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Triumph atop Taraldsvikfjell Scenario#: 241 Date: 5/28/1940 Location: Taraldsvikfjell, Norway Despite an incredible number of command mistakes, a series of flanking attacks had put the Allies in position to cut off and destroy the isolated Germans who had captured Narvik. The defending German force was a mixed batch of excellent Gebirgsjager… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
Fighting at World's Edge Scenario#: 239 Date: 5/28/1940 Location: Taraldsvikfjell, Norway With the disastrous situation around Dunkerque entering its final stages, the Allied High Command decided that the operation around Narvik would have to be halted, though the city itself was taken in order to cover the evacuation and to ensure… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
The French Perimeter Scenario#: 243 Date: 6/2/1940 Location: Spyckar, France As the last days and hours of the Dunkirk defense passed and the perimeter shrank to within four miles of the city, the British turned their remaining positions over to the French forces. On the western side of the perimeter the Grossdeutschland… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
Failure to Communicate Scenario#: 233 Date: 5/14/1940 Location: Onhaye, Belgium In the early hours of May 13, Rommel pushed units of his Panzer-Division 7 across the Meuse River in the vicinity of Dinant, where they clung to a shaky foothold. While infantry were able to cross on boats, Rommel's tanks would have to cross on a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
Prelude: Chabrehez Scenario#: DN01 Date: 5/11/1940 Location: Chabrehez, Belgium As the leading elements of Panzer-Division 7 moved through the valley east of Chabrehea at 1800 on 10 May, they encountered two platoons of Belgian Chasseurs d'Ardennais dug in on the slopes in front of the town. The Germans hastily deployed the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
Chasseurs at Yvoir Scenario#: DN02 Date: 5/12/1940 Location: Yvoir, Belgium As the German blitzkrieg moved through the Ardennes, the Belgian Chasseurs d'Arrdgennais fought a series of delaying actions. They were pressured from every side, until they finally reached the Meuse. There they were forced to move northward to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
Rommel at the Meuse Scenario#: DN03 Date: 5/13/1940 Location: Dinant, Belgium After fighting its way through the Ardennes, Panzer-Division 7 found itself on the banks of the Meuse. The towering cliffs provided a majestic and frightening back drop for the job of crossing the river. The questions on every trooper's mind were:… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
Chateau de Meez Scenario#: DN04 Date: 5/13/1940 Location: Chateau de Meez, Belgium After the initial crossings of the Meuse, Panzer-Division 7 began to expand the bridgehead west of the river. Darkness approached, and Rommel ordered a company to begin scaling the cliffs and move through the woods surrounding the Chateau de Meez.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
Grande Ferme de Meez Scenario#: DN05 Date: 5/13/1940 Location: Ferme de Meez, Belgium As more and more Germans crossed the river near Bouvignes, they pushed hard against the scattered French troops who were falling back into the northern reentrant -- the gap between the cliffs. Fighting escalated as the gap narrowed, and soon the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
Clearing the Heights Scenario#: DN06 Date: 5/13/1940 Location: Dinant, Belgium As evening fell, the German crossing began to accelerate. Rommel's direction was the added impetus needed to ensure success. The immediate task was to clear the French from atop the cliffs overlooking the river, where they had artillery spotters… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
Saint-Médard After Dark Scenario#: DN07 Date: 5/13/1940 Location: Saint-Medard, Belgium As night fell at Dinant, Panzer-Division 7 had crossed the river against stiff French resistance. But their bridgehead was not yet secure. The French defenders had fallen back from the cliffs and were reorganizing in the farms and villages behind the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
Probing the Bridgehead Scenario#: DN08 Date: 5/13/1940 Location: Dinant, Belgium Having lost contact with the forces in and around Dinant, the French Command ordered 1ère DLC to ascertain where and in what strength the Germans were across the Meuse. A scratch force was hastily thrown together to assess the situation, and a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
The Road to Onhaye Scenario#: DN09 Date: 5/14/1940 Location: Dinant, Belgium After securing the crossing area, Rommel ordered his reconnaissance units to begin moving along N936 toward Onhaye. As the light armor and cycles moved out in the darkness, they ran into a series of French positions along the road. Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
Finale: Onhaye Scenario#: DN10 Date: 5/14/1940 Location: Onhaye, Belgium While overseeing the construction of a pontoon bridge, as well as the continued ferrying of troops across the Meuse, Rommel learned of a message received at 4.Armee headquarters reading "Bismarck encircled at Onhaye." All further communication was… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
The Almost Men Scenario#: DN11 Date: 12/22/1944 Location: Dinant, Belgium At midnight, the calm of the town of Dinant was shattered by explosions, as a Jeep loaded with Germans is American uniforms from Otto Skorzeny's SS-Panzer-Brigade 150 tried to infiltrate through the American and British positions. They were… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
An Uncommon Occurrence Scenario#: 83 Date: 9/5/1939 Location: Piotrkow, Poland Despite the spirited opposition of Poland’s Army Lodz and the still-mobilizing Army Prusy, the German 1st and 4th Panzer Divisions drove deep into the heart of Poland. As the panzer divisions continued their assault, bending straight for the town of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions
Round One Scenario#: 84 Date: 9/8/1939 Location: Ochota, Poland A little more than a week after the invasion of Poland, German units of the 10th Army were at the gates of Warsaw. Despite some panic and confusion, the citizens were urged to help with anti-tank ditches and defenses. The 4th Panzer Division was… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions
No Way Out Scenario#: 85 Date: 9/9/1939 Location: Pilatka, Poland As Kunip_lgruppe Dittfurth was cutting their only path of retreat towards the Vistula. the trapped Poles of Army Prussy became more and more desperate in their attempts to break through the encirclemcnt. As darkness approached. the Poles launched yet… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions
Fighting Back Scenario#: 86 Date: 9/9/1939 Location: Leczyka, Poland Polish General Tadeusz Kutrzeba was given permission for an attack to the south by Amry Poznan. The aim was to cover the retreat of Army Pomorze. The attack used the 25th, 17th and 14th Infantry Divisions... Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions
Good Night, Sweet Prince Scenario#: 87 Date: 4/9/1940 Location: Haderslev, Denmark Strong German motorized forces crossed the Danish border early in the morning of April 9th. Several German armored cars were damaged or destroyed, and the Germans learned to fear the 20mm guns mounted on the Nimbus motorcycles poised for ambush at… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions
Art Nouveau Scenario#: 88 Date: 5/10/1940 Location: Mont-Le-Ban, Belgium Rommel’s 7th Panzer Division on a bypass bumped into units protecting the Belgian southern flank. This lightly-held part of the Belgian defense was occupied by units of the 10th Motorcycle Company, which had been scattered into three different… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions
Rescue Attempt Scenario#: 89 Date: 5/13/1940 Location: Wulmerson, Belgium On May 12th, the 7th Squadron of the 4th Lanciers and the 5th of the 3rd were hurriedly placed along the railway Tirlemont-Liege to fill the gap between the Belgian 2nd Cavalry and the French 12th Cuirassiers, west of Goosoncourt airfield. On the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions
Pride and Joy Scenario#: 90 Date: 11/17/1940 Location: Koritsa, Greece The Italian Army erupted across the Greek border in an attempt to add Greece to the New Roman Empire and show Hitler that Italy, too, could launch a blitzkrieg attack. Mussolini’s tactically-bankrupt command had not anticipated the tenacity of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions
On the Road to Andalsnes Scenario#: 142 Date: 4/24/1940 Location: Dombaas, Norway With the sudden Allied landings at Namsos and Andalsnes, the strategic and political importance of Trondheim was brought into sharp focus. Quickly implementing alternative plans, von Falkenhorst ordered the 196th Infantry Division to clear several… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (3rd Edition)
The Professionals Scenario#: 144 Date: 4/7/1941 Location: Pirot, Yugoslavia On April 6th, the Wehrmacht erupted across the Yugoslavian borders. The Yugoslavs repeatedly performed individual acts of heroism -- attacking the panzers with grenades and Molotov cocktails -- but collectively the Yugoslavian army was outclassed and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (3rd Edition)
Rattle of Sabres Scenario#: 138 Date: 9/2/1939 Location: Mlawa, Poland At Mlawa, the Polish 20th Infantry Division, ensconced behind extensive fortifications and minefields, was able to repulse the first frontal assault of the “Wodrig” Corps – a battlegroup of infantry and cavalry formations. General von Kuechler… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (3rd Edition)
Action at Balberkamp Scenario#: 141 Date: 4/22/1940 Location: Trondheim, Norway After the initial landings at Oslo, the Germans began to move northward, through the valley of the Gudbrandsdalen, towards Trondheim. The Norwegians and British forces there attempted numerous blocking actions which were largely unsuccessful. One… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (3rd Edition)
Italian Brothers Scenario#: 137 Date: 3/10/1937 Location: Brihuega, Spain In spite of a non-intervention policy adopted by the League of Nations, foreign nationals flocked to Spain by the thousands. As a result, both the Nationalists and the Republicans used foreign troops to fight their war. On March 8, the Nationalists… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (3rd Edition)
The Weigh In Scenario#: 139 Date: 9/5/1939 Location: Piotrkow, Poland With Armies Modlin and Pomorze in full retreat, the Polish High Command focused on the tactical situation in the Piortrkow sector and ordered a local counterattack to slow the German blitzkrieg. The 1st Panzer Division approached Piotrkow believing… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (3rd Edition)
Round Two Scenario#: 140 Date: 9/14/1939 Location: Sochaczew, Poland As the drive on Warsaw continued, the 4th Panzer Division, with SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler Regiment attached, was given new orders to attack through the Warsaw suburbs of the Bzura sector, at the bend of the Vistula River, to seal off the western… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (3rd Edition)
Grebbe End Scenario#: 143 Date: 5/13/1940 Location: Grebbe Hill, Holland The Grebbe Line was the principal defensive position into Fortress Holland from the east. Following a preparatory bombardment, the outpost line was attacked at sunrise on 11 May and the defenders slowly fell back to the trenches on the hill. The… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (3rd Edition)
Balkan Sideshow Scenario#: 111 Date: 4/13/1941 Location: Szenttanas, Yugoslavia Now it was Yugoslavia's turn to be in the center of the German blitzkrieg. Operation "Merita" had begun and the country was attacked on all sides. As Hungarian "Group Sandor" advanced through abandoned Yugoslavian positions, it was ordered to push… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion
Out of Cowardice Scenario#: 112 Date: 4/13/1941 Location: Senta, Yugoslavia Immediately after Yugoslavian regent Prince Paul signed the Tripartite Pact to join with Germany and Italy, military leaders overthrew the regime, rescinding the agreement. Hitler then launched Operation Punishment as a lesson on the costs of defying… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion
Liberating Bessarabia Scenario#: 113 Date: 7/5/1941 Location: Branzeni, Romania At the onset of Barbarossa, Romania's primary goal was recapturing from the Russians its lost lands in Bessarabia and northern Bukovina. Although the Russians successfully resisted the initial assaults in the area, by the end of June the Axis had… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion
Cautious Crusaders Scenario#: 114 Date: 7/23/1941 Location: Lipovic, Ukraine Joining in Germany's “Crusade against Bolshevism”, a newly formed Slovakian “Mobile Group” crossed the border into the Ukraine. Leading the attack were the bicyclists and tanks of the Motorized Reconnaissance Group. Near the village of Lipovic, a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion
Huns of Steel Scenario#: 115 Date: 7/18/1942 Location: Uriv, Russia The German Army had failed to take the city of Voronezh by early summer 1942. Three Russian bridgeheads remained in strength on the west bank of the Don River posing a threat to the entire front. The Hungarian Army was entrusted with clearing these… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion
The Sixth Blow Scenario#: 116 Date: 7/12/1944 Location: Skopce, Poland In the Carpathian Mountains, the STAVKA operational plan for 1944 called for successive assaults to retake all the territory lost to the Nazis. While the “fifth blow” of the plan against Army Group Center was winding down, Marshall Konev's First… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion
With Tigers on Their Tail Scenario#: 117 Date: 7/23/1944 Location: Saturnia, Galacia The 4th Ukrainian Front’s summer offensive had already liberated most of Galacia. Now the task at hand was to clear out Ruthenia and invade Hungary – perhaps knocking the Axis ally out of the war for good. A major barrier to this plan, however, was… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion
Downsizing the Uprising Scenario#: 118 Date: 9/9/1944 Location: Vrutky, Slovakia The Slovakian uprising had begun to unravel in the face of strong German counterattacks. Key to establishing a defensive line was control of the neighboring towns of Vrutky and Klacany, which remained in German hands despite repeated attacks.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion
Ancient Feud Scenario#: 119 Date: 10/11/1944 Location: Aphadia, Transylvania For centuries Transylvania had been fought over by Hungarians and Romanians. The “Vienna Award” of 1940 had placed a large portion of the region under Hungarian rule at the expense of the Romanians. Having switched sides to join the Allies, the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion
Return to Sender Scenario#: 120 Date: 10/14/1944 Location: Kocane, Serbia The Bulgarian surrender and subsequent re-entry into the war on the side of the Allies left the German positions in the Balkans in disarray. Army Group F was entrusted with keeping a withdrawal route open for forces in Geece and Albania. Elements of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion
End Station Budapest Scenario#: 121 Date: 1/15/1945 Location: Budapest, Hungary The 2nd Ukrainian Front, augmented by the allied 7th Romanian Corps, had reached the Danube. Hitler ordered that beautiful Budapest be made a “fortress city” even as the 3rd Ukrainian Front encircled it. The Romanians, ill equipped for city fighting,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion
Reaping Rewards Scenario#: 223 Date: 12/20/1942 Location: Kruzhilin, Russia In the sector of the Russian 1st and 3rd Guards Armies the Axis defensive lines on the Don and the Chir Rivers had been shattered. As Russian mobile formations poured through the line and into Axis rear areas, various formations were cut off. The… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion (2nd Edition)
Retrained and Rearmed Scenario#: 229 Date: 10/26/1944 Location: Banska Bystricka, Slovakia The Slovakian Army’s uprising against their German foe had failed in the center, and that in the eastern part of Slovakia was in danger of collapsing as well. The last substantial reserve was the 2nd Czechoslovakian Airborne Brigade, which was… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion (2nd Edition)
Beachhead at Ozereyka Bay Scenario#: 224 Date: 2/4/1943 Location: Glebovka, Russia In an effort to cut off the Seventh Army's retreat to the Iaman Peninsula, Stalin devised a plan to use a combined land and seaborne operation. The Black Sea Fleet would land a force composed of army and naval troops in the German's rear. The landing… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion (2nd Edition)
Paole Zion Scenario#: 225 Date: 2/20/1943 Location: Warsaw Ghetto, Poland Walter Toebbens, a leading German industrialist and major “employer” of the “productive Jews” of Warsaw, was brought from Berlin to solve the Nazis’ difficulties by “peaceful means”. He was to convince the Jewish civic and religious leaders to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion (2nd Edition)
They Fired on Odessa... Scenario#: 220 Date: 9/22/1941 Location: Grigorievka, Russia Since the end of July, the Germans had reached the Crimea and the outskirts of Odessa. The Russians fought tooth and nail but, day after day, the perimeter defense narrowed. Using their fleet on the Black Sea, the Soviet command decided to launch a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion (2nd Edition)
Blood Enemies Scenario#: 219 Date: 4/13/1941 Location: Mostar, Yugoslavia The conglomerate nation of Yugoslavia was formulated in the post-WWI power struggle to carve up the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Croatians, hoping to become an independent nation, were dissatisfied with being part of a government largely controlled by… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion (2nd Edition)
Bloody Nose Scenario#: 222 Date: 12/16/1942 Location: Kransnokutskaya, Russia With overcast skies hampering bombing missions and poorly coordinated artillery preparations, the Russian 3rd Guards Army made only lackluster gains on the first morning of the “Little Saturn” Offensive. Combat in the 203rd Rifle Division’s 592nd… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion (2nd Edition)
Extracurricular Activity Scenario#: 122 Date: 12/25/1944 Location: Budapest, Hungary While the Red Army was hammering at Pest for over six weeks, the inhabitants of Buda were still preparing for Christmas festivities, albeit subdued ones. On Christmas Day, however, they were surprised by the sudden appearance of Russian armored… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion (2nd Edition)