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Just Over The Highway Scenario#: K03 Date: 11 July, 1943 Location: Prokhorovka, Russia Having established themselves across the Psel River the previous evening, the Totenkopf was deter mined to expand their bridgehead and outflank the Russian defenses near Prokhorovka. This would protect the flank, and ease the progress of rest ofthe… Combat! — Kursk
Kampfgruppe at Karachev Scenario#: J023 Date: 7/28/1943 Location: Kusmenkovo, Russia In response to the increasing pressure of the Soviet offensive to take Karachev and sever the rail link between Briansk and Orel, Panzer Division Grossdeutschland was shifted to the region northwest of Orel. To foil the Soviet plans, the division was… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2
Kasserine Pass Scenario#: 1584 Date: 2/15/1943 Location: Kasserine Pass, Tunisia After the Anglo-American landings in North Africa on November 8, 1942, the Americans remained optimistic about their ability to fight an opponent like Rommel and the Afrika Korps. Although in headlong retreat after the Battle of El Alamein, Rommel… Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules
Kasserine Pass Scenario#: 3739 Date: 2/22/1943 Location: Kasserine Pass, Tunisia After the Anglo-American landings in North Africa on November 8, 1942, the Americans remained optimistic about their ability to fight an opponent like Rommel and the Afrika Korps. Although in headlong retreat after the Battle of El Alamein, Rommel… Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Kasserine Pass Scenario#: D15 Date: 1943-02-22 Location: Kasserine, Tunisia In early 1943, Rommel planned to outflank the Allied armies in Tunisia from the south in order to cut off their supplies in three major thrusts: 21 Panzer Division ranging through Sbiba Gap, 10 Panzer assaulting the eastern reaches of … Tank Leader — Desert Steel
Katyusha's Embrace Scenario#: J168 Date: 8/8/1943 Location: Kuban, Crimea Amid the brutal Crimea battles of 1943-44, Ekaterina Mikhailova managed to enlist at the tender age of 15. Affectionately called Katyusha by the troops, she was admired even by the enemy. She safely took water for her injured friends from a contested… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11
Kef Zilia Scenario#: 15302 Date: 2/26/1943 Location: Zef Zilia, Tunisia On the 26th of February 1943, German General Von Arnim ordered Operation Ochsenkopf (Ox head) versus the 5th British Corps. In the same time, Operation Ausladung was the advance of Manteuffel Division along the Mediterranean coast facing the French… Memoir '44 — Open de France 2015
Kempf at Melikhovo Scenario#: J094 Date: 7/10/1943 Location: Melikhovo, Russia Operation Citadel had been underway for five days and things were not going well for the German attack. The original plan to seize the town of Korocha was scrapped and 6th Panzer Division was tasked with breaking through the Soviet defenses and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #6
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
Kursk Attack On Organized Defense Scenario#: 28-3.4 Date: '5/7/43 Location: Kursk, Russia GERMAN ATTACK ON ORGANIZED RUSSIAN DEFENSE:. As the spearhead of the German northern pincer commences its attack on the forward line of Russian defenses, infantry units of the German 258th Infantry Division, supported by elements of the 20th Panzer… Panzer (AH/MMP) — The General #28.3
Kutuzov Scenario#: 23904 Date: July 12, 1943 Location: Bolkhov, Russia After the successful counterattack near Prokhorovka, to the south of Kursk, the Soviet troops also attacked north of Kursk. The aim of this operation was to encircle and destroy the troops around Orel. The Soviets attacked in three spearheads: the … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2021
La Villa Strangiato Scenario#: TBP11 Date: July 1943 Location: Route 120 Vicinity, Sicily The US 7th Army battled its way through western Sicily after the collapse of the Axis beach defense forces in early July. The Italian Forces, however, were still game to defend their homeland. Combat Commander — Tournament Battle Pack
Last Line Before Oboyan Scenario#: K01 Date: 10 July, 1943 Location: Oboyan, Russia As the battle of Kursk intensified in the southern half of the salient, the Totenkopf division reached the last Russian barrier before Oboyan. Lightly defended fortifications lined the River Psel, constructed over the previous weeks and months.… Combat! — Kursk
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
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
Makin Taken Scenario#: J084 Date: 11/22/1943 Location: Butaritari, Makin Atoll While the Marines were experiencing the horror of Tarawa, the Army's 27th Division, a New York National Guard outfit, was facing a considerably smaller Japanese force on Makin Atoll. Previously, the 27th Division had been garrisoning Hawaii and its… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #5
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
Midday's Counterattack Scenario#: DJ06 Date: 1943-07-12 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 Tactical — Dark July 43
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
Mila 18 Scenario#: 2 Date: 1/18/1943 Location: Warsaw Ghetto, Poland The day started as had so many others in the Ghetto with the SS marching in to exact their daily toll in the final “resettlement” of the Warsaw Jews. The roundups started as usual: with sirens, shots, screams and sorrow. But this day, fewer than… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
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
Munda Mash Scenario#: 152 Date: 7/16/1943 Location: Laiana, New Georgia The swift capture of Munda Point and its airfield was imperative. American forces reached the defenders' main line on the peninsula. The Japanese were there in force, cleverly concealed in pillboxes and "spider holes". It was decided to put the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 13 - Rising Sun
Nameless Hill Scenario#: AP168 Date: 12/30/1943 Location: Razorback Ridge, New Britain Colonel William J. “Wild Bill" Whaling's 1st Marines hadjust captured the airfield at Cape Gloucester, located to the west of the New Britain landing sites. The residual elements of the Japanese defense, led by Colonel Koki Sumiya's 53rd lnfantry… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under
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
Night Fans Scenario#: 169 Date: 1/28/1943 Location: Lake Segozero, Russia The small island of Metchishori, in the frozen Lake Segozero, was guarded by a Finnish company that was rotated on a monthly basis. On the morning of 21 January, the 9th Company and a machine gun platoon was transferred to the island. On 28 January a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
Nishne, Nyet! Scenario#: AP060 Date: 2/10/1943 Location: Nishne-Gnilovskaya, Russia When Red Army elements crossed the Don River in early February just west of Rostov and established a bridgehead, the 503rd Heavy Tank Battalion was part of the force tasked to eliminate the threat. A force of six Tigers and then Pz IIIs, with… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #6 A Decade of War
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
Not So Disposed Scenario#: S047 Date: 7/10/1943 Location: Gela, Sicily The small city and port of Gela was at the center of the American landing beaches and therefore was an important target. Colonel William Darby and his famous Rangers were to take the town during the landings. It was a difficult task, but one that the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit Expansion Pack #1
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
Odd Angry Shot Scenario#: AP068 Date: 10/12/1943 Location: Finisterre Range, New Guinea The campaign to push the Japanese out of New Guinea moved into the Markham and Ramu Valleys in 1943. The Australian 7th Division was tasked with the job of clearing these two strategic areas. As the 21st Brigade battled for high ground to the west,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #7
On the Road to Victory Scenario#: TBP05 Date: July 1943 Location: Modica, Sicily Canadian war correspondent Ross Munro recorded his experiences of the first few days of the attack on the Italian 122 lnfantry Regiment north of Pachino in a newspaper article printed on 12 July: "Stubborn Resistance has been put up by … Combat Commander — Tournament Battle Pack
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
One Steppe Beyond Scenario#: TBP06 Date: March 1943 Location: Central Russia Dawn was still barely visible on the horizon. l walked back towards the artillery line which was to support the reconnaissance forces should they encounter organized Resistance. Combat Commander — Tournament Battle Pack
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
Operation Kutuzov Scenario#: 10 Date: August 1943 Location: Orel, Russia The Soviets launched Operation Kutuzov, named in honor of the Napoleonic era general credited with saving Moscow from the invading 1812 French forces. to draw away and pin down German forces of Army Group Center from the Kursk Offensive. It … Panzer (GMT) — Operations on the Eastern Front 1943-45
Operation Kutuzov Scenario#: AP095 Date: 7/19/1943 Location: Otrada, Russia Although Soviet counterblows after CITADEL were both swift and potent, they had not come as much of a surprise to the Germans. Feldmarschall Walter Model had kept all of Panzer-Armee 2 in reserve to help protect the operation’s northern pincer. On… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #10
Operation Ladbroke Scenario#: 20077 Date: 7/9/1943 Location: Syracuse, Sicily Operation Ladbroke, July 9 1943At 18.00h, a total of 144 gliders with 2075 men of the British 1st Airlanding Brigade, South Staffordshire Regiment depart Tunisia. Their mission is to capture the Ponte Grande Bridge and knock out a coastal battery. … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2017
Operation Marston Scenario#: 1000 Date: 14/15 July 1943 Location: Primosole Bridge, Sicily Operation "Marston", as the attack on the Primosole Bridge over the River Simeto was known, was given to the 1st Parachute Brigade of the 1st British Airborne Division to accomplish. It was planned to the last detail: equipment, weaponry, route, … Squad Leader — The General #20.2
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
Operation Schwarz Scenario#: 226 Date: 5/15/1943 Location: Cajnice, Croatia Operation Schwarz was the largest Axis anti-partisan operation. The operation attempted to encircle and crush the NOVJ partisan stronghold in the mountainous area between the Ceotina and Piva Rivers in southern Bosnia. Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion (2nd Edition)
Overrun Scenario#: 14 Date: 18 February 1943 Location: Ljubotin, Ukraine Kharkov had just fallen to rhe Soviets and a realignment of the German defensive line was formed to its south. The Grossdeutschland Division's Fusilier Regiment was given the assignment of defending a section of road leading to the west out … Fighting Formations — Grossdeutschland Division's Battle for Kharkov
Pakfront Scenario#: 21 Date: 5 July 1943 Location: Kursk, Russia As the German 9th Army's XXIII Corps' 78th and 216th Infantry Divisions launched a diversionary attack along the eastern flank, at 0530 hours both the XLI and XLVII Panzer Corps moved forward with the main attack in the Podolyan-Alexandrovka sectors… Panzer (GMT) — Exp. #2 The Final Forces On The Eastern Front
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
Paole Zion Scenario#: 225 Date: 2/20/1943 Location: Warsaw Ghetto, Poland Walter Toebbens, a leading German industrialist and major “employer” of the “productive Jews” of Warsaw, was brought from Berlin to solve the Nazis’ difficulties by “peaceful means”. He was to convince the Jewish civic and religious leaders to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion (2nd Edition)
Paradrop at Kanev Scenario#: 36 Date: 25 Sept 1943 Location: Kanev, Russia The Soviet offensive operations that began at Orel-Kursk in the summer of 1943 continued relentlessly through the end of that pivotal year. A bold use of Red Army paratroopers was planned as part of the attempt to form a bridgehead … Tide of Iron — Fury of the Bear
Point Able Scenario#: HFO03 Date: 1943-05-20 Location: Attu Island, Usa Lock 'n Load Tactical — Hell Frozen Over
Ponyri Scenario#: 1365 Date: 7/5/1943 Location: Ponyri, Russia The village of Ponyri was the focal point of General Walther Model's planned breakthrough in the area north of Kursk. Three German infantry division were ordered to assault the village, while elements of two Panzer divisions supported the attack.… Memoir '44 — Eastern Front
Ponyri Scenario#: 3719 Date: 7/9/1943 Location: Ponyri, Russia The village of Ponyri was the focal point of General Walther Model's planned breakthrough in the area north of Kursk. Three German infantry division were ordered to assault the village, while elements of two Panzer divisions supported the attack.… Memoir '44 — Air Pack
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
Prochorovka Scenario#: NOSB09 Date: 07/12/1943 Location: Prochorovka, Russia Right after 5 a.m., on July 12th, hundreds of Soviet tanks and assault guns rolled out of Prochorovka and slammed into the German SS Leibstandarte Division, which had stalled just west of the town. Streams of T-34 and T-70 tanks, … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back