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The San Fratello Line Scenario#: 6555 Date: 8/4/1943 Location: Nicetta, Sicily After capturing Palermo, Patton and his 7th Army advanced along the north coast of Sicily with the unavowed objective of entering Messina before the British 8th Army of General Montgomery. But Axis forces delay Patton's advance, systematically… Memoir '44 — Audie Murphy's Campaign
Mignano Monte Lungo Scenario#: 6557 Date: 11/5/1943 Location: Mignano, Italy After crossing the Volturno river, the 3rd US Infantry Division managed to advance to Cassino before finding itself blocked by the "Barbara" line at Mignano. Well entrenched on Monte Lungo and Monte Rotondo, the Germans soldiers of the… Memoir '44 — Audie Murphy's Campaign
Crossing the Volturno Scenario#: 6558 Date: 10/13/1943 Location: Monte Majulo, Italy After coming out of the bridgehead they've established at Salerno, elements of the 5th US Army reach the southern bank of the Volturno river on the 5th of October 1943. During the night of October 12-13, British and US troops … Memoir '44 — Audie Murphy's Campaign
Panzers in the Atlas Scenario#: 5872 Date: 2/15/1943 Location: Sidi Bou Zid, Tunisia After very bloody fighting during December 1942, most of Tunisia was in German control. One exception: the area around Sidi Bou Zid. Both sides spent January reorganizing, but on February 14th, the Panzers went on the offensive, attacking Sidi Bou … Memoir '44 — Battle Maps Series 1 - Disaster at Dieppe
Cape Torokina Landings Scenario#: 16631 Date: 11/1/1943 Location: Bougainville Island, New Guinea The Landings at Cape Torokina on November 1, 1943 were the beginning of the Bougainville, campaign in the Solomon Islands. Most of the US Marines faced limited enemy fire and pushed inland slowly through dense jungle and a knee-deep swamp. … Memoir '44 — Battle Maps Series 2 - Battles of Khalkhin-Gol
Sbeitla, Tunisia Scenario#: 19382 Date: 2/17/1943 Location: Sbeitla, Tunisia The American forces in the Sbeitla valley, were falling back as the Axis continued Operation Fruhlingswind. The Germans, assuming the Americans were in full retreat, were totally surprised when they made contact with the 1St U.S. Armored Division.… Memoir '44 — Battle Maps Series 2 - Through Jungle and Desert
Red Skies at Night Scenario#: 30 Date: 25-Sep-43 Location: Veliki Bukrin Bridgehead, Russia On the night of September 24-25, the Russian 5th Airborne Brigade air assaulted into the Bukrin Bend to establish a bridgehead on the west bank of the Dnieper River. The jump was less than successful as the troopers were widely … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #1: Paratroopers
Stalingrad of the North Scenario#: 44 Date: 11-Jan-43 Location: Velikiye Luki, Russia The Soviet Kalinin Front offensive at the beginning of winter 1942 successfully cut off and encircled the key transportation hub of Velikiye Luki. The German 277th lnfantry Regt. under orders from Hitler to hold at all costs resolutely defended the … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #2: Stalingrad
Bulolo River Bridge Scenario#: M10 Date: 30-Jan-43 Location: Wau, New Guinea A company of the ANZAC 2/5 battalion ordered to intercept elements of the Japanese 51st Division advancing on Wau finds itself bypassed and cut off. The unit attempts to sneak back to friendly lines through the advancing Japanese forces but … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #4: New Guinea
Shattered Bobdubi Scenario#: M11 Date: 30-Jun-43 Location: Bobdubi Ridge, New Guinea Following the Allied victory at Buna, Australian infantry pushed northwest toward the next enemy coastal base in a war of small-unit actions across the jungle tracks and kunai-grass heights of the interior. As a pincer with a US landing near … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #4: New Guinea
Scarlet Beach Scenario#: M12 Date: 17-Oct-43 Location: Song River, New Guinea As the Allies progressed up the New Guinea coast. General Adachi’s XVIII Army desperately counterattacked. To support a 20th Division thrust into the Allied perimeter around Finschhafen, Adachi dispatched barges loaded with remnants of 1st Lt.… Combat Commander — Battle Pack #4: New Guinea
Wau Me Worry Scenario#: M9 Date: 31-Jan-43 Location: Wau, New Guinea After an arduous trek cutting through the jungle, and harassed along the way by Australian KANGA Force, the exhausted Japanese troops of the 102nd Regiment, Okabu Detachment struggled onto the high ground overlooking their objective—the airfield at… Combat Commander — Battle Pack #4: New Guinea
A Tall Order Scenario#: 46 Date: 6 July 1943 Location: Prokhorovka, Russia As part of the Russian 2nd army’s defensive belt south of Prokhorovka, Lieutenant Colonel Sushkov’s 154th Guards Rifle Regiment, 51st Guards Rifle Division, was ordered to block part of the expected armoured thrust by II SS Panzers Corps north into … Band of Brothers — Battle Pack 1
In the Ghetto Scenario#: AP02 Date: 04/19/1943 Location: Warsaw, Poland Members of various resistance groups had been resisting Nazi efforts to clear the ghetto of its interred inhabitants since January of 1943. In April, SS commander Jurgen Stroop launched a full scale assault on the starving tenants. Under the… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Alpha
Sting of the Italian Hornet Scenario#: BOF08 Date: 7/12/1943 Location: Modica, Sicily A few days before the start of Operation Husky, Mussolini had ordered General Guzzoni’s 6th Army to defend Sicily to the last man. The demoralized and poorly equipped Italian soldiers did exactly the opposite. On the morning of 12 July, the Edmonton… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends
No Time to Bleed Scenario#: BOF17 Date: 11/20/1943 Location: Brusilov, Ukraine Manstein's counterattack near Fastov pushed the 3rd Guards Tank Army on to the defensive, but he could not quite deliver a repeat of the “backhand blow” as he had hoped. The new Panther battalions arrived for the attack, but by now the grenadier and… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends 2
Battle of Prokhorovka Scenario#: 5913 Date: 7/12/1943 Location: Prokhorovka, Russia The morning of July 12, 1943, somewhere in the vicinity of Prokhorovka - Having successfully broken through the third line of Soviet defenses the previous evening, the tank crews of Feldmarschall Manstein's II.SS-Pz.Korps, are finishing breakfast and… Memoir '44 — Breakthrough
Taking the Knoll Scenario#: 113 Date: 9-Oct-43 Location: Jivevenang, New Guinea In order to secure Finschhafen as a forward operating base the Australian 9th Division needed to drive Col. Sadahike Miyake’s 80th Regiment from its positions in an around the village of Sattleburg. One of these positions was the village Jivavenang … Combat Commander — C3I Magazine #25
Voronoezh Front Scenario#: 117 Date: 26-Jan-43 Location: Nikolaevka, Russia The stunning successes of the Russian counterattacks, Operations Uranus, Saturn, and Little Saturn, resulted in the shattering of the Axis front lines along the Don River. On the extreme edge of this battlefield stood the units of the Italian Alpine… Combat Commander — C3I Magazine #27
Clearing Matanikau River Scenario#: 3466 Date: 1/13/1943 Location: Matanikau River, Guadalcanal At the start of the new year General Patch ordered the 2nd and 8th Marines to drive westward and clear the Japanese Resistance from the hills overlooking the coast near Point Cruz. On January 13th, Marines assaulted the Japanese positions … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
The Rescue of Mussolini Scenario#: 4211 Date: 9/12/1943 Location: Campo Imperatore, Italy After Italy surrendered to the Allies, Mussolini was arrested and held by the Italians in the hotel Campo Imperatore on the Gran Sasso mountain. After intercepting a coded Italian radio message and reconnoitering the mountain by plane, Otto Skorzeny… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Breakout Dance Scenario#: 8 Date: Jan-43 Location: Velikiye Luki, Russia As the Kalinin Front - led by several Soviet Shock Armies, drove westward they were able to completely encircle the German 277th Infantry Regiment at Velikiye-Luki. Outside relief for this surrounded force was not to be had, however, so orders … Combat Commander — CC: Europe
Commando School Scenario#: 10 Date: 4-Feb-43 Location: Novorossiysk, Russia To aid in the success of the Soviet amphibious operation launched against Kleist's Army Group A near Novorossiysk, a Black Sea Fleet commando detachment landed a few miles further down along the Black Sea coast. In order to protect the … Combat Commander — CC: Europe
Little Stalingrad Scenario#: 17 Date: 24-Dec-43 Location: Ortona, Italy On December 21l, house to house fighting began in earnest in the Adriatic seaport of Ortona. It was during the next seven days that the Canadian 1st Infantry Division literally rewrote the book on close-quarters city fighting techniques. More than … Combat Commander — CC: Mediterranean
Saint Agatha Scenario#: 21 Date: 8-Aug-43 Location: Northern Sicily, Sicily While elements of the 15th and 30th Infantry Regiments of the US 9th Division seized a key hill along the San Fratello Line, Lt. Col. Lyle Bernard led a reinforced Battalion in an amphibious landing at Sant' Agata, a few … Combat Commander — CC: Mediterranean
Operation Cherry Blossom Scenario#: D Date: 1-Nov-43 Location: Empress August Bay, Bougainville On this date the US 3rd Marine Division landed at Cape Torokina. Naval forces assisting the Marines included 4 cruisers and 8 destroyers. Empress Augusta Bay had been chosen because it was within range of allied land—based fighter bases and … Combat Commander — CC: Pacific
West Tank Barrier Scenario#: E Date: 2-Nov-43 Location: Butaritari, Gilbert Islands The Gilbert Islands became one of the first stepping stones in the large scale movement by the US to take back Japanese-held territory. A Japanese seaplane base guarded by a citadel of defenses was the key target on Butaritari, a … Combat Commander — CC: Pacific
Predator Becomes Prey Scenario#: 64 Date: 27-Jun-43 Location: Leskovik, Albania Outside Lekovic, Albania, with ELAS partisans in a prepared ambush against elements of the German 1st Gebirgsjäger Division, whose commander suspecting a ruse changed his attack plans. Combat Commander — CC: Resistance
Tito's Trick Scenario#: 68 Date: 28-Feb-43 Location: Neretva River, Hercegovina Jablanica, Hercegovina, at the railroad bridge crossing of the Neretva River, with Partisans attempting to seize the bridgehead and destroy the Chetnik forces blocking the Partisan escape from German forces. Combat Commander — CC: Resistance
Appointment at Daliki Scenario#: 70 Date: 26-Jun-43 Location: Daliki, Belarus In a remote village south of Lepel, Byelorussia, with Soviet partisans of an important Operative Center suddenly trapped by a well-executed German rear-area clearing operation. Combat Commander — CC: Resistance
Valley of the Heroes Scenario#: 71 Date: 14-May-43 Location: Sutjeska River, Bosnia Outside the village of Tjentište, Eastern Bosnia, at the Sutjeska River, where trapped Partisan units fought their way through a weak point in the German-Croatian lines, escaping once again although at great cost. Combat Commander — CC: Resistance
Thunderstorm Scenario#: 72 Date: 23-Dec-43 Location: Island of Korcula, Croatia On the island of Korčula on the Croatian Adriatic coast, with Partisans of the Dalmatian Brigade attempting to buy enough time for their comrades to evacuate from surrounding German units of the 118th Jäger Division. Combat Commander — CC: Resistance
The Paw of the Tiger Scenario#: F Date: 1/12/1943 Location: Leningrad, Russia ISKRA Throughout the winter of ‘42–‘43, the Soviets launched repeated attacks to relieve the siege of Leningrad. The hard-pressed Germans rebuffed one attack after another, but in so doing, their lines became progressively thinner. Finally, the Germans had… Advanced Squad Leader — Classic ASL
Escape from Velikiye Luki Scenario#: H Date: 1/12/1943 Location: Velikiye Luki, Russia As in Stalingrad, many pockets of Germans had been encircled. At Velikiye Luki, artillery and armor punctured through the German perimeter and as the headquarters was overrun, orders went out to save yourselves if you could. At night, isolated groups… Advanced Squad Leader — Classic ASL
Komsomolets Collision Scenario#: K07 Date: 12 July, 1943 Location: Prokhorovka, Russia As SS General Hausser’s 11 SS Panzer Corps began its final assault toward Prokhorovka, it met Lieutenant General P.A. Rotmistrov’s 5th Guards Tank Army less than 5 kilometers from the German objective. When the opposing forces crashing into one… Combat! — Combat! Dairy #2
High Water Mark Scenario#: K08 Date: 13 July, 1943 Location: Prokhorovka, Russia The second night Totcnkopf spent in the PscI bridgehead was far from secure. It was spent taking the northern slopes of Hill 226.6 from it's tenacious defenders while the division’s panzer regiment drove 3km northeast to the edge of the highway… Combat! — Combat! Dairy #2
Hill 226.6 Scenario#: K09 Date: 12 July, 1943 Location: Prokhorovka, Russia Disappointed by their lack of success at nearby Prokhorovka, Corps commanders now decided to exploit their successes in the Psel bridgehead. Their efforts were to be concentrated on securing ail of Hill 226.6 that still remained in enemy hands. With… Combat! — Combat! Dairy #2
Rehearsal for Crete Scenario#: 32 Date: 26-Apr-41 Location: Peloponnesus, Greece The issue in Greece was no longer in doubt; the last units of the Greek Army under Alexander Papagos had surrendered the day before. W Force was attempting to withdraw to evacuation points along the south coast of Greece. Columns … Squad Leader — Crescendo of Doom
Road To Kozani Pass Scenario#: 208 Date: 13-Apr-41 Location: Komanos, Greece The Balkan Campaign offered little hope in the way of a clear-cut victory for the Allies. Nevertheless the British often proved themselves equal in fighting ability to their German adversaries and showed remarkable fighting skills against a… Squad Leader — Crescendo of Doom (Addon)
Front Porsche Scenario#: DJ01 Date: 07/09/1943 Location: Ponyri, Russia On the north side of the Kursk salient, General Model's Ninth Army pushed south. A key objective was the town of Ponyri, and there the fighting raged. The city was contested so fiercely that veterans named it the Stalingrad of … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43
Assault on Hill 252.2 Scenario#: DJ02 Date: 07/11/1943 Location: Prokhorovka, Russia On July 10, 1943, after a long and violent fight, Hill 241.1 had finally been taken. Farther to the east, some units from the Aufklarung Abteilung had reached the outskirts of the Oktiabrskii State Farm and reported that the Soviets … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43
Clear the Ditches Scenario#: DJ03 Date: 07/11/1943 Location: Prokhorovka, Russia At: 10:15 A.M. elements of the 1St SS Panzergrenadier Division LAH were ordered to advance and take the anti-tank ditches to the east of Hill 252.2. The attack was launched in an attempt to clear out the anti-tank ditches and … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43
Secure the Oktiabrskii State Farm Scenario#: DJ04 Date: 07/11/1943 Location: Prokhorovka, Russia Fierce fighting had been raging all morning, and by 1:00 p.m. the Soviet forces had taken up well-defended positions at the Oktiabrskii State Farm. The LAH needed to capture the farm to secure the left flank of its advance towards … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43
Road to Prokhorovka Scenario#: DJ05 Date: 07/12/1943 Location: Prokhorovka, Russia At 6:00 A.M. on the morning of July 12, the leading elements of the 1St SS Panzergrenadier Division LAH were gatheríng for an advance toward Prokhorovka. Meanwhile, remnants of the 26th Guards Airborne Regiment was preparing a last defense line … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43
Midday's Counterattack Scenario#: DJ06 Date: 07/12/1943 Location: Prokhorovka, Russia Just after 1:00 PM. on July 12th, the German 1st SS Panzergrenadier Division LAH was attacked from the east by a Soviet mixed infantry/tank force from the 29th Tank Corps, yet another attempt to halt the Nazi advance to Prokhorovka. … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43
Front Porsche Scenario#: DJ01 Date: 1943-07-09 Location: Ponyri, Russia On the north side of the Kursk salient, General Model's Ninth Army pushed south. A key objective was the town of Ponyri, and there the fighting raged. The city was contested so fiercely that veterans named it the Stalingrad of the Kursk salient. Not… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Dark July 43
Assault on Hill 252.2 Scenario#: DJ02 Date: 1943-07-11 Location: Prokhorovka, Russia On July 10, 1943, after a long and violent fight, Hill 241.1 had finally been taken. Farther to the east, some units from the Aufklarung Abteilung had reached the outskirts of the Oktiabrskii State Farm and reported that the Soviets had set up a… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Dark July 43
Clear the Ditches Scenario#: DJ03 Date: 1943-07-11 Location: Prokhorovka, Russia At: 10:15 A.M. elements of the 1St SS Panzergrenadier Division LAH were ordered to advance and take the anti-tank ditches to the east of Hill 252.2. The attack was launched in an attempt to clear out the anti-tank ditches and the surrounding area to… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Dark July 43
Secure the Oktiabrskii State Farm Scenario#: DJ04 Date: 1943-07-11 Location: Prokhorovka, Russia Fierce fighting had been raging all morning, and by 1:00 p.m. the Soviet forces had taken up well-defended positions at the Oktiabrskii State Farm. The LAH needed to capture the farm to secure the left flank of its advance towards Prokhorovka. The… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Dark July 43
Road to Prokhorovka Scenario#: DJ05 Date: 1943-07-12 Location: Prokhorovka, Russia At 6:00 A.M. on the morning of July 12, the leading elements of the 1St SS Panzergrenadier Division LAH were gatheríng for an advance toward Prokhorovka. Meanwhile, remnants of the 26th Guards Airborne Regiment was preparing a last defense line… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Dark July 43