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Scenario#: 7616     Date: 5/20/1941     Location: Heraklion, Crete

News of the German Paratrooper landings reached Brigadier Chappell's headquarters at about the same time the first Fallschirmjägers were landing in Heraklion. Under orders from Chappell, the 2nd Leicester attacked out of the town and into Buttercup…

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Scenario#: 7617     Date: 5/20/1941     Location: Rethymno, Crete

A second German wave arrived in the afternoon. At 16:15, 2nd Fallschirmjäger Regiment airdropped over Rethymno airfield; but like others in Crete, they all landed scattered along the coast. Elements of the 3rd Battalion quickly managed to regroup and…

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Scenario#: 6568     Date: 8/15/1944     Location: Pampelonne, France

August 15, 1944 marks D-Day for the Allied landing in Provence. In the morning, 3rd US Infantry Division (Alpha Force) lands at Cavalaire (Red Beach) and Pampelonne (Yellow Beach). Demoralized and reluctant to fight, the Germans offer little…

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Scenario#: 3533     Date: 5/25/1940     Location: Watten, France

On May 20, the 1st French Army and the BEF were surrounded in the Dunkirk Pocket. As a natural obstacle, the canal of the river Aa represented the south defensive line of the mixed Allied rearguard. The Leibstandarte SS Adolf …

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Scenario#: 6084     Date: 1/16/1942     Location: Parit Jawa, Malaysia

While the Japanese 5th Division was engaged in a fierce battle around Gemas to the east, the Konoe Imperial Guards Division under Lieutenant-General Nishimura attacked down the west coast of Malaya. Facing them were elements of the 8th Australian…

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Scenario#: 4108     Date: 9/1/1941     Location: Muhu Island, Baltic Islands

With the advance on Leningrad stalled, the German 18th Army had little to do following the capture of Tallinn. It was during this lull that Unternehmen Beowulf was conceived by German High Command: a sub-operation of Barbarossa designed to eliminate…

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Scenario#: 6053     Date: 12/8/1941     Location: Ban Sadao, Malaysia

Malaya's supposed first line of defense, the formidable British battleships Prince of Wales and Repulse, were languishing at Singapore. Untroubled by them, the Japanese 5th Division landed at Singora and Patani in Thailand, and simultaneously…

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Scenario#: 6088     Date: 7/21/1944     Location: Massif of Grand Veymont, France

As July 1944 drew to its end, the troops of German 157.Reserve-Division had the Vercors Plateau virtually surrounded. The only ground still out of their reach were the mountain passes (or "Pas") protecting the access to the East of the …

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Scenario#: 3451     Date: 5/15/1940     Location: Philippeville, France

On the evening of May 14, 1940, the French 1st Reserve Armored Division arrived in the region of Florennes-Flavion. The tanks' arrival was slowed by having to pass through the stream of refugees and soldiers who were fleeing the front. …

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Scenario#: 4472     Date: 5/13/1940     Location: Hannut, Belgium

After having crossed the Meuse river at Maastricht, the 4th Panzer division arrived in the region of Hannut. Once there, the Germans confronted the French Cavalry Corps of General Prioux, which had moved into Belgium as part of the Dyle …

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Scenario#: 7000     Date: 10/2/1939     Location: Kock, Poland

By October 2, 1939, the battle for Poland was all but over. German command assumed that the Polish defenders were so demoralized that it would only take one German battalion to capture Operational Group Polesie, the only Polish military …

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Scenario#: 5754     Date: 6/13/1944     Location: Saint Nizier, France

With its cliffs, steep slopes and limited access points, the Vercors plateau is a natural and easily defended fortress. Familiar with the terrain, the heads of the French Resistance immediately saw its value as a defensive bastion deep within…

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Scenario#: 7006     Date: 9/28/1939     Location: Szack, Poland

By 17 September, 1939, most of the Polish reserves and heavy equipment from the forces defending the eastern border of Poland had been sent west to help against the German invasion. When the Soviet forces poured over the border …

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Scenario#: 3514     Date: 5/25/1940     Location: Vinkt, Holland

On May 23, the surviving elements of the small Belgian army retreated just behind the river Lys, their last line of defense. Among them was the 1st Division of Chasseurs Ardennais who were deployed between Lootenhulle and Vinkt. On the …

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Scenario#: 5973     Date: 7/22/1944     Location: Valchevrière, France

On July 22, 1944, the Germans launched a new assault on Valchevrière, a village under the protection of Captain Goderville and his group of French Resistance fighters. The maquisards' mission was to deny the Germans access to the west and …

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Scenario#: 1545     Date: 9/8/1939     Location: Warsaw, Poland

On September 1, 1939 the invasion of Poland - codenamed Fall Wei or "Case White" by the German high command - marked the first military campaign of the war. In a week, the German forces were able to overwhelm …

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Scenario#: 3465     Date: 9/12/1942     Location: Henderson Field, Guadalcanal

Bloody Ridge consisted of a series of grassy ridges south of Henderson Field where Col. "Red Mike" Edson had positioned his troops. The Japanese attack began with a bombardment, followed by a powerful thrust that pushed back the Marine companies …

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Scenario#: 4321     Date: 5/10/1940     Location: Bodange, Belgium

After they had crossed the Belgian border, German units of the 1st and 2nd Panzer Divisions ran up against the defensive positions of the 1st Division of Chasseurs Ardennais. Commandant Bricart's 5th Company was ordered to resist at all costs …

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Scenario#: 4322     Date: 5/13/1940     Location: Bouvignes, France

General Rommel's 7th Panzer Division arrived at the river Meuse on May 13. On the island of Houx, soldiers of the 7th Motorcycle Battalion discovered locks that the infantry could use to cross the canal. The first bridgehead was set …

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Scenario#: 6043     Date: 12/10/1941     Location: Jitra, Malaysia

Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival, British General Officer Commanding Malaya, tried to slow down the Japanese advance by ordering bridges to be blown up along the Trunk Road. The Japanese devised a method to overcome this British strategy. Infantry…

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Scenario#: 4320     Date: 5/13/1940     Location: Sedan, France

French General Staff thought it was impossible for tanks to cross the massif of the Ardennes. Because of that assumption, French forces were completely surprised when, on the evening of May 12, General Guderian and his Panzer Divisions appeared…

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Scenario#: 4024     Date: 6/28/1941     Location: Dubno, Russia

Early in Barbarossa the 1st Panzer Army of Army Group South threatened to encircle a huge pocket of Soviet troops around Uman. The Red Army mounted a massive counter-attack, aiming to cut off the Axis armored spearhead in a pincer …

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Scenario#: 6997     Date: 9/9/1939     Location: Bzura, Poland

Starting on 9 September, the Battle of Bzura was the largest battle of Unternehmen Fall Weiss. It was also one of the last battles that involved a significant cavalry contingent. After losing contact with Polish high command, General …

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Scenario#: 3448     Date: 5/13/1940     Location: Monthermé, France

On May 13 the 6th Panzer Division, under General Kempf, arrived in the "Enveloppe", a forest-covered massif just before the Meuse valley. Soon after arriving, they launched their attack. After an air raid of Stukas and an artillery bombardment, the …

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Scenario#: 4154     Date: 2/22/1944     Location: Parry Island, Ralik Group

Parry Island, the third largest island in the northwester Ralik Group, was the last major objective scheduled to be taken by Operation Catchpole. BrigGen Watson had initially planned the assault on Parry for February 21, but the capture of other …

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Scenario#: 4185     Date: 6/26/1944     Location: Cheux, France

The main thrust of Operation Epsom began at 0700 hrs. on June 26th. Early British progress was good, with solid artillery support and even some naval gunfire. It looked like the way was clear. The forward German positions, however, were …

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Scenario#: 6564     Date: 5/23/1944     Location: cisterna di Littoria, Italy

By the middle of May 1944, General Clark has decide he's had enough. Determined to finish his opponent off, he launches the 6th US Army Corps on the little town of cisterna di Littoria, the centerpiece of the German defense …

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Scenario#: 3466     Date: 1/13/1943     Location: Matanikau River, Guadalcanal

At the start of the new year General Patch ordered the 2nd and 8th Marines to drive westward and clear the Japanese Resistance from the hills overlooking the coast near Point Cruz. On January 13th, Marines assaulted the Japanese positions …

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Scenario#: 4090     Date: 8/19/1944     Location: Falaise, France

Against the advice of his commanders, Hitler ordered a massed counter-attack on the American forces in Normandy (Operation Luttich), which drew his forces further into France. As the Americans made a sweeping move south, Allied command saw an…

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Scenario#: 4625     Date: 7/30/1944     Location: Saint-Martin-des-Besaces, France

Taking advantage of the departure of two Panzer Divisions hastily sent west to counter the 1st US Army's Operation Cobra, Montgomery sends the 2nd British Army to the assault of the Virois bocage in Operation Bluecoat. Their first objectives are …

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Scenario#: 3494     Date: 5/15/1940     Location: Stonne, France

Held by the 1st Battalion of the 67th Infantry Regiment and some elements of the 6th Infantry Division Recon Group, the town of Stonne was attacked by German units on May 15 at 6 a.m. The 8th Panzer Regiment suddenly …

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Scenario#: 1521     Date: 5/4/1945     Location: Tanabaru, Okinawa

The Japanese began their counter-offensive on the night of May 3rd, 1945. The 24th Division, supported by the Japanese 27th Tank Regiment, decided to push forward in six separate thrusts. Their main objective was to break through the US Army …

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Scenario#: 6558     Date: 10/13/1943     Location: Monte Majulo, Italy

After coming out of the bridgehead they've established at Salerno, elements of the 5th US Army reach the southern bank of the Volturno river on the 5th of October 1943. During the night of October 12-13, British and US troops …

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Scenario#: 6836     Date: 6/14/1944     Location: Cotentin, France

Unable to advance toward Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, the 90th US Infantry Division was soon replaced by two other divisions: the 82nd US Airborne Division and the 9th US Infantry Division. From June 14 on, the American advance westward found itself…

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Scenario#: 3516     Date: 5/17/1940     Location: Montcornet, France

Forced to cope with the Panzer advance without any reserve troops, General Gamelin decided to create a new army, the 6th, which was tasked with protecting Paris. The new army had to hold the Panzers and give Gamelin time to …

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Scenario#: 3954     Date: 5/19/1940     Location: Catillon, France

On May 15, the 7th Panzer Division of General Rommel crossed the border between Belgium and France, and his troops reached Avesnes-sur-Helpe. Its next objective was Cambrai but on May 17, Rommel found the French 9th Motorized Infantry Division, just…

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Scenario#: 4087     Date: 7/8/1944     Location: Caen, France

The city of Caen was an objective for Allied forces on D-Day. Determined German Resistance continued to frustrate Allied command and kept the objective out of their hands. Caen was of great strategic importance and both sides knew it. The …

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Scenario#: 3433     Date: 5/12/1940     Location: Bouillon, France

General Guderian's forward Panzers reached the river Semois before the town of Bouillon on the evening of May 11. French cavalry units of the 5th DLC, after having suffered devastating casualties in the prior two days, had fallen back behind …

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Scenario#: 6687     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Sainte-Mère-Eglise, France

During the night June 5-6 1944, paratroopers of the three parachute regiments of the 82nd "All American" US Airborne Division were dropped over the Cotentin peninsula. Their objective: to secure their drop zone, capture Sainte-Mère-Eglise and the…

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Scenario#: 6696     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Turqueville, France

During the night June 5-6 1944, the 101st US Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles" was one of two divisions dropped on the Cotentin peninsula. Its objectives were to secure the beach exits, capture the lock at la Barquette, destroy the bridges …

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Scenario#: 3459     Date: 5/15/1940     Location: Louvain La Neuve, Belgium

In the morning of May 15, as part of the "Dyle" Plan, General Dame's 2nd DINA (North African Infantry Division) was deployed behind the railroad and the west bank of the river Dyle. Starting at 7.45 am, the men of …

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Scenario#: 4525     Date: 5/27/1940     Location: Dunkirk, France

Operation Dynamo was an evacuation of Allied troops from the port town of Dunkirk from 27 May to 4 June, 1940. The operation's name came from the evacuation that was planned in the dynamo (generator) room of Dover Castle. Over …

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Scenario#: 3591     Date: 2/18/1944     Location: Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands

Eniwetok Atoll lies 330 miles northwest of Kwajalein and is the most western island in the Marshalls. The Japanese occupied the 3 principal islands there: Engebi, Parry and Eniwetok. The quick capture of Kwajalein allowed the US command to advance …

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Scenario#: 3376     Date: 5/10/1940     Location: Eben-Emaël, Belgium

In the early dawn of May 10, 1940, nine DFS-230 gliders landed on the superstructure of the fort at Eben-Emaël, which protected the bridges across the Meuse in Maastricht. German sappers rushed out of the gliders and immediately attacked their …

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Scenario#: 7620     Date: 5/25/1941     Location: Galatos, Crete

By May 24th the Germans had formed a cohesive front; they began advancing east toward Chania. On the 25th, they ran into the bulk of the Allied forces and launched a general attack. Surprised to discover the Germans had artillery, …

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Scenario#: 6049     Date: 1/14/1942     Location: Gemas, Malaysia

The 8th Australian Division's commander, Major-General Gordon Bennett, was given command of all forces in the west of Malaya (Westforce). Bennett brought 8th Australian Division with him to relieve the broken 11th Indian Division, and believed that…

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Scenario#: 6068     Date: 12/14/1941     Location: Gurun, Malaysia

The severely depleted and desperately tired men of the 11th Indian Division of III Indian Corps under Major-General David Murray-Lyon were retreating in disorder from Jitra. They stopped in the gap between the heavily forested Kedah Peak and the…

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Scenario#: 6998     Date: 9/9/1939     Location: Hel Peninsula, Poland

The Hel Peninsula, including a Polish military port, was one of the longest-defended pockets of Resistance in Operation Fall Weiss. Approximately 3000 Polish defenders held out for almost a month against German ground, air, and naval forces. During…

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Scenario#: 1558     Date: 7/11/1944     Location: Maltot, France

Montgomery began a frontal assault on the city of Caen on July 7. At the same time, he renewed attacks west of the city to capture the high ground between the rivers Odon and Orne. Part of this high ground …

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Scenario#: 4083     Date: 7/13/1941     Location: Ostrov, Russia

Outrunning its air cover, Kampfgruppe Raus pressed north from the newly captured town of Ostrov into the woods and swamps between the lakes Peipus and Il'men. Remnants of the Red Army and partisans in the woods, by now short of …

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