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Scenario#: U24     Date: 6/23/1941     Location: Bialystok, Poland

The elite German 18th Panzer Regiment, fresh from amphibious training, was among the lead elements of Army Group Center as they pressed deep into Russia on the day after ‘Barbarossa’. The Soviets, still confused as to the extent of the attack,…

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Scenario#: U23     Date: 4/26/1941     Location: Argos, Peloponnesus

The issue in Greece was no longer in doubt; the last units of the Greek Army had surrendered the day before. W Force was attempting to withdraw to evacuation points along the south coast of Greece. This greatly increased the importance of the narrow…

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Scenario#: U22     Date: 4/13/1941     Location: Komanos, Western Greece

The Balkan Campiagn offered little hope in the way of a clear-cut victory for the Allies. Nevertheless the British often proved themselves equal in fighting skills against a numerically superior enemy. As the British fought hard to hold back the…

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Scenario#: U19     Date: 5/27/1940     Location: Dunkirk perimeter, France

Throughout May 27th, the Allies stubbornly held off the advancing Germans as they simultaneously prepared for a general withdrawal to a defense perimeter around Dunkirk. In an attempt to buy time a raid was ordered behind German lines. Elements of…

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Scenario#: U18     Date: 5/11/1940     Location: The Hague, Holland

Following the spectacular success of the parachute drop on the fortress of Eben Emael, it was feared the Germans would attempt a similar raid to seize Queen Wilhelmina, infant crown Princess Beatrix, and other members of the Dutch Royal Family.…

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Scenario#: U17     Date: 5/10/1940     Location: The Ardennes, Belgium

The Chasseurs Ardennais were involved in notable actions on the Tenth of May, 1940. The first, at Chabrehez, by a company of the 3rd Regiment, against the advanced guard of Rommel’s 7th Panzer Division. The Chasseurs, under Lieutenant Lejeune and his…

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Scenario#: U16     Date: 9/12/1939     Location: Gdynia, Poland

As the German attack in the northern Corridor made steady progress to capture the Polish ports, resistance finally began to stiffen as Polish naval units were committed to a ground combat role. One by one the surrounding ports of Gdynia began to draw…

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Scenario#: U15     Date: 9/6/1939     Location: Central, 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 10th Infantry Division was threatening to throw the German…

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Scenario#: U14     Date: 9/1/1939     Location: Novy Targ, Poland

Despite the known German troop concentrations at the border, the Polish Army was taken by complete tactical surprise. Many Polish units were in the process of moving to their defensive positions or areas of concentration when the attack commenced.…

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Scenario#: G45     Date: 7/8/1939     Location: Nomonhan, Manchukuo

The summer of 1939 saw a major border clash between Russian and Japanese forces over the line between the Mongolian People’s Republic and Manchukuo. Since the Japanese considered the Halha River the border, they felt a strong response was necessary…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #32.2
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Scenario#: G42     Date: 6/7/1944     Location: Authie, France

The spearhead of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division moved with the airfield at Carpiquet as its objective. The Stuart tanks of the recon unit advanced at the point, followed by Company C of the Highlanders. The main body followed behind mounted on…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #31.6
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Scenario#: G41     Date: 12/18/1944     Location: Cheneux, Belgium

The long file of Kampfgruppe Peiper vehicles, many heavily camouflaged with pine boughs, filled the road north from Trois Ponts, through La Gleize, and on towards Cheneux where advance elements had discovered an intact, undefended bridge over the…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #31.5
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Scenario#: G40     Date: 9/7/1939     Location: Pabiance, Poland

As the 23rd Panzer Regiment failed to take Pabiance, the Leibstandarte Adolph Hitler entered into the firestorm and made great gains. Other units, however, couldn’t keep up with the Leibstandarte, with the result being a salient. The Waffen SS attack…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #31.5
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Scenario#: G38     Date: 12/20/1942     Location: Meshkov, Russia

The Italian 8th Army had been retreating since the prior morning in the face of the Russian winter offensive aimed at encircling and destroying Paulus’s 6th Army in Stalingrad. Charged with defending the flanks of the 6th Army, Germany’s brittle…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #31.4
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Scenario#: V     Date: 1/1/1945     Location: Gerimont, France

In the Ardennes sector, the U.S. 87th Division was given the assignment of taking Gerimont. The opening of the assault went well but while pausing to regroup in the outskirts of the town, the Americans were hit by a strong local counterattack. The…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #31.3
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Scenario#: G37     Date: 4/11/1945     Location: Fuhrberg, Germany

After three days of rest and refit, the Churchills of the Scots Guards arrived from Munster and linked up with the troops of the 227th Infantry Brigade's Gordon Highlanders, with orders to advance on Celle. The Germans had taken advantage of the…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #31.3
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Scenario#: G34     Date: 4/2/1945     Location: Wiener Neustadt, Austria

Following 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 LeaderThe General #31.1
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Scenario#: G33     Date: 3/14/1945     Location: Lake Balaton, Hungary SPRING

With the Soviet Army firmly established on the Oder River and threatening Berlin, Hitler was still obsessed with taking the offensive elsewhere. Hitler decided to launch an attack to create a buffer zone between the Soviet forces near the Danube…

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Scenario#: G32     Date: 6/13/1944     Location: St. George-d'Elle, France

After landing on D-Day, the 2nd Infantry Division was immediately pressed into the attack despite their support weapons and equipment not having arrived. Almost a week later, the division was still fighting with rifles alone. On June 13th, the 1st…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #30.6
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Scenario#: G27     Date: 12/27/1941     Location: Vaagso Island, Norway

In October of 1941, Lord Louis Mountbatten took command of the Special Service Brigade. In accordance with a directive from Churchill, Mountbatten was to begin a “programme of raids in ever increasing intensity”. The first, a raid on the Lofoten…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #30.2
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Scenario#: G24     Date: 8/25/1941     Location: Qasr Shaikh, Iran

During the Anglo-Soviet invasion of neutral Iran, British forces attempt to take a strongpoint in the desert held by a battalion of the elite Pahlavi Guards Regiment, devout Muslims pledged to defend the Shah, and armed with modern Czech weapons.

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #29.5
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Scenario#: G23     Date: 5/5/1941     Location: Habbaniya, Iraq

After a German-backed coup d'état against the pro-British Emir, the Allies had worries. An Iraqi alliance with the Axis would threaten Middle-East oilfields, the tenuous Soviet supply line across restless Persia and British shipping to Egypt -- as…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #29.5
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Scenario#: G21     Date: 6/8/1944     Location: Bretteville L'Orgueilleuse, France

On June 8th, SS-Obersturmfuhrer Rudolf von Ribbentrop arrived in Normandy with his Panzer Abteilung as part of the ttempt to bolster the German defenses. Ribbentrop's troops were immediately ordered into a night assault to relieve the 1st Battalion…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #29.4
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Scenario#: G20     Date: 12/9/1940     Location: Bir Ebna, Egypt

Operation Compass, the codename for Wavell’s offensive against Italian-held Libya, was kicked off with several assaults on Italian frontier camps. These fortified camps were built to cover the approaches to the coastal road which the British advance…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #29.3
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Scenario#: G19     Date: 1/1/1943     Location: Giropa Point, Papua New Guinea

General MacArthur, furious at the perceived inability of his commanders to crack the Japanese fortified positions surrounding Buna, relieved his top field commanders and placed General Eichelberger in command. MacArthur’s last words to Eichelberger…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #29.3
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Scenario#: G18     Date: 1/7/1945     Location: Rochelinval, Belgium

The 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 LeaderThe General #29.2
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Scenario#: G17     Date: 1/12/1940     Location: Vetko, Finland

With their victories in the north, Finnish reinforcements were dispatched to the Kuhmo sector to seal the fate of the Soviet’s 54th Rifle Division, whose own advance had stalled in the frozen marshland. To counter, Russia’s only trained ski troops,…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #29.2
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Scenario#: T15     Date: 5/20/1941     Location: Profitilias, Crete

The German assault on the mountainous island of Crete called for airborne landings in four separate areas. One objective of the first wave was the quick capture of Canea, the capital city. To clear the way for the landing of the main regiment, a…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #29.1
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Scenario#: T14     Date: 5/21/1941     Location: Maleme, Crete

The New Zealanders had spent most of the daylight hours of 20th May pinned down by German fighter aircraft. Communications were a shambles, casualties were heavy, and their local counterattacks had failed. Colonel Andrew of the 5th New Zealand…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #28.6
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Scenario#: T13     Date: 8/18/1942     Location: Varengeville, France

In a move to destroy German coastal batteries, the British No. 4 Commando unit, accompanied by a handful of American Rangers went against the Varengeville Battery. The attack was split into two groups. The first was to land directly below the battery…

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Scenario#: G16     Date: 8/21/1942     Location: River Ilu, Guadalcanal

The landings on Guadalcanal on 7 August met with no opposition, and the 5th Marine Regiment quickly established a secure beachhead at Lunga Point. Based on erroneous reports, the Imperial Headquarters, still concentrating upon their own operations…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #28.5
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Scenario#: S     Date: 4/18/1945     Location: Aschaffenburg, Germany

On 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 LeaderThe General #28.4
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Scenario#: G15     Date: 8/31/1944     Location: Rouen, France

After their epic 20-day stand at Hill 112 and the breakout from the Falaise pocket, the men of SS-Panzer Detachment 102 were afoot when they reached Rouen. The surviving crewmen and mechanics had abandoned their last Tigers on the banks of the Seine…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #28.4
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Scenario#: R     Date: 12/2/1941     Location: Burzevo, Russia

Along the Minsk-Moscow highway, von Kluge’s Fourth Army made a last, desperate effort to dislodge the defending Russians b y an encircling attack from the south. The only real progress was made by the 258th Infantry Division which managed to capture…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #28.3
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Scenario#: G14     Date: 2/11/1943     Location: Chernichevo, Russia

The Soviets had taken Krasny Bor. The 4th SS-Polizei Division, to the right of the hapless Spanish 250th Azul Division, managed to withstand the attack and blocked the highway for the time being. Nevertheless, a large number of Russian tanks bypassed…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #28.3
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Scenario#: G13     Date: 2/23/1945     Location: Bologna, Italy

It 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 LeaderThe General #27.5
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Scenario#: T08     Date: 10/15/1944     Location: Aachen, Germany

The American hand had closed about Aachen. But the city fell slowly. Street by street, then house by house, the GIs squeezed out the Germans. Finally, the Wehrmacht headquarters in the Hotel Quellenhof was in sight. The massive hotel structure proved…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #27.3
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Scenario#: HA     Date: 1942-10-31     Location: Stalingrad, Russia

The last ferry-landing across the Volga was under German machinegun fire and the Russians were barely holding their positions in the rubble around Krasny Oktyabr and the Barrikady. Rather than waiting passively for the final blow, the Soviet “Army…

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Scenario#: G12     Date: 2/6/1943     Location: Nalchik, Russia

For almost three months the German 1st Mountain and the Russian 318th Mountain Rifle divisions were locked together in combat on the slopes of Mount Elbrus. February 6th was a typical day, as simultaneous attacks on two ridges separated by a shallow…

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Scenario#: G11     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Benouville, France

In the opening hours of Operation Overlord, of critical importance were two bridges that crossed the Orne and the canal between Benouville and Ranvlle. To take these, a special group drawn from the 6th Air-Landing Brigade was organized. At 0015…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #26.5
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Scenario#: G10     Date: 1/3/1942     Location: Gribovo, Russia

In late December, while the battles for Moscow were still boiling cauldrons, STAVKA ordered four Soviet armies to attack and destroy the German 4th Army. To assist in the action, a tactical airdrop by Soviet Paratroopers was planned to disrupt German…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #26.2
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Scenario#: P     Date: 12/18/1944     Location: Wiltz, Luxembourg

The German Bulge Offensive had surprised the Americans both in its size and intensity. The Germans had to be delayed or stopped as they drove along the roads to Bastogne. In the early hours, elements of the 44th Combat Engineers, supported by…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #26.1
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Scenario#: O     Date: 3/24/1945     Location: Saint Goar, Germany

Germany’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…

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Scenario#: N     Date: 10/10/1944     Location: Radzymin, Poland

The men of the SS Totenkopf Division had stalled the advance of the Fifth Guards Tank Army in late September. Then, silence. No fighting had occurred for the past three weeks. It was too good, too unreal. A feeling of unease pervaded the encampment.…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #25.6
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Scenario#: G09     Date: 11/23/1941     Location: Sidi Rezegh, Libya

The 5th South African Infantry Brigade was preparing to assault Point 178 just to its north, when the 15th Panzer Division, moving southwesterly, unexpectedly (from both sides’ point of view) smashed into its southern end, scattering most of its…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #25.6
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Scenario#: G08     Date: 7/16/1943     Location: Porto Empedolce, Sicily

As the Allied beachhead in Sicily expanded, the impatient General George Patton demanded better facilities for supplying his troops. Under orders not to launch an offensive, Patton hit upon the subterfuge of calling his advance a “reconnaissance in…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #25.5
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Scenario#: G07     Date: 5/10/1940     Location: Coevorden, Holland

The German 1st Cavalry Division had taken up positions along the frontier of eastern Holland. The regimental commander, Lt.-Col. Wachsen, was determined to crack through the 20-kilometer deep Dutch defensive belt at Coevorden, an important frontier…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #25.3
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Scenario#: K     Date: 8/23/1944     Location: Cannes, France

Generally, the American advance through Southern France was so swift that it was rare when the Germans stayed and fought. However, the swiftness of the advance often caused German elements to be cut off and faced with the decision to either fight on…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #25.2
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Scenario#: G05     Date: 1/30/1944     Location: Cisterna di Littoria, Italy

The big push to break out of the Anzio beachhead was on, and Darby’s Rangers were to lead the way for the Americans. At 0100, the 1st and 3rd Ranger Battalions, with the 4th following, infiltrated the mobile defensive positions of the Hermann Goering…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #24.3
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Scenario#: G04     Date: 11/8/1944     Location: Vic-sur-Seille, France

In the early morning hours of a gray day, the 761st Tank Battalion faced the enemy in combat for the first time. The whole Third Army was going over to the attack and the initial objective assigned to the untested Black Panthers was the capture of a…

Advanced Squad LeaderThe General #24.3
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