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Big BoysScenario#: PD05 Date: March 24, 1945 Location: Remagen, GermanyThe 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 |
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We Can Try ThisScenario#: PD04 Date: March 7, 1945 Location: Remagen, GermanyAfter breaking through the Siegfried Line, the 9th Armored Division raced into Germany. On the afternoon of March 7th, C Troop of the 89th Reconnaissance Squadron, which was part of Task Force Engemann, rolled onto a ridge overlooking the small … Old School Tactical — Phantom Division |
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Last Battle, Last StandScenario#: H14 Date: June 20, 1945 Location: Okinawa, PacificThe Battle for Okinawa, Operation Iceberg for the US, was the largest and costliest campaign in the Pacific theater of WW II. The Japanese would call it the ‘typhoon of steel ‘. After hard fighting. Lieutenant General Mitsuru Ushijima's remaining … Old School Tactical — Hell Bent Pacific |
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Sugarloaf HillScenario#: H13 Date: May 17, 1945 Location: Okinawa, PacificSugarloaf Hill was not large, but it was an anchor of the Shuri Line of Japanese defenses. It was heavily fortified and would see some of the fiercest fighting of the campaign. Units of the 6th Marine Division were brought … Old School Tactical — Hell Bent Pacific |
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Fools Rush InScenario#: H12 Date: April 19, 1945 Location: Okinawa, PacificIn supporting attacks of the 27th Infantry Division, the tanks of the 193rd Tank Battalion found themselves isolated. To make matters worse, they ran into an ambush by the Japanese 22nd independent Anti-Tank Battalion. The Japanese fell upon the… Old School Tactical — Hell Bent Pacific |
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Clark FieldScenario#: H11 Date: January 24, 1945 Location: Luzon, PhillipinesAfter landing, one of MacArthur’s priorities was capturing this airfield to use in the campaign. Japanese units of the Kembu Group stiffened their defense as the Americans approached. With armor support, it was up to the ’Buckeyes' of the 37th … Old School Tactical — Hell Bent Pacific |
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Action at PotpotScenario#: H10 Date: January 16, 1945 Location: Luzon, PhillipinesGeneral 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 |
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Operation UndertoneScenario#: 24368 Date: March 08, 1945 Location: Kaiserslautern, GermanyOperation 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 |
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ReichswaldScenario#: 24380 Date: February 09, 1945 Location: Kleve, GermanyThe 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 |
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Clearing of the Echternach BulgeScenario#: 24370 Date: February 06, 1945 Location: Echternach, GermanyThe 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 |
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Hill 170Scenario#: 20553 Date: 1/31/1945 Location: Kangaw, BurmaDuring Operation Talon, a British offensive in the Arakan area of Burma, the 3rd Commando Brigade landed on January 22, 1945 on the banks of the Daingbon Chaung. Their objective was to capture the village of Kangaw and to cut … Memoir '44 — New Flight Plan |
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Landing at Port-ToroScenario#: 20273 Date: 8/16/1945 Location: Port-Toro, Sakhalin islandAfter the war declaration to the Japan Empire on the 8th of August 1945, Soviet troops attacked in Manchuria and in South Sakhalin. The 16th of August, 365th Marine Battalion and the 2nd Battalion of 113rd Infantry Brigade landed on … Memoir '44 — Online Only |
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Capture of MeiktilaScenario#: 17598 Date: 3/1/1945 Location: Meiktila, BurmaThe attack of Meiktila was conducted by the 17th Indian Infantry Division under the command of Major General Cowan. He ordered the 63th Brigade to attack the city from the west, while the 48th Brigade engaged from the north and … Memoir '44 — New Flight Plan |
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Battle of TarnovaScenario#: 17233 Date: 1/19/1945 Location: Tarnovo, BulgariaThe area of Gorizia, on the border between Italy and Yugoslavia, was at the end of the war, the theater of several battles between Yugoslav Resistance and Axis troops (Germans and RSI troops). After an Axis offensive called … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2016 |
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Operation HerringScenario#: 17120 Date: 4/20/1945 Location: Poggio Rusco, ItalyIn April 1945, the last Allied offensive was to break through the German Gothic Line in order to reach the north of Italy and the borders with Austria and Yugoslavia. To support this offensive the Allied Command decided a small … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2016 |
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Reichswald & NutterdenScenario#: 16304 Date: 2/8/1945 Location: Nutterden, GermanyOperation Veritable was intended to eliminate all German forces west of the Rhine river and set the stage for Allied forces to eventually cross that great barrier. However, General Schlemm, the German commander of the First Parachute Army defending… Memoir '44 — VE-Day |
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Hatten & RittershoffenScenario#: 16303 Date: 1/16/1945 Location: Rittershoffen, GermanyUnternehmen 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 |
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HitdorfScenario#: 16300 Date: 4/6/1945 Location: Hitdorf, GermanyOn 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 |
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Seelow HeightsScenario#: 16295 Date: 4/16/1945 Location: Seelow Heights, GermanyOn 16 April, the battle of Berlin started with a massive Soviet artillery barrage against General Theodor Busse’s 9th German Army, which numbered around 200,000 men and equipment. Zhukov’s Red Army, on the other hand, was a juggernaut of over … Memoir '44 — VE-Day |
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Ambush at Houei HounScenario#: 15112 Date: 4/11/1945 Location: Houei Houn, IndochinaAfter 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 |
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Motoyama Airfield 1Scenario#: 10838 Date: 2/19/1945 Location: Motoyama Airfield, Iwo JimaOn the 19th of February 1945, after a long naval and air bombing, the 4th and 5th Marine Division landed unopposed on the long black sandy beach of Iwo Jima. But as soon as the Marines tried to exit the … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2013 |
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The Hell of GrussenheimScenario#: 7044 Date: 1/28/1945 Location: Grussenheim, FranceAttached for a while to the 2nd French Army Corps under the command of general de Monsabert, the 2nd French Armored Division was involved in the reduction of the Colmar's pocket. GT"V" (Combat Command of colonel de Guillebon) took part … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2012 |
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The capture of BiesheimScenario#: 6592 Date: 2/3/1945 Location: Biesheim, FranceIn Alsace, combats are drawing to an end; the Colmar pocket is being reduced by the 1st French Army, and the troops of the German XIX.Armee, decimated and demoralized. are withdrawing toward Chalampé bridge over the Rhine in a bid … Memoir '44 — Audie Murphy's Campaign |
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Operation AmherstScenario#: 6369 Date: 4/8/1945 Location: Groningen, HollandThe 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 |
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Counter-attack at HoltzwihrScenario#: 5797 Date: 1/26/1945 Location: Holtzwihr, FranceDuring the Battle for the Colmar Pocket, the 3rd U.S. Infantry Division, attached to the 1st French Army for the occasion, bravely inched through the snow-covered plains of Alsace despite the bitter cold. The 15th U.S. Infantry Regiment had just … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2010 |
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Tigers in the snowScenario#: 4708 Date: 2/12/1945 Location: Saldus, LatviaHot on the heels of their success in Operatsiya Bagration, Soviet forces struck deep towards the Baltic coast, rapidly severing communications between German Army Group North and what little was left of Army Group Center. By early October 1944, the … Memoir '44 — Battle Maps Series 1 - Tigers in the Snow |
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Po ValleyScenario#: 3740 Date: 4/18/1945 Location: Mount Montello, ItalyIn the last months of the war, between February and April 1945, the Wehrmacht built a fortified defensive system, along the Gothic Line's last limit ("The Green Line II"), near Montese. It was organized around Mount Montello (919 meters over … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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The Meat GrinderScenario#: 3731 Date: 3/6/1945 Location: Iwo Jima, PacificOn February 26, 1945 the Marines of the 4th Division found themselves facing a formidable complex of defensive positions on Iwo Jima. Hill 382, The Amphitheater, Turkey Knob and the village of Minami, were to become collectively known as the … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Sugar Loaf and Half MoonScenario#: 3730 Date: 5/19/1945 Location: Half Moon, OkinawaThe Japanese units defending the western flank of the Shuri line were in a strong defensive position. Entrenched in tunnels with interlocking fields of fire between Sugar Loaf, Half Moon and the surrounding hills, they were able to hold off … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Across the River RoerScenario#: 3714 Date: 2/24/1945 Location: Linnich, GermanyThe 9th Army was lined up along the River Roer on the 23rd of February at the start of Operation Grenade. The river had receded enough to make a crossing possible and the Operation opened with a tremendous artillery bombardment. … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Schwammenauel DamScenario#: 3713 Date: 2/9/1945 Location: Schwammenauel Dam, GermanyBefore Operation 'Veritable' and 'Grenade' could begin, there was a matter of the Roer dams to consider. These dams were located in an area of steep gorges, small mountains and narrow roads. Earlier attempts to capture the dams had failed … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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Moyland WoodScenario#: 3709 Date: 2/20/1945 Location: Moyland Wood, GermanyOn the afternoon of the 16th the Royal Winnipeg Rifles supported by the 3rd Armor Battalion Scots Guards was ordered to take the hilly ground around Louisendorf. On its left the Regina Rifle Regiment with tank support was to clear … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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StrasbourgScenario#: 3683 Date: 1/11/1945 Location: Strasbourg, FranceOn 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 |
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Po ValleyScenario#: 1879 Date: 4/14/1945 Location: Mount Montello, ItalyIn 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 |
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Defense of MeiktilaScenario#: 1639 Date: 3/14/1945 Location: Meiktila, BurmaBy 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 |
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Counter-offensive on OkinawaScenario#: 1521 Date: 5/4/1945 Location: Tanabaru, OkinawaThe 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 |
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Medeera PocketScenario#: 1520 Date: 6/20/1945 Location: Medeera, OkinawaBy 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 |
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Sugar Loaf and Half MoonScenario#: 1518 Date: 5/13/1945 Location: Sugar Loaf, OkinawaThe Japanese units defending the western flank of the Shuri line were in a strong defensive position. Entrenched in tunnels with interlocking fields of fire between Sugar Loaf, Half Moon and the surrounding hills, they were able to hold off … Memoir '44 — Pacific Theater |
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Iwo Jima LandingsScenario#: 1484 Date: 2/19/1945 Location: Iwo Jima, PacificIts role as an early warning station radioing reports of incoming U.S. bombers back to mainland Japan, and its three airfields, made Iwo Jima a crucial component of the Japanese inner defense perimeter. Following their losses in the Marianas, they … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2 |
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The Meat GrinderScenario#: 1483 Date: 2/26/1945 Location: Iwo Jima, PacificOn February 26, 1945 the Marines of the 4th Division found themselves facing a formidable complex of defensive positions on Iwo Jima. Hill 382, The Amphitheater, Turkey Knob and the village of Minami, were to become collectively known as the … Memoir '44 — Pacific Theater |
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Schwammenauel DamScenario#: 1422 Date: 2/4/1945 Location: Schwammenauel Dam, GermanyBefore Operation 'Veritable' and 'Grenade' could begin, there was a matter of the Roer dams to consider. These dams were located in an area of steep gorges, small mountains and narrow roads. Earlier attempts to capture the dams had failed … Memoir '44 — Terrain Pack |
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Moyland Wood OverlordScenario#: 1341 Date: 2/17/1945 Location: Moyland Wood, GermanyOn the afternoon of February 16th, 1945, the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, supported by 3rd Armor Battalion Scots Guards, was ordered to take the hilly ground around Louisendorf; on its left, the Royal Regina Rifles, with tank support, was to clear … Memoir '44 — Online Only |
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Across the River RoerScenario#: 1340 Date: 2/24/1945 Location: Linnich, GermanyThe 9th Army was lined up along the River Roer on the 23rd of February at the start of Operation Grenade. The river had receded enough to make a crossing possible and the Operation opened with a tremendous artillery bombardment. … Memoir '44 — Terrain Pack |
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Moyland WoodScenario#: 1337 Date: 2/17/1945 Location: Moyland Wood, GermanyOn the afternoon of the 16th the Royal Winnipeg Rifles supported by the 3rd Armor Battalion Scots Guards was ordered to take the hilly ground around Louisendorf. On its left the Regina Rifle Regiment with tank support was to clear … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules |
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StrasbourgScenario#: 28 Date: 1/11/1945 Location: Strasbourg, FranceOn 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 |
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Big Cats at TwilightScenario#: NOSB12 Date: 02/22/1945 Location: Budapest, HungaryHitler's Operation Spring Awakening, using six Waffen SS divisions to counterattack and relieve entrapped units in Budapest, was off to a slow start. Mud and dogged Russian defiance once again were the culprits, denying quick rnaneuver and advance.… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back |
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Colditz CastleScenario#: BP04 Date: 02/10/1945 Location: Colditz, GermanyBy far the most renowned German prison camp of World War Two was the Colditz Castle. lt was where Allied prisoners who couldn't be kept anywhere else were housed. Allied High Command feared the Germans would execute their prisoners as … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Bravo |
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Pushing BackScenario#: BP03 Date: 01/15/1945 Location: Noville, BelgiumEasy 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 |
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Fallschirmjäger RequiemScenario#: AP10 Date: 03/23/1945 Location: Wesel, GermanyAs 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 |
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Fortress BreslauScenario#: AP09 Date: 02/17/1945 Location: Breslau, PolandHitler ordered 80,000 German soldiers to stand their ground in the strategically vital, yet regally beautiful, city of Breslau. As Russian divisions encircled the ancient town, the Germans dug in. On February 16th, the Russians attacked the southern… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Alpha |