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Burzevo Scenario#: R Date: 12/2/1941 Location: Burzevo, Russia Along the Minsk-Moscow highway, von Kluge’s Fourth Army made a last, desperate effort to dislodge the defending Russians b y an encircling attack from the south. The only real progress was made by the 258th Infantry Division which managed to capture… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #28.3
Act with the Utmost Vigour Scenario#: 202 Date: December 1, 1941 Location: Derna, Libya In late November 1941, the LRDG had been given orders to "act with the utmost vigor offensively against any enemy targets or communications within reach". Y1 Patrol, under the command of Captan Frank Simms, was instructed to attack … Undaunted — Undaunted: Reinforcements
Tikhvin Scenario#: 4116 Date: 12/1/1941 Location: Tikhvin, Russia As the final assault on Leningrad ground to a halt, Army Group North made one last bid to link up with the Finns who were advancing to the east of Lake Ladoga. Because of the difficult campaign they had been … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Twelve Miles from Moscow Scenario#: 25 Date: 29 Nov 1941 Location: Alabuschevo, Russia By the middle of November, the ground had frozen enough to allow movement. The Germans once again decided on a pincer move. The goal was to link up at the city of Noginsk, east of the capital. Kampfgruppe Fricke, including … Band of Brothers — Ghost Panzer
Fall of Gondar Scenario#: 17150 Date: 11/27/1941 Location: Gondar, Abyssinia In November 1941, during the last stage of the East Africa campaign, the British army attacked the mountainous area of Amhara defended by troops of Italian General Nasi. After the surrender of Uolchefit and Culquaber Pass garrisons, the Commonwealth… Memoir '44 — Open de France 2016
Nocturnal Attrition Scenario#: J030 Date: 11/26/1941 Location: Sidi Rezegh, Libya Operation Crusader was boiling around the Sidi Rezeg area, and General Freyberg's New Zealand 6th Brigade was dangerously exposed. The Kiwis were perched on the Sidi Rezeg ridge and airfield, sandwiched between the German 155th Infantry Regiment on… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2
Battle for Rostov Scenario#: 3723 Date: 11/26/1941 Location: Rostov, Russia The Battle for Rostov was a seesaw battle. Army Group South, with Ewald von Kleist's 1st Panzer Army in the vanguard, had taken the city by November 21st. But the German lines were over-extended and no longer in position to … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Battle for Rostov Scenario#: 1492 Date: 11/26/1941 Location: Rostov, Russia The Battle for Rostov was a seesaw battle. Army Group South, with Ewald von Kleist's 1st Panzer Army in the vanguard, had taken the city by November 21st. But the German lines were over-extended and no longer in position … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules
Dug in at Sidi Omar Scenario#: 1324 Date: 11/25/1941 Location: Sidi Omar, Libya Having extricated himself from a very precarious position at Sidi Rezegh airfield, Rommel looked for ways to press his advantage. He sent his Afrikakorps toward Sidi Omar, in the hope of re-establishing himself on the border and turning his victory … Memoir '44 — Mediterranean Theater
Town and Fort Scenario#: NA08 Date: 1941/11/24 Location: El Ezzeiat, Libya In November 1941, the LRDG, now under the command of the newly formed Eighth Army, moved from Kufra to Siwa in central Libya, to support Operation Crusader. On 24 November, when the battle in the Tobruk-Bardiyah area reached a … Undaunted — Undaunted: North Africa
Dash for the Wire Scenario#: 20955 Date: 11/24/1941 Location: Salloum, Libya After the battle of Sidi Rezegh near Tobruk, British forces were greatly reduced and they retreated to regroup. Rommel used this by making an flanking attack to hit the British in their rear. "The wire", an old Italian barrier … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2019
Counter-Attack at Sverchkovo Scenario#: 5519 Date: 11/24/1941 Location: Sverchkovo, Russia Despite the cold, Operation Typhoon is in full gear: the Germans are trudging through snow toward Moscow. On November 23, they capture the towns of Klin and Solnechnogorsk. For the Russians, the situation is becoming catastrophic - … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2009
Sunday of the Dead Scenario#: 28 Date: November 23, 1941 Location: Sidi Rezegh, Libya Day 6 of Operation Crusader found the 6th South African Brigade deployed in anticipation of a German attack near Point 178. The attack commenced around 1500 hours and drew intense artillery and AT fire from the defenders, causing the German … Panzer (YAQ) — 88: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat on the North African Front, 1940-1942
Totensonntag Scenario#: D09 Date: 1941-11-23 Location: Gambut, Libya Torensonntag was the German version of Memorial Day and All Souls' Day combined, and literally means Sunday of the Dead. On this particular Sunday, however, during the height of the Sidi Rezeg battles of Operation CRUSADER, the Afrika Korps had … Tank Leader — Desert Steel
Relief of Tobruk Scenario#: 23748 Date: November 23, 1941 Location: Tobruk, Libya As part of the drive to relieve the besieged city of Tobruk, the 6th New Zealand Brigade and 8th Royal Tank Regiment assaulted a German position simply known as Point 175. Overconfident by recent success against Italian forces, they were … Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios
Sunday of the Dead Scenario#: G09 Date: 11/23/1941 Location: Sidi Rezegh, Libya The 5th South African Infantry Brigade was preparing to assault Point 178 just to its north, when the 15th Panzer Division, moving southwesterly, unexpectedly (from both sides’ point of view) smashed into its southern end, scattering most of its… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #25.6
Point of No Return Scenario#: 42 Date: 11/23/1941 Location: Sidi Rezegh, Libya As part of the drive to open a corridor to Tobruk, the 2nd New Zealand Division was ordered to seize the heights dominating the eastern approaches to Ed Duda. Resistance was surprisingly feeble, as most Germans surrendered rather quickly. In their… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5 - West of Alamein
Totensonntag Scenario#: 52 Date: 23 Nov 1941 Location: Sidi Rezegh, Libya In North Africa, there was far more desert than there were troops and equipment available to hold the terrain, so the opposing “lines” were often a series of loosely connected outposts, fortified camps, and bands of vehicles that formed defensive … Tide of Iron — Designer Series
Dash to the Wire Scenario#: 48 Date: 23 Nov 1941 Location: Sidi Rezegh, Libya Throughout the month of January, the British 8th Army had to choose between running or fighting to try to delay or stop the pursuing Germans. Rommel ’s advance and the British retreat became a series of local engagements between opposing … Tide of Iron — Designer Series
Nach Moskau! Scenario#: 4717 Date: 11/23/1941 Location: Kimki, Russia By November, Operation Typhoon is in full swing. The Wermacht is at the gates of Moscow. Up North, Klin has fallen and XXXX. Panzer Korps is rumbling towards the Soviet capital. But the Russians are hanging on somehow, with ?General … Memoir '44 — Breakthrough
Sidi Rezegh Airfield Scenario#: 4246 Date: 11/22/1941 Location: Sidi Rezegh, Libya Operation Crusader, the third and ultimately successful British attempt to try and break Rommel's stranglehold on Tobruk, began in a horrendous rainstorm on November 18, 1941. While one British corps was taking up position near Halfaya Pass, the… Memoir '44 — Mediterranean Theater
Castles on the Horizon Scenario#: J186 Date: 11/20/1941 Location: Bir Bu Meliha, Libya Panzer-Division 15 was moving in the direction of Gabr Saleh. Late in the day they came upon the 4th Armoured Brigade’s Honeys which were this time “…in good defensive terrain with the sun behind them and their ammunition racks full”. 22nd Armoured… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #12
Is Anyone Out There? Scenario#: HoNA09 Date: 1941-11-19 Location: Bir El Gubi, Lybia Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of North Africa
Half A Chance Scenario#: 21 Date: November 19, 1941 Location: Bir El Gubi, Libya On the second day of Operation Crusader, the southwest flank of the Axis front was occupied by the Italian Ariete Armored Division. Alerted that a British attack was imminent, they had prepared defenses behind areas of low-lying ground turned boggy … Panzer (YAQ) — 88: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat on the North African Front, 1940-1942
Blazin’ Chariots Scenario#: 19 Date: November 19, 1941 Location: Gabr Saleh, Libya On the second day of Operation Crusader, Kampfgruppe Stephan had been formed from units of the 21st Panzer Division in response to reports of incursions of British tanks. Kampfgruppe Stephan encountered elements of the 4th Armoured Brigade alone in… Panzer (YAQ) — 88: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat on the North African Front, 1940-1942
Operation CRUSADER Scenario#: 8D0 Date: 1941-11-19 Location: Sidi Rezegh, Libya The British winter offensive began on 19 November 1941 with the seattering of Eígth Army's armored forces: 7th Armoured Brigade drove on the escarpment at Sidi Rezeg, 22nd Armoured bogged down attacking the well dug-in Ariete Division at Bir el … Tank Leader — Desert Steel
Half a Chance Scenario#: 56 Date: 11/19/1941 Location: Bir el Gubi, Libya The Italian 132nd “Ariete” Armored Division, positioned 37 miles south of Tobruk, received intelligence that an assault was imminent and prepared its defenses behind areas of low-lying ground turned boggy by heavy rains. Skillfully camouflaged, its… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 7 - Hollow Legions (2nd Edition)
Blazin' Chariots Scenario#: 35 Date: 11/19/1941 Location: Gabr Saleh, Libya The 4th Armoured Brigade, probing northeast of Gabr Saleh, was driving a German recon unit before it. The Afrika Korps at last reacted, quickly forming several units of the 21st Panzer Division into Kampfgruppe Stephan which set out to investigate… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5 - West of Alamein
Operation Crusader Scenario#: 3129 Date: 11/19/1941 Location: Sidi Rezegh, Libya The Marmaric Desert, November 19, 1941 - General Auchinleck orders General Cunningham, to launch the British Eighth Army into a massive offensive into Libya in a bid to destroy the Italo-German armored divisions and free up the garrison in Tobruk. … Memoir '44 — Breakthrough
Operation Crusader Scenario#: 14 Date: Nov 1941 Location: Sidi Rezegh, Libya By November of 1941, the British had heavily reinforced the 8th Army and launched attacks with their new Crusader tanks. Confusing, see-saw armor battles raged between the 7th Armored Division ( “Desert Rats ”) and Rommel's Panzergruppe Afrika.… Tide of Iron — Days of the Fox
The Hedgehog of Piepsk Scenario#: D Date: 11/14/1941 Location: Piepsk, Russia Despite a heavy beating, the Soviet Army was still holding the field and, in some areas, giving better than they got. However, the German ranks were thinning out as their manpower resources were called upon time and again to fight just one more… Advanced Squad Leader — Classic ASL
The Ambush Scenario#: NA09 Date: 1941/11/10 Location: Benghazi, Libya While supporting Operation Crusader, the LRDG was tasked with offensive operations along the coastal road, the enemy’s main resupply route. The relief of a besieged Tobruk was at stake, and the British were throwing everything they had at a… Undaunted — Undaunted: North Africa
The Prize Scenario#: NA12 Date: 1941/11/05 Location: North-eastern, Libya While supporting Operation Crusader, the LRDG were tasked with offensive operations along the coastal road, the enemy’s main resupply route. The relief of a besieged Tobruk was at stake, and the British were throwing everything they had at a much … Undaunted — Undaunted: North Africa
Gorlovka Scenario#: 17176 Date: 11/2/1941 Location: Gorlovka, Ukraine In early November 1941, the Italian troops of the CSIR (Corpo di Spedizione Italiano in Russia) had reached the Donbass. Regiments 79 and 80 of the Infantry Division Pasubio were ordered to capture the industrial city of Gorlovka. On … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2016
Tula, Road to Moscow Scenario#: 23745 Date: October 29, 1941 Location: Tula, Russia In October 1941, Axis forces launched Operation Typhoon, a large offensive against Moscow. In late October, a German vanguard was nearing the city of Tula, about 200 kilometers south of the Soviet Union capital. With limited armor support, due to … Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios
Breaking the Ishun Line Scenario#: O02 Date: 10/19/1941 Location: Ishun, Ukraine Eleventh Army's drive east had brought it to the Perekop Isthmus, the doorway to the Crimea and Sevastopol. Here, two Russian defensive belts stretched the breadth of the isthmus. The first belt, 5 to 7 miles in depth, was around Perekop and… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 1
Gates of Moscow Scenario#: 3716 Date: 10/18/1941 Location: Moscow, Russia In October, the German High Command launched the final offensive of 1941 - Unternehmen Taifun (Operation Typhoon). The initial German success on the Eastern Front had put them deep into the Soviet Union on all fronts, but the advance slowed … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Gates of Moscow Scenario#: 1325 Date: 10/18/1941 Location: Moscow, Russia In October, the German High Command launched the final offensive of 1941 - Operation Typhoon. The initial German success on the Eastern Front had put them deep into the Soviet Union on all fronts, but the advance slowed before they … Memoir '44 — Eastern Front
Last Push To Mozhaisk Scenario#: J115 Date: 10/17/1941 Location: Mozhaisk, Russia After nearly a week of exhausting combat, the Russian 32nd Rifle Division had proved to be as effective as its German counterparts. In order to speed up the advance towards the Soviet capital, the Germans were compelled to break through Russian… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #8
Borodino Train Station Scenario#: J105 Date: 10/16/1941 Location: Borodino, Russia The armored spearheads of the 10th Panzer Division had reached an important railway junction on the road to Moscow. Kampfgruppe Hauenschildt was tasked to hold the Borodino Train Station while armored elements of the division were to push forward… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #7
Flanking Flamethrowers Scenario#: J104 Date: 10/15/1941 Location: Semenovskaya, Russia The landscape south and west of Borodino was covered with snow by first light on 15 October, but the skies were clear. The 32rd Rifle Division was holding its ground against the German onslaught, when some fresh elements of the 86th Schützen Regiment… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #7
Lenin's Sons Scenario#: J103 Date: 10/14/1941 Location: Yudinki, Russia To the south of Borodino, the SS Das Reich was committed to several actions aimed at breaking the Soviet lines in order to rush towards the east. The Der Fuhrer Regiment, fighting on the southern flank of the Division, had regrouped and was to seize… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #7
The Yelnya Bridge Scenario#: J102 Date: 10/13/1941 Location: Yelnya, Russia After the collapse of Soviet forces facing Army Group Center, a handful of Russian units were sent to defend the main communications routes to Moscow -- the most critical of which was the Minsk highway which ran south of Borodino. Meanwhile, the 10th… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #7
Vyazma Scenario#: 24 Date: 9 Oct 1941 Location: Vyazma, Russia The 11th was transferred north to be part of Operation Typhoon, the planned drive on Moscow. The first part of the operation was yet another pincer move - this one would end west of the Russian capital. The division attacked … Band of Brothers — Ghost Panzer
Sea of Azov Scenario#: 3734 Date: 10/7/1941 Location: Melitopol, Russia On September 26, 1941, Soviet units from the 9th and 18th Army attack the northern flank of the German 11th Army. The 1st Mountain Division and the "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" Motorized Division are rushed into position to bolster the … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
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
Operation Typhoon Scenario#: 24 Date: October 1941 Location: Bryansk, Russia Moscow was one of Germany's primary military objects in their invasion of the Soviet Union. It was probably driven more by a political imperative than the strategic measures it offered. Operation Typhoon was Germany's offensive to capture Moscow.… Panzer (GMT) — Exp. #2 The Final Forces On The Eastern Front
Bring Up the Guns Scenario#: E08 Date: September 28, 1941 Location: Velikiye Luki, Russia It was said that the men in Assault gun platoons led short, eventful lives. A tank heavy Soviet force pressures the German lines North of Velikiye Luki. Assault guns are moved up to bolster the troops and heat … Old School Tactical — Volume 1 Eastern Front
Sea of Azov Scenario#: 1491 Date: 9/26/1941 Location: Melitopol, Russia On September 26, 1941, Soviet units from the 9th and 18th Army attack the northern flank of the German 11th Army. The 1st Mountain Division and the "LSSAH" Motorized Division are rushed into position to bolster the German lines. Although … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules
Dawn of the Dead Scenario#: K05 Date: Late Summer, 1941 Location: Belgorod, Russia 1941 wasn’t all about retreats. The Germans were exhausted, they had fought, they had pushed, hard. Last night the advance ended in the small village, the men in gray collapsing from fatigue, sentries bleary eyed. The next morning the sun … Old School Tactical — Volume 1 Eastern Front