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Back To School Scenario#: DASL24     Date: 2/4/1943     Location: Stanichka, Russia With the German occupation of Sevastopol and Novorossiysk in 1942, the Soviet Black Sea Fleet had lost its primary naval bases. Its operations were shifted farther down the southeast coast to the city of Poti, whose port facilities were small and… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
Regalbuto Ridge Scenario#: 100     Date: 7/31/1943     Location: Regalbuto, Sicily It was up to the Devonshire and Dorsetshire battalions of the 50th Infantry Division to take Regalbuto. Dominating the town was the massive ridge that ran southwest of it, and that was held by the grenadiers of the Hermann Goring Division. In a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5a - For King and Country
Beachhead at Ozereyka Bay Scenario#: 224     Date: 2/4/1943     Location: Glebovka, Russia In an effort to cut off the Seventh Army's retreat to the Iaman Peninsula, Stalin devised a plan to use a combined land and seaborne operation. The Black Sea Fleet would land a force composed of army and naval troops in the German's rear. The landing… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion (2nd Edition)
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
Sicilian Midnight Scenario#: DASL25     Date: 7/16/1943     Location: Favara, Sicily Under direct orders from Patton himself, the 3rd Ranger Battalion stepped off at dusk on the 15th to seize Porto Empedocle. Marching in a column of companies, the Rangers made good time across the Sicilian hills. But just after midnight, scouts… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
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)
Ranger Stronghold Scenario#: 179     Date: 9/14/1943     Location: Lattari Mountains, Italy The First and Fourth Rangers, under the command of Bill Darby, landed at Maiori, west of Salerno on 9 September 1943. They then moved 10km inland to block the road to Naples. Once established in the hills, they became the major obstacle to German… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 3a Yanks (2nd Edition)
The T-Patchers Scenario#: 180     Date: 12/18/1943     Location: San Pietro, Italy Since the 7th of December, the American 36th (Texas) Division had been attempting to remove the German strongpoint of San Pietro. The “T-Patchers” and their supporting elements had made two previous attempts against San Pietro, but they had no… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 3a Yanks (2nd Edition)
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)
Danica Air Scenario#: 227     Date: 10/6/1943     Location: Koprivnica, Croatia Danica Air Base, defended by the 120-man strong 1st Light Infantry Parachute Company, came under attack by Croatian partians. The Croatian Air Force dropped supplies and ammunition to the surrounded paratroopers. Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion (2nd Edition)
Break For Hungary Scenario#: 228     Date: 11/9/1943     Location: Koprivnica, Croatia After a month of partisan attacks, Major General Draguin Dolanski, commander of the 1st Croatian Light Parachute Company, determined they could not hold their positions at the Danica Air Base much longer and decided to withdraw through the village of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion (2nd Edition)
Few and Far Between Scenario#: J169     Date: 8/30/1943     Location: Chistyakovo, Ukraine The wastefulness of Operation Citadel was beginning to hit home for Heeresgruppe Sud. Stripped of many Panzer Divisions, these were replaced with worn–out infantry divisions such as the 258th, which formed a shallow crust around the transport hubs… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11
Cibik's Ridge Scenario#: 67     Date: 11/22/1943     Location: Bougainville Island, New Guinea As elements of the 3rd Marine Division pushed eastward to expand its beachhead on Bouganville, 1st Lt. Steve Cibik’s reinforced platoon was ordered to occupy a small knoll with a commanding view of Empress Augusta Bay. Shortly after arriving, the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 9 - Gung Ho!
Hell or High Water Scenario#: 73     Date: 11/1/1943     Location: Cape Torokina, Bougainville The obvious invasion sites on Bougainville were avoided in favor of a landing around Cape Torokina in Empress Augusta Bay. The usual prolonged naval bombardment was rejected in order to maximize the element of surprise. At 0710 the first wave of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 9 - Gung Ho!
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
Converging Assaults Scenario#: S048     Date: 7/11/1943     Location: Gela, Sicily The Rangers had taken Gela from the surprisingly resistant Italian Coastal troops. After assessing the situation, Col. Darby organized the remaining Rangers to defend the town from counterattack. And in fact the Italian high command had ordered a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit Expansion Pack #1
Draconian Measures Scenario#: DASL06     Date: 8/13/1943     Location: Kharkov, Russia Kharkov was again becoming the focal point for a major battle for the fourth and last time as the rampaging Red armies of Vatutin and Konev converged on the city—the site of huge German supply dumps. The first Soviets to reach the city belonged to an… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
With Flame and Shell Scenario#: DASL07     Date: 7/5/1943     Location: Cherkasskoye, Russia Kursk, the greatest tank battle in history, had opened badly for the Germans. The offensive that Hitler thought would win the war had suffered enormous losses as it assaulted the deep, wellprepared Russian defensive positions. The new miracle tanks… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
The Schoolhouse Scenario#: DASL08     Date: 7/9/1943     Location: Ponyri, Russia It was a nondescript, strung-out village but it was situated in the Kursk salient and it was destined to become the scene of the most intense street fighting since Stalingrad. The school, the water tower, the tractor station, the railway embankment,… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
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
Hill 253.5 Scenario#: 132     Date: 7/9/1943     Location: Ponyri, Russia Operation Citadel had begun, but instead of the desired lightning breakthrough, fighting had taken on the characteristics of World War I trench warfare. In four days of grueling combat, the XLI Panzer Corps had managed to penetrate the defenses of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
The Niscemi-Biscari Highway Scenario#: 178     Date: 7/10/1943     Location: Niscemi, Sicily During the initial invasion of Sicily, many American parachute units were given the task of blocking German movement towards the landing beaches. One such, the 3rd Battalion of the 504th Parachute Regiment, landed two miles northwest of Biscari.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 3a Yanks (2nd Edition)
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)
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!
Rachi Ridge Scenario#: 36     Date: 11/12/1943     Location: Leros, Greece German paratroopers landed on the Aegean island of Leros which had been manned by British defenders. Their objective was to take Rachi Ridge which lay astride a narrow isthmus in the middle of the island. If they could take hold that position, the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5 - West of Alamein
Fort McGregor Scenario#: 40     Date: 2/26/1943     Location: Medjez el Bab, Tunisia Preliminary to the main German attack on Medjez, a position known as Fort McGregor had to be seized from British defenders. The forward outpost consisted of an infantry company with its platoons dug in around a bare, rocky knoll, with the entire… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5 - West of Alamein
A Bridgehead Too Wet Scenario#: 41     Date: 3/22/1943     Location: Wadi Zigzaou, Tunisia Montgomery chose to make a frontal assault in an area defended by elements of Panzergrenadier Regiment Afrika and the weak Giovani Fascisti (Young Fascists). The 151st Infantry Brigade of the 50th Division reinforced by forty–odd Valentine tanks were… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5 - West of Alamein
The Taking of Takrouna Scenario#: 51     Date: 4/20/1943     Location: Takrouna, Tunisia As part of 8th Army’s first attempt to crack the Enfidaville Line, the 5th New Zealand Brigade was ordered to capture the key observation point of Takrouna – a small village crowned by a group of tightly clustered buildings surrounded by cliffs, all… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 7 - Hollow Legions (2nd Edition)
Too Little, Too Late Scenario#: 52     Date: 9/9/1943     Location: Parma, Italy Late on 8 September, the same day the armistice between Italy and the Allies was announced, elements of the 433rd Medium Tank Battalion in Fidenza were ordered to move east to Parma. There, in an attempt to keep the Germans from occupying key… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 7 - Hollow Legions (2nd Edition)
A High Price to Pay Scenario#: 53     Date: 7/10/1943     Location: Syracuse, Sicily Under the codename Operation Ladbroke, the British 1st Airlanding Brigade was to capture the Ponte Grande bridge spanning the Anapo River in eastern Sicily to allow for a quick march on Syracuse by the 5th Infantry Division. 144 gliders set off from… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 7 - Hollow Legions (2nd Edition)
Retribution Scenario#: 55     Date: 7/11/1943     Location: Palma di Montechiaro, Sicily Early on the morning of 11 July, Lt.Col. John Heintges’ 3rd Battalion of the 7th Infantry Regiment crossed the Palma River and advanced westward along Highway 115. As the GIs approached Palma di Montechiaro where Italian forces were know to be, white… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 7 - Hollow Legions (2nd Edition)
The Battle for Rome Scenario#: 57     Date: 9/10/1943     Location: Rome, Italy Days after the armistice with Italy was signed, the German 2nd Parachute Division advanced toward Rome from the south. Several Italian formations, including the elite 21st “Grenadiers of Sardinia” Division, set up blocking positions and attempted to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 7 - Hollow Legions (2nd Edition)
Storm of Steel Scenario#: AP002     Date: 7/5/1943     Location: Maloarkhangelsk, Russia The opening of Operation Citadel came as no surprise since both sides had been building up their forces for weeks. The first task facing the German assault was to break through the heavily defended Soviet lines. The Soviet positions, containing six… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #1
Savannah Rain Scenario#: AP006     Date: 7/11/1943     Location: Gela, Sicily On July 10th, the Allies landed in Sicily — theAmerican VII Corps in the Licata and Gela area and the British at Pozzalo, eastof Syracuse. In Gela, Darby’s Rangers successfully fought off a counterattack by the 10-ton French tanks of Gruppo Mobile… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #1
Show of Force Scenario#: AP094     Date: 3/12/1943     Location: Graiworon, Russia Following the disastrous loss of Stalingrad, German High Command faced another threat in northern Russia. After Russian breakthroughs at several points on the Don River, the Germans were in danger of losing three Heeresgruppes – in total, more men… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #10
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
Aussie Alamo Scenario#: AP166     Date: 1/28/1943     Location: Wandumi, New Guinea In early January, the bitterly fought Buna-Gona campaign on the eastern coast of New Guinea was concluding. Further up the coastline, 4,000 Japanese troops of the veteran Slst Division landed in Salamaua, near Lac, and proceeded into the hinterland… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under
All The King's Enemies Scenario#: AP167     Date: 1/30/1943     Location: Wau, New Guinea The Japanese offensive at the strategic location of Wau had been slowed through a rearguard effort at the nearby village of Wandumi. Once a Japanese regimental battle group, the Okabe Detachment, had finally amassed at Wau, they attempted to capture… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under
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
Closing the Net Scenario#: AP010     Date: 1/15/1943     Location: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands With the Army’s 25th Division at its side, the 2nd Marine Division began the drive to clear Guadalcanal of its last defenders. An armor-supported drive along the coast failed to break through, while the 8th Marines encountered heavy resistance along… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #2
Danger Forward Scenario#: AP016     Date: 7/21/1943     Location: Alimena, Sicily While the Axis forces slowly fell back towards Messina, the Big Red One kept up the pressure through the difficult terrain of central Sicily. The opposing Italians were fighting on native soil now, but their leadership hadn’t improved. As Gruppo… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #2
Winter of Their Discontent Scenario#: AP019     Date: 1/4/1943     Location: Chertkovo, Russia After Christmas, the retreating Gruppo Nord finally made it to the town of Chertkovo, where an Italo-German garrison took them in and provided them much needed fuel and supplies. However, Gruppe Nord was in no condition to continue. They waited for… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #3 Few Returned
Victory is Life Scenario#: AP020     Date: 1/15/1943     Location: Rossosch, Russia Trying to escape its encirclement, the Alpini Corps constantly had to fight off blocking forces of Russian indantry and raiding partisans, as well as raiding armored forces. On January 15th, the most dangerous raid of all occurred, when tanks and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #3 Few Returned
Red Don Scenario#: AP021     Date: 1/16/1943     Location: Babka, Russia Day after day in mid-January, the Soviets launched repeated attacks against the Italians of the Cuneense, Julia, and Tridentina divisions. Often the attacks never even made it across the frozen Don River to the fortified positions. On January 16th,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #3 Few Returned
Ghost Riders Scenario#: AP022     Date: 1/22/1943     Location: Sceljakino, Russia The retreating Alpini Corps trudged westward through the snow. Cresting the low hills dominating the town of Sceljakino, on the route of the Italian retreat, the lead troops encountered heavy gyunfire from Soviet troops in the town below. To keep an… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #3 Few Returned
Agony at Arnautovo Scenario#: AP023     Date: 1/24/1943     Location: Arnautovo, Russia Russian troops launched a surprise sortie against the village of Arnautovo which was held by the Italian Valchiese Battalion of the 6th Alpini Regiment and some divisional artillery. To add to the dismay of the Italian defenders, they were also beset… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #3 Few Returned
Tridentina Avanti! Scenario#: AP024     Date: 1/26/1943     Location: Nikolajewka, Russia The Tridentina Division led the survivors of the Italian 8th Army westwards toward safety, but one obstale remained – the town of Nikolajewka. Astride the Rostov-Moscow railroad, the town was in Russian hands and strongly held. General Luigi… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #3 Few Returned
The Last Day of the Cuneense Scenario#: AP025     Date: 1/27/1943     Location: Valuiki, Russia While the Tridentina led the vanguard of the Alpini Corps’ attempts to break out of the Russian encirclement, the Cuneense Division served as the rear guard, repeatedly fighting off Soviet pursuers so that the main body could press on to the west and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #3 Few Returned
Flea Circus Scenario#: AP026     Date: 9/8/1943     Location: Mezzocamino, Italy Much to the dismay of the Italians, on the afternoon of September 8, 1943, General Eisenhower made public the armistice between the Allies and the Italian government. The Italians had been playing a dangerous balancing act between the Germans and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #3 Few Returned