Browse Items (164 total)

Beneath the Scythe Scenario#: DD13     Date: 06/04/1940     Location: S Of Abbeville, France The German blitzkrieg cut across northern France to the Englidh Channel like a scythe, with the Somme River forming its lower edge. In an effort to retake the German-held bridgeheads along the Somme, a combined British-Prench attack northward along… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance
Bring on the Night Scenario#: DD12     Date: 05/28/1940     Location: Woesten, Belgium As the British 3rd Infanty Division attempted to withdraw to prepared positions at dusk, the Germans attacked the remaining rear-guard elements. Hand-to-hand fighting broke out as the Irishmen of the Royal Ulster Rifies made a desperate stand to… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance
The Price of Arrogance Scenario#: DD11     Date: 05/28/1940     Location: Wormhout, France The noose was tightening on the beleaguered allied forces. Curiously,Hitler had ordered a halt to the blitzkrieg. Sepp Deitrich, Commander SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, on his own initiative, decided to push the attack. British troops were assigned… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance
Kick 'em Out Scenario#: DD10     Date: 05/27/1940     Location: La Bassée, France German infantry of the 7th Panzer division had infiltrated the La Bassee Canal defense line and had established a small bridgehead. As German engineers were building a pontoon bridge over the canal for reinforcements, a combined Allied infantry-armor… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance
Squeezing Limeys Scenario#: DD09     Date: 05/25/1940     Location: Calais, France The Allies were determined to hold onto all of the major seaports as long as they could. Calais had traditionally been a crucial strongpoint in channel crossings. Most of the city was made into a makeshift fortress. The 1st Panzer … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance
The Canal Scenario#: DD08     Date: 05/25/1940     Location: Avalette, France An allied defense line using the Brasse canal had been successful in stopping the relentless advance of the German Army. The British were so stubborn that General Rommel went to … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance
Going Coastal Scenario#: DD07     Date: 05/24/1940     Location: E Of Calais, France The Allies had collapsed into a defensive pocket around the Channel ports. In order for 360,000 rations for the BEF to be brought from Calais to Dunkirk, the road between the two cities had to be reconnoitered and secured. An … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance
I'll Take the Low Road Scenario#: DD06     Date: 05/22/1940     Location: Outrea, France The 2nd Panzer Division had the port of Boulogne as its final objective. Resistance had been stubborn on the southern approaches. Aerial reconnaissance revealed that the low road by the village of Outrea would be the most advantageous route into … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance
Death's Head at Arras Scenario#: DD05     Date: 05/21/1940     Location: Near Warlus, France The Allied counterattack near Arras had started splendidly. The German defenses were no match for the slow but heavily armored Matilda n tanks. Combined infantry and armored elements were assigned to take a series of villages west of Arras. They … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance
The Heart of the Matter Scenario#: DD04     Date: 05/13/1940     Location: Rotterdam, Holland The Willemsbrug Bridge over the Nieuwe Maas in central Rotterdam was fiercely contested since the Blitzkrieg began on the 10th. The Germans clung to a bridgehead on the north side, but were unable to extend it, with most of their … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance
Oranje Crush Scenario#: DD03     Date: 05/11/1940     Location: W Of Wageningen, Holland On the morning of May 11th German stormtroopers of the SS Standarte der Fuhrer attacked central Holland. The Grebheline was an outer Dutch defensive position extending from the Ijsselmeer, an artificial lake in the north, south to the rehbeberg, … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance
Fallschirmjäger Bridgehead Scenario#: DD02     Date: 05/10/1940     Location: Dordrecht, Holland As the Blitzkrieg in Holland began, the Germans had to capture the traffic bridge in Dordrecht intact in order to allow the flow of forces from the border to reach Rotterdam and The Hague. A platoon from the 3rd Company, … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance
Sunrise at Ypenburg Scenario#: DD01     Date: 05/10/1940     Location: Ypenburg, Holland To open the Battle of the Netherlands, the Germans had planned a grand endeavor to capture not just The Hague, and the main Dutch military headquarters there, but the Dutch Royal Family and the Cabinet. Crucial to this effort was … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance
The Road to Hill 311 Scenario#: HB16     Date: 05/18/1940     Location: Between Olizy And La Ferté, France Following the Panzer Divisions through the Ardennes breach. the German infantry turned to the fortified sectors of the Maginot Line that flanked the breakihrough. Soon, the French casemates of the Montmedy sectors on Hill 311 were under attack, and… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
Into the Dragon's Lair Scenario#: HB15     Date: 05/22/1940     Location: Mont St Eloi, France As the German Panzers raced toward the sea. the capacity for the French to re-establish a continuous front appeared impossible. The remnants of the Allied forces were reduced to counterattacking the base of the German bulge. West of Arras, which … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
Kampfgruppe Eberback Scenario#: HB14     Date: 05/12/1940     Location: Thisne, Belgium Hannut, Belgium, saw WWII's first tank battle. On the second day of the battle, the French began to retreat into positions flanking the 4th Panzer Division. Though the Germans wanted to press their advance, they didn't want to risk becoming … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
Noise in the Fog Scenario#: HB13     Date: 06/18/1940     Location: Heming, France On the day General DeGaulle issued his call from London, one day after Pétain called for ceasefire and Armistice, the French Army fought one last battle. The men who were charged with defending the Maginot Line now had to defend … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
Where are all the Others? Scenario#: HB12     Date: 05/10/1940     Location: Bodange, Belgium The 1st Panzer Division entered Belgium without difficulty. The Germans hoped to take Neufcháteau on the same day and then rush to the west. but most of the bridges over the Sure River had been destroyed and, at first, only … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
Steel Against Steel Scenario#: HB11     Date: 05/17/1940     Location: Vervins, France The Germans that crossed the Meuse at Monthermé continued their western push in an effort to take the bridges on the Oise River and Oise-Sambre Canal system. Though the French 9th Army was collapsing. the French HG threw forward several … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
Battle for the Isthmus Scenario#: HB10     Date: 05/14/1940     Location: Monthermé, France By the evening of May 14th the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Panzer Divisions had established a bridgehead at Sedan. The 5th and 7th Panzer Divisions had established a bridgehead in the area of Dinant and Houx but the spearhead of … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
Poker Trick in Martelange Scenario#: HB09     Date: 05/10/1940     Location: Martelange, Belgium In the morning, the 1st Panzer Division crossed Luxembourg, and its advanced guards were ready to enter Belgium as soon as possible. On the border, in Martelange, the Chasseurs Ardennais were ready to fight, and hosted their defenses. Bridges had … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
River of Blood Scenario#: HB08     Date: 05/20/1940     Location: Landrecies, France Around the Mormal Forest, remnants of several disorganized French divisions attempted to counterattack the 5th and 7th Panzer Divisions, the spearhead of the German Army. During five deadly days. an almost uninterrupted series of brutal and chaotic… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
The Rescue: Leclerc Rides In Scenario#: HB07     Date: 06/10/1940     Location: Perthes, France On June 9th, the Germans crossed the Aisne River near Bethel. But they needed to increase the bridgehead to allow all their tanks to cross the Aisne. While the 1st and 2nd Panzer Divisions strengthened the Aisne bridgehead, the 17th … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
The Last Charge of the Spahis Scenario#: HB06     Date: 05/15/1940     Location: La Horgne, France After successfully crossing the Mouse River. Guderian's Panzer Korps broke away from the Sedan bridgehead. ln front of them remained only scattered units. One of them, the 3rd Brigade of Spahis, North African Cavalry, was ordered to hold the road … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
Bloody Valley Scenario#: HB05     Date: 11/01/1939     Location: Schwarzenbach, Germany In No-man's Land, French recon patrols identified a German presence near the road crossing at the Winsbach Forest. Elements of the 5th Colonial lnfantry Regiment were ordered to clear the area, in a coordinated assault with the 15th Chasseurs Alpins… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
En Route to Abbeville Scenario#: HB04     Date: 05/28/1940     Location: Huppy, France On May 21st the Germans created a bridgehead over the Somme at Abbeville. General De Gaulle and his brand new 4th OCR (Armored Division) was ordered to stop the enemy advance. The Germans had fortified an area adjacent to the … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
Fighting the Hedgehogs Scenario#: HB03     Date: 06/05/1940     Location: Peronne, France After the defeat in the Belgian plains and the reduction of the pocket of Dunkirk, the German Army launched Fall Rot. the second stage of the 1940 Western Campaign. On the 360 km long front of the Somme and Aisne … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
Airaines: The Hell Scenario#: HB02     Date: 06/07/1940     Location: Airaines, France Dunkirk had fallen, the Belgian Army had surrendered, and the British had left. The best French divisions were trapped in the north and the east. The situation was desperate. Behind the Somme River. every village was hastily fortified in hopes … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
Phoney War Scenario#: HB01     Date: 01/01/1940     Location: Forbach, France During the period preceding the German offensive both the French and the Germans kept their positions along the border. France had invaded the Saar "country but retreated after the Polish capitulation. War was then an affair of recon patrols, brutal… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
Operation Starlite - Hotel Company Scenario#: FH17     Date: 08/18/1965     Location: Van Tuong Peninsula, South Vietnam In the first major clash of the Vietnam War, three battalions of Marines under Colonel Oscar Peatross fought the 1 Viet Cong Regiment under Nguyen Dinh Trong southeast of the new Marine Base at Chu Lai. Hotel Company, 2 Battalion, … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Forgotten Heroes
Ambush of Company 4 … Scenario#: FH16     Date: 04/01/1953     Location: West of Ankhe, Vietnam Groupement Mobile 100 was one of the best mobile forces in Vietnam, but they were tasked with one of the toughest jobs, the defense of Vietnam’s southern plateau region. To accomplish their mission the men, tanks, trucks, and artillery of … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Forgotten Heroes
Spoiling Attack… Scenario#: FH15     Date: 12/10/1951     Location: Tu-Vu, Vietnam In an attempt to disrupt an imminent Viet Minh attack on Tu-Vu, the anchor of the French Black River line, the French launch an attack of their own. Three French rifle battalions and a paratroop battalion set out looking for … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Forgotten Heroes
A Friend in Need Scenario#: FH13     Date: 05/08/1969     Location: A Shau Valley, South Vietnam U.S. Army units moved into the A Shau Valley In the opening moves of what would culminate in Hamburger Hill. Here two platoons advance on a small village suspected of harboring a Viet Cong contingent. The VC knew the Americans … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Forgotten Heroes
Unexpected Visitors Scenario#: FH12     Date: 05/02/1968     Location: Dong Ha, South Vietnam When the fighting around Dong Ha erupted In the spring of 1968, the Marines needed help and called upon the Army to supply that help. An Army battalion arrived in the area and their first task was to clear the … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Forgotten Heroes
Serious Firepower Scenario#: FH11     Date: 05/01/1968     Location: Dai Do, South Vietnam The Marines spent three bloody days clearing the villages of Dai Do and Dinh To. The fighting was tough, and the Marines called for armor support for the actual attack on Dai Do. The NVA forces holding the town, however, … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Forgotten Heroes
Tread Heads Scenario#: FH10     Date: 04/10/1968     Location: An Khe, South Vietnam At first glance Vietnam did not seem a proper home for the tanks and APCs of the United States Army. The crowded jungle roads appeared to be perfect locations for Vietnamese ambushes, and the tanks, although fast, were not as … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Forgotten Heroes
The Village Scenario#: FH09     Date: 02/09/1968     Location: Saigon, South Vietnam As North Vietnam had planned, the Tet Offensive shocked the world. It had not, however, led to a general uprising in the South. Throughout February, Allied forces counterattacked Viet Cong enclaves, eliminating them one by one. Viet Cong losses were… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Forgotten Heroes
River of Perfume Scenario#: FH08     Date: 02/08/1968     Location: Hue, South Vietnam The fighting in Hue was some of the most bitter of the war. It was a mix of Vietnam and Stalingrad. South of the Perfume River Marines fought the Viet Cong block by block, house by house, and room by … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Forgotten Heroes
Prelude to Lang Vei Scenario#: FH07     Date: 01/15/1968     Location: Lang Vei Special Forces Camp, Quảng Trị Province, South Vietnam In late January, 1968, survivors of the 33rd Laotian Battalion streamed into the Special Forces camp at Lang Vei; their camp had been overrun by the North Vietnamese. A fight with the NVA wasn’t unusual, what was unusual was … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Forgotten Heroes
The Relief of Plei Me Scenario#: FH06     Date: 11/21/1967     Location: Plei Me, South Vietnam The Opening move of the NVA’s offensive in the la Drang Valley was an assault on the U.S. Special Forces camp at Plei Me. The North Vietnamese believed that as soon as they attacked the camp the ABVN would send … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Forgotten Heroes
Streets of Sorrow Scenario#: FH05     Date: 02/04/1968     Location: Hue, South Vietnam Hue was the third biggest city in South Vietnam, and had remained largely untouched by the war. The Tet Offensive changed that. The North Vietnamese infiltrated Hue with two regiments, and attacked on January 31, 1968. Initially the attack went … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Forgotten Heroes
Assault on Ben Suc Scenario#: FH04     Date: 01/08/1967     Location: Ben Suc, South Vietnam In Operation Cedar Falls, the United States Army wanted to elminate the Viet Cong stronghold called the Iron Triangle. Army intelligence felt that the village of Ben Suc was the key to the Iron Triangle. Unfortunately, when the Army air … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Forgotten Heroes
Undeniable Courage Scenario#: FH03     Date: 11/14/1965     Location: East Of The Chu Pong Massif, South Vietnam Shortly after the landing at Landing Zone X-ray, Bravo Company of the 1/7 Cavalry became heavily engaged by NVA infantry to its front. The company commander, Lt Herren, ordered Lt. Herrick’s platoon to move up on the company’s right flank. … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Forgotten Heroes
Sky Soldiers Scenario#: FH02     Date: 11/03/1965     Location: Plei Me, South Vietnam On the morning of November 3rd, 1965, B Troop Rifles of the 1/9 responded to sightings of NVA soldiers southwest of the Plel Me special forces camp. After landing, the platoon proceeded north and overran the regimental headquarters and hospital … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Forgotten Heroes
Ap Bac Scenario#: FH01     Date: 01/02/1963     Location: Ap Bac, South Vietnam The ARVN mistakenly believed that a reinforced Viet Cong company was holed up in the small village of Ap Bac, 65 kilometers southwest of Saigon. In reality, however, there was more than a battalion of Viet Cong in the vicinity … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Forgotten Heroes
Midday's Counterattack Scenario#: DJ06     Date: 07/12/1943     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia Just after 1:00 PM. on July 12th, the German 1st SS Panzergrenadier Division LAH was attacked from the east by a Soviet mixed infantry/tank force from the 29th Tank Corps, yet another attempt to halt the Nazi advance to Prokhorovka. … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43
Road to Prokhorovka Scenario#: DJ05     Date: 07/12/1943     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia At 6:00 A.M. on the morning of July 12, the leading elements of the 1St SS Panzergrenadier Division LAH were gatheríng for an advance toward Prokhorovka. Meanwhile, remnants of the 26th Guards Airborne Regiment was preparing a last defense line … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43
Secure the Oktiabrskii State Farm Scenario#: DJ04     Date: 07/11/1943     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia Fierce fighting had been raging all morning, and by 1:00 p.m. the Soviet forces had taken up well-defended positions at the Oktiabrskii State Farm. The LAH needed to capture the farm to secure the left flank of its advance towards … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43
Clear the Ditches Scenario#: DJ03     Date: 07/11/1943     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia At: 10:15 A.M. elements of the 1St SS Panzergrenadier Division LAH were ordered to advance and take the anti-tank ditches to the east of Hill 252.2. The attack was launched in an attempt to clear out the anti-tank ditches and … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43
Assault on Hill 252.2 Scenario#: DJ02     Date: 07/11/1943     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia On July 10, 1943, after a long and violent fight, Hill 241.1 had finally been taken. Farther to the east, some units from the Aufklarung Abteilung had reached the outskirts of the Oktiabrskii State Farm and reported that the Soviets … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43