Browse Items (334 total)

Tags: 1943

Sort by:

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
The Hawk Scenario#: BRT01 Date: 11/21/1943 Location: Betio Island, Tarawa Lt. Dean Hawkins and his Scout Sniper platoon had the distinction of being the first American force on Betio. Hawkins led a detachment of engineers and Scout Snipers along the pier on D-Day, taking out bunkers and buildings likely to be in the way of… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 5 - Blood Reef: Tarawa
China Girl Scenario#: BRT02 Date: 11/20/1943 Location: Betio Island, Tarawa The M4A2 Sherman was seen by Marine crews for the first time aboard the transport Ashland while en route from "Helen". Company C of the 2nd Tank Battalion was given the new monsters. The 1st Platoon under Lt. Edward Bale would take six Shermans to… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 5 - Blood Reef: Tarawa
Ryan's Orphans Scenario#: BRT03 Date: 11/22/1943 Location: Betio Island, Tarawa D-Day for the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines called for K and I Companies to land in the initial assault wave, followed by L Company under Major Michael Ryan. K and I Companies were pinned down by enfilading fire from the re-entrant beach. Like everyone… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 5 - Blood Reef: Tarawa
Rikusentai Scenario#: BRT04 Date: 11/23/1943 Location: Betio Island, Tarawa One objective the Marines should have captured by D+2 was the junction between Red Beach One and Red Beach Two. But Commander Sugai, second in command on Betio and commander of the Sasebo 7th Rikusentai, had made the area - dubbed the "Pocket" by the… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 5 - Blood Reef: Tarawa
Hell Wouldn't Have It Scenario#: BRT05 Date: 11/22/1943 Location: Betio Island, Tarawa By 1930 hours on D+2, General "Howlin' Mad" Smith was on shore to personally take command of his Second Division. Plans were made for the 6th Marines to clear up the remaining one thousand or so Japanese rikusentai. Incredibly, by the third night an… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 5 - Blood Reef: Tarawa
A Legend is Born Scenario#: BRT06 Date: 11/20/1943 Location: Betio Island, Tarawa In the pre-dawn light, the first amphibious invasion of a fortified beach began. Marines of 2/2 were slated to hit Red Beach Two, while those of 3/2 were assigned Red Beach One. Colonel Shoup, commander of the Regimental Landing Team, had planned for… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 5 - Blood Reef: Tarawa
Didn't Have to Be There Scenario#: BRT07 Date: 11/22/1943 Location: Betio Island, Tarawa Major Jim Crowe had been tasked with continuing the attack along the northeast portion of Betio Island. Before the attack could really begin, however, a major obstacle had to be removed -- a large bombproof emplacement stood directly in front of the… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 5 - Blood Reef: Tarawa
On the Verge of Extinction Scenario#: VOTG17 Date: 1/30/1943 Location: Stalingrad, Russia On 10 January, thousands of Russian guns heralded the start of Operation Koltso, and the armies of the Stalingrad Front began to attack den Kessel (the cauldron). Gradually the perimeter shrank, and finally the German Army was split into several… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
Hill 27 Scenario#: HS15 Date: 1/2/1943 Location: Hill 27, Guadalcanal Hill 27 was a separate rocky elevation, 920 feet high, just east of the Gifu. The leading assault troops of the 2nd Battalion gained the summit of the hill at 0907 without firing a shot. By 1130 hours the entire assault force had reached the summit,… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 1 - Operation Watchtower
Sims Ridge Scenario#: HS16 Date: 1/13/1943 Location: Galloping Horse, Guadalcanal The 27th Infantry Regiment had been attacking the 900-foot-high hill called Galloping Horse for three days. Only Hill 523, the head of the horse-shaped mass, was left. F Company would advance through the jungle on the right flank. E Company would… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 1 - Operation Watchtower
Going to New York! Scenario#: S031 Date: 7/10/1943 Location: Station San Oliva, Sicily The Americans on the left flank of the Sicily landings, codenamed Joss, were scheduled to land early in the morning near Licata. The Italian units manning the defenses, generally static Coastal Divisions, fully dominated the beach exits with machine… Advanced Squad Leader — Operations Special Issue #1
A Parting Blow Scenario#: OA08 Date: 7/12/1943 Location: Casa Del Priolo, Sicily Once the beachhead in Sicily was secure from Avis counterattack, the Allies began pushing inland. As the 16th Infantry Regiment advanced the Germans took an opportunity to strike a parting blow before continuing to withdraw. Six Tiger I tanks… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Attic
The Queen's Prequel Scenario#: OA19 Date: 9/9/1943 Location: Montecorvino, Italy Following the successful campaigns in North Africa and Sicily, the Allied commanders turned their attention to the Italian mainland. As Allied forces march up from the toe of Italy, several British and American divisions landed in and around Salerno… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Attic #2
The Revenge of the Greys Scenario#: OA20 Date: 9/9/1943 Location: Montecorvino, Italy The 2/6th Queen's battalion under Lt. Col. Keighley from the 169th Brigade was assigned the task of securing the Montecorvino airfield. Facing them were the men from the 2nd Battalion, 10th Panzer Grenadier Regiments. Unfortunately, the Shermans from… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Attic #2
Gunter Strikes Back Scenario#: OA21 Date: 9/9/1943 Location: Montecorvino, Italy After two engagements, the Queen's men with the support of Shermans from the 'C' Squadron Royal Scot's Greys, dislodged the Germans from the 2nd Battalion, 10th Panzer Grenadier Regiments. The German Panzer Grenadiers counterattacked from the north… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Attic #2
Long Range Recon Scenario#: OA27 Date: 7/3/1943 Location: Butovo, Russia The Soviets were well aware of the upcoming German offensive to eliminate the bulge in the lines at Kursk. They did not know exactly where or when the German strike would fall. While assembling the forces to defeat this offensive, the Soviets began… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Attic #2
Raider Ridge Scenario#: OA30 Date: 6/29/1943 Location: Choi River, New Georgia The Marine 4th Raider Battalion was assigned the mission of clearing Viru Harbor. P and O Companies landed in the night at Regi, and fought a pair of rearguard actions as it marched towards Viru Harbor. On the 29th, Lt Devillo Brown was sent down a… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Attic #2
Crisis at Kasserine Scenario#: OB07 Date: 2/20/1943 Location: Kasserine Pass, Tunisia Colonel Menton's veteran Panzergrenadier Regiment Afrika had been halted by fire at Wadi Zebbeus, at which point Gruppe Stotten (I.Panzer Regt 8) was commnitted to carry the attack, but ended up being withdrawn to bivouac after losing 5 tanks to… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Bunker
Unhappy Trails Scenario#: OB08 Date: 11/5/1943 Location: Numa-Numa, Bougainville Following the main landings at Empress Augusta Bay on November 1, the Marines of the 3rd Marine Division & 3rd Raider Battalion were ordered to push inland to expand the perimeter and establish a jumping off point for the eventual assault on the… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Bunker
First Crack at Hellzapoppin' Ridge Scenario#: OB09 Date: 12/9/1943 Location: Hellzapoppin' Ridge, Bougainville During November and December, the Japanese under Major General Iwasa made extraordinary efforts to emplace artillery on the high ground overlooking the Marine beachhead at Empress Augusta Bay. Guns of calibers ranging from 70mm up to 150mm were… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Bunker
Use Your Tanks and Shove Scenario#: S039 Date: 2/3/1943 Location: Maknassy, Tunisia In the region of Tunisia known as the Eastern Dorsal, the hamlet of Station de Sened had already been attacked, lost, and attacked again by American forces. On 1 February, it fell to the Americans for a second time as part of a drive toward Maknassy,… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 2
Operation Natzmer Scenario#: S054 Date: 8/15/1943 Location: Belsk, Russia A Kampfgruppe from Panzergrenadier-Division “Grossdeutschland” took part in Operation NATZMER on 15 August to blunt a Soviet attack across the Vorskla River. As the day progressed, many of the unit’s Tiger tanks, in action for the first time, began… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 4
Road to Rome Scenario#: O13 Date: 9/10/1943 Location: Rome, Italy None. Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 7
Highland Frank Scenario#: O15 Date: 7/13/1943 Location: Francofonte, Sicily The village of Francoforte overlooked the road to Scordia which the British intended to use during their northerly advance into Catania and up the east coast of Sicily. The village itself was almost invisible, with only the rooftops poking above the… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 8
Stretched Thin at Altaville Scenario#: S072 Date: 9/13/1943 Location: Altavilla, Italy After the conquest of Sicily and the ouster of Mussolini, the Allies invaded Italy proper at Salerno to begin their long slog up "the boot". Needing to expand the beachhead and deny the Germans good artillery observation points, the Americans secured… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 9
Recon in Force Scenario#: G08 Date: 7/16/1943 Location: Porto Empedolce, Sicily As the Allied beachhead in Sicily expanded, the impatient General George Patton demanded better facilities for supplying his troops. Under orders not to launch an offensive, Patton hit upon the subterfuge of calling his advance a “reconnaissance in… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #25.5
Avalanche! Scenario#: G12 Date: 2/6/1943 Location: Nalchik, Russia For almost three months the German 1st Mountain and the Russian 318th Mountain Rifle divisions were locked together in combat on the slopes of Mount Elbrus. February 6th was a typical day, as simultaneous attacks on two ridges separated by a shallow… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #27.1
Tiger, Tiger Scenario#: G14 Date: 2/11/1943 Location: Chernichevo, Russia The Soviets had taken Krasny Bor. The 4th SS-Polizei Division, to the right of the hapless Spanish 250th Azul Division, managed to withstand the attack and blocked the highway for the time being. Nevertheless, a large number of Russian tanks bypassed… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #28.3
A Tough Nut to Crack Scenario#: G19 Date: 1/1/1943 Location: Giropa Point, Papua New Guinea General MacArthur, furious at the perceived inability of his commanders to crack the Japanese fortified positions surrounding Buna, relieved his top field commanders and placed General Eichelberger in command. MacArthur’s last words to Eichelberger… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #29.3
Night Battle at Noromaryevka Scenario#: U29 Date: 1/1/1943 Location: Noromaryevka, Russia In an effort to threaten Rostov from the northwest, the Russian XXV Tanks Corps launched its '42-'43 winter offensive on Army Group Don in an attempt to strike at the rear of Army Detachment “Hollidt”. Misled by the slight resistance offered by the… Advanced Squad Leader — Turning the Tide
Swatting at Tigers Scenario#: U30 Date: 7/11/1943 Location: Biazzo Ridge, Sicily In the early morning hours of July 10th, Colonel James Gavin and the 505th Parachute Regiment were scattered over much of southern Sicily. Gavin landed 20 miles east of the selected drop zone, while most of his regiment came down as far as 60 miles… Advanced Squad Leader — Turning the Tide
The Front in Flames Scenario#: U31 Date: 8/22/1943 Location: Kharkov, Russia As Kharkov fell for the final time, front lines became unclear. Observation posts and defensive lines were held briefly, then abandoned as the Soviets advanced. The front began to stabilize around the Mosh River as units of the Soviet 57th Army… Advanced Squad Leader — Turning the Tide
Disaster on the Dnieper Loop Scenario#: U32 Date: 9/24/1943 Location: Dnieper loop between Kaniv and Rzhishchev, Russia STAVKA (the Soviet high command), detached the Central Front's 3rd Tank Army to the Voronezh Front to race the weakening Germans to the Dnieper, to save the wheat crop from the German scorched earth policy, and to achieve strategic or operational… Advanced Squad Leader — Turning the Tide
The Bukrin Bridgehead Scenario#: U33 Date: 9/24/1943 Location: Kiev, Russia Second In mid September 1943 Manstein’s Army Group South initiated a full scale retreat along the entire length of its 600 mile front. The plan was to fall back to the west bank of the Dnieper and redeploy for defense before the Russians could form any… Advanced Squad Leader — Turning the Tide
A Quick Strike Scenario#: WO18 Date: 7/10/1943 Location: Munda Airfield, New Georgia The main attack on Munda Airfield came from the east by the 43rd Infantry Division. The main line of defense ran from Ilangana on Roviana Lagoon northwest for 3,000 yards, manned by the Japanese 229th Infantry Regiment. The defenses centered on… Advanced Squad Leader — Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2016
Through the Dragon's Teeth Scenario#: WO19 Date: 7/10/1943 Location: Enogai, New Georgia Operation TOENAILS called for “Liversedge Force” to capture Enogai and Bairoke Harbor in order to isolate the Japanese troops defending Munda, while the main effort against Munda itself would be made by the 43rd Infantry Division, attacking from the… Advanced Squad Leader — Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2016
Feast Day Scenario#: WO34 Date: 12/21/1943 Location: Ortona, Italy As Canadian forces pushed steadily through the olive groves and vineyards west of Ortona, Fallschirmjáger Division 1 was compelled to establish a new defensive line in the town itself. Ortona was already something of a rubble strewn maze from damage… Advanced Squad Leader — Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2020
The Back of my Hand Scenario#: 29 Date: 28 Feb 1943 Location: Barvenkovo, Russia By February 1943, the Germans were in big trouble. The encirclement of the 6th Army at Stalingrad was followed by Soviet offenses in January that shattered the Hungarian 2nd Army and the German 2nd Army. The Germans were left over-extended … Band of Brothers — Ghost Panzer
Start of a Death Ride Scenario#: 30 Date: 5 July 1943 Location: Butowo, Russia Manstein argued for an immediate attack once the mud period ended. He wanted to take advantage of the Russians who he felt were still smarting from the Backhand Blow. Hitler, however, preferred to wait for the arrival of the new … Band of Brothers — Ghost Panzer
Obian Alone Scenario#: 31 Date: 12 July 1943 Location: Obian, Russia The first days following the initial attack of the Kursk offensive would see good progress made by the 11th Panzer. However, gains would come slower and slower as the division began to wear down. Eventually, the Gross Deutschland was turned … Band of Brothers — Ghost Panzer
First Action Scenario#: 33 Date: 9 Sept 1943 Location: Salerno, Italy After training in North Africa, the 36th took part in the Salerno landings, where they landed on the right flank at Paestum. After advancing inland they were struck by German counterattacks including one that almost penetrated to the Division CP. … Band of Brothers — Texas Arrows
Grapes of Wrath Scenario#: 34 Date: 13 Sept 1943 Location: Altavilla, Italy Hill 424, overlooking the Salerno beachhead was a key objective. On September 13th, after an initial artillery barrage, Companies I and K of the 142nd assaulted the southern part of the hill mass, encountering heavy fire from German machinegun… Band of Brothers — Texas Arrows
Million Dollar Mountain Scenario#: 35 Date: 3 Sept 1943 Location: Mt Maggiore, Italy Much of the 36th’s campaign in Italy consisted of wresting mountain top after mountain top from dug-in German defenders. One such peak was Mount Maggiore, called the ‘Million Dollar Mountain’ because of the quantity of artillery ammunition expended… Band of Brothers — Texas Arrows
To Save the Village Scenario#: 36 Date: 15 Dec 1943 Location: San Pietro, Italy The Reinhard Line ran through the town of San Pietro In fine, which occupied the Mignano Gap, blocking Route 6 and Allied access to Cassino and Rome. The Germans turned the town into a strongpoint, defended by the second Battalion … Band of Brothers — Texas Arrows
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
Ferdinand's Folly Scenario#: E12 Date: 7 July 1943 Location: Ponyri, Russia Operation Zitadelle’s northern pincer ground to a halt in a series of pitched battles around the seemingly insignificant settlement of Ponyri. Having finally penetrated the second defense belt of the Russian defenses at great cost, the 86th… Band of Brothers — Extras
Tiger Paw Scenario#: E5 Date: 12 Jan 1943 Location: Leningrad, Russia 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… Band of Brothers — Extras
Hitler Meets Churchill Scenario#: E6 Date: 12 July 1943 Location: Prokhorovka, Russia The main attack on the southern face of the Kursk salient was to be delivered by Hoth’s 4th Panzer Army. After a week of fighting, the exhausted troops of Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler around Hill 252.2 prepared to advance on Prokhorovka … Band of Brothers — Extras
Hi-Wire Jinx Scenario#: E8 Date: 14 Sept 1943 Location: Altavilla, Italy Hill 424, overlooking the Salerno beachhead, was taken by the 36th but they were then forced to retreat by German counterattacks. The Allied forces made their stand along the La Cosa Creek between the Calore River and Altavilla. In the … Band of Brothers — Extras