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Steiner’s Stand Scenario#: E20     Date: March 2, 1942     Location: Demyansk, Russia Sergeant Steiner and his men have been pulling back for a week. With the cold and the Russians at their heels, the platoon has had enough. When they meet up with an AT unit, Sgt Steiner picks his spot to make a stand. They will retreat no further. Old School Tactical — Volume 1 Eastern Front
Defeat in Java Scenario#: A030     Date: 3/2/1942     Location: Soebang, Java The fate of the Dutch East Indies – a prize rich in natural resources and one of the prime objectives of the Japanese expansion – had been decided by the naval clashes off the coast of Java. After a pre-dawn landing on 1 March, elements of the Shoji… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 91
Dutch Trucks Scenario#: S077     Date: 3/2/1942     Location: Soebang, Java following successful landings, the Shoji Detachment quickly captured the Kalidjati airfield despite tenacious British resistance, while its headquarters unit, including Colonel Shoji, took the nearby town of Soebang at 0500 on 2 March. While the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit Expansion Pack #2
Probing Korsus Scenario#: AP151     Date: 3/4/1942     Location: Jandeba, Russia The Svir Front had been calm for sometime, when the Swedish Volunteers in Avdelta Kompaniet arrived at the stream Jandeba. Occasional shelling was a nuisance, and a raid to locate the source of this problem was ordered. After a few days worth of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #15 Swedish Volunteers
No Japanese Within 100 Miles Scenario#: S078     Date: 3/4/1942     Location: Leuwiliang, Java The Japanese invasion had been underway for several days with the Dutch intelligence telling their Commonwealth allies that there were no Japanese landings on the island. Despite this report, Dutch generals blew the bridge at the Tjianten River… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit Expansion Pack #2
Payagyi Burma Scenario#: 19385     Date: 3/6/1942     Location: Payagyi, Burma The British army was falling back in front o f the Japanese assault in Burma, when reinforcements arrived from North Africa. The 7th Armoured Brigade was rushed forward to check the Japanese and the forces met in the broken ground … Memoir '44 — Battle Maps Series 2 - Through Jungle and Desert
Taukkyan Roadblock Scenario#: 19391     Date: 3/6/1942     Location: Rangoon, Burma Gen Harold Alexander ordered Rangoon evacuated, but to escape, the Japanese had to be convinced Rangoon would be heavily defended. The British 7th Armoured Brigade was therefore ordered to attack the Japanese at Pegu, which did convince the Japanese… Memoir '44 — Battle Maps Series 2 - Through Jungle and Desert
Hlegu Burma Scenario#: 19392     Date: 3/6/1942     Location: Hlegu, Burma After the fight at Payagyi, the British column received word that General Alexander planned to evacuate Rangoon and the column was ordered to leave at once and join the rest of the brigade at Hlegu. The town was on fire, … Memoir '44 — Battle Maps Series 2 - Through Jungle and Desert
Bungle in the Jungle Scenario#: 62     Date: 3/6/1942     Location: Payagyi, Burma Following the disaster at the Sittang River in February, the troops defending Burma against the Japanese invasion fell back toward Rangoon. And from there the 7th Armoured Brigade was rushed to the rapidly collapsing front. The experienced "Desert… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 8 - Code of Bushido
Wet Sahwahs Scenario#: J004     Date: 3/15/1942     Location: Bojonegoro, Java On the night of 4 March, several Dutch recon patrols left Babad and Kedoengpring for the city of Bodjonegora. Advancing along the main road and expecting opposition, the 1st Company of Infantry Division VIII found the outskirts of Baoerena unoccupied… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #1
Politics, Logistics, and Pride Scenario#: S079     Date: 3/19/1942     Location: Toungoo, Burma The American military mission to China led by General Stillwell was formed with the intent to create a Theater of Operations in the China, Burma, India area to engage the Japanese forces and protect the Allied interests. Despite politics, logistics,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit Expansion Pack #2
Hill 693 Scenario#: 16624     Date: March 24, 1942     Location: Volkhov, Russia After the Soviet 2nd Shock Army failed to break the siege of Leningrad during the Volkhov battle, German forces encircled them on March 19th, 1942. In a desperate bid to escape, the Soviet troops turned to attack the Axis units … Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios
The Tiger Of Toungoo Scenario#: DASL23     Date: 3/26/1942     Location: Toungoo, Burma In order to slow the lightning advance of the Japanese, Lt.-General Stilwell sent the elite Chinese 200th Division into the walled city of Toungoo to help stabilize his ruptured front. Meanwhile to the south, Japanese patrols ranged through the… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
Ambush! Scenario#: 28     Date: 3/29/1942     Location: Thrace, Greece After the swift and total Axis victory over Greece, Bulgaria laid claim to Thrace and Macedonia. Throughout the winter of 1941-42, small bandit groups began to emerge as the nucleus of a fledgling resistance movement. On March 29th, two such bands… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 4 - Partisan!
Today We Attack Scenario#: 69     Date: 3/29/1942     Location: Toungoo, Burma Generalissimo Jiang Kai-shek had committed some of his best divisions to aid the British defense of Burma. One of them, the 200th, was fighting valiantly to hold the walled city of Toungoo, now nearly encircled by the Japanese. Major-General “Vinegar… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 9 - Gung Ho!
Loss Of Hope Scenario#: O12     Date: 4/7/1942     Location: Bataan, Luzon As disaster manifested itself in every form for Fil-American forces, General Parker, the American commander of II Corps, looked for units to plug gaps in the line. Units of untrained Filipinos would quickly form up and then, just as quickly, disperse… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 6
US counter-attack at Bataan Scenario#: 23823     Date: April 7, 1942     Location: Mount Samat, Philippines On the Bataan Peninsula, the Japanese launched what would be the final offensive in April 1942. The 4th Japanee division captured Mount Samat and formed a salient in the Philippines lines. On April 7th, US General King ordered the 45th … Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios
Your Turn Now Scenario#: J092     Date: 4/10/1942     Location: Cebu City, Cebu Island American forces in Bataan had surrendered the day before. Now it was Cebu Island's turn to feel the weight of the Japanese attack. Realizing that they could not defend the island with the few Filipino troops pressed into service, the garrison… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #6
Through Mud and Blood Scenario#: AP152     Date: 4/18/1942     Location: Shemenski, Russia The Soviet offensive at Jandeba had left a dangerous bulge in the Finnish lines at Shemenski. It threatened to cut the Finnish forces in two, thus a counterattack was ordered with the two hills the primary objective. The ad-hoc unit given this… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #15 Swedish Volunteers
Where the Winter Lingers Scenario#: S046     Date: 4/27/1942     Location: Lapland, Finland The war in Lapland had taken on a start and stop manner. The distances that men and machines had to travel were far too difficult to maintain for long and so the enemies would prepare for and then execute attacks with limited objectives. As the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit Expansion Pack #1
The Rock Scenario#: 68     Date: 5/6/1942     Location: Corregidor, Philippines After the fall of Bataan, the Japanese turned the full weight of their artillery and air force onto the island fortress of Corregidor. For nearly a month, massive guns up to 14 inches in caliber salvoed back and forth across the North Channel of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 9 - Gung Ho!
Operation Trappenjagd Scenario#: 24416     Date: May 8-10, 1942     Location: Sevastopol, Crimea 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
Across the Rio Grande Scenario#: AP153     Date: 5/16/1942     Location: Jandeba, Russia In order to relieve the pressure of German infantry and artillery on a Finnish supply route, Swedish volunteers were ordered to attack and advance the front line. Two Swedish platoons silently crossed the improvised footbridges across the Jandeba… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #15 Swedish Volunteers
Driven To The Bottle Scenario#: 15     Date: May 16, 1942     Location: Karlovka, Russia Three days after the start of the Red Army spring offensive, German situation maps showed huge gaps in the front line in southern Russia where there were no units to stem the runaway Soviet assault on Kharkov. While the Russian … Panzer (YAQ) — Panzer: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat on the Eastern Front, 1941-1945
Armor Action Near Kharkov Scenario#: 28-3.2     Date: '17/5/42     Location: Kharkov, Russia MEETING ENGAGEMENT; ARMOR ACTION NEAR KHARKOV (17/5/42). Elements of the Soviet 10th and 36th Tank Brigades, the 34th Motorized Rifle Brigade, and the 5th Guards Cavalry Division are sent to capture a strategic town. They are confronted approximately… Panzer (AH/MMP) — The General #28.3
Mexico and Morocco Scenario#: AP154     Date: 5/25/1942     Location: Jandeba, Russia During the nine day period that had passed since the Russians had been displaced by a Swedish attack across the Jandeba stream, the new defenders had been digging in and placing wire and mines in anticipation of the expected counterattack. At… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #15 Swedish Volunteers
Italian Diversion at Gazala Scenario#: 4229     Date: 5/26/1942     Location: Gazala, Libya In late 1941, the Eighth Army drove the Axis out of Cyrenaica but British lines got so stretched that, by January '42, Rommel was back on the offensive and pressing towards Tobruk. Concentrating their forces near Gazala, the British : … Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack Bonus
Knightsbridge Scenario#: HoNA10     Date: 1942-05-26     Location: Sw Of Tobruk, Libya Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of North Africa
Flanking Maneuver at Bir Hakeim Scenario#: 4230     Date: 5/27/1942     Location: Bir Hakeim, Libya Following on the success of Operation Crusader, the British Eighth Army had driven Rommel's forces out of Cyrenaica before over-stretching its own supply lines again. Eighth Army had then settled along the "Gazala line" in the desert, west of Tobruk,… Memoir '44 — Mediterranean Theater
Panzers versus Grants Scenario#: 4231     Date: 5/27/1942     Location: Gazala, Libya The same day as the battle at Bir Hakeim, further on the right, 15th Panzer engaged the rest of the 7th Armoured Division. After sweeping over the 7th Motorized Brigade, the Panzers ran into heavy Resistance from the Grants of … Memoir '44 — Mediterranean Theater
1st Armoured to the rescue Scenario#: 4232     Date: 5/27/1942     Location: Gazala, Libya By late morning, his left flank overrun by the coordinated mass of German Panzers, General Neil Ritchie, commander of the Eighth Army, ordered two armored brigades of Norrie's 1st Armoured Division south to the rescue. Moving in column, the 22nd … Memoir '44 — Mediterranean Theater
Rommel's Right Hook Scenario#: 4240     Date: 5/27/1942     Location: Gazala, Libya During the battle of Gazala, Rommel sent his 90th Light Division toward El Adem, far to the British rear. If successful, the move would put the British onto the defensive and help protect Rommel's exposed right flank. The Light division … Memoir '44 — Battle Maps Series 1 - Disaster at Dieppe
Gazala Scenario#: D03     Date: 1942-05-27     Location: Gambut, Libya On 27 May 1942 Rommel was beginning his outflanking of the Gazala line. After seattering the 3rd and 7th Indian Motor Brigades from the southern flank of the line, the tanks of the Afrika Korps and the Italian XX Motorized … Tank Leader — Desert Steel
The Clash of Armor Scenario#: 23     Date: May 27, 1942     Location: Point 171, Libya The first full-scale encounter between British and German armor in the Battle of Gazala began at approximately 7:15 am in the morning of the 27th of May, 1942 when the British 4th Armoured Brigade was assaulted by the entire armored … Panzer (YAQ) — 88: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat on the North African Front, 1940-1942
The Panzer Thrust Is Slowed Scenario#: 24     Date: May 27, 1942     Location: Bir el Harmat, Libya The first day of the Gazala Battles. After slamming into the 4th Armoured Brigade and overrunning the 3rd Indian Motor Brigade the 15th and 21st Panzer Divisions of the Afrika Korps continued to run due north literally looking for a … Panzer (YAQ) — 88: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat on the North African Front, 1940-1942
Mon Chéri, Armor (I) Scenario#: HoNA11     Date: 1942-05-27     Location: Bir Hacheim, Libya Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of North Africa
Mon Chéri, Armor (II) Scenario#: HoNA12     Date: 1942-05-27     Location: Bir Hacheim, Libya Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of North Africa
Division Sabratha attack Scenario#: 19099     Date: 5/29/1942     Location: The Cauldron, Libya While German panzers were trapped in the "Cauldron", Rommel asked General Crüewell to attack along the coast with the Italian infantry divisions in order to harass the British army or to break the Gazala line. The Italian division Sabratha attacked … Memoir '44 — New Flight Plan
The Cauldron Scenario#: 18     Date: 30 May 1942     Location: Gazala, Libya The Cauldron was a position caught between Lieutenant General Neil Ritchie fully-supplied army, which vastly outnumbered the Germans, and a minefield which prevented Rommel from reaching his supplies. Rommel had blitzed through British defenses and… Tide of Iron — Days of the Fox
The Cauldron Scenario#: D10     Date: 1942-05-31     Location: The Cauldron, Libya The Battle of Gazala raged on for days. By the end of the sixth day, 31 May 1942, Rommel found himself in desperate straits with his entire mobile force trapped behind the Gazala line. His supply lines were stretched thin: … Tank Leader — Desert Steel
Into the Cauldron Scenario#: 4237     Date: 6/5/1942     Location: Sidi Muftah, Libya Despite their success against the British 7th Armoured, the Panzer divisions had lost their momentum. Rommel's Afrikakorps was now trapped in a region known as "the Cauldron;" with Bir Hakeim to the south and Tobruk to the north still firmly … Memoir '44 — Mediterranean Theater
The Fall of Sevastopol Scenario#: D5     Date: 7-June-42     Location: Sevastopol, Crimea By June 7, 1942, General Erich von Manstein had rid the Crimea of Russian troops, except those who still held the fortress of Sevastopol. On that date, Sevastopol was guarded by seven Russian rifle divisions, three marine brigades, 600 guns … Squad Leader — The Dragon Vol. V, No. 5
Those are not Birds Scenario#: 66     Date: 8-Jun-42     Location: Bryansk Forest, Belarus Bryansk Forest in Byelorussia, with Soviet partisans of the Orlov Regiment preparing a trap for elements of the German 707th Security Division during Operation Vogelsang. Combat Commander — CC: Resistance
Third Time's The Charm Scenario#: O06     Date: 6/8/1942     Location: Sevastopol, Russia The German advance in the Crimea meant nothing without control of the city of Sevastopol. Having conquered the rest of the Crimea in late 1941, the Germans turned their attention to Sevastopol but were repulsed twice. In May, the German 11th Army… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 3
Forsthaus Clash Scenario#: BOF15     Date: 6/10/1942     Location: Sevastapol, Crimea On 7 June, the Germans broke through Sevastopol's outer defensive ring. Three days later, Mekenziyevy Mountain train station and a nearby road junction known as the Forsthaus (Forester's House) were captured. The Russian 79th Naval Infantry Brigade… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends 2
Bir Hakeim Scenario#: 8303     Date: June 10. 1942     Location: Bir Hakeim, Libya On the 10th of June 1942, knowing that holding Bir Hakeim was no longer essential for the continuation of the battle, French general Koenig decided to break through the encirclement and escape to the British lines with all the 1st … Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios
Knightsbridge Scenario#: 1346     Date: 6/12/1942     Location: Knightsbridge, Libya The Battle of Gazala was a series of clashes between Rommel and the British in the late spring of 1942 near the Libyan coast. The brilliant, but risky maneuvers by the 'Desert Fox' in late May and early June were … Memoir '44 — Terrain Pack
Knightsbridge Scenario#: 3711     Date: 6/12/1942     Location: Knightsbridge, Libya The Battle of Gazala was a series of clashes between Rommel and the British in the late spring of 1942 near the Libyan coast. The brilliant, but risky maneuvers by the "Desert Fox" in late May and early June were … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Khamsin Scenario#: 37     Date: 6/13/1942     Location: Tobruk, Libya The Gazala battles had been raging for days with Panzerarmee Afrika driving for the great prize of Tobruk. Several British strongpoints still lay in its path, one of which was the Knightsbridge box held by the 201st Guards Motor Brigade Group. On 13… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5 - West of Alamein
Khamsin Scenario#: 20     Date: June 13, 1942     Location: Tobruk, Libya The Gazala battles had been raging for days with Panzerarmee Afrika driving for the great prize of Tobruk. Several British strongpoints still lay in its path, one of which was the Knightsbridge box held by the 201st Guards Motor Brigade … Panzer (YAQ) — 88: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat on the North African Front, 1940-1942