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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Skulls and Crossbones Scenario#: BM1 Date: 05/17/1940 Location: Catillon-sur-sambre, France Around the forest of Monnal, the 7th and 51h Panzers are rougth harassed by the remnants of the French troops who bore the brunt of the first attack by the German armies that have crossed the Meuse. These surviving French … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battles Magazine #1
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Castle Scenario#: BM3 Date: 05/25/1940 Location: Boulogne Sur Mer, France German forces attadr Boulogne, in order to clear the way to Dunkirk. The battle will last four bloody days. On the 25th, the situation is more than critical for the French Remnants of the french forces are surrounded near the … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battles Magazine #2
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Desperadoes and a Bridge Scenario#: LOF08 Date: 06/07/1940 Location: Douville Sur Andelle, France By the end of May 1940, the French were learning, a bit late, the lessons of the Blitzkrieg. They had been building Up several small armored combat teams to oppose the Germans' powerful panzer divisions. These new units, comprised of … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Line of Fire #06
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
One Last Steak Dinner Scenario#: DD14 Date: 06/11/1940 Location: St. Pierre-le-viger, France The British 51st Highland Division was being squeezed into a small pocket around the town of Dieppe by Erwin Rommel and his 7th Panzer Division. Rommel was doing his best to capture the division before it could escape across the … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance
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
No Wine for the Boches Scenario#: LOF14 Date: 08/28/1940 Location: Les Mesnil-sur-oger, France “To be a Frenchman means to fight for your country and its wine," said Claude Terrail, owner of the famous Parisian restaurant La Tour d'Argent. Under orders from Field Marshal Hermann Góring, a large quantity of the famed 1928 … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Line of Fire #10
Enter the Guards Scenario#: NOSB02 Date: 09/01/1942 Location: Stalingrad, Russia For months the Germans had pushed the Soviets across the steppes. The Soviet's victories of the previous winter were but a bad dream, long forgotten. German Panzers ruled the plains, Bf-109s ruled the sky, and all was right with the … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back
The Road to Astrachan Scenario#: AP01 Date: 09/13/1942 Location: Elista, Russia Hitler's Army Group A had driven deep into the southern steppes of Russia. So far and so fast, in fact, that maps were of limited use and intelligence of the opposition even less. The Germans decided to equip a long … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Alpha
Tough as Nails Scenario#: NOSB01 Date: 09/21/1942 Location: Stalingrad, Russia After a few initial set hacks, German forces were making steady progress towards clearíng the city of Soviet troops. On September 20th, a German infantry assault was repulsed around the building known as the Nail Factory by stalwart elements of … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back
Bridge over the River Dnepr Scenario#: NOSB04 Date: 10/01/1942 Location: Bryansk Forest, Russia Partisan forces became better organized as the war in the east entered its second year. There was exceptionally strong partisan activity in the Bryansk forest of modern day Belorus. From the forest, thousands of partisans and clandestine Russian… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back
Pavlov's House Scenario#: NOSB05 Date: 10/01/1942 Location: Stalingrad, Russia On the 26th of September, 1942, Y.F. Pavlov and three other Soviet Soldiers of the 13th Guards Rifle Division, searched and secured a large apartment house on the edge of the 9 January Square known as the House of Soviets … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back
Hommage to the Guard Scenario#: BM2 Date: 10/06/1942 Location: Stalingrad, Russia For many many of us, the first time we played a squad level wargame, it was a scenario about the Russian Guards fighting in the hell of Stalingrad. For many many of us, this scenario was the hook. It was … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battles Magazine #1
Rattenkrieg Scenario#: NOSB03 Date: 10/30/1942 Location: Stalingrad, Russia The 14th Panzer Division had been given the task of clearing the southern area of the city known as the Bread Factory and getting to the Volga River. Suffering horrendous casualties, the Germans took the Bread Factory and were just … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back
Rocking the Kasbah Scenario#: LOF09 Date: 11/08/1942 Location: Mehdia, Morroco During Operation Goalpost, to get to Port Lyautey by road or vía the Sebou River, the Americans had to get past a Vichy French controlled 16th-century citadel in Mehdia, known to the Americans as the Kasbah. The Kashah was heavily … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Line of Fire #07
Fiery Baptism Scenario#: LOF11 Date: 11/08/1942 Location: Algiers, Algeria Torch would be the first test of the American Army in the European Theater. Unfortunately, the initial test would come against the American's soon to be allies, the French. The … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Line of Fire #08
On the Road from Rabat Scenario#: LOF10 Date: 11/09/1942 Location: Sw Of Port Lyautey, Morroco The objective of Operation Goa/post, part of the Western Task Force of Operation Torch, was to capture the coastal town of Mehdia, secure the Sebou River and, most importantly, take control of the airfield at Port Lyautey. The … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Line of Fire #07
Kalach Bridge Scenario#: NOSB06 Date: 11/22/1942 Location: Kalach, Russia The Final objective for Russia's Operation Uranus was to seal off any escape for the embattled 6th Army by taking the bridge over the Don River at Kalach. Using a handful of captured tanks, Lieutenant-Colonel Filippov drove right through cheering … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back
State Farm is There Scenario#: NOSB07 Date: 12/08/1942 Location: Nw Of Verchne Solonovski, Russia German High Command launched a counter offensive to attempt to relieve the encircled 6th Army at Stalingrad, and made steady progress, approaching within 25 miles of the 6th Anny lines before the Soviets retaliated. After some initial success, the… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back
A Bitter Holiday Scenario#: NOSB08 Date: 12/31/1942 Location: Stalingrad, Russia Operation Uranus had been a success for Soviet command. They had effectively encircled the German 6th Army at Stalingrad. The Germans formed a defensive perimeter (nicknamed, The Cauldron) and dug in, still hoping they would soon be relieved. The… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back
Room at the Inn Scenario#: NOSB10 Date: 01/12/1943 Location: S Of Livny, Russia The Soviet winter offensive of 1943 threw the Germans back along the breadth of the Eastern Front, frequently creating ruptures in the Wehrmacht's line, both large and small. In this fictitious scenario, a small German reconnaissance group, probing… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back
In the Ghetto Scenario#: AP02 Date: 04/19/1943 Location: Warsaw, Poland Members of various resistance groups had been resisting Nazi efforts to clear the ghetto of its interred inhabitants since January of 1943. In April, SS commander Jurgen Stroop launched a full scale assault on the starving tenants. Under the… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Alpha
Front Porsche Scenario#: DJ01 Date: 07/09/1943 Location: Ponyri, Russia On the north side of the Kursk salient, General Model's Ninth Army pushed south. A key objective was the town of Ponyri, and there the fighting raged. The city was contested so fiercely that veterans named it the Stalingrad of … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43