across the Somme, but the construction of a pontoon bridge was prevented by interdicting fire from the nearby town of Hangest. Self-propelled howitzers were brought forward to bombard… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre
Encounter at Cornimont Scenario#: 78     Date: 6/20/1940     Location: Cornimont, France In the area of the French 8th Army in the Vosges mountains, scattered defending forces were committed piecemeal in an effort to slow down the swift German advances. In Cornimont, the 158th Engineer Battalion received orders to defend the town. A… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre
For Honor Alone Scenario#: 82     Date: 6/20/1940     Location: Saumur, France Angered and dismayed by a call on June 17th for an armistice, the officers and cadets of the Cavalry School had vowed to fight for their own honor and that of France. Southeast of Saumur, lay the Aunis Farm, a French command post and staging area.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre
The Time of Humiliations Scenario#: 245     Date: 9/24/1940     Location: Mai Pha, French Indochina The Japanese had invaded Tonkin and using available dense terrain undertook a vast maneuver of encirclement on either side of the fortified city of Lansgson, threatening to isolate it by cutting Colonial Road 1. The 11th Company, 3rd Battalion of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
The Army at the Edge of the World Scenario#: 246     Date: 9/25/1940     Location: Na Cham Border Post, French Indochina In order to interdict the Chinese supply lines, the Japanese Canton Army wished to take control of French Indochina, which had been left isolated and without direction by the defeat of France in June of 1940. Japanese troops attacked border posts… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
Pride and Joy Scenario#: 90     Date: 11/17/1940     Location: Koritsa, Greece The Italian Army erupted across the Greek border in an attempt to add Greece to the New Roman Empire and show Hitler that Italy, too, could launch a blitzkrieg attack. Mussolini’s tactically-bankrupt command had not anticipated the tenacity of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions
Siam Sambal Scenario#: 248     Date: 1/16/1941     Location: Yang Dang Khum, Cambodia On 5 January 1941, following the report of a French attack on the Thai border town of Aranyaprathet, the Thai Burapha and Isan Armies launched an offensive on Laos and Cambodia. French response was instantaneous, but many units were simply swept… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
Just an Illusion Scenario#: 247     Date: 1/16/1941     Location: Phum Preav, French Indochina The reverse suffered by the French army at the hands of the Japanese aggression led the new Thai government to strongly reaffirm its intention to reintegrate Laos and Cambodia into the motherland. The state of latent war came to a sudden end on 10… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
Ci Arrendiamo Scenario#: 58     Date: 2/7/1941     Location: Agedabia, Libya "We Surrender" - In an attempt to halt the Italian 10th Army which was retreating south from Benghazi, Combeforce – a motor infantry battalion reinforced with artillery and armored cars – was dispatched ahead of the pursuing British 7th Armored… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 7 - Hollow Legions (2nd Edition)
Turning the Tables Scenario#: 39     Date: 3/31/1941     Location: Mersa el Brega, Libya The main line of defense in Libya was a natural bottleneck along the coast at Mersa el Brega, with the sea on one flank and an extensive salt marsh on the other. The British mined and wired this line extensively. Rommel launched a full scale assault… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5 - West of Alamein
The Professionals Scenario#: 144     Date: 4/7/1941     Location: Pirot, Yugoslavia On April 6th, the Wehrmacht erupted across the Yugoslavian borders. The Yugoslavs repeatedly performed individual acts of heroism -- attacking the panzers with grenades and Molotov cocktails -- but collectively the Yugoslavian army was outclassed and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (3rd Edition)
Escape from Derna Scenario#: 38     Date: 4/7/1941     Location: Derna, Libya As Rommel’s first offensive pushed across Cyrenaica, the British fighting withdrawal became a rout. Those forces falling back along the northern and southern edges of the Djebel Akhdar gravitated to the seaside town of Derna, where the coast road… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5 - West of Alamein
Rude Awakening Scenario#: 47     Date: 4/9/1941     Location: Alibunara, Yugoslavia At the time of the invasion on 6 April, the Yugoslavian Army was in the midst of mobilization; only eleven divisions were ready to face the thirty German, fourteen Italian and five Hungarian divisions that plunged into their country. Confusion and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 6 - The Last Hurrah
Blood Enemies Scenario#: 219     Date: 4/13/1941     Location: Mostar, Yugoslavia The conglomerate nation of Yugoslavia was formulated in the post-WWI power struggle to carve up the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Croatians, hoping to become an independent nation, were dissatisfied with being part of a government largely controlled by… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion (2nd Edition)
Balkan Sideshow Scenario#: 111     Date: 4/13/1941     Location: Szenttanas, Yugoslavia Now it was Yugoslavia's turn to be in the center of the German blitzkrieg. Operation "Merita" had begun and the country was attacked on all sides. As Hungarian "Group Sandor" advanced through abandoned Yugoslavian positions, it was ordered to push… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion
Out of Cowardice Scenario#: 112     Date: 4/13/1941     Location: Senta, Yugoslavia Immediately after Yugoslavian regent Prince Paul signed the Tripartite Pact to join with Germany and Italy, military leaders overthrew the regime, rescinding the agreement. Hitler then launched Operation Punishment as a lesson on the costs of defying… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion
Tavronitis Bridge Scenario#: 93     Date: 5/20/1941     Location: Maleme, Crete The airfield at Maleme figured prominently in the German plans for the capture of Crete. “Group West”. Commanded most of the 1st Assault Regiment under the command of General Meindl, consisted of three detachments: one to land at the Tavronitis… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5a - For King and Country
Bofors Bashing Scenario#: 94     Date: 5/20/1941     Location: Maleme Airfield, Crete For thirty minutes the Luftwaffe hammered the airfield at Maleme, concentrating on the AA positions near the mouth of the dry Tavronitis. Certainly the Bofors gunners at Maleme had an unenviable task. They had, of necessity, to be sited well forward… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5a - For King and Country
Descent into Hell Scenario#: 95     Date: 5/20/1941     Location: Maleme, Crete The glider detachments of Braun and von Plessen were ordered to capture the western approaches to the vitally important Maleme airfield and secure the right flank of the Assault Regiment before joining Major Koch and the main body at the field… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5a - For King and Country
On Silent Wings Scenario#: 98     Date: 5/20/1941     Location: Canea, Crete Lieutenant Alfred Genz’s 1st Company had two objectives in the airborne assault on Crete. First, to neutralize the anti-aircraft battery located south of Canea and, second, to capture a nearby wireless station. Most of his gliders touched down near… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5a - For King and Country
Revenge at Kastelli Scenario#: 45     Date: 5/20/1941     Location: Kastelli, Crete A number of Greek regiments, understrength and poorly armed but with grim determination after the defeats of the past month, were on Crete. On the day of the German paratroop assault, one such – the 1st, numbering a bit over 1000 men – was stationed… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 6 - The Last Hurrah
A Desperate Affair Scenario#: 97     Date: 5/20/1941     Location: Heraklion, Crete The mission of the German paratroopers approaching Heraklion was to take the town and its airfield in order to land troops of the 5th Mountain Division. As the paratroopers jumped from the Junker Ju52s, each armed with only a few grenades and a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5a - For King and Country
Probing Layforce Scenario#: 99     Date: 5/28/1941     Location: Babali Hani, Crete On Crete, once again the British forces had suffered defeat and were in retreat, streaming towards the beaches at Sfakia and evacuation by the Royal Navy. The pursuing German mountain troops were pressing hard, and had to be checked. The commandos of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5a - For King and Country
Showdown in Syria Scenario#: 249     Date: 6/20/1941     Location: Mezze, Syria By nightfall on 19 June, the Allied position at Mezzeh was desperate. Ammunition was running low, no food had been eaten for 24 hours, casualties were severe, and medical supplies were exhausted. During the night (when Vichy attacks were suspended),… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
Fratricidal Fighting Scenario#: 81     Date: 6/20/1941     Location: Damascus, Syria The Allied invasion of Syria and Lebanon was conducted primarily by the 7th Australian Division, the 5th Indian Infantry Brigade and the brigade-strength Free French Division. A week later they were about ten miles south of Damascus but facing strong… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre
Red Packets Scenario#: 6     Date: 6/22/1941     Location: Zhabinki, Russia The German invasion was crushing Russian initial defenses everywhere. After considerable delay, Timoshenko gave the orders to open the “red packets”. The instructions in these cover plans were to be obeyed. The 42nd Rifle Division’s independent… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
A New Kind of Foe Scenario#: 34     Date: 6/24/1941     Location: Seirijai, Lithuania By nightfall of June 22nd, the German V Infantry Corps had broken through the Soviet border defenses and established a bridgehead across the Nieman River some 40 miles away. Later that night a bridging column of the 5th Infantry Division was ambushed… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 4 - Partisan!
First Crisis at Army Group North Scenario#: 125     Date: 6/25/1941     Location: Plavy, Lithuania When Army Group North moved toward the River Daugava, the Russian command detailed the 3rd Mechanized Corps to stop them. Over 100 of the Soviet tanks were the new super-heavy KV models. The Germans had no guns which could penetrate these monsters.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
The Citadel Scenario#: 10     Date: 6/25/1941     Location: Brest-Litovsk, Belarus In the wake of the astonishing gains of the German armored spearheads, the infantry had to mop up bypassed strongpoints. Taking the ancient fortress of Brest-Litovsk fell to the 45th Infantry. Moats, river branches and canals divided the Citadel… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
Commando Schenke Scenario#: 126     Date: 6/28/1941     Location: Liepaja, Latvia The evening of June 24, Infantry-Regiment 505 was established within 12 km of Liepaja in Latvia. The following day, jointly with Kriegsmarine commandos led by Lieutenant-Commander Schenke, the 505th attempted to take the maritime fortress by surprise… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
Land Leviathans Scenario#: 127     Date: 7/3/1941     Location: Lipki, Russia Under pressure from Stalin to hold Smolensk, Yeremenko was desperate to halt the German offensive. On 1 July, he committed his sole armored reserve: the 1st Moscow Motorized Rifle Division. It was a crack unit, the pride of the STAVKA. Equipped with… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
Liberating Bessarabia Scenario#: 113     Date: 7/5/1941     Location: Branzeni, Romania At the onset of Barbarossa, Romania's primary goal was recapturing from the Russians its lost lands in Bessarabia and northern Bukovina. Although the Russians successfully resisted the initial assaults in the area, by the end of June the Axis had… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion
The Defense of Luga Scenario#: 128     Date: 7/19/1941     Location: Leningrad, Russia SEIGE As German panzers drove toward Leningrad, they bypassed potentially dangerous Russian armored groups. When these attempted to break out, handling them fell to infantry and anti-tank units. One such instance occurred at Luga, where elements of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
Cautious Crusaders Scenario#: 114     Date: 7/23/1941     Location: Lipovic, Ukraine Joining in Germany's “Crusade against Bolshevism”, a newly formed Slovakian “Mobile Group” crossed the border into the Ukraine. Leading the attack were the bicyclists and tanks of the Motorized Reconnaissance Group. Near the village of Lipovic, a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion
Breakout From Prääzä Scenario#: 167     Date: 8/8/1941     Location: Karelia, Russia The Finnish attack to capture the vital crossroads at the village of Prääzä had stalled in front of the objective. To get the attack rolling Jalkavakirykmentti (Infantry Regiment) 50 was dispatched to outflank the defenders. After a march through the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
Bridge to Nowhere Scenario#: 54     Date: 8/12/1941     Location: Yasnaya Polyana, Ukraine In July 1941 Mussolini sent the 62,000-strong CSIR (Italian Expeditionary Corps) to the Eastern Front. Its three divisions and attached troops linked up with the Wehrmacht in Romania, where the corps vehicular transport was pooled in order to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 7 - Hollow Legions (2nd Edition)
Slamming of the Door Scenario#: 129     Date: 8/17/1941     Location: Panikovo Forest, Russia To take Luga, a Soviet strongpoint on the "Leningrad Highway", the German 409th Infantry Regiment crossed the Oredezh River with plans to take the village of Panikovo. As they moved toward the village the Russians sprung a trap, sending troops and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
Debacle at Korosten Scenario#: 130     Date: 8/30/1941     Location: Kiev, Russia As the Russian front spread with each German success, vast gaps were left in the main line. These gaps proved to be perfect avenues of approach for the far-ranging Russian cavalry. One such daring group, the 1st Regiment, 2nd Cavalry Division, rode… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
Fighting Withdrawal Scenario#: 1     Date: 9/2/1941     Location: Terijoki, Finland The Finns, seeking restitution for the Winter War of 1939, had erupted across the borders and breached the Soviet Karelian front even as the crisis to the south of Leningrad came. In a desperate attempt to salvage something and form a new defense… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)