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Ivanovskoye Bridgehead Scenario#: 4100 Date: 7/1/1941 Location: Ivanovskoye, Russia The town of Muravina and its bridge over the Luga River were captured by Kampfgruppe Raus of the 6th Panzer Division on July 11th as they continued to push toward Leningrad. The Kampfgruppe then advanced another 5 km through the … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Iwo Jima Landings Scenario#: 1484 Date: 2/19/1945 Location: Iwo Jima, Pacific Its role as an early warning station radioing reports of incoming U.S. bombers back to mainland Japan, and its three airfields, made Iwo Jima a crucial component of the Japanese inner defense perimeter. Following their losses in the Marianas, they … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Kamenewo Scenario#: 4156 Date: 10/6/1941 Location: Kamenewo, Russia As part of Operation Typhoon, Kampfgruppe Eberbach of the 4th Panzer Division advanced on the Russian capital. By the evening of October 5th however, Colonel Katukov's newly formed 4th Tank Brigade had deployed near the woodland east of Kamenewo.… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Kampar Scenario#: 6046 Date: 12/30/1941 Location: Kampar, Malaysia The battered and desperately understrength remnants of the 11th Indian Infantry Division withdrew from Gurun to take up positions in the Kampar area under their new commander, General Archibald Paris. They dug-in between the jungle around the Sungai… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Kepa Oksywska Scenario#: 6999 Date: 9/10/1939 Location: Gdynia, Poland The Polish army occupied the Oksywie Heights outside the city of Gdynia in northern Poland and when the German forces managed to cut off the nearby Hel Peninsula, the region was besieged. The Polish commanders wanted to avoid destroying … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Kiev Scenario#: 4102 Date: 9/1/1941 Location: Kiev, Russia The Panzers of Army Group South captured thousands of prisoners and large amounts of artillery and tanks in the great "Kessel" (pocket) battle of Uman. The Soviet armies in Kiev, and to the east, found themselves facing the same fate … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Kota Bharu Scenario#: 6042 Date: 12/8/1941 Location: Kota Bharu, Malaysia The Battle of Malaya began on the morning of December 8th with an amphibious assault on the strategically important RAF base at Kota Bharu. The air field was protected by the multiple arms of the Kelantan River, and defended by … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Kwajalein Scenario#: 3590 Date: 2/2/1944 Location: Kwajalein island, Marshall Islands The landing beaches were on the southwestern end of Kwajalein island. All Japanese strong points had been shelled and obliterated before landing, so by the end of day, on February 1, the Marines were well inland. On February 2nd and … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Landings at Peleliu Scenario#: 1512 Date: 9/15/1944 Location: Peleliu, Palau By the summer of 1944, victories in the Southwest and Central Pacific put American bombers within striking distance of the Japanese mainland. General MacArthur turned his attention to recapturing the Philippines. But first he had to capture the Palau… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Luga Bridges Scenario#: 4081 Date: 7/1/1941 Location: Ivanovskoye, Russia After crossing the Velikaya river, the forests and marshes ahead of Army Group North became ever more dense. Kampfgruppe Raus pushed ahead of the 6th Panzer Division to capture a bridge over the Luga river at the town of Ivanovskoye. … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Maleme Airfield Scenario#: 7615 Date: 5/20/1941 Location: Maleme, Crete At 08:00 on May 20, 1941, German Fallschirmjägers jumped over Crete in the first major airborne invasion of the War, landing near Maleme airfield with the goal of securing the runways to facilitate a larger glider-borne invasion. But three New … Memoir '44 — The Invasion of Crete
Maquis of Malleval Scenario#: 5683 Date: 1/29/1944 Location: Malleval-en-Vercors, France The maquis of Malleval, a rural guerrilla band of the French Resistance, was composed of 50 men under the command of Lieutenant Eysseric (code name "Durand"). The group's base of operations was the isolated village of Malleval-en-Vercors, on the… Memoir '44 — Vercors Campaign
Martinville Ridge Scenario#: 4172 Date: 7/16/1944 Location: Saint-Lo, France On July 15, the 116th Regiment started a flanking maneuver around Martinville in an effort to outflank the town's defenders. The lead elements made good progress but Allied Command didn't have a clear picture of the situation on the ground … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Massacre at Vassieux-en-Vercors Scenario#: 5933 Date: 7/21/1944 Location: Vassieux-en-Vercors, France On July 20, 1944, following several weeks of troops build-up, the Germans launched their attack on the newly proclaimed "Free Republic of Vercors". The next morning, the German 157.Reserve-Division, bolstered with Ukrainian troops from Eastern… Memoir '44 — Vercors Campaign
Medeera Pocket Scenario#: 1520 Date: 6/20/1945 Location: Medeera, Okinawa By the 3rd month of the battle on Okinawa, the remnants of the Japanese army had withdrawn to the south end of the island. Although the front had narrowed for the assaulting Marine Divisions, there were still irreducible pockets of … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Mignano Monte Lungo Scenario#: 6557 Date: 11/5/1943 Location: Mignano, Italy After crossing the Volturno river, the 3rd US Infantry Division managed to advance to Cassino before finding itself blocked by the "Barbara" line at Mignano. Well entrenched on Monte Lungo and Monte Rotondo, the Germans soldiers of the… Memoir '44 — Audie Murphy's Campaign
Moerdijk Bridges Scenario#: 3359 Date: 5/10/1940 Location: Moerdijk, Holland German paratroopers of the 1st Fallschirmjäger Regiment were dropped near Moerdijk and Dordrecht in order to take the bridges that were the gateway to Rotterdam and "Fortress Holland". The operation in Moerdijk was a success as the paratroopers… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Mont Pinçon Scenario#: 4258 Date: 8/6/1944 Location: Mont Pinçon, France The Battle of Mont Pinçon took place over the course of several days, the culmination of Operation Bluecoat. On August 6th, the British XXX Corps attacked about five miles south of Aunay-Sur-Odon. The Axis repelled the initial assault by the … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Namur Landings Scenario#: 3588 Date: 2/1/1944 Location: Roi-Namur, Marshall Islands The assault craft and control officers were still trying to sort things out for the landing on Namur when the signal was given to attack. Col. Hart, seeing the Roi assault was already under way, realized that his entire operation … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Night Withdrawal Scenario#: 4089 Date: 7/8/1944 Location: Caen, France Charnwood was the operational codename given to the mission of taking Caen, the elusive D-Day objective that the Germans still held on July 7. The Allied plan progressed at a slower pace than expected, but was forcing the German command … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Operation Frankforce Scenario#: 1665 Date: 6/1/1940 Location: Arras, France As the Germans advanced rapidly towards the French coast in May 1940, the area around the town of Arras was reinforced with British Expeditionary Force (BEF) troops. By 20 May 1940, Arras itself was surrounded but still holding out. Viscount … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Opportunity at Falaise Scenario#: 4086 Date: 8/14/1944 Location: Falaise, France Although it made some headway in Operation Totalize, the Canadian II Corps fell short of its ultimate objective of Falaise and only reached Hill 195, directly north of the town. General Simonds quickly put together another plan to capture Falaise … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Orote Peninsula Scenario#: 1486 Date: 7/27/1944 Location: Orote Peninsula, Guam Ringed by reefs and steep cliffs, battered by heavy surf, Guam presents a formidable challenge for any attacker. On July 21 the Americans landed on both sides of the Orote peninsula on the western side of Guam, intending to cut … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Panzer Lehr Counter Attacks Scenario#: 4152 Date: 7/11/1944 Location: Saint-Jean-de-Daye, France On July 11th, the very day XIX Corps was scheduled to extend its attack eastward of the Vire River, the corps' right flank came under the threat of a massive armored counter-attack. The Germans, hell bent on knocking the First … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Platanias Scenario#: 7619 Date: 5/23/1941 Location: Modi, Crete By late morning on May 23rd, the Fallschirmjägers of Oberst Ramcke had set up a defensive position on the Platanias River bridge near the coast. Inland, Oberst Utz moved to take the village of Modi. Defended by New Zealanders, the … Memoir '44 — The Invasion of Crete
Pripet Marsh Scenario#: 4149 Date: 7/16/1941 Location: Pripet Marsh, Russia Operation Barbarossa in July was well under way. Such was the success and speed of the German advance that the supply lines were severely overstretched. Many of the previously bypassed Soviet units began to coordinate limited counter-attacks on Axis… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Prison Valley Scenario#: 7618 Date: 5/20/1941 Location: Galatos, Crete The first wave of gliders from Gruppe Mitte's (Center Group) 3rd Fallschirmjäger Regiment had a number of bold objectives: Hauptmann Altmann's men were tasked with silencing a dangerous anti-aircraft battery in the Akrotiri peninsula, while the men… Memoir '44 — The Invasion of Crete
Pruzana Scenario#: 4155 Date: 6/30/1941 Location: Pruzana, Russia On June 30, 1941, German Panzer forces broke through all along the front and in this sector advanced toward the town of Pruzana. However, air reconnaissance reported a Russian infantry detachment from General Oborin's XIV Mechanized Corps had… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Pushing through Caen Scenario#: 4088 Date: 7/18/1944 Location: Colombelles, France Caen proved a tougher challenge than the Allies had expected and German forces tenaciously defended every piece of it. After withdrawing across the Orne River to the south, the Germans set up a hasty defense in the part of Caen … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Raseiniai Scenario#: 4073 Date: 6/23/1941 Location: Raseiniai, Russia The Northwest Soviet Front under Colonel-General Kuznetsov fell back on Barbarossatag (the first day of Unternehmen Barbarossa) before the onslaught of Army Group North under von Leeb. The Germans interpreted this as a general retreat, but Kutznesov… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Resistance in Gembloux Scenario#: 3418 Date: 5/15/1940 Location: Ernage, Belgium While the "Prioux" cavalry corps fought the Panzer Divisions of the German XVI Motorized Corps in the battle of Hannut, infantry divisions of General Blanchard's 1st Army reached the "LPR" (Ligne Principale de Défense), which was the main line of … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Resistance in La Horgne Scenario#: 3509 Date: 5/15/1940 Location: Bouvellemont, France In an effort to slow down Guderian's Panzers after the French defeat at Sedan, many French units chose to hold their positions instead of retreating. Among those who chose to stay were the 3rd brigade of Spahis in La Horgne, … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Roi Landings Scenario#: 3585 Date: 2/1/1944 Location: Roi-Namur, Marshall Islands The assault on Roi-Namur started with the USS Tennessee shelling the blockhouse on eastern side of the islands, near the sand spit connecting Roi to Namur. Tanks of the 1st Armored Amphibian Tractor Battalion landed first on Roi near Wendy … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Roi Namur Landings Scenario#: 3589 Date: 2/1/1944 Location: Roi-Namur, Marshall Islands Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands - Eager to set up forward air bases capable of supporting operations across the mid-Pacific and into Japan, the U.S. desperately needed to take the Marianas Islands. But this archipelago of volcanic mountains was so… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Saint-Martin and Bull Bridge Scenario#: 4272 Date: 7/31/1944 Location: Saint-Martin, France Operation Bluecoat was supposed to begin with a massive aerial bombardment, but poor weather made the Allies miss entirely. Nonetheless, the British forces pushed forward, where they came under artillery and mortar bombardment amidst highly uneven… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Securing the Flank Scenario#: 4187 Date: 6/25/1944 Location: Fontenay le Pesnel, France In preparation for Montgomery's Operation Epsom, the 49th Infantry Division, nicknamed the Polar Bears because of their arm patch, was ordered to take the town of Fontenay le Pesnel. Their second objective was to secure Raury and the heights that … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Singapore Scenario#: 6089 Date: 2/9/1942 Location: Singapore, Singapore With his troops' morale crumbling, and believing he faced 5 Japanese divisions and 300 tanks, Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival made the decision to withdraw to Singapore. General Bennett paid a final visit to his friend the Sultan of Johore and… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Slim River Scenario#: 6051 Date: 1/7/1941 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Successive outflanking maneuvers down the west coast of Malaya by the Japanese, forced General Percival to create a new defense line to the south in Johore state. Percival urged Lieutenant-General Lewis "Piggy" Heath, commander of III Indian Corps,… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Smolensk Scenario#: 1757 Date: 7/1/1941 Location: Smolensk, Russia Army Group Center, spearheaded by Guderian's 2nd Panzergruppe with Hoth's 3rd Panzergruppe on his left, scattered 3 Soviet armies as they advanced on Smolensk. Desperately trying to stiffen Resistance, the Soviets hoped to stop the Germans' drive… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Staraya Russa Scenario#: 4113 Date: 9/1/1941 Location: Staraya, Russia The Northwest Front, under the energetic Chief of Staff Vatutin, decided to attack the Axis forces south of Staraya Russa. It was hoped that this would divert Army Group North's energies away from Leningrad. Indeed, von Leeb over-reacted to the … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Take Falaise Scenario#: 6894 Date: 8/14/1944 Location: Falaise, France After Operation Totalize, Montgomery insisted on the necessity to take Falaise so the 1st Canadian Army quickly launched a new offensive: Operation Tractable. After a massive air bombing campaign, the 2nd Canadian Army Corps and 1st Polish Armored… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Tenaru Scenario#: 3464 Date: 8/20/1942 Location: Alligator Creek, Guadalcanal During the night of August 20-21, Marine scouts on the east bank of Alligator Creek detected the movement of a large body of Japanese troops. Col. Kiyonao Ichiki ordered his infantry troops forward, using "human wave tactics" but the 2nd … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
The Avranches Breakthrough Scenario#: 6911 Date: 7/28/1944 Location: Roncey, France On the morning of July 28 1944, following the initial breakthrough made by the 1St US Army, German troops of 84.Armee Korps found themselves virtually surrounded in the Roncey pocket. The following night, elite German units of Waffen-SS and… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
The capture of Biesheim Scenario#: 6592 Date: 2/3/1945 Location: Biesheim, France In Alsace, combats are drawing to an end; the Colmar pocket is being reduced by the 1st French Army, and the troops of the German XIX.Armee, decimated and demoralized. are withdrawing toward Chalampé bridge over the Rhine in a bid … Memoir '44 — Audie Murphy's Campaign
The Charging Bull Scenario#: 6769 Date: 7/18/1944 Location: Bourguébus, France After the capture of Caen on July 10, Montgomery aimed to deliver a major blow to his enemies with the help of the 2nd British Army. This Operation, code-named Goodwood, would launch three armored divisions of VIIIth Army Corps east … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
The Coup de Main Scenario#: 6702 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Merville, France During the night June 5-6 1944, units of the 6th (British) Airborne Division were dropped east of Caen, between the Orne and Dives rivers. Their objective was: to capture the bridges on the Orne river and the canal (later made … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
The Hedgerow Breach Scenario#: 6726 Date: 7/25/1944 Location: Canisy, France After the capture of Saint-Lô, 1st US Army, under the command of General Bradley, found itself in position to launch a major offensive to breakthrough the German lines; they had suffered so much attrition they had reached their breaking point. … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
The Quarry of Cleury Scenario#: 6590 Date: 10/1/1944 Location: Cleurie, France At the beginning of October 1944, after freeing up the city of Besançon, the 3rd US Infantry Division is engaged in the Vosges Mountains. Near the village of Cleurie, they find themselves stopped by a German party entrenched on nearby … Memoir '44 — Audie Murphy's Campaign
The Rescue of Mussolini Scenario#: 4211 Date: 9/12/1943 Location: Campo Imperatore, Italy After Italy surrendered to the Allies, Mussolini was arrested and held by the Italians in the hotel Campo Imperatore on the Gran Sasso mountain. After intercepting a coded Italian radio message and reconnoitering the mountain by plane, Otto Skorzeny… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
The San Fratello Line Scenario#: 6555 Date: 8/4/1943 Location: Nicetta, Sicily After capturing Palermo, Patton and his 7th Army advanced along the north coast of Sicily with the unavowed objective of entering Messina before the British 8th Army of General Montgomery. But Axis forces delay Patton's advance, systematically… Memoir '44 — Audie Murphy's Campaign