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Battle for the Warta Line Scenario#: 21 Date: 6-Sep-39 Location: Central Poland, Poland For two days the Poles desperately tried to hold a line in the vicinity of the Warta and Widawka Rivers but were gradually pushed back. However, the stubborn Resistance of the crack Polish I 0th Division was threatening to throw … Squad Leader — Crescendo of Doom
Action at Balberkamp Scenario#: 24 Date: 22-Apr-40 Location: Balberkamp, Norway Following the initial landings of air and seaborne forces at Oslo, the Germans began to move northward through the valley of the Gudbrandsdalen, towards Trondheim. The Norwegians and British attempted numerous blocking actions which were largely… Squad Leader — Crescendo of Doom
Resistance at Chabrehez Scenario#: 25 Date: 10-May-40 Location: Chabrehez, Belgium As the Germans pushed through the Ardennes the lightly armed Belgian troops were easily dealt with. But at Chabrehez a small group of the Belgian 3rd Regiment of Chasseurs Ardennais stood in good position blocking the way of Rommel's 7th … Squad Leader — Crescendo of Doom
Assault on a Queen Scenario#: 26 Date: 11-May-40 Location: The Hague, Netherland Following the parachute drop on Holland, it was feared that the Germans would attempt a secret raid to seize Queen Wilhelmina, infant crown princess Beatrix, and other members of the Dutch Royal Family. Fearing the Germans would strike at any … Squad Leader — Crescendo of Doom
The Dinant Bridgehead Scenario#: 27 Date: 13-May-40 Location: Houx, Belgium The Meuse River was the last major obstacle preventing a major armored breakout from the Ardennes. It was imperative that the Germans establish a number of viable crossings before the Allies could regroup. One of three such crossings on the … Squad Leader — Crescendo of Doom
Ad Hoc at Beaurains Scenario#: 30 Date: 21-May-40 Location: Arras, France Quite unexpectedly, the British launched a major counterattack from Arras against the spearheads of Rommel's breakthrough, catching the initial German units unprepared as they attempted to deploy. The Germans were able to halt the supporting infantry… Squad Leader — Crescendo of Doom
Land Leviathans Scenario#: TS3 Date: 3-Jul-41 Location: Lipki, Russia Under pressure from Stalin to hold Smolensk, Yeremenko was desperate to halt the German offensive. On I July, he committed his sole armored reserve: the 1st Moscow Motorized Rifle Division under Major General LG. Kreyzer. It was a crack unit, … Squad Leader — The General #19,5
Pavlov's House Scenario#: TS2 Date: 20-Oct-42 Location: Stalingrad, Russia At the end of September, units of Rodimtsev's 13th Guards were ordered to seize buildings on Lenin Square and form strongpoints. A damaged apartment building was attacked and occupied by Sgt. Jacob Pavlov and his men, who formed a defensive … Squad Leader — The General #19,5
Sweep For Bordj Toum Bridge Scenario#: 39 Date: 10-Dec-42 Location: Bordj Toum Station, Tunisia As the Allies paused to gather their breath and resources for their attack on Tunis, the Germans struck first. The Fifth Panzer Army in an effort to expand its position around Tunis, sent the 86th Panzer Grenadier Regiment supported by … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory
Strayer's Strays Scenario#: O Date: 6-Jun-44 Location: Saint-Germain-de-Varreville, France By dawn, Lt. Colonel R.L. Strayer had pieced together a unit composed of men of the 502nd, 506th and 508th Parachute Regiments. Front lines and flanks were meaningless. The officers and men didn't know one another. Radio contact with HQ … Squad Leader — The General #20.4
Night Drop Scenario#: R223 Date: 6-Jun-44 Location: Cherbourg Peninsula, France Scattered in farms and villages along thirty miles of coast, the German 709th Infantry Division had been awaiting the invasion for a year. It had been formed eighteen months before around a core of German veterans from the Russian front … Squad Leader — Rogue Scenarios
Semper Paratus Scenario#: J Date: 27-Sep-44 Location: Oorderen, Holland Lieutenant C.P .J. Des Groseillers urged his straining men to push again. D Company had found a German 75mm antitank gun in the ruins of Oorderen. The breech had been hidden and the weapon had been left in the town … Squad Leader — The General #18.2
Aachen's Pall Scenario#: P Date: 25-Oct-44 Location: Aachen, Germany The American hand had closed about Aachen. The city fell slowly. Street by street, then house by house the Gls squeezed out the Germans. Finally the Wehrmacht headquarters in the Hotel Quillenhof was in sight. The massive hotel structure proved … Squad Leader — The General #21.2
Delaying Action Scenario#: D Date: 30-Oct-44 Location: Western Lithuania, Lithuania After failing to halt the onslaught of Bagramyan's 1st Baltic Front, scattered units of the Gross Deutschland Division were ordered to fall back to the northwest and regroup?. One evening during the course of this retreat some three hundred of … Squad Leader — The General #15.6
The Breaking Wave Scenario#: W97 Date: 19-Dec-44 Location: Dom Butengenbach, Belgium The German efforts to press their Wacht am Rhein offensive were falling behind schedule. After rapid deliberation German General Staff decided that the best way to speed the assault was to increase the maneuver area for the attacking elements. They … Squad Leader — Wargamers Pack 2
The Attempt to Relieve Peiper Scenario#: H Date: 21-Dec-44 Location: the Ardennes, Belgium The key to the German Ardennes Offensive Jay with a quick breakthrough and deep penetration. In the north the success of a breakthrough rested heavily with Colonel Peiper's Kampfgruppe from the 1st SS Division. But the quick victories which had … Squad Leader — The General #17.2
Uncles and Pups Scenario#: FB01 Date: 1/1/1945 Location: Budapest, Hungary By 26 December 1944, Soviet forces were finally able to complete the outer encirclement of Budapest when lead units of the 18th Tank Corps linked up with forward elements of the 6th Guards Tank Army northwest of the city near Estergom. Beginning on… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
Auld Lang Syne Scenario#: V Date: 1/1/1945 Location: Gerimont, France In the Ardennes sector, the U.S. 87th Division was given the assignment of taking Gerimont. The opening of the assault went well but while pausing to regroup in the outskirts of the town, the Americans were hit by a strong local counterattack. The… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #31.3
A Breezeless Day Scenario#: 198 Date: 1/2/1945 Location: Gros Rederching, France Operation Nordwind was launched to take advantage of the thin front offered by the American Seventh Army. The Seventh was covering the positions that had been occupied by Patton’s Third Army, now deployed in the Ardennes. Initial thrusts by the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 3a Yanks (2nd Edition)
The 1,000-Yard Attack Scenario#: BoEC13 Date: 1945-01-02 Location: Bastogne, Belgium Lock 'n Load Tactical — Battles of Easy Company
The Mad Minute Scenario#: 24 Date: 1/3/1945 Location: Longchamps, Belgium Dug into the snow along the edge of the village of Longchamps, weary Americans watched as an armored force deployed from Compogne in the fields to the north. Orders went out to the gun crews to engage the armor as soon as it was in range. Within… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 3 - Yanks
Bizory Loves Company Scenario#: J005 Date: 1/3/1945 Location: Bizory, Belgium Company E of the 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment had been repulsing repeated German attacks on their dug-in position in the woods near the small city of Bizory. Mid-morning on January 3rd, found them under attack by elements of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #1
Lee's Charge Scenario#: J062 Date: 1/3/1945 Location: Coroie, Belgium On January 3rd, 1945, VII Corps launched its offensive to reduce the Bulge salient. The drive, with the 2nd Armored Division as a key element, headed towards Houffalize. Over a foot of snow covered the ground and the armored columns were forced to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3
Blizzard Baptism Scenario#: 31 Date: 4-Jan-45 Location: Flamierge, Belgium The US 17th Airborne Division was new to the European Theater of Operations, having just arrived in the Reims area in France on the 25th of December. The division was attached to General Patton's 3rd Army. One of its initial … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #1: Paratroopers
Second Thoughts Scenario#: BOF11 Date: 1/4/1945 Location: Wingen-sur-Moder, France The first objective of Operation Nordwind, Hitler's last major offensive in the west, was to secure a path through the Low Vosges mountains to the Alsatian plains. One possible path ran through Wingen-sur-Moder. Kampfgruppe Wingen was tasked to seize… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends
GOYA Scenario#: G18 Date: 1/7/1945 Location: Rochelinval, Belgium The 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion was a veteran airborne unit, whose distinctive patch was emblazoned with the acronym “GOYA” (for “Get Off Your Ass”). From the 21st of December through the 6th of January, the men of the battalion weathered “no… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #29.2
Mageret Morning Scenario#: AP130 Date: 1/8/1945 Location: Mageret, Belgium The German attack on Bastogne brought SS-Panzer-Division 12 to within 4 kilometers of the city center. The division was ordered to capture Hill 510 to the west of Mageret to provide observation into Bastogne since, from their current positions, they… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #13 Oktoberfest XXXII
Black Day in Hatten Scenario#: HF1 Date: 1/9/1945 Location: Hatten, France In early January 1945, the Battle of the Bulge had run its course, and numerous Allied units were drawn northward to stem the German tide. Taking advantage of this situation, OKW launched a second, less well-known western front offensive codenamed… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 9 - Hatten in Flames
Bertoldo the Brave Scenario#: HF2 Date: 1/9/1945 Location: Hatten, France Operation NORDWIND, the German offensive in France’s Alsace province, enjoyed only limited success in its first week. German fortunes changed, however, with the penetration by Panzer-Korps XXXIX of the American Maginot Line positions during a… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 9 - Hatten in Flames
First Timers Scenario#: HF3 Date: 1/9/1945 Location: Hatten, France A breakthrough in the village of Hatten became the key focus of the German offensive codenamed Operation NORDWIND. By early afternoon of 9 January, units from Panzergrenadier-Division 25 had captured most of Hatten. The Americans responded… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 9 - Hatten in Flames
Counterattack at Hatten Scenario#: 5 Date: 1945-01-09 Location: Hatten By December 21st, the German High Command had realized that the Ardennes Offensive was not going to reach its objectives. A sudden attack on the southern Allied front might damage the gap that Patton’s Third Army had left on its … Last Hundred Yards — Last Hundred Yards
Liehr Launches First Scenario#: HF4 Date: 1/10/1945 Location: Hatten, France Dawn of 10 January held up hope for OKW that their stalled NORDWIND offensive was being reinvigorated. Hatten was largely theirs, and the neighboring village of Rittershoffen appeared lightly defended. Beyond those villages, the terrain was more… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 9 - Hatten in Flames
Graveyard Shift Scenario#: HF5 Date: 1/10/1945 Location: Hatten, France For the remainder of 10 January, the Germans focused their efforts on securing defensive positions while aligning themselves for an assault on Rittershoffen via a sunken road originating from the northwest of Hatten. The American counterattack… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 9 - Hatten in Flames
Tip of the Speirs Scenario#: AP07 Date: 01/10/1945 Location: Foy, Belgium There was no rest for the men of Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Exhausted by their defense of Bastogne, they were never the less tapped to counterattack the retreating Germans during the month of January 1945. Their … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Alpha
Strasbourg Scenario#: 28 Date: 1/11/1945 Location: Strasbourg, France On the 7th of January 1945, the German Nineteen Army initiated an attack south of Strasbourg against the First French Army. Code-named 'Sonnenwende' ("Winter Solstice"), the operation led by the 198th Volksgrenadier Division and 106th Panzer Brigade… Memoir '44 — Game Trade Magazine #58
Strasbourg Scenario#: 3683 Date: 1/11/1945 Location: Strasbourg, France On the 7th of January 1945, the German Nineteen Army initiated an attack south of Strasbourg against the First French Army. Code-named 'Sonnenwende' ("Winter Solstice"), the operation led by the 198th Volksgrenadier Division, the 106th Panzer Brigade… Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Jackpot Jones Scenario#: HF6 Date: 1/11/1945 Location: Hatten, France Lieutenant Colonel Holton had three experienced companies available to him from the 2nd Battalion, 315th Infantry Regiment, for the defense of Hatten. They were supported by a platoon of M18 Hellcats, ably led by Lieutenant Robert Jones. The Germans,… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 9 - Hatten in Flames
Vistula River Line Scenario#: 17 Date: '01/13/45 Location: Vistula River, Poland With the start of the Russian offensive on January 12. 1945, breakthroughs were achieved all along the vistula River with the aid of massive artillery barrages. Intact defending units, as in all overwhelming ofiensives, often found themselves in… Panzer (AH/MMP) — Wargamer's Guide to PanzerBlitz
To The Last Man Scenario#: DASL34 Date: 1/13/1945 Location: Budapest, Hungary Malinovskii's forward detachments had encircled doomed Budapest. The German garrison, ordered by Hitler to defend the Hungarian capital to the last man, fortify the city for a siege. At the Ceramics Factory, well-armed and determined SS troops… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
Gotta Get Out Scenario#: HF7 Date: 1/13/1945 Location: Hatten, France Four days into the battle, the 14th Armored Division, supported by infantry from two battalions of the 315th Infantry Regiment, had managed to temporarily halt the momentum of Panzer-Korps XXXIX. Switching to the offensive, American tankers sought to… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 9 - Hatten in Flames
Help Our Troops Out Scenario#: S061 Date: 1/13/1945 Location: Hatten, France The NORDWIND offensive had breached the lines of the U.S. 7th Army at the Alsatian towns of Hatten and Rittershoffen. The 14th Armored Division was ordered to restore the main line of resistance; the first time in its operational history, it would be… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 7
Foy Scenario#: BoEC14 Date: 1945-01-13 Location: Foy, Belgium Lock 'n Load Tactical — Battles of Easy Company
The Bitche Salient Scenario#: J Date: 1/14/1945 Location: Bitche, Germany Elements of the 29th Infantry Division had been ordered to continue closing the ring around German forces trapped near Bitche. However, due to poor radio security, the Germans were quite aware of this latest development and had planned a flanking… Advanced Squad Leader — Classic ASL
Fahrenheit 352 Scenario#: HF8 Date: 1/14/1945 Location: Hatten, France After five days of fighting, both Hatten and Rittershoffen had largely been split in two, with the Germans holding slightly more of the most prominent positions. Many buildings had been rubbled, burned to the ground or suffered significant structural… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 9 - Hatten in Flames
End Station Budapest Scenario#: 121 Date: 1/15/1945 Location: Budapest, Hungary The 2nd Ukrainian Front, augmented by the allied 7th Romanian Corps, had reached the Danube. Hitler ordered that beautiful Budapest be made a “fortress city” even as the 3rd Ukrainian Front encircled it. The Romanians, ill equipped for city fighting,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion
It Don't Come Easy Scenario#: J158 Date: 1/15/1945 Location: Noville, Belgium By the middle of January, “Easy” was on the attack again. Although many replacements had come into the ranks, some of whom were not even paratroop-qualified, Major Dick Winters entrusted them with one more assault to retake ground east of Bastogne… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #10
Pushing Back Scenario#: BP03 Date: 01/15/1945 Location: Noville, Belgium Easy Company had been put in reserve after taking the town of Foy: the beginning of the Allies counteroffensive in the Ardennes. Now, they were tasked with taking the hotly contested town of Noville. On the 14th of January they … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Bravo
Beyond the Breaking Point Scenario#: BoEC15 Date: 1945-01-15 Location: Noville, Belgium Lock 'n Load Tactical — Battles of Easy Company
Hatten & Rittershoffen Scenario#: 16303 Date: 1/16/1945 Location: Rittershoffen, Germany Unternehmen Nordwind (Northwind), the drive to Strasbourg, was the last major German offensive on the Western Front. Launched on January 1, 1945, it was initially successful as the Axis forces broke through the thinly stretched U.S. 7th Army line and… Memoir '44 — VE-Day
Action at Potpot Scenario#: H10 Date: January 16, 1945 Location: Luzon, Phillipines General Yamashita Tomoyuki committed tanks of the 2nd Armored Division in counterattacks to slow the US army's advance. Japanese tanks were ill equipped to take on the Americans but their crews were just as fanatical as any troops in the … Old School Tactical — Hell Bent Pacific