Browse Items (27 total)

All For Schnuck Scenario#: 31     Date: 1918-08-31     Location: Fremicourt, France "At 5 a.m., the enemy barraged our front line, and half an hour later launched a strong counterattack. As the advancing Germans approached the line, it was seen that they were accompanied by tanks, a new experience for our men. … Great War Commander — British Expeditionary Force
Alter Fritz Scenario#: 28     Date: 1918-04-24     Location: Villers-Bretonneux, France Five minutes after dawn Group l's “heavy field kitchen's” initiated their attack on Villers-Bretonneux. After passing into no man's land ahead of the accompanying 207RIR, Lotti and unnamed A7V 560 stopped to eliminate machine-gun nests to get the… Great War Commander — British Expeditionary Force
Cerisy Scenario#: 29     Date: 1918-04-08     Location: Cerisy, France At 4.20, as the artillery opened intense fire on the whole front of attack, the British infantry and tanks advanced to the assault. The tanks crashed into Cerisy knocking down buildings and opening fire on the German garrison. Three companies … Great War Commander — British Expeditionary Force
First Tank On Tank Scenario#: 26     Date: 1918-04-24     Location: Villers-Bretonneux, France A soldier reported to 2nd Lieutenant Franck Mitchell, commander of Mark IV tank Al (4086) that enemy tanks were about. Mitchell opened a loophole and saw the A7V tank "Nixe" (561) approaching half a kilometre away. As neither Mitchell nor … Great War Commander — British Expeditionary Force
First Tank On Tank Deluxe Scenario#: 27     Date: 1918-04-24     Location: Villers-Bretonneux, France What if 2nd Lieutenant Franck Mitchell, commander of Mark TV tank A1 (4086) while ordering his gunner and machine gunners to better target “Nixe” spotted a new threat: A7Vs "Siegfried” (525) and “Schnuck” (504)…? What if “X” Company's Whippets… Great War Commander — British Expeditionary Force
Last Charge Of The Sturm-Panzer-Kraftwagen Scenario#: 32     Date: 1918-11-01     Location: Sebourg, France The last German tank action of the war occured when Abteilungen 12 (Beute), 13 and 14 (Beute) were deployed to support a counterattack by the 28th Division near Sebourg. Between them, Abteilung 12 and 13 fielded only five Mark IV … Great War Commander — British Expeditionary Force
Manchester Hill Scenario#: 25     Date: 1918-03-21     Location: Saint Quentin, France Posthumous Victoria Cross citation for Lieutenant-Colonel Wilfrith Elstob, Commanding Officer, 16th Battalion Manchester Rifles: For most conspicuous bravery, devotion to duty and self-sacrifice during operations at Manchester Redoubt, near St.… Great War Commander — British Expeditionary Force
Yanks Are Coming Scenario#: 30     Date: 1918-08-09     Location: Chipilly Ridge, France General Pershing continues to struggle with his Allies who want to take and absorb his American units into their own armies. One such division is the 33rd from Illinois. Since June it has trained with British lll Corps at the … Great War Commander — British Expeditionary Force
A Stand-Up Fight Scenario#: T04     Date: 1918-04-20     Location: Seicheprey, France Minor spring raids against the new American troops produce little. Then on 20 April, the night is misty and visibility is poor. A heavy two-hour bombardment opens against the U.S. 102nd Regiment, 26th “Yankee” Division stationed at Saint Mihiel… Great War Commander — Tournaments
Colincamps Scenario#: 135     Date: 26 March 1918     Location: Colincamps, France Germany’s 1918 Spring Offensive, Operation Michael, along the Western Front, was a last-ditch attempt for Germany to win the war before American forces entered Europe in large numbers. On March 26, as part of the Battle of Rosières, the Germans … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Devil Dogs Scenario#: 13     Date: 1918-06-06     Location: Belleau Wood, France With little coordination and notice to the attacking forces, the marines struck at Belleau Wood at 1700 hours. Major Ben Berry's 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, crossed wheat fields and struck at the Woods waist. A creeping barrage was supposed to … Great War Commander — Great War Commander
Fast and Furious Scenario#: 44     Date: 1918-10-08     Location: Chatel-Chehery, France "The Germans got us, and they got us right smart. They just stopped us dead in our tracks. Their machine guns were up there on the heights overlooking us and well hidden, and we couldn't tell for certain where the terrible heavy fire was coming from… Great War Commander — Battle Pack 12
Faverolles Scenario#: 42     Date: 1918-06-03     Location: Faverolles, France Excerpt from a French officer’s diary (167th Regiment d’Infanterie): “The attacks on the 3rd would be extraordinarily fierce. At 4 am the German artillery, launched a violent fire. The 75 behind us retaliated violently, and it was under a deadly… Great War Commander — Battle Pack 10
Flesh and Iron Scenario#: 11     Date: 1918-05-31     Location: Plateau de Chaudun, France By 0900, the French 11 Corps d'Armée comes under heavy pressure, to hold the line at Vierzy-Neuilly Saint Front. To offset the pressure, the Division Marocaine counter attacks as soon as possible in the direction of Parcy-Tigny. A Brigade de … Great War Commander — Great War Commander
Guillemont Farm Scenario#: T03     Date: 1918-09-29     Location: Bony, France When the 27th US Division arrived in the Bony area to take its starting positions for the combined attack on the St Quentin Canal, the area had not been secured as planned by the British III Corps, and the Americans … Great War Commander — Tournaments
Guillemont Farm Scenario#: 43     Date: 1918-09-29     Location: Bony, France When the 27th US Division arrived in the Bony sector to take its starting positions for the combined attack on the St Quentin canal, the area had not been secured as expected by the British III Corps, and the Americans worked for three clays and… Great War Commander — Battle Pack 11
Lost Battalion Scenario#: 16     Date: 1918-10-07     Location: Argonne Forest, France Tasked with taking a sector of Argonne Forest from the Germans, the 77th U.S. Division attacked on October 2nd. From the first waves, things went wrong. 1st Battalion of 308th Regiment advanced on the extreme left, the rest of 308th … Great War Commander — Great War Commander
Niergnies Scenario#: 140     Date: 8 October 1918     Location: Niergnies, France Towards the end of the second battle of Cambrai, British Mark IV tanks of 12th Battalion confronted a number of German captured Mark IVs. Under orders to support the advance of the 63rd Division to capture the German trench line … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Over There Scenario#: 10     Date: 1918-05-28     Location: Cantigny, France First U.S. troops arrived in France in July 1917, but they needed numbers and training. Over the winter-spring not much happened except a German raid at Seicheprey in April. By May, the Doughboys wanted in the fight. The big German … Great War Commander — Great War Commander
Retreat, Hell Scenario#: 12     Date: 1918-06-04     Location: Belleau Wood, France At dawn, exhausted remnants of the French 43 Division continued to pass through the US Marine line set up west of Belleau Wood. The 5th Marine Regiment of the 2nd Division, led by Colonel Wendell Neville, waited. Units of … Great War Commander — Great War Commander
Rock of the Marne Scenario#: 15     Date: 1918-07-15     Location: Marne River, France Spring-Summer 1918 brought the last German offensives on the Western Front. General Ludendorff's closing effort was against the Marne River line to the south, 56 miles away from Paris. The French there were reeling. Fresh American divisions rushed… Great War Commander — Great War Commander
Second Battle of Villers Scenario#: 136     Date: 24 April 1918     Location: Villers-Bretonneux, France In early April, the Germans renewed their efforts towards Villers-Bretonneux, a town on the high ground to the south of the city of Amiens. Through Amiens ran the main north-south rail line in northern France. Cutting the line would seriously … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Seizing Bouresches Scenario#: 14     Date: 1918-06-06     Location: Bouresches, France When French General Joseph Degoutte ordered an attack on Belleau Wood, the American Marines were eager to oblige. Two days earlier, they had succeeded in stopping the German advance at Mares Farm and elsewhere. Starting at positions west of the … Great War Commander — Great War Commander
St. Quentin Scenario#: 134     Date: 21 March 1918     Location: St. Quentin, France The German commander, General Erich Ludendorff, in the spring of 1918, believed it was essential for Germany to use the troops freed from the Eastern Front from the collapse of Russia, to achieve a victory against the war-weary Allies on … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Villers-Bretonneux (Tank vs Tank) Scenario#: 137     Date: 24 April 1918     Location: Villers-Bretonneux, France Fighting was already taking place in the streets of Villers-Bretonneux, when Captain Brown’s three tanks, a male and two females, all Mk IVs, were ordered to support the infantry between Villers and Cachy. Second Lieutenant Mitchell was in command of… the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion