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Medeera Pocket Scenario#: 1520 Date: 6/20/1945 Location: Medeera, Okinawa By the 3rd month of the battle on Okinawa, the remnants of the Japanese army had withdrawn to the south end of the island. Although the front had narrowed for the assaulting Marine Divisions, there were still irreducible pockets of … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Counter-offensive on Okinawa Scenario#: 1521 Date: 5/4/1945 Location: Tanabaru, Okinawa The Japanese began their counter-offensive on the night of May 3rd, 1945. The 24th Division, supported by the Japanese 27th Tank Regiment, decided to push forward in six separate thrusts. Their main objective was to break through the US Army … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
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
A Veritable Bloodbath Scenario#: 22 Date: 17-Feb-45 Location: South of Goch, Holland Operation Veritable, Montgomery’s push to the Rhine, was encountering fanatic German Resistance for every square mile of Holland. Having just about secured the town of Goch, the 1st Gordon Highlanders were ordered to continue the advance south and… Combat Commander — CC: Mediterranean
Grassy Knoll Scenario#: A Date: 7-May-45 Location: Mindanao Island, Philippines After capturing Libby Airfield with the aid of Filipino guerrillas, the US 24th Infantry Division found the assault toward Davao becoming exceedingly slow and ponderous. Exacerbating the issue was the preponderance of hemp fields in the area, now… Combat Commander — CC: Pacific
Dog Plus Eight Scenario#: H Date: 27-Feb-45 Location: Hill 382, Iwo Jima, Japan Eight days after the initial landing on the island and four days after the American flag had been raised on Mount Suribachi, the 3rd Marine Division found itself dug in on the barren stone plateau north of the airfields. The … Combat Commander — CC: Pacific
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
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
Intimate War Scenario#: DASL35 Date: 2/12/1945 Location: Manila, Philippines With the Americans closing in on the capital city, General Yamashita had no intention of allowing his troops to be trapped fighting there and so ordered a withdrawal eastward. But Rear-Admiral Sanji Iwabuchi, in command of some 17,000 naval troops… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
Mayhem In Manila Scenario#: DASL36 Date: 2/16/1945 Location: Manila, Philippines In the conquest of Manila, many bitter battles took place throughout the city. One such contest occurred throughout the medical complex at the University of the Philippines. In large, well-fortified buildings the Japanese defenders fought desperately… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
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
Himmler's House Scenario#: DASL38 Date: 4/29/1945 Location: Berlin, Germany 1st Battalion of the 756th Rifle Regiment had been instrumental in the daring April 28th night crossing of the Moltke Bridge and establishing a bridgehead in the house directly across Moltke Strasse from the massive, six story Ministry of the… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
The Final Battle Scenario#: DASL10 Date: 4/28/1945 Location: Berlin, Germany The battle for the center of Berlin, above all for the Reichstag—the final battle—had begun. This blackened ruin was to be the focal point of Soviet attacks for five days, and every formation in the Red Army from Front to regiment was determined to… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
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
Smoking Cobras Scenario#: 55 Date: 18 Feb 1945 Location: Monte Castello, Italy In February 1945, after a static defense for nine weeks due to lack of ammunition, bad weather, and heavy losses - Brazil 's FEB would get another chance to prove their worth as assault troops in Italy. “Operation Encore”, a … Tide of Iron — Designer Series
Clearing of the Echternach Bulge Scenario#: 24370 Date: February 06, 1945 Location: Echternach, Germany The battle of the Bulge finished in January 1945. The 417th Infantry Division and the 5th Armored Division had to cross the Sauer between Bollendorf and Echternach to take the first hill mass, not quite a mile beyond the Sauer. … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2022
Reichswald Scenario#: 24380 Date: February 09, 1945 Location: Kleve, Germany The Reichswald is the 5-mile gap between the Maas and Rhine and the natural advance route from the German-Dutch border to the Ruhr. After amassing troops to get a numerical advantage near Groesbeek, the allies advanced towards Kleve. The German … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2022
Operation Undertone Scenario#: 24368 Date: March 08, 1945 Location: Kaiserslautern, Germany Operation Undertone, also known as the Saar-Palatinate Offensive, was a large assault by the U.S. Seventh, Third and French First Armies of the U.S. Sixth and Twelfth Army Groups as a part of the Allied invasion of Germany in March … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2022
The Elbe River Blues Scenario#: E03 Date: 1945-05-01 Location: Else River, Germany As Germany neared collapse a few elite formations continued to deliver punitive blows against the Red Army while the bulk of German forces fell back in disarray. The Soviets, often … Tank Leader — Eastern Front
Battle for the Berlin-Seelow Highway Scenario#: E04 Date: 1945-03-22 Location: Kuestrin, Germany In the late spring of 1945 the Soviet armies reached the Oder River and readied for the assault on Berlin. An ideal location to stage the final offensive was at Kuestrin. The Berlin-Seelow highway provides an excellent corridor of advance … Tank Leader — Eastern Front
Ambush Scenario#: E09 Date: 1945-02-01 Location: Breslau, Germany On January 17th, 1945 the Soviet Belorussian and Ukranian Fronts launched yet another winter offensive. Within three weeks 35 German divisions ceased to exist and Russian spearheads had driven deep into Germany. By February 1, T-34s had advanced from… Tank Leader — Eastern Front
Twilight Scenario#: 13 Date: Early 1945 Location: Silesia, Poland As the war was drawing to a close the Soviet Army raced to the gates of Berlin before the approaching Western Forces could snatch that prize from their grasp. The German Army, now nothing more than a paper force, threw … Panzer (GMT) — Exp. #1 The Shape Of Battle On The Eastern Front
Land of the Giants Scenario#: 17 Date: March 1945 Location: Budapest, Hungary In the final months of the war, the battlefield became the "Land of the Giants" as King Tigers and IS-2S & 3s traded shots as the smaller prey fled for the cover of the small towns and villages. Unfortunately for … Panzer (GMT) — Exp. #1 The Shape Of Battle On The Eastern Front
Oklahoma Wildcat Scenario#: E10 Date: 21 Jan 1945 Location: Kurtzenhausen, Germany In January the Germans launched a counter-offensive from the Gambsheim-Herrlisheim pocket, aimed at retaking Strasbourg. As they broke through the infantry screen of the 2nd Battalion of the 143rd regiment in woods in front of Kurtzenhausen and into… Band of Brothers — Extras
Beneath the Crumbling Spires Scenario#: E14 Date: 6 March 1945 Location: Cologne, Germany As the 3rd Armored Division advanced into the bomb shattered ruins of Cologne, a famous engagement took place near Cologne Cathedral with a lone Panther from the Feldherrnhalle Division, which was possibly the only German tank still west of the … Band of Brothers — Extras
Trial By Combat Scenario#: U10 Date: 2/27/1945 Location: Elsdorf, Germany In an attempt to give American armor a fighting chance against heavy German tanks, the army Ordnance Department developed the T26 Medium tank, better known as the Pershing. Carrying a 90mm gun and heavy frontal armor, the Pershing was rushed into… Advanced Squad Leader — G.I.s Dozen
Thrust and Parry Scenario#: U11 Date: 3/15/1945 Location: Pfaffenheck, Germany Between the Moselle and the Rhine rivers, the US Army ground forward on a broad front. The Germans struggled to hold open escape routes to the Rhine. General Hoehne launched two simultaneous counterattacks. The first, by newly arrived SS troops, was… Advanced Squad Leader — G.I.s Dozen
Riposte Scenario#: U12 Date: 3/15/1945 Location: Pfaffenheck, Germany At the same time that the SS mountain troopers were striking one flank of the U.S. 357th Regiment, the Wehrmacht’s 159th Division struck the other. Every effort was to be made to prevent the Americans from establishing an artillery OP in the large… Advanced Squad Leader — G.I.s Dozen
The Duel Scenario#: U13 Date: 3/15/1945 Location: Pfaffenheck, Germany German General Hoehme had to buy time. Every day the way was clear allowed additional isolated units to filter back towards the Rhine. At a time of frightful manpower shortages, he decided to commit two of his remaining combat effective units to… Advanced Squad Leader — G.I.s Dozen
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
Defense of Meiktila Scenario#: 1639 Date: 3/14/1945 Location: Meiktila, Burma By early March of 1945, the 17th Indian Division in Burma, under the command of British Major-General David Tennent "Punch" Cowan captured the city of Meiktila, taking just 4 days to defeat the nearly 4000 Japanese who held it. The … Memoir '44 — Game Trade Magazine #96
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
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
The Devil's Free to Have a Try Scenario#: FB02 Date: 1/19/1945 Location: Budapest, Hungary After the initial assault by the Soviet 108th Guards Rifle Division failed to capture the Városmajor on January 1, the 320th Rifle Division, supported by a half dozen armored vehicles, was ordered to try to seize the City Park. The main defenders of… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
Furor Hungaricus Scenario#: FB03 Date: 1/20/1945 Location: Budapest, Hungary Unwilling to accept the 19 January loss of the Városmajor to the Soviets, Major Lázlo Vannay quickly regrouped his men for an assault at 0500 the next morning, having secured the support of two Zrinyi IIs from the 10th Assault Gun Brigade and… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
HKL 259 Scenario#: FB04 Date: 1/24/1945 Location: Budapest, Hungary Since the beginning of the siege on 25 December, German and Hungarian forces on the Buda side of the Danube had built their defenses around a series of hills located a few kilometers west of the river. By the middle of January, several of the… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
Siesta Time Scenario#: FB05 Date: 1/29/1945 Location: Budapest, Hungary By 26 January, the Soviet 297th Tank Rifle Division had finally pushed the Hungarian Vannay Battalion out of the Városmajor. One building that still remained firmly in Hungarian hands was the Siesta Sanatorium located on Városmajor utca just to the… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
Came Tumbling After Scenario#: FB06 Date: 1/29/1945 Location: Budapest, Hungary With the fall of the Kis-Svábhegy on 24 January, the security of the Axis positions east of Castle Hill was seriously compromised as Soviet observers now had a dominating position from which to direct their artillery. On 29 January, the commander of… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
The Terror of the Castle Scenario#: FB07 Date: 1/31/1945 Location: Budapest, Hungary One partial success in penetrating the Axis main line of resistance was achieved by the Soviets on 30 January when an assault group swiftly stormed across the Vermezo from the intersection of Bors utca and Krisztina Korut and seized the primary… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
For Want of Either Crust or Crumb Scenario#: FB08 Date: 2/1/1945 Location: Budapest, Hungary Axis defenders suffered a serious blow on 26 December when the Soviets captured one of Budapest’s largest supply depots, resulting in the loss of approximately 300,000 daily rations and 450 tons of ammunition. To complicate matters, the main airport… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
The Shooting Gallery Scenario#: FB09 Date: 2/2/1945 Location: Budapest, Hungary By the end of January, remaining Axis force had retreated across the Danube from the Pest side of the city where they formed a bridgehead centered on Castle Hill. One of the Wehrmacht’s finest units, Panzer-Division 13, was with the defenders of… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
Return of the Black Company Scenario#: FB10 Date: 2/3/1945 Location: Budapest, Hungary The men of SS-Kavallerie-Division 8 “Florian Geyer” were scrambling for their lives as two and a half months of near continuous fighting had reduced the unit to a shadow of its former self. By 3 February, the troops which had been holding out for the… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
Boy Soldier Scenario#: FB11 Date: 2/4/1945 Location: Budapest, Hungary Although the Soviets did succeed in capturing several buildings at the base of the Várhegy, they were evicted after a fierce counterattack by the men of Lt. Col. Veresváry’s Budapest Watch Battalion. On 4 February, Soviet infantry form the 297th… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
The Black Ravens are Flying Scenario#: FB12 Date: 2/5/1945 Location: Budapest, Hungary By February 5, the Soviets had reached the area around Királyhágo tét. Strongly opposed by a mix of German and Hungarian forces, the Soviets would be forced to fight for every building. In addition to their military strengths, the Soviets had… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
Don't Economize Scenario#: FB13 Date: 2/7/1945 Location: Budapest, Hungary As the last German gliders had landed on the Vermezo on 5 February, the availability of ammunition and fuel for Axis units had become severely limited. Conversely, Soviet units were extremely well supplied, to the extent that the Russians had begun… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest