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- Collection: Tide of Iron
D-Day MederetScenario#: X07 Date: 6 June 1944 Location: Chef Du Pont, FranceOn June 6th, 1944 the American 82nd Airborne Division landed in Normandy. Horribly scattered due to high winds, heavy flak, and inexperienced pilots, elements of the division move to capture the all important road bridges across the flooded Merderet… Tide of Iron — 1A Kickstarter |
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Clash of ElitesScenario#: 2 Date: 13 June 1944 Location: Carentan, FranceCarentan, June 13, 1944 – The capture of Carentan is essential to consolidating the Utah and Omaha beachheads into a single defensible position. 6. Fallschrimjäger regiment had evacuated the city on the 12th after running out of ammunition. Now… Tide of Iron — Next Wave |
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Battle in the BocageScenario#: 27 Date: 13 June 1944 Location: Longueville, FranceAfter the American 29th Infantry Division secured a beachhead in Normal-tab), it moved inland where the same German 352nd Infantry Division that opposed it on the coast now awaited it in the infamous bocage, a series of small fields enclosed … Tide of Iron — Normandy |
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Normandy FarmScenario#: 3 Date: June 1944 Location: Normandy, FranceA group of Americans approaches a farmhouse and its surrounding buildings. As dusk is fast approaching they are looking for shelter for the night. They are in for a nasty surprise. Apparently a group of German soldiers had the same … Tide of Iron — Next Wave |
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Chain of CommandScenario#: 10 Date: 27 June 1944 Location: Cherbourg, FranceCherbourg fell three weeks after the invasion of Normandy, but the destruction of the port meant the Allies would have to find other ways to receive their much-needed supplies. Tide of Iron — Next Wave |
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Bridgehead Across the DrutScenario#: KS02 Date: June 1944 Location: Drut River, BelarusAfter breaking through German lines at the beginning of Operation Bagration in June 1944, the Soviet spearheads often had to cross rivers by assault to create bridgeheads on the opposite bank. Tide of Iron — 1A Kickstarter |
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LiberationScenario#: 5 Date: 17 July 1944 Location: Saint-Lo, FranceIn the weeks following D-Day, the Allies continued to advance slowly from their ever-expanding beachhead, the only exception being the village of St.-Lô. Here the 29th Division has been bogged down for over a month, suffering more casualties outside… Tide of Iron — Next Wave |
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Operation GoodwoodScenario#: 25 Date: 18 July 1944 Location: Vimont, FranceA month after the D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944, the Allied armies were still trying to break out of the Normandy beachhead. Operation Goodwood was conceived to shatter German defenses with a massive air bombardment prior to the ground … Tide of Iron — Normandy |
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Breakout Through St. LoScenario#: 28 Date: 18 July 1944 Location: Saint-Lo, FranceSix weeks after Dday, the 29th infantry Division was still fighting in the hedgerows of Normandy, apposed by the German 352nd Infantry Division. The vital crossroads town Saint Lo was a key objective to the breakout of Normandy. On … Tide of Iron — Normandy |
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Fire and BrimstoneScenario#: 56 Date: 25 July 1944 Location: Saint-Lo, FranceLate July 1944. After Operation Cobra's successful bombing of the area outside of Saint Lo, most German survivors fled. Even so, intense fighting continued as the Americans attempted to crack the now thin German front so that their armoured divisions… Tide of Iron — Designer Series |
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At the Breaking PointScenario#: 4 Date: 27 July 1944 Location: Mortain, FranceOn July 27th, 1944, the Allies overran the Panzer Lehr Division and began their breakout across France. As General Patton rapidly advances forward, Field Marshal von Kluge is ordered not to retreat but instead to use the 116th Panzer Division … Tide of Iron — Next Wave |
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2 on 2, Round OneScenario#: 57 Date: 28 July 1944 Location: Saint-Denis-le-Gast, FranceIn late July 1944, the German and Allied armies were still locked in close combat in the hedgerows and small towns of Normandy. On July 28 a German attack led by elements of the 2nd Panzer Division smashed into the … Tide of Iron — Designer Series |
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Coutances BreakoutScenario#: X05 Date: 28 July, 1944 Location: Coutances, France,Operation Cobra: July 28, 1944: The 4th Armored Division was tasked to take Coutances, the first major town on the road to Avranches, the first step to cutting off the Germans in the Cotentin Peninsula. Despite being delayed for three … Tide of Iron — 1A Kickstarter |
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Hell WeekScenario#: 51 Date: 7 Aug 1944 Location: Mortain, FranceBy the end of July 1944, the Americans had successfully broken out of Normandy and into the open countryside to the south and southeast. The town of Mortain was taken by American forces at the beginning of August. This small … Tide of Iron — Designer Series |
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The Neck of the GapScenario#: 60 Date: 18 Aug 1944 Location: Mayenne, FranceAfter Operation Cobra shattered the German armies trying to hold back the Normandy invasion, Allied forces raced to envelop and capture enemy troops in the Falaise Pocket. Colonel Harry D. McHugh’s U.S. 318th Infantry Regiment, supported by elements… Tide of Iron — Designer Series |
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The Bridge at ChamboisScenario#: 62 Date: 20 Aug 1944 Location: Chambois, FranceOn August 20, 1944, a hodgepodge of retreating German forces, including heavy Tiger tanks, medium Panzer IV models, and hordes of demoralized but desperate Nazi soldiers, attacked the U.S. 359th Infantry Regiment at the town of Chambois in order to … Tide of Iron — Designer Series |
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Mons AgainScenario#: 1 Date: 3 Sept 1944 Location: Mons, BelgiumThe Belgian fortress city of Mons was the site of one of the first battles of WWI. Now, almost exactly thirty years later, the II SS Panzerkorps and the American VII Corps are about to collide. Tide of Iron — Next Wave |
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CrossroadsScenario#: 7 Date: 14 Sept 1944 Location: Brandscheid, GermanyThe American 4th Infantry Division’s 8th and 22nd Regiments, plus supporting armor and engineers, attempt to take the village of Brandscheid, Germany. Opposing them is the 2nd SS Panzer, which has few tanks but a good supply of infantry. Tide of Iron — Next Wave |
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The Road to OosterbeekScenario#: 65 Date: 22 Sept 1944 Location: Oosterbeek, HollandDay six of the battle at Arnhem, would become known as “Black Friday” for the British paratroopers of the 1st Airborne Division. The survivors of the failed attempt to take the vital bridge across the Rhine River at Arnhem had retreated into a pocket… Tide of Iron — Designer Series |
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Battle of ArracourtScenario#: X04 Date: 18 -29, September, 1944 Location: Arracourt, FranceAfter taking the town of Nancy, Combat Command A of the 4th Armored Division continued east toward the town of Arracourt. When they approached the roads to Arracourt, they came under fire from the 5th Panzer Division. The Shermans and … Tide of Iron — 1A Kickstarter |
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Siegfried AssaultScenario#: 9 Date: October 1944 Location: Aachen, GermanyIn October 1944, the U.S. 1st Army begins its attack on the Siegfried Line north of Aachen. Heavy artillery pounds pillboxes, barbed wire, and mine fields for several days before the assault. The 30th Infantry Division, joined by the 2nd … Tide of Iron — Next Wave |
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Ring Around AachenScenario#: 61 Date: 2 Oct 1944 Location: Wurselen, GermanyHaving broken through the Siegfried Line. fortifications by the end of the first week in October 1944. the American 30th Infantry Division wheeled south to link up with the “Big Red One" (1st Infantry Division) at Wurselen to encircle the … Tide of Iron — Designer Series |
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Stavelot ExpressScenario#: 8 Date: 17 Dec 1944 Location: Stavelot, BelgiumOn December 17th, Lt. Col. Jochen Peiper of the 1st SS Panzer Division broke through the American lines and started his race to the Meuse River. By 1600 hours his advance units reached the outskirts of Stavelot. The town was … Tide of Iron — Next Wave |
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New MissionScenario#: 58 Date: 7 November 1944 Location: Vir-sur-Seille, FranceDuring the maiden combat mission of the 761st Tank Battalion, the Black Panthers, the American forces seek to secure a river crossing by occupying the town of Vic-sur-Seille. They must also clear the nearby mountains to stop the murderous … Tide of Iron — Designer Series |
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Piercing the Siegfried LineScenario#: 29 Date: 19 Nov 1944 Location: Julich, GermanyAfter the breakout from Normandy in late July, the 29th Infantry Division participated in the successful siege of the port city of Brest where, by September 19, the 40,000 man German garrison became casualties or prisoners of war. The 29th … Tide of Iron — Normandy |
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Night HuntScenario#: 50 Date: 20 Nov 1944 Location: Lindern, GermanyThe attack against Lindern in late 1944 by the U.S. 84th Infantry Division (“the Railsplitters”) was part of the 9th Army’s attempt to break through the German fortified West Wall, the so-called Siegfried Line. The 84th moved forward on the … Tide of Iron — Designer Series |
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Bloody LindernScenario#: 49 Date: 29 Nov 1944 Location: Lindern, GermanyThis was the 84th Division’s baptism of fire, and they had to push forward against stiff German Resistance in terrible weather. Not only did the rains ground the Allied air force, they reduced the farm fields and dirt roads to … Tide of Iron — Designer Series |
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THOSE DAMNED ENGINEERS!Scenario#: KS08 Date: 16 December 1944 Location: Losheim Gap, BelgiumOn December 16, 1944, the Germans launched a major offensive through the densely forested Ardennes region. Better known as the Battle of the Bulge, the Germans caught the Allies by surprise and made early progress. At times, however, the efforts … Tide of Iron — 1A Kickstarter |
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The Twin VillagesScenario#: 46 Date: 18 Dec 1944 Location: Rocherath, BelgiumAs German troops poured into the Ardennes, Lt.-Col. William McKinley, grandson of the former president, found his depleted 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division facing the 12th SS “Hitler Youth” Panzer Division. The 9th Infantry… Tide of Iron — Designer Series |
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To Save BastongeScenario#: 63 Date: 18 Dec 1944 Location: Bastogne, BelgiumThe U.S. 9th Armored Division had never experienced a major battle, but the German offensive of December 16, 1944, saw it suddenly engaged with the veteran troops of two elite panzer divisions. By December 18, desperate American commanders deployed… Tide of Iron — Designer Series |
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Uphill BattleScenario#: 6 Date: 11 Feb 1945 Location: Trier, GermanyAfter sustaining horrible losses while crossing the Sauer River, the 76th Infantry Division adopts more cautious protocols in their attempts to push through the Siegfried Line. On the morning of February 11th, 1945, a 15-minute barrage from an entire… Tide of Iron — Next Wave |
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Smoking CobrasScenario#: 55 Date: 18 Feb 1945 Location: Monte Castello, ItalyIn February 1945, after a static defense for nine weeks due to lack of ammunition, bad weather, and heavy losses - Brazil 's FEB would get another chance to prove their worth as assault troops in Italy. “Operation Encore”, a … Tide of Iron — Designer Series |