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A New Kind of Foe Scenario#: 34     Date: 6/24/1941     Location: Seirijai, Lithuania By nightfall of June 22nd, the German V Infantry Corps had broken through the Soviet border defenses and established a bridgehead across the Nieman River some 40 miles away. Later that night a bridging column of the 5th Infantry Division was ambushed… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 4 - Partisan!
Slamming of the Door Scenario#: 129     Date: 8/17/1941     Location: Panikovo Forest, Russia To take Luga, a Soviet strongpoint on the "Leningrad Highway", the German 409th Infantry Regiment crossed the Oredezh River with plans to take the village of Panikovo. As they moved toward the village the Russians sprung a trap, sending troops and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
Tavronitis Bridge Scenario#: 93     Date: 5/20/1941     Location: Maleme, Crete The airfield at Maleme figured prominently in the German plans for the capture of Crete. “Group West”. Commanded most of the 1st Assault Regiment under the command of General Meindl, consisted of three detachments: one to land at the Tavronitis… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5a - For King and Country
Bofors Bashing Scenario#: 94     Date: 5/20/1941     Location: Maleme Airfield, Crete For thirty minutes the Luftwaffe hammered the airfield at Maleme, concentrating on the AA positions near the mouth of the dry Tavronitis. Certainly the Bofors gunners at Maleme had an unenviable task. They had, of necessity, to be sited well forward… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5a - For King and Country
Descent into Hell Scenario#: 95     Date: 5/20/1941     Location: Maleme, Crete The glider detachments of Braun and von Plessen were ordered to capture the western approaches to the vitally important Maleme airfield and secure the right flank of the Assault Regiment before joining Major Koch and the main body at the field… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5a - For King and Country
The Professionals Scenario#: 144     Date: 4/7/1941     Location: Pirot, Yugoslavia On April 6th, the Wehrmacht erupted across the Yugoslavian borders. The Yugoslavs repeatedly performed individual acts of heroism -- attacking the panzers with grenades and Molotov cocktails -- but collectively the Yugoslavian army was outclassed and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (3rd Edition)
Probing Layforce Scenario#: 99     Date: 5/28/1941     Location: Babali Hani, Crete On Crete, once again the British forces had suffered defeat and were in retreat, streaming towards the beaches at Sfakia and evacuation by the Royal Navy. The pursuing German mountain troops were pressing hard, and had to be checked. The commandos of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5a - For King and Country
Commando Schenke Scenario#: 126     Date: 6/28/1941     Location: Liepaja, Latvia The evening of June 24, Infantry-Regiment 505 was established within 12 km of Liepaja in Latvia. The following day, jointly with Kriegsmarine commandos led by Lieutenant-Commander Schenke, the 505th attempted to take the maritime fortress by surprise… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
They Fired on Odessa... Scenario#: 220     Date: 9/22/1941     Location: Grigorievka, Russia Since the end of July, the Germans had reached the Crimea and the outskirts of Odessa. The Russians fought tooth and nail but, day after day, the perimeter defense narrowed. Using their fleet on the Black Sea, the Soviet command decided to launch a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion (2nd Edition)
On Silent Wings Scenario#: 98     Date: 5/20/1941     Location: Canea, Crete Lieutenant Alfred Genz’s 1st Company had two objectives in the airborne assault on Crete. First, to neutralize the anti-aircraft battery located south of Canea and, second, to capture a nearby wireless station. Most of his gliders touched down near… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5a - For King and Country
Debacle at Korosten Scenario#: 130     Date: 8/30/1941     Location: Kiev, Russia As the Russian front spread with each German success, vast gaps were left in the main line. These gaps proved to be perfect avenues of approach for the far-ranging Russian cavalry. One such daring group, the 1st Regiment, 2nd Cavalry Division, rode… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
Showdown in Syria Scenario#: 249     Date: 6/20/1941     Location: Mezze, Syria By nightfall on 19 June, the Allied position at Mezzeh was desperate. Ammunition was running low, no food had been eaten for 24 hours, casualties were severe, and medical supplies were exhausted. During the night (when Vichy attacks were suspended),… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
Revenge at Kastelli Scenario#: 45     Date: 5/20/1941     Location: Kastelli, Crete A number of Greek regiments, understrength and poorly armed but with grim determination after the defeats of the past month, were on Crete. On the day of the German paratroop assault, one such – the 1st, numbering a bit over 1000 men – was stationed… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 6 - The Last Hurrah
Rude Awakening Scenario#: 47     Date: 4/9/1941     Location: Alibunara, Yugoslavia At the time of the invasion on 6 April, the Yugoslavian Army was in the midst of mobilization; only eleven divisions were ready to face the thirty German, fourteen Italian and five Hungarian divisions that plunged into their country. Confusion and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 6 - The Last Hurrah
A Stiff Fight Scenario#: 147     Date: 12/12/1941     Location: Asun, Malaya At the start of the Malayan Campaign, British forces thrust into Thailand with the intent of capturing strategic points to deny them to the Japanese. Once the Japanese landed at Kota Bharu, however, the British realized they would soon be flanked and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 13 - Rising Sun
In the Old Tradition Scenario#: DASL22     Date: 12/31/1941     Location: Kampar, Malaya The British had continued their withdrawal to Kampar, a position of considerable strength. Two high, jungle-covered ridges bordered a relatively open area consisting of nearly one thousand yards of open paddies and fields, giving the British… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
Siam Sambal Scenario#: 248     Date: 1/16/1941     Location: Yang Dang Khum, Cambodia On 5 January 1941, following the report of a French attack on the Thai border town of Aranyaprathet, the Thai Burapha and Isan Armies launched an offensive on Laos and Cambodia. French response was instantaneous, but many units were simply swept… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
Blood Enemies Scenario#: 219     Date: 4/13/1941     Location: Mostar, Yugoslavia The conglomerate nation of Yugoslavia was formulated in the post-WWI power struggle to carve up the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Croatians, hoping to become an independent nation, were dissatisfied with being part of a government largely controlled by… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion (2nd Edition)
Just an Illusion Scenario#: 247     Date: 1/16/1941     Location: Phum Preav, French Indochina The reverse suffered by the French army at the hands of the Japanese aggression led the new Thai government to strongly reaffirm its intention to reintegrate Laos and Cambodia into the motherland. The state of latent war came to a sudden end on 10… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
Headhunting For Bloody Huns Scenario#: DASL21     Date: 5/20/1941     Location: Modhion, Crete The village of Modhion lay about a mile south of the coast road, midway between Maleme and Platanias. It was the home of a divisional field punishment unit,as well as an engineer unit which was dug-in on the hills around the village. The morning had… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
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
Shklov's Labors Lost Scenario#: T04     Date: 7/11/1941     Location: Shklov, Russia In the town of Shklov, the German advance was frustrated by the determined defense of a handful of young Soviets. Skillfully using every advantage, the young officer cadets, known as “Stalin Scholars”, were able to beat back the advance of the… Advanced Squad Leader — Classic ASL
First Crisis at Army Group North Scenario#: 125     Date: 6/25/1941     Location: Plavy, Lithuania When Army Group North moved toward the River Daugava, the Russian command detailed the 3rd Mechanized Corps to stop them. Over 100 of the Soviet tanks were the new super-heavy KV models. The Germans had no guns which could penetrate these monsters.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
Land Leviathans Scenario#: 127     Date: 7/3/1941     Location: Lipki, Russia Under pressure from Stalin to hold Smolensk, Yeremenko was desperate to halt the German offensive. On 1 July, he committed his sole armored reserve: the 1st Moscow Motorized Rifle Division. It was a crack unit, the pride of the STAVKA. Equipped with… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
The Dead of Winter Scenario#: T06     Date: 12/29/1941     Location: Naro, Russia The German army was frozen in place. Bitter cold and deep snow made the thinly-clad Wehrmacht dig in and fight first for warmth, then the Russians. The Siberians were well equipped for war in the snow, but the Soviet High Command still threw them… Advanced Squad Leader — Classic ASL
A Desperate Affair Scenario#: 97     Date: 5/20/1941     Location: Heraklion, Crete The mission of the German paratroopers approaching Heraklion was to take the town and its airfield in order to land troops of the 5th Mountain Division. As the paratroopers jumped from the Junker Ju52s, each armed with only a few grenades and a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5a - For King and Country
The Defense of Luga Scenario#: 128     Date: 7/19/1941     Location: Leningrad, Russia SEIGE As German panzers drove toward Leningrad, they bypassed potentially dangerous Russian armored groups. When these attempted to break out, handling them fell to infantry and anti-tank units. One such instance occurred at Luga, where elements of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
Fighting Withdrawal Scenario#: 1     Date: 9/2/1941     Location: Terijoki, Finland The Finns, seeking restitution for the Winter War of 1939, had erupted across the borders and breached the Soviet Karelian front even as the crisis to the south of Leningrad came. In a desperate attempt to salvage something and form a new defense… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
Red Packets Scenario#: 6     Date: 6/22/1941     Location: Zhabinki, Russia The German invasion was crushing Russian initial defenses everywhere. After considerable delay, Timoshenko gave the orders to open the “red packets”. The instructions in these cover plans were to be obeyed. The 42nd Rifle Division’s independent… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
The Citadel Scenario#: 10     Date: 6/25/1941     Location: Brest-Litovsk, Belarus In the wake of the astonishing gains of the German armored spearheads, the infantry had to mop up bypassed strongpoints. Taking the ancient fortress of Brest-Litovsk fell to the 45th Infantry. Moats, river branches and canals divided the Citadel… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
Fratricidal Fighting Scenario#: 81     Date: 6/20/1941     Location: Damascus, Syria The Allied invasion of Syria and Lebanon was conducted primarily by the 7th Australian Division, the 5th Indian Infantry Brigade and the brigade-strength Free French Division. A week later they were about ten miles south of Damascus but facing strong… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre
Balkan Sideshow Scenario#: 111     Date: 4/13/1941     Location: Szenttanas, Yugoslavia Now it was Yugoslavia's turn to be in the center of the German blitzkrieg. Operation "Merita" had begun and the country was attacked on all sides. As Hungarian "Group Sandor" advanced through abandoned Yugoslavian positions, it was ordered to push… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion
Out of Cowardice Scenario#: 112     Date: 4/13/1941     Location: Senta, Yugoslavia Immediately after Yugoslavian regent Prince Paul signed the Tripartite Pact to join with Germany and Italy, military leaders overthrew the regime, rescinding the agreement. Hitler then launched Operation Punishment as a lesson on the costs of defying… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion
Liberating Bessarabia Scenario#: 113     Date: 7/5/1941     Location: Branzeni, Romania At the onset of Barbarossa, Romania's primary goal was recapturing from the Russians its lost lands in Bessarabia and northern Bukovina. Although the Russians successfully resisted the initial assaults in the area, by the end of June the Axis had… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion
Cautious Crusaders Scenario#: 114     Date: 7/23/1941     Location: Lipovic, Ukraine Joining in Germany's “Crusade against Bolshevism”, a newly formed Slovakian “Mobile Group” crossed the border into the Ukraine. Leading the attack were the bicyclists and tanks of the Motorized Reconnaissance Group. Near the village of Lipovic, a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion
Breakout From Prääzä Scenario#: 167     Date: 8/8/1941     Location: Karelia, Russia The Finnish attack to capture the vital crossroads at the village of Prääzä had stalled in front of the objective. To get the attack rolling Jalkavakirykmentti (Infantry Regiment) 50 was dispatched to outflank the defenders. After a march through the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
Forest Bastion Scenario#: 168     Date: 9/8/1941     Location: Niiniselkä, Russia As part of the general attack aimed at the Karelian capital of Petrozavodsk, the Finnish 11th Division was ordered to take the village of Prääzä, an important road junction over which the two sides had been fighting for a while. The division devised… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
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
Escape from Derna Scenario#: 38     Date: 4/7/1941     Location: Derna, Libya As Rommel’s first offensive pushed across Cyrenaica, the British fighting withdrawal became a rout. Those forces falling back along the northern and southern edges of the Djebel Akhdar gravitated to the seaside town of Derna, where the coast road… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5 - West of Alamein
Turning the Tables Scenario#: 39     Date: 3/31/1941     Location: Mersa el Brega, Libya The main line of defense in Libya was a natural bottleneck along the coast at Mersa el Brega, with the sea on one flank and an extensive salt marsh on the other. The British mined and wired this line extensively. Rommel launched a full scale assault… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5 - West of Alamein
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
Bridge to Nowhere Scenario#: 54     Date: 8/12/1941     Location: Yasnaya Polyana, Ukraine In July 1941 Mussolini sent the 62,000-strong CSIR (Italian Expeditionary Corps) to the Eastern Front. Its three divisions and attached troops linked up with the Wehrmacht in Romania, where the corps vehicular transport was pooled in order to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 7 - Hollow Legions (2nd Edition)
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)
Ci Arrendiamo Scenario#: 58     Date: 2/7/1941     Location: Agedabia, Libya "We Surrender" - In an attempt to halt the Italian 10th Army which was retreating south from Benghazi, Combeforce – a motor infantry battalion reinforced with artillery and armored cars – was dispatched ahead of the pursuing British 7th Armored… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 7 - Hollow Legions (2nd Edition)
Directive Number Three Scenario#: AP007     Date: 6/27/1941     Location: Dubno, Russia On June 22nd, “Barbarossa” struck the Soviet Union. Unlike the other Army Groups, Army Group South would have to fight through solid defenses held by troops skillfully led and determined to fight. By the 23rd, a breach of the front between the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #1
Best Think Again Scenario#: AP093     Date: 6/24/1941     Location: Saudininkai, Lithuania The first encounter with Soviet heavy tanks proved to be a shock for German panzer crews, whose rounds simply bounced off the Soviet behemoths. Even the Germans’ high-density AP rounds were of little use against the KV tanks. To break out of their… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #10
Mechanized Sacrifice Scenario#: AP122     Date: 6/24/1941     Location: Lutsk, Ukraine At the end of the first day of the war, General Kiponos was ordered to counterattack toward Vladimir-Volynski, destroying all German forces in his path. As unrealistic as this was, Kirponos had no choice but to obey. The five mechanized corps… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #13 Oktoberfest XXXII
Busting in Balta Scenario#: AP123     Date: 8/3/1941     Location: Balta, Ukraine Balta was to be bypassed by the main German force as the attack towards Odessa continued. However, Pioneer-Regiment 744 was ordered to capture Balta to protect the flank of the main attack. At 0840, Kompanie C attacked from the southeast. After an… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #13 Oktoberfest XXXII
Lunch in Luga Scenario#: AP124     Date: 8/24/1941     Location: Luga, Russia In order to complete the encirclement of Leningrad, the so-called “Luga Line” had to be broken first. The Germans began their assault on 22 August with Infanterie-Division 269 fighting its way slowly to the west from Luga into the river bend to the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #13 Oktoberfest XXXII
Carrier Hill Scenario#: AP160     Date: 4/22/1941     Location: Tobruk, Libya SEIGE The Australian commander of the Tobruk garrison, Major General Leslie Morshead, was not content to rest on the laurels of his Easter victory against Rommel's first assault on the fortress. ln response to a newspaper headline "Tobruk Can Take It." he… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under