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Po Valley Scenario#: 1879 Date: 4/14/1945 Location: Mount Montello, Italy In the last months of the World War II, between February and April 1945, the Wehrmacht built, not so far from Montese, along the Gothic Line's last limit ("The Green Line II"), a fortified defensive system. It was organized around … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules
Kakazu's Tombs Scenario#: J016 Date: 4/13/1945 Location: Kakazu Ridge, Okinawa As night fell on April 12, Sgt. Beaufort Anderson and the members of his mortar platoon occupied several of the tombs dotting the area between Kakazu Ridge and Kakazu West. Good things seldom happen when one is forced to sleep with the dead. This… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2
The Rag Tag Circus Scenario#: U48 Date: 4/12/1945 Location: Barby on the Elbe, Germany GIs of the 83rd Infantry Division took particular pride in their use of captured German vehicles. So extensive was their “used car lot” appearance that the news correspondents nicknamed this unit the “Rag Tag Circus”. The Americans had a chance to… Advanced Squad Leader — Rivers to the Reich
Last Roundup Scenario#: 35 Date: April 11, 1945 Location: Erfurt, Germany The US 12th Army Group was using the Erfurt-Leipzig axis as their main line of advanceinto the heart of Germany. The industrial city of Erfurt was at the edge of the area which the Wehrmacht’s 11th Army was attempting to … Panzer (YAQ) — Armor: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat in Western Europe, 1944-1945
American Tragedy Scenario#: J064 Date: 4/11/1945 Location: Kakazu Ridge, Okinawa Starting at 0700, the 1st Battalion, 381st Regiment attacked across the saddle between Kakazu West and Kakazu Ridge. Although dubbed the “powerhouse attack”, the offensive immediately stalled as the men came under heavy fire from Japanese positions… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3
Turning Off the Spigot Scenario#: J015 Date: 4/11/1945 Location: Kakazu Ridge, Okinawa After the failure of the “powerhouse attack” to dislodge the Japanese from Kakazu Ridge earlier in the day, the Americans tried a series of attacks in battalion strength against various portions of the ridge... Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2
Forth Bridge Scenario#: G37 Date: 4/11/1945 Location: Fuhrberg, Germany After three days of rest and refit, the Churchills of the Scots Guards arrived from Munster and linked up with the troops of the 227th Infantry Brigade's Gordon Highlanders, with orders to advance on Celle. The Germans had taken advantage of the… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #31.3
Ambush at Houei Houn Scenario#: 15112 Date: 4/11/1945 Location: Houei Houn, Indochina After their attack by surprise of the main French garrisons in Indochina on the 9th of March 1945, Japanese troops pursued the French troops which had escape to the massacre. French General Alessandri led a column of surviving soldiers to … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2015
Moses' Blazes Scenario#: J077 Date: 4/10/1945 Location: Rethem, Germany The defense of the Wesser-Aller line was allocated to the Second Marine Infantry of the Kriegsmarine. Approaching Rethem from the west, 1/5 Welch had orders to secure a crossing of the River Aller. But progress was slow. With his rifle companies… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #4
On the Hoss' Side Scenario#: J014 Date: 4/10/1945 Location: Kakazu Ridge, Okinawa After advancing to the top of the smaller of the two summits along Kakazu Ridge, L Company developed a bit of a problem. It was sitting in the open above a Japanese underground complex specially prepared for just such a situation... Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2
Resignation Supermen Scenario#: J179 Date: 4/10/1945 Location: Heilbronn, Germany The final weeks of the war in Europe saw deep penetrations by the forces of General Alexander Patch’s Seventh Army, which rolled over most resistance in its path. Crossing the Neckar River proved to be one of the first true obstacles encountered by… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11
Brave Little Emchas Scenario#: DASL37 Date: 4/10/1945 Location: Vienna, Austria Following the unsuccessful "Spring Awakening" offensive in Hungary, the 6th SS Panzer Army was given the responsibility for the defense of Vienna and the southeastern approaches to the Reich. Not wanting a protracted struggle for the city, Kravchenko… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
That Damned Hill Scenario#: HotP11 Date: 1945-04-09 Location: Okinawa, Japan Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of the Pacific
The Gorge Scenario#: J013 Date: 4/9/1945 Location: Kakazu Ridge, Okinawa The 3rd Battalion had been given the task of pushing onto Kakazu Ridge by advancing through the series of stream beds that lay in front of the hill. The Japanese had placed some defenses in the approaches to the ridge.. Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2
Urban Guerillas Scenario#: J001 Date: 4/9/1945 Location: Vienna, Austria The 2nd SS-Panzer Division, “Das Reich”, formed a rear guard position in Vienna as the Fourth Ukrainian Front closed in on the beautiful city. One area of bitter fighting was around the picturesque Prater Park with St. Stephen's Cathedral. The people… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #1
A Small Town In Germany Scenario#: 33 Date: April 8, 1945 Location: Friesoythe, Germany The occupation of the Groningen bulge made it possible for the British Second Army to drive into northern Germany. The Allied advance did not go smoothly. Small “stay-behind” forces resisted bitterly. One example occurred when the Canadian 4th… Panzer (YAQ) — Armor: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat in Western Europe, 1944-1945
Wiking Horde Scenario#: O14 Date: 4/8/1945 Location: Ricklingen, Germany None. Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 7
A Small Town in Germany Scenario#: U47 Date: 4/8/1945 Location: Friesoythe, Germany The occupation of the Groningen bulge made it possible for the British Second Army to drive into northern Germany. The Allied advance did not go smoothly. Small "stay-behind" forces resisted bitterly. One example occurred when the Canadian 4th… Advanced Squad Leader — Rivers to the Reich
Operation Amherst Scenario#: 6369 Date: 4/8/1945 Location: Groningen, Holland The Third Reich is in its final throes. But Netherlands is still under the iron grip of the German forces, following the disaster of Operation Market-Garden. Heading North toward the heart of the Reich, the Canadian tanks and Polish artillery … Memoir '44 — Breakthrough
Hitdorf on the Rhine Scenario#: 202 Date: 4/6/1945 Location: Hitdorf, Germany As the Third Reich collapsed, many American leaders became bold to the point of recklessness. Often, a daring stroke by a small group of GIs yielded a vast gaggle of demoralized German prisoners. But sometimes the Americans pushed their luck to far… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 3a Yanks (2nd Edition)
Hitdorf on the Rhine Scenario#: 10 Date: 6-Apr-45 Location: Hitdorf, Germany As the Third Reich collapsed, many American leaders became bold to the point of recklessness. Often, a daring stroke by a small group of soldiers yielded a vast gaggle of demoralized German prisoners. But sometimes the Americans pushed their luck … Squad Leader — Squad Leader
Hitdorf Scenario#: 16300 Date: 4/6/1945 Location: Hitdorf, Germany On 6 April 1945, the first wave of the 82nd Airborne Division crossed the Rhine in boats and immediately made contact with the enemy. Under heavy fire and faced with a minefield, the troopers fought toward their assigned objectives and … Memoir '44 — VE-Day
Rush to Contact Scenario#: 9 Date: 6-Apr-45 Location: Outskirts of Hitdorf, Germany After crossing the Rhine, leading elements of Company A, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Regiment found themselves met by elements of the 62nd Volksgrenadier Division on the road to Hitdorf. Both sides reported contact and immediately called for… Combat Commander — CC: Europe
Clearing Action in the Ruhr Scenario#: W10 Date: 1945-04-05 Location: Ruhr, Germany Following the Rhine crossings in the U.S. First Army and Third Army sectors, German resistance in the Ruhr completely disintegraled. American armored divisions sprinted through weak forces, establishíng a bridgehead as deep as 60 miles in only seven… Tank Leader — Western Front
Won’t They Ever Give Up Spring Scenario#: WS2 Date: Spring, 1945 Location: Rhine River, Germany It had been a long war, but then again, any war is a long war. We were supposed to be home by Christmas, but Hitler had other ideas, and those other ideas damn near worked. Driving us almost to the … Old School Tactical — Volume 2 Western Front
Any Day the Ruhr Pocket Scenario#: PD06 Date: April, 1945 Location: Ruhr, Germany Germany collapsed as the US 1st and 9th Armies divided the already encircled Ruhr. Some towns greeted the Americans with white flags while others fought to the death. In many towns, the men of the 9th Armored Division encountered … Old School Tactical — Phantom Division
The Liberators Scenario#: G34 Date: 4/2/1945 Location: Wiener Neustadt, Austria Following the collapse of Hitler's Awakening of Spring, on March 16th, Marshall Tolbuhkin's 3rd Ukrainian Front went over to the attack. The 6th Guards Tank Army was placed at his disposal to deal with the stiff resistance. On April 2nd, having… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #31.1
Hunting the Hunters Scenario#: W06 Date: April 2, 1945 Location: Ruhr, Germany The Jagdpanzer 38 was nicknamed Hetzer, or hunter by the German troops. But lately the hunters had become the hunted. The two tank destroyers sat waiting to ambush, concealed in their camouflage. The war was almost over for the Americans, … Old School Tactical — Volume 2 Western Front
Valhalla Bound Scenario#: A074 Date: 4/1/1945 Location: Central, Hungary In late March of 1945, Sepp Dietrich launched his well-blooded 6th SS Panzer Armee against Tolbuhkin's Third Ukrainian Army. No sooner had Dietrich begun his attack than Tolbuhkin trumped him with an even greater offensive. In the ensuing melee, the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 95 Winter
Encircling The Ruhr Scenario#: U46 Date: 3/30/1945 Location: Ruhr, Germany As the 12th Army wheeled its way north under overcast skies to join the 9th Army in encircling the Ruhr, they drew upon the 3rd Armored Division to lead the way. A task force built around a medium tank battalion which included a few of the new… Advanced Squad Leader — Rivers to the Reich
For A Few Rounds More Scenario#: J100 Date: 3/30/1945 Location: Menden, Germany As March 30th dawned, the U.S. 5th Infantry Division and the 3rd Armored Division advanced on the village of Menden in an effort to seal the encirclement of the Ruhr pocket. In front of the village, the 737th Tank Battalion found itself engaged by… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #6
Crocodile Rock Scenario#: OA11 Date: 3/27/1945 Location: Bergen, Germany After crossing the Rhine, most actions consisted of mopping up pockets of scattered and demoralized Germans. One such pocket was the village of Bergen, held by the 117th Replacement Panzergrenadier Battalion. A troop of Churchill Crocodile… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Attic
Dying for Danzig Scenario#: BOF21 Date: 3/27/1945 Location: Gdansk, Poland Before the outbreak of the war, some French groups questioned why France would go to war with Germany over Poland and "die for Danzig". However, any French reluctance to fight did not prevent the outbreak of the war. In March 1945 the front lines ran… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends 2
Across the Issel Scenario#: WO11 Date: 3/26/1945 Location: Loikum, Germany Early on the second day of Operation PLUNDER, units of 15th (Scottish) Division crossed the unfinished Autobahn to their front. Resistance from scattered German units was light, so a recon section of two armored cars was sent to scout the Royal Scots… Advanced Squad Leader — Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2013
Old Friends Scenario#: J178 Date: 3/26/1945 Location: Gahlen, Germany For the American 30th Infantry Division, Operation PLUNDER commenced on 24 March with a relatively quiet crossing of the Rhine. The division’s first main objective, the village of Spellen, was quickly taken by two of its regiments which attacked the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11
Night Assault Scenario#: W98 Date: 26-Mar-45 Location: Kirchhellen, Germany After dispersing an attack by the Wehrmacht 116th Panzer Division, the American infantrymen of 120th Regiment were able to advance to positions near Kirchhellen Airfield. The Gls watched helplessly as the airfield's powerful flak guns, mounted high… Squad Leader — Wargamers Pack 2
Raid On Hammelburg Scenario#: 31-6 Date: March 26-28, 1945 Location: Hammelburg, Germany Elements of 37th Tank Battalion and the 10th Armored lnfanry are sent 60 miles behind enemy lines to rescue an expected 300 Allied officers held as prisoners of war. Panzer (AH/MMP) — The General #31.6
Between a Rock and a Hard Place Scenario#: W14 Date: 1945-03-25 Location: Oppenheim, Germany Following the Rhine crossing at Oppenheim by the American Third Army, confused fighting developed between Dannstadt and the Main River as retreating and defending German units mixed with the American armored spearheads. Most opposition was quickly… Tank Leader — Western Front
Bienen Burnout Scenario#: J160 Date: 3/25/1945 Location: Bienen, Germany The only axis of attack available to the Canadian 3rd Infantry Division was through the villages of Speldrop and Bienen. Speldrop was taken by the end of 24 March but at a high cost in both men and material, providing a taste of things to come. The… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #10
The St. Goar Assault Scenario#: O Date: 3/24/1945 Location: Saint Goar, Germany Germany’s army was beaten. The Rhine River had been crossed at Remagen and elsewhere. As more and more of the Allied forces closed in on the Rhine, there was a growing tendency to simply take it “on the run” rather than shift to an existing… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #26.1
Bridgehead on the Rhine Scenario#: U45 Date: 3/24/1945 Location: Speldrop, Germany During the night of 23 March, the Allied 21st Army Group began the long-awaited Rhine crossing. The first division to cross was the British 51st Highland Division mounted in Buffaloes of the 4th Royal Tank and Northamptonshire Yeomanry of the special… Advanced Squad Leader — Rivers to the Reich
Operation Varsity Scenario#: U44 Date: 3/24/1945 Location: Hamminkeln, Germany The airborne phase of the Allies' Northern Rhine crossing was to be the last airborne assault of the war. Artillery units and fighter-bombers pounded the German gun positions in the vicinity of the drop zones so severely that the first wave of… Advanced Squad Leader — Rivers to the Reich
High Tide at Heiligenbeil Scenario#: J027 Date: 3/24/1945 Location: Heiligenbeil, East Prussia In February, seven Soviet Armies eneirclcd the German 4th Army, which included the Hermann Góring Parachute Panzer Corps, in the Heiligenbeil Pocket. The pocket contained 120,000 combat and 30,000 support troops, which could now only be supplied by… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2
Raff's Rules Scenario#: J193 Date: 3/24/1945 Location: Diersfordt, Germany Lead elements of the 507th PIR crossed the river Rhine at around 0950 and made the first combat jump in the history of the 17th Airborne Division. Colonel Edson Raff gathered his staff and available men after landing. It took some time before he… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #12
Coup de Main at Hamminkeln Scenario#: J177 Date: 3/24/1945 Location: Hamminkeln Station, Germany Though neither wide nor deep, the Issel stream had steep banks which formed a natural tank barrier, a fact which caused major concern among the Allied command. The seizure of every intact bridge over the Issel was considered vital to the success of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11
Hunters from the Sky Scenario#: 201 Date: 3/24/1945 Location: Hamminkeln, Germany “Operation Varsity”, the airborne phase of the Allies’ northern Rhine crossing, was to be the last airborne assault of the war. The 17th Airborne Division’s first regiment to drop had little problem from ground fire, arriving so close behind the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 3a Yanks (2nd Edition)
Hunters from the Sky Scenario#: I Date: 24-Mar-45 Location: Rhine River, Germany "Operation Varsity," the airborne phase of the Allies' Northern Rhine crossing, was to be the last airborne assault of the war. Artillery units and fighter-bombers pounded the German gun positions in the vicinity of the drop zones lifting just prior… Squad Leader — The General #17.2
Big Boys Scenario#: PD05 Date: March 24, 1945 Location: Remagen, Germany The Germans threw everything that they had at the Remagen bridgehead. The Arado Ar234 Blitz jet bomber, massive artillery barrages, V2 rockets (their only tactical use in WW2), and frogmen. However, a well-coordinated, crushing ground assault never… Old School Tactical — Phantom Division
Varsity Blues Scenario#: 103 Date: 24-Mar-45 Location: Diersfordt, Germany As Field Marshal Montgomery prepares his 21st Army for the crossing of the Rhine, Operation Varsity, the largest airborne assault of the war, is launched by the US 17th Airborne and the British 6th Airborne Divisions. The parachute assault’s aim … Combat Commander — C3I Magazine #19
Fallschirmjäger Requiem Scenario#: AP10 Date: 03/23/1945 Location: Wesel, Germany As a prelude to Operation Varsity, British and Canadian commandos were tasked with launching an amphibious assault across the Rhine to take the town of Wesel. As the commandos were ferried across, the RAF and attached artillery units pounded the … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Alpha