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3rd RTR in the Rain Scenario#: J043     Date: 5/23/1940     Location: Guines, France In their attempts to stem the German advance to Calais and other port cities, the British dispatched the 3rd Royal Tank Brigade, composed of the 2nd king's Royal Rifles and the 1st Queen's Victoria Rifles. On 23 May, these units sallied aggressively… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3
A Bridge Too Near Scenario#: W81     Date: 21-Apr-40     Location: Verdel, Norway Following their landing at Namsos, the British 146th Brigade had been pushing tentatively towards German-held Trondheim while awaiting reinforcements. So far, opposition had been encountered only from the air, but when their most advanced elements… Squad Leader — Wargamers Pack 1
A Day At The Races Scenario#: W100     Date: 19-Dec-44     Location: Dom Butengenbach, Belgium The final Nazi holdout was thought to be centered in the Alps of Southern Germany. Allied fears that the Nazis might fall back to some form of National Redoubt sen t U.S. columns speeding towards Austria. These armored fingers lost … Squad Leader — Wargamers Pack 2
A Most Gallant Dirty Little Imp Scenario#: 76     Date: 15-May-40     Location: Dyle River Line, La Tombe Vicinity, Belgium Second Lieutenant Richard Annand was the recipient of the first Victoria Cross awarded during the Second World War. At 11 a.m. on 15 May the Germans of the 31st lnfantry Division launched a violent attack and pushed forward a bridging … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #5: The Fall of the West
A Real Barn Burner Scenario#: J183     Date: 5/31/1940     Location: Amagne, France In contrast to their comrades to the west, the French Aisne River front held firm against the German attacks in May. The 14éme division d’infanterie, one of the best French units, manned the front bear Rethel. On 30 May, a reconnaissance in force was… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #12
A Wedge in the Ice Scenario#: BB09     Date: 2/11/1940     Location: Viipuri, Finland After a week of forceful probes and measured attacks, General Timoshenko’s major offensive against the Mannerheim Line was finally ready. The 123rd Division and 35th Tank Brigade were to spearhead the offensive, having undergone intensive training… Advanced Squad Leader — Backblast #2
Absolut Märkäjärvi Scenario#: AP146     Date: 3/10/1940     Location: Märkäjärvi, Finland The first two weeks of front service had passed without any major incidences for the Swedish Volunteer Corps. Both sides tried to find weaknesses in the opposite line of defense. On the very day Lieutenant Colonel Viking Tamm took a section of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #15 Swedish Volunteers
Across the Meuse Scenario#: 1287     Date: 5/13/1940     Location: Dinant, Belgium In 1940, the German plan was for Army Group B to overrun Holland and then move more slowly into Belgium to lure the bulk of the Allied armies in the Low Countries. Army Group A would then drive through the … Memoir '44 — Online Only
Across the Wire Scenario#: A061     Date: 6/16/1940     Location: Nezvet Ghirba, Libya On the afternoon of June 10th, Italy declared war upon France and England. At a single stroke, the fight had leapt beyond the confines of Europe to become a "world" conflict. On the 16th, two troops of B Squadron, 11th Hussars, were patrolling the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 93b
Action at Balberkamp Scenario#: 141     Date: 4/22/1940     Location: Trondheim, Norway After the initial landings at Oslo, the Germans began to move northward, through the valley of the Gudbrandsdalen, towards Trondheim. The Norwegians and British forces there attempted numerous blocking actions which were largely unsuccessful. One… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (3rd Edition)
Ad Hoc at Beaurains Scenario#: 91     Date: 5/21/1940     Location: Beaurains, France Quite unexpectedly, the British launched a major counterattack from Arras against the extended spearheads of Rommel’s breakthrough. The Germans were able to stop the foot soldiers but the British armor pushed on unsupported – deep into the German… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5a - For King and Country
African Brothers Scenario#: J162     Date: 7/10/1940     Location: Moyale, Kenya By the end of June 1940, the garrison of Fort Harrington had received reliable reports that Italian reinforcements were entering the twin town of Moyale at the Abyssinian border. These included three Eritrean colonial battalions, a brigade of pack… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11
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
Airaines: The Hell Scenario#: HiD28     Date: 1940-06-07     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 Tactical — Heroes in Defiance
All Ahead, Full Stop Scenario#: 88     Date: 5-Oct-40     Location: The River Medway, England The British defensive plan in the event of invasion called for the containment of German forces at a series of 'Stop Lines' based around natural defensive features. The most important of these was the Medway Stop Line to the East … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #6: Sea Lion
Arctic Assault Scenario#: 110     Date: 24-Apr-40     Location: Gratangen Valley, Narvik Front, Norway Major Stautner of the 2nd Battalion, 139th Gebirgsjager Regiment saw an opportunity to attack the isolated Norwegian 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry in the Gratangen valley. The attack was launched early on the morning of April 24th in a swirling… Combat Commander — C3I Magazine #23
Arras: Forlorn Hopes Scenario#: 27     Location: Arras, France “Frankforce” (elements of the 5th and 50th British Infantry Divisions and the 1st Tank Brigade and remnants of the 3rd DLM attack the Totenkopf SS Motorized Division and elements of the 7th Panzer Division. Panzer (AH/MMP) — Panzer Leader 1940
Art Nouveau Scenario#: 88     Date: 5/10/1940     Location: Mont-Le-Ban, Belgium Rommel’s 7th Panzer Division on a bypass bumped into units protecting the Belgian southern flank. This lightly-held part of the Belgian defense was occupied by units of the 10th Motorcycle Company, which had been scattered into three different… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions
Assault on a Queen Scenario#: U18     Date: 5/11/1940     Location: The Hague, Holland Following the spectacular success of the parachute drop on the fortress of Eben Emael, it was feared the Germans would attempt a similar raid to seize Queen Wilhelmina, infant crown Princess Beatrix, and other members of the Dutch Royal Family.… Advanced Squad Leader — Turning the Tide
Assault on the Wattenberg 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 … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Audacity! Scenario#: 238     Date: 5/28/1940     Location: Ankenes, Norway By the end of May 1940, the catastrophic unfolding of the battle for France caused the Allies to evacuate Norway. Nevertheless, it was decided to take Narvik in order to close the campaign on a victory and lessen the earlier humiliations. On the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
Battering Ram at Kvam Scenario#: 79     Date: 26-Apr-40     Location: Kvam, Norway In an effort to shore up the crumbling defenses in southern Norway the British reassigned the 15th lnfantry Division to lead the defense in the Gudbrandsdal Valley on 23 April. The 15th consisted of regular troops originally destined for the … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #5: The Fall of the West
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
Battle for the Isthmus Scenario#: HiD11     Date: 1940-05-14     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 Tactical — Heroes in Defiance
Battle of Abbeville Scenario#: 4643     Date: 5/28/1940     Location: Abbeville, France France, May 1940 - The Allied High Command has already ordered several counter-attacks against the German bridgehead on the Somme river to the south of Abbeville; alas they have all failed. After the defeat of the British 1st Armoured Division, … Memoir '44 — Breakthrough