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The Black Ravens are FlyingScenario#: FB12 Date: 2/5/1945 Location: Budapest, HungaryBy 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 |
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Don't EconomizeScenario#: FB13 Date: 2/7/1945 Location: Budapest, HungaryAs 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 |
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At The Narrow PassageScenario#: FB14 Date: 2/7/1945 Location: Budapest, HungaryFB14 is the first “official” three-player scenarios. One player plays the Germans, and the second player plays the Soviets. However, the third player plays the Hungarians that are fighting along BOTH sides. The scenario thus has four player turns… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest |
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The Taking of Object 59Scenario#: FB15 Date: 2/7/1945 Location: Budapest, HungaryBy 6 February, the loss of Sas-hegy placed the German troops holding the Austrian built Citadelia atop the Gellert-hegy in imminent danger of being overrun from the south by the Soviet 83rd Marine Brigade. Further to the north the Soviet 297th Rifle… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest |
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Crossing the Bloody MeadowScenario#: FB16 Date: 2/8/1945 Location: Budapest, HungaryBy February, elements from the Soviet 297th Rifle Division had successfully fought their way toward the Southern Railway Station. After two days of heavy fighting, infantry aided by Soviet armored units had isolated the area around the station and… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest |
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Stalingrad ReduxScenario#: FB17 Date: 2/9/1945 Location: Budapest, HungaryBy 9 February, Soviet forces had succeeded inc capturing their primary objective wets of Castle Hill, the Budapest Railway Terminal. The next day, the Soviets continued their march toward the case of Castle Hill by crossing over the marshalling… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest |
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Black Day in HattenScenario#: HF1 Date: 1/9/1945 Location: Hatten, FranceIn 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 |
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Bertoldo the BraveScenario#: HF2 Date: 1/9/1945 Location: Hatten, FranceOperation 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 |
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First TimersScenario#: HF3 Date: 1/9/1945 Location: Hatten, FranceA 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 |
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Liehr Launches FirstScenario#: HF4 Date: 1/10/1945 Location: Hatten, FranceDawn 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 |
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Graveyard ShiftScenario#: HF5 Date: 1/10/1945 Location: Hatten, FranceFor 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 |
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Jackpot JonesScenario#: HF6 Date: 1/11/1945 Location: Hatten, FranceLieutenant 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 |
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Gotta Get OutScenario#: HF7 Date: 1/13/1945 Location: Hatten, FranceFour 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 |
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Fahrenheit 352Scenario#: HF8 Date: 1/14/1945 Location: Hatten, FranceAfter 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 |
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Water FoulScenario#: HS17 Date: 2/9/1945 Location: Niel, GermanyOperation Veritable kicked off in the early morning of the 8th, and progress throughout the day was better than expected. Plans called for several units to wait to attack after darkness had fallen, and some of these had the unenviable task of… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 2 - Operation Veritable |
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To the Matter BornScenario#: HS18 Date: 2/9/1945 Location: Cleve, GermanyBy D+1 of the Operation Veritable campaign, the King’s Own Scottish Borderers had been ordered to cross the Westwall defenses in force near the Reichswald Forest as part of the 15th Scottish Division’s assault. They found a location to cross the… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 2 - Operation Veritable |
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Bewildered and BelligerentScenario#: HS19 Date: 2/10/1945 Location: Cleve, GermanyThe veteran 43rd Wessex Division was being held in reserve for a breakthrough opportunity. As D+1 drew to a close, the news of the imminent capture of Cleve came to General Horrocks. Reports of the capture of Cleve were premature, however. As the… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 2 - Operation Veritable |
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Married UpScenario#: HS20 Date: 2/11/1945 Location: Reichswald Forest, GermanyAt the start of Operation Veritable, the battle lines tan throughout the meticulously maintained Reichswald National Forest. Montgomery required that the forest be cleared of the Germans of the 86th Infantry Corp who had plenty of time to prepare a… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 2 - Operation Veritable |
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Hervorst HellScenario#: HS21 Date: 2/15/1945 Location: Hervorst, GermanyAt Hervorst, a village slightly north of Goch that was also part of the Siegfried line, a company of Camerons bumped up against several enormous pillboxes. They had concrete walls 3-feet thick and were cleverly camouflaged under dirt and grass, with… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 2 - Operation Veritable |
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Goch YaScenario#: HS22 Date: 2/18/1945 Location: Goch, GermanyWith the civilians evacuated and the town fortified by two anti-tank ditches, the defenders of the town of Goch waited patiently for the inevitable Allied assault. For the Allies, the plan was for a dual assault by two Scottish Divisions via a set… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 2 - Operation Veritable |
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Tickling the IvoriesScenario#: HS24 Date: 2/19/1945 Location: Goch, GermanyThe Canadians dug in immediately upon capturing the Schwanenhof farm. German fallschirmjager counterattacked soon after but were repulsed. Major Kennedy, the wounded commander of B Company, barked out orders from his cellar command post, directing… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 2 - Operation Veritable |
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Lambs Led to SlaughterScenario#: HS25 Date: 2/19/1945 Location: Goch, GermanyAs A and D Companies attacked the middle of the Goch-Kalkar road, the inexperienced C Company attacked on the RHLI left flank. Most of C Company, comprised mainly of non-riflemen soldiers such as artillerymen and service corps men, had never fired a… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 2 - Operation Veritable |
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Got Milk?Scenario#: HS26 Date: 2/19/1945 Location: Goch, GermanyDuring Operation Veritable, the Canadian 4th Infantry Brigade and attached formations were to capture a vital stretch of roadway that connected Goch and Kalkar. The Goch-Kalkar road was a fairly ordinary paved two-lane market road surrounded by… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 2 - Operation Veritable |
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Lawless WaysScenario#: HS27 Date: 2/20/1945 Location: Goch, GermanyThe RHLI had been in position on their objective for over 24 hours. They had taken a beating but held, although the Schwanenhof farmstead changed hands multiple times. Frustration on the German side was noticeable, as ad-hoc assault after ad-hoc… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 2 - Operation Veritable |
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Battered RemnantsScenario#: HS28 Date: 2/21/1945 Location: Louisendorf, GermanyAs the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry battled for the Goch-Kalkar road, they were worried about their right flank, with good reason. Elements of the Essex Scottish Regiment were hanging on their by the skin of their teeth. Although they had… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 2 - Operation Veritable |
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Obstinate CanadiansScenario#: HS29 Date: 2/26/1945 Location: Ebben, GermanyCompany D, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry had recently made an unsupported night attack to capture a patch of woods that had been the staging area for many counterattacks by the 116th “Greyhound” Panzer Division. Given the importance of the woods line… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 2 - Operation Veritable |
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The Good ShepherdScenario#: HS30 Date: 2/26/1945 Location: Kepplen, GermanyThe North Shore Regiment had been ordered to advance toward the Rhine. Its Commander, Lt. Col. John Rowley, was known as the Good Shepherd for the long walking staff he usually carried. The regiment closed on Kepplen with the two lead companies… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 2 - Operation Veritable |
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Protesting the SpeculativeScenario#: HS31 Date: 2/27/1945 Location: Hockwald Gap, GermanyGeneral Simonds, commander of the 2nd Canadian Corps, had insisted that he have a supply road with which to maintain the momentum of his attack and planned to use the Goch-Xanten railroad bed for this purpose. The raised track was flanked on both… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 2 - Operation Veritable |
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A Few RoundsScenario#: HS32 Date: 3/2/1945 Location: Villa Reichswald, GermanyBy the beginning of March it was clear that it was just a matter of time before all of Germany west of the Rhine would be cleared of active German troops. Still the Germans launched a series of limited counterattacks intending to disrupt the Allies’… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 2 - Operation Veritable |
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Out of LuckScenario#: S028 Date: 4/26/1945 Location: Baruth, GermanyThe Ninth Army was trapped and encircled between the two Soviet Fronts which were competing to take the ultimate prize – Berlin. Having convinced Hitler that he could link up with the Twelfth Army and drive to the defense of Berlin, the Ninth’s… Advanced Squad Leader — Operations #51 |
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Crocodile RockScenario#: OA11 Date: 3/27/1945 Location: Bergen, GermanyAfter 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 |
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Where Iron Crosses GrowScenario#: OA28 Date: 4/21/1945 Location: Berlin, GermanyThe Russian army was driving on the German capital, as the reign of the Third Reich drew to an end. All through April, it seemed that nothing could stop the advancing Russian juggernaut. Mixed elements of the depleted 9th Division desperately tried… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Attic #2 |
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The Riley ShuffleScenario#: OA32 Date: 2/24/1945 Location: Irsch, GermanyThe 5th Ranger Battalion was tasked with penetrating the front and operating behind enemy lines. They were to soften up the defenses in anticipation of a later breakthrough attempt. During the raid, one of the platoons under Lt. Gambosi became… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Attic #2 |
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A Hotly Contested CrossroadsScenario#: OB13 Date: 2/18/1945 Location: Kunzendorf, GermanyThe 8th Panzer Division was part of a relief operation the Germans were mounting on the small city of Lauban, which had been encircled by the Soviets. Aufklarungs Abteilung 59 was tasked with screening the right flank if the 8th Panzer Division by… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Bunker |
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Pursuing KobayashiScenario#: OB14 Date: 5/27/1945 Location: Wawa Dam, LuzonThe next priority for General Krueger's XIV Corp after the retaking of Manila was to secure the dams and reservoirs notheast of the city that provided the metropolitan area with water for all puposes. The high ground surrounding the Ipo and Wawa dams… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Bunker |
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The Roer BridgeheadScenario#: U43 Date: 2/23/1945 Location: Koerrenzig, GermanyThe GIs had been poised before the Roer for days. German engineers had skillfully blown the upriver dam floodgates so that the Roer had run fierce and wide. Now, with the river still in flood but navigable, the concentrated might of the US Army would… Advanced Squad Leader — Rivers to the Reich |
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Operation VarsityScenario#: U44 Date: 3/24/1945 Location: Hamminkeln, GermanyThe 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 |
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Bridgehead on the RhineScenario#: U45 Date: 3/24/1945 Location: Speldrop, GermanyDuring 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 |
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Encircling The RuhrScenario#: U46 Date: 3/30/1945 Location: Ruhr, GermanyAs 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 |
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A Small Town in GermanyScenario#: U47 Date: 4/8/1945 Location: Friesoythe, GermanyThe 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 |
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The Rag Tag CircusScenario#: U48 Date: 4/12/1945 Location: Barby on the Elbe, GermanyGIs 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 |
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Wiking HordeScenario#: O14 Date: 4/8/1945 Location: Ricklingen, GermanyNone. Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 7 |
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Help Our Troops OutScenario#: S061 Date: 1/13/1945 Location: Hatten, FranceThe 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 |
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Nothing Left to LoseScenario#: S063 Date: 4/26/1945 Location: Berlin, GermanyAs the vast Soviet forces encircled Berlin, 1st Belorussian Front under Marshal Zhukov was given the “honor” of capturing the Nazi capital. 8th Guards Army and 5th Shock Army jockeyed for positions as they drove through Neukolln towards Tempelhof… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 8 |
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The Forgotten FrontScenario#: G03 Date: 2/9/1945 Location: Hennebont, FranceThe 66th Infantry Division was typical of many raised from draftees in preparation for the invasion of Europe. Yet when the “Panthermen” arrived, they found themselves relegated to a relative backwater – containing the isolated German pockets around… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #23.6 |
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The St. Goar AssaultScenario#: O Date: 3/24/1945 Location: Saint Goar, GermanyGermany’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 |
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A View from the TopScenario#: G13 Date: 2/23/1945 Location: Bologna, ItalyIt was vital that “Riva Ridge”, a series of four peaks dominating Route 64 between Vergati and the city of Bologna, be cleared. Following successes on Mount Belvedere and Mount Gorgolesco, taken by coup-de-main on the 18th and 19th, the U.S. 10th… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #27.5 |
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The WhirlwindScenario#: S Date: 4/18/1945 Location: Aschaffenburg, GermanyOn the night of 17th of April, elements of a recon troop of the American 26th Infantry Division occupied a tiny village on the outskirts of Aschaffenburg without opposition. Based on civilian reports of the presence by the enemy, the staff of the… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #28.4 |
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GOYAScenario#: G18 Date: 1/7/1945 Location: Rochelinval, BelgiumThe 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 |
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The LiberatorsScenario#: G34 Date: 4/2/1945 Location: Wiener Neustadt, AustriaFollowing 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 |