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Castle Itter Scenario#: N13 Date: 1945/05/05 Location: Itter, Austria The Battle for Castle Itter was fought near the Austrian village of Itter on 5 May 1945, in the last days of the War in Europe. US soldiers joined forces with Wehrmacht infantrymen, an SS officer, an Austrian Resistance fighter, … Undaunted — Undaunted: Normandy
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
Uphill Battle Scenario#: 6 Date: 11 Feb 1945 Location: Trier, Germany After sustaining horrible losses while crossing the Sauer River, the 76th Infantry Division adopts more cautious protocols in their attempts to push through the Siegfried Line. On the morning of February 11th, 1945, a 15-minute barrage from an entire… Tide of Iron — Next Wave
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
Assault on Salines Scenario#: W12 Date: 1945-01-30 Location: Salines, Germany After the failed Ardennes Offensive. Understrength German ínfantry divisions were left holding much of the line. Crucial towns containing road and rail junctions were held at all costs to delay … Tank Leader — Western Front
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
Meat Grinder Scenario#: W08 Date: 1945-02-25 Location: Wadgassen, Germany The U.S. Third Army pressed attacks across the Saar river in the late winter of 1945. Heavily fortified German positions made these assaults costly. Despite control of the air and overwhelming artillery support, ínfantry still had to make the… Tank Leader — Western Front
Foggy Bottom Scenario#: W04 Date: 1945-04-25 Location: Harz, Germany The U.S. 1st Army under Hodges encountered little resistance as it advanced on the Mulde river. Only in the Harz mountains was serious opposition encountered. Wenck's ínfamous 11th Army launched numerous small attacks against the encircling… Tank Leader — Western Front
Operation Lumberjack Scenario#: W02 Date: 1945-03-10 Location: Eifel, Germany The U.S. Third Army under George S. Patton launched operation LUMBERJACK as Phase II of the Allied advance to the Rhine. Third Army's objective was Coblenz. Patton advanced through the Moselle river valley, south of The Eiffel. Units of the … Tank Leader — Western Front
Khaki Storm Rising Scenario#: W01 Date: 1945-03-16 Location: Pfaffenheck, Germany British armored units fanned across the North German plain following the crossing of the Rhine in March. Resistance, initially stiff, weakened as the Germans ran low on fuel and ammunition. The 4th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment, was advancing on the… Tank Leader — Western 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Will the German garrison leave? Scenario#: D8 Date: 17-Jan-45 Location: Budapest, Hungary On December 12, 1944, the Russian high command ordered that Budapest was to be encircled and crushed. The 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts were in excellent position to cut off the city. German counterattacks delayed the encirclement of the city … Squad Leader — The Dragon Vol. V, No. 11
Two eyes for an eye Scenario#: D7 Date: 29-Apr-45 Location: Berlin, Germany “Two eyes for an eye” was the Russian’s motto as the drive for Berlin had begun. Four Russian armies, 4,000 tanks, 22,000 guns and mortars, and over 4,000 aircraft began the drive on the German capital on the night of … Squad Leader — The Dragon Vol. V, No. 9
Skrimish in Austria Scenario#: D6 Date: 6-Mar-45 Location: Austria After passing through Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, the Red Army smashed into Austria. A mixed group of Yugoslavs, Bulgarians and Russians met elements of the German force occupying Austria in a night melee. Squad Leader — The Dragon Vol. V, No. 7
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Operation “Morning Watch" Scenario#: 7 Date: March 7, 1945 Location: Siofok, Hungary Operation Morning Watch ‘Fruhlingserwachen’ was Hitler's plan to relieve the IX SS Mountain Corps which was trapped in the besieged city of Budapest. Often called the "Ardennes of the East', this operation was to be the German's last attempt to … Panzer (YAQ) — Panzer: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat on the Eastern Front, 1941-1945
To the Gates of Berlin Scenario#: 2 Date: April 21, 1945 Location: Spremberg, Germany At this point the war in Europe was nearly over. The Russian Forces were pouring into Germany from the Baltic to the Czechoslovakian border. The remaining German Forces and Townsfolk were called upon again and again to stem the tide … Panzer (YAQ) — Panzer: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat on the Eastern Front, 1941-1945
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
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
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
Battle Of Kustrin Scenario#: 28-3.6 Date: '22/3/45 Location: Kustrin, Russia A Russian Guards Tank Corps from the 5th Shock Army launches an attack along the Kustrin-Berlin Highway. ln their path, a hastlly assembled kampfgruppe of no name or number prepares to make a last stand. Panzer (AH/MMP) — The General #28.3
Remagen Bridge Scenario#: 20 Date: March 7, 1945 Location: Remagen, Germany Elements of the U.S. 9th Armored Division try to surprise the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen, defended by a mixed German garrison force. Panzer (AH/MMP) — Panzer Leader
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
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
Over the Rhine Scenario#: W15 Date: March 10, 1945 Location: Remagen, Germany The Americans couldn’t believe their luck when they came upon the Ludendorff Bridge still intact. They rushed to capture it and pushed as many troops as they could across the Rhine. The Germans scrambled to mount a counter attack. They … Old School Tactical — Volume 2 Western Front
Heavy Hitters Scenario#: W11 Date: March 21, 1945 Location: Ruhr, Germany The M36 Jackson was an upgunned tank destroyer that gave the Americans a gun that could tangle with the powerful German tanks. In the Ruhr, armored infantry of the 9th move forward to clear a village and secure the roads. … Old School Tactical — Volume 2 Western Front
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
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