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Scenario#: 58     Date: 2/7/1941     Location: Agedabia, Libya

"We Surrender" - In an attempt to halt the Italian 10th Army which was retreating south from Benghazi, Combeforce – a motor infantry battalion reinforced with artillery and armored cars – was dispatched ahead of the pursuing British 7th Armored…

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Scenario#: AP006     Date: 7/11/1943     Location: Gela, Sicily

On July 10th, the Allies landed in Sicily — theAmerican VII Corps in the Licata and Gela area and the British at Pozzalo, eastof Syracuse. In Gela, Darby’s Rangers successfully fought off a counterattack by the 10-ton French tanks of Gruppo Mobile…

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Scenario#: AP127     Date: 6/17/1944     Location: Elba, Italy

On 12 June, the German commander in Italy was informed that “Elba must be defended to the last man and the last cartridge”. On 14 June, German reinforcements began to arrive on Elba from Pianosa. The decision to reinforce Elba was not known to the…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL Action Pack #13 Oktoberfest XXXII
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Scenario#: AP160     Date: 4/22/1941     Location: Tobruk, Libya SEIGE

The Australian commander of the Tobruk garrison, Major General Leslie Morshead, was not content to rest on the laurels of his Easter victory against Rommel's first assault on the fortress. ln response to a newspaper headline "Tobruk Can Take It." he…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under
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Scenario#: AP161     Date: 5/27/1941     Location: Chania, Crete

During the first part of 1941, Allied forces had been defeated in Greece and many had retreated to Crete. In their haste, the allies had been forced to leave much of their heavy equipment behind, leaving them lightly armed for the inevitable German…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under
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Scenario#: AP162     Date: 6/19/1941     Location: Medjayoun, Syria

The initial phase of the Commonwealth campaign against the Vichy forces in Syria was proving tougher than expected. These French, former allies of the Commonwealth. were resilient opponents. Merdjayoun was symbolic of this as the town, located only a…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under
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Scenario#: AP163     Date: 7/9/1941     Location: Damour, Syria

After a month the British and Commonwealth campaign against Vichy forces in Syria was coming to a close. The coastal town of Damour was the last major Vichy outpost before the key city of Beirut. The Vichy commander in the Damour region, allocated a…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under
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Scenario#: AP016     Date: 7/21/1943     Location: Alimena, Sicily

While the Axis forces slowly fell back towards Messina, the Big Red One kept up the pressure through the difficult terrain of central Sicily. The opposing Italians were fighting on native soil now, but their leadership hadn’t improved. As Gruppo…

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Scenario#: AP026     Date: 9/8/1943     Location: Mezzocamino, Italy

Much to the dismay of the Italians, on the afternoon of September 8, 1943, General Eisenhower made public the armistice between the Allies and the Italian government. The Italians had been playing a dangerous balancing act between the Germans and…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL Action Pack #3 Few Returned
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Scenario#: AP027     Date: 9/9/1943     Location: Magliana, Italy

After the Italians announced an armistice with the Allies, the Germans put into place plans to capture Rome and disarm the Italians. That evening, German paratroopers headed towards Rome, encountering resistance from the Granatieri di Sardegna…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL Action Pack #3 Few Returned
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Scenario#: AP028     Date: 9/9/1943     Location: Monterotondo, Italy

After the Italians announced an armistice with the Allies, the Germans put into place plans to capture Rome and disarm the Italians. As part of these operations, a battalion of German paratroops, led by Major Walter Gericke, was tasked with dropping…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL Action Pack #3 Few Returned
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Scenario#: AP064     Date: 11/28/1942     Location: Djefna, Tunisia

For an entire week, Major Rudolf Witzig's Fallschirmpionier-Bataillon 11 had frustrated every effort the British 36th Brigade made to advance past the crossroads at Djebel Abiod. The morning of November 25 revealed that the Germans had withdrawn…

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Scenario#: AP067     Date: 8/3/1943     Location: Centuripe, Sicily

As the Allied armies advanced across Sicily toward Messina, they had to overcome the defenses of a series of well defended towns. Centuripe, or “Cherry Ripe” as it was known by British troops, was the lynchpin of the so-called Etna Line. This town…

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Scenario#: AP073     Date: 11/26/1942     Location: Chouigui Pass, Tunisia

Lt. Col. John Waters was tasked with creating a "tank-infested area" in the Tine Valley southeast of Mateur and reconnoitering the bridges across the Medjerda River at El Bathan and Djedeida. Waters' route of march led over the hills between the Tine…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL Action Pack #8 Roads Through Rome
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Scenario#: AP074     Date: 9/10/1943     Location: Battipaglia, Italy

Landing at 0330 a mile from the mouth of the Tusciano River, the 9th Royal Fusiliers were under fire from the moment they disembarked onto Roger Beach. Their objective was a small village at the base of a tall hill that was six miles distant. This…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL Action Pack #8 Roads Through Rome
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Scenario#: AP075     Date: 9/12/1943     Location: Altavilla, Italy

The barely tested “T-Patchers” of the US 36th (Texan) Infantry Division were tasked with taking the hilltop village of Altavilla and the hill to the northeast beyond the village, labeled Hill 424 on their maps. The Texans met little resistance…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL Action Pack #8 Roads Through Rome
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Scenario#: AP076     Date: 9/13/1943     Location: Persano, Italy

During the afternoon, two German battle groups, the Kampfgruppe ‘Kleine Limburg’ and Kampfgruppe ‘Krüger’, had attacked Persano to the north-west and overrun the 1/157th Infantry before crossing the Sele river to fall on the 2/143rd Infantry and…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL Action Pack #8 Roads Through Rome
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Scenario#: AP077     Date: 9/13/1943     Location: Persano, Italy

To fulfill General Dawley's request to close the gap between the Sele-Calore Rivers, General Walker sent his divisional reserve to plug the hole. The 2nd Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment was deployed to cover the frontage with the company's HQ in…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL Action Pack #8 Roads Through Rome
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Scenario#: AP078     Date: 9/22/1943     Location: Acerno, Italy

Acerno was a mountain village astride a tortuous and winding stretch of road leading north from Battipaglia. The road was one of two that connected the beachhead with Highway 7—the main highway to Rome. On 22 September, elements of the US 3rd “Rock…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL Action Pack #8 Roads Through Rome
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Scenario#: AP079     Date: 5/18/1944     Location: Esperia, Italy

The Allied efforts to breach the German fortified defenses known as the Hitler Line were moving slowly forward. General Juin, commanding the Free French forces in Italy, had a plan to outflank the Germans through the Esperia defile and on to Mt.…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL Action Pack #8 Roads Through Rome
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Scenario#: AP080     Date: 6/1/1944     Location: Artena-Valmonte Gap, Italy

The breakout from Anzio began on 23 May, and two days later the FSSF, along with the US 3rd Infantry Division, was pushing hard for the towns of Artena and Valmonte. These towns lay either side of Highway 6. With the Gustav Line shattered farther…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL Action Pack #8 Roads Through Rome
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Scenario#: AP081     Date: 6/5/1944     Location: Rome, Italy

The race to be the first to enter Rome was on. Equally urgent was the German race to evacuate the Eternal City. Hitler's order of an open city was not extended to the approaches to Rome where small groups of Fallschirmjagers, landsers, and panzers…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL Action Pack #8 Roads Through Rome
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Scenario#: AP082     Date: 9/13/1944     Location: Coriano, Italy

After the 1st Canadian Corps' breach of the Green Line, the Allies pushed forward to the inevitable next German defensive position, the Rimini Line. In order to secure its left flank while making the drive to the Rimini Line, the 1st Canadian Corps…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL Action Pack #8 Roads Through Rome
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Scenario#: A2     Date: 17-Feb-43     Location: Sbeitla, Tunisia

During the night of February 16th, as battered elements of the 1st Armored Division fell back westward under the onslaught of Operation Fruehlingswind, they met with reinforcements and set up a temporary defensive line in the olive groves and wadis …

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Scenario#: A3     Date: 31-July-43     Location: Regalbuto, Sicily

Since the 12th the British 30th Corps had been battling through the hills and valleys of central Sicily, protecting the flank of the 13th Corps' advance on Catania. Instrumental in that scheme was the clearing of Agira and Regalbuto. Finally, …

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Scenario#: A004     Date: 9/9/1943     Location: Paestum, Italy

At one minute past midnight, loud speakers on the Allied transports called the boat teams to their stations. Before them lay the beaches of Salerno. The 141st and 142nd Infantry regiments of the U.S. 36th Division would be first ashore, in six waves…

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Scenario#: A005     Date: 9/11/1943     Location: Naro, Italy

To accompany the 142nd's push to Altaville, the U.S. 179th Regimental Combat Team had been ordered to advance to Ponte Sele up the corridor of the Serre Valley. All night their drive continued and dawn saw the weary GIs of the 1st and 3rd Battalions…

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Scenario#: A013     Date: 8/8/1943     Location: Cesaro, Sicily

At first light, 2nd Battalion of the 47th Infantry Regiment stepped off to seize the next group of hills and, if possible, the village of Cesaro itself. Pushing through the scrub and low hills northwest of Cesaro, Company A quickly reached the…

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Scenario#: A014     Date: 3/9/1941     Location: Scialesi, Albania

Mussolini's bid to dominate Greece had been a fiasco of the first magnitude; by mid-February 1941, the war which had begun in November amid much posturing had taken the lives of 500 Italian officers and over 5000 other ranks. The Greeks had gone on…

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Scenario#: A018     Date: 2/17/1943     Location: Sbeitla, Tunisia

During the night of February 16th, as battered elements of the 1st Armored Division fell back westward under the onslaught of Operation Fruehlingswind, they met with reinforcements and set up a temporary defensive line in the olive groves and wadis…

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Scenario#: A019     Date: 2/1/1944     Location: Anzio, Italy

From the moment that the "Devil's Brigade" moved in to occupy a portion of the defensive perimeter around the beachhead, Lt.-General Frederick instituted aggressive nightly patrols of company strength. His goal was to keep the enemy opposite --…

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Scenario#: A020     Date: 2/15/1943     Location: Sidi Bou Zid, Tunisia

Kampfgruppe Schütte and Kampfgruppe Stenckhoff of the 21st Panzer Division had secured the Maizila Pass to the south and Kampfgruppe Schütte headed north to engage two battalions of the 168th RCT on Djebel Ksaira while Kampfgruppe Stenckhoff headed…

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Scenario#: AD08     Date: 7/10/1943     Location: Gela, Sicily

By dawn of D-Day, Force X consisting of the 1st and 4th Ranger Battalions along with attached combat engineers, were were fighting for possession of Gela. By 0830 hours they had taken the burning town, along with some 200 Italian prisoners, and were…

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Scenario#: A039     Date: 8/11/1940     Location: Tug Argan Pass, Somaliland

On 3 August 1940, Italian forces crossed the open border into British Somaliland from Ethiopia. Splitting into two columns, the Italians struck for French Somaliland and for the crucial British port of Berbera. The British moved to block the route to…

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Scenario#: A050     Date: 10/27/1942     Location: El Alamein, Egypt

In an ill-organized night attack during Operation Lightfoot, a battalion of the British 7th Motor Brigade had thrust forward to seize a German-held position. However, unaware that their maps were faulty, the men and carriers advanced along an…

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Scenario#: A056     Date: 3/16/1943     Location: Mareth, Tunisia

Before the 8th Army could launch its assault on the Mareth Line, it had to clear the Axis outposts between the Wadi Zeuss and the Wadi Zigzaou. One of these, held by veterans of the 90th Light Division, encompassed a group of small hills…

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Scenario#: A061     Date: 6/16/1940     Location: Nezvet Ghirba, Libya

On the afternoon of June 10th, Italy declared war upon France and England. At a single stroke, the fight had leapt beyond the confines of Europe to become a "world" conflict. On the 16th, two troops of B Squadron, 11th Hussars, were patrolling the…

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Scenario#: A067     Date: 12/12/1944     Location: Gaggio Montano, Italy

Following the sinkings of a number of their merchantmen by U-boats, Brazil declared war on Germany and Italy in August 1942. A year later, after lengthy training, the Brazilain 1st Expeditionary Infantry Division arrived in Naples in mid July 1944.…

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Scenario#: A090     Date: 12/19/1941     Location: Halfaya Pass, Egypt

During the tedious days of confining the Axis to their ring of frontier fortresses around Halfaya, HQ 4th South African Infantry Brigade authorized a small operation to eliminate an enemy forward position. This strongpoint, manned by mostly Italian…

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Scenario#: A093     Date: 5/16/1944     Location: Sinagoga, Italy

The Allied approach to Monte Cassino was agonizingly slow. The commanding heights gave the Germans superb observation and fire positions. In the valleys, small rearguard groups ensured that each hamlet had its price in blood. The Irish Brigade’s…

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Scenario#: A095     Date: 9/16/1942     Location: Anjiajia, Madagascar

The Nyasalanders of the King’s African Rifles, with a detachment of South African armored cars, had worked their way from the port of Majunga halfway to the Madagascan capital, Tananarive. The Vichy defenders were handicapped both by the limited…

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Scenario#: A099     Date: 10/5/1943     Location: Compobasso, Italy

As the British XIII Corps advanced up the eastern half of the Italian peninsula past Foggia, it was opposed only by small numbers of German fallschirmjager conducting delaying actions. One such group of paratroopers, holding a blocking position…

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Scenario#: A112     Date: 2/20/1943     Location: Kasserine Pass, Tunisia

Rommel's army had crushed the defenses in Kasserine Pass. "Gore Force", a British company of infantry, ten tanks, some six-pounder AT guns, and a battery of artillery, had been sent forward as a reserve unit but as they arrived all the traffic was…

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Scenario#: J162     Date: 7/10/1940     Location: Moyale, Kenya

By the end of June 1940, the garrison of Fort Harrington had received reliable reports that Italian reinforcements were entering the twin town of Moyale at the Abyssinian border. These included three Eritrean colonial battalions, a brigade of pack…

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Scenario#: J163     Date: 3/29/1941     Location: Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

The days of Africa Orientale Italiana were finally coming to a close in Abyssinia, as South African and Nigerian forces continued a now largely-unopposed advance to Addis Ababa. Italian colonial forces were deserting and surrendering en masse, in…

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Scenario#: J164     Date: 3/29/1941     Location: Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

The days of Africa Orientale Italiana were finally coming to a close in Abyssinia, as South African and Nigerian forces continued a now largely-unopposed advance to Addis Ababa. Italian colonial forces were deserting and surrendering en masse, in…

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Scenario#: J165     Date: 5/26/1941     Location: Galatas, Crete

The German invasion of Crete began on 20 May 1941, and was the first large-scale airborne operation in history. Fallshirmjager jumped into battle or landed by gliders near their targets. However, the Allied defenders of Crete made the German…

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Scenario#: J167     Date: 11/28/1942     Location: Djedeida, Tunisia

A German-held airfield just east of Djedeida – a mere dozen miles from Tunis – had suffered the ignominious distinction of being overrun by a reconnoitering company of American light tanks. The Americans, however, lacking orders and infantry to hold…

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Scenario#: J171     Date: 8/14/1944     Location: Central, Greece

THREE PLAYER SCENARIO - informal alliances are not forbidden but there will be only 1 winner!

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Scenario#: J174     Date: 12/7/1944     Location: Athens, Greece

By 1944, the two major resistance movements in occupied Greece, EDES and EAM-ELAS, each saw the other to be their great enemy. They both saw the Germans were going to be defeated and were a temporary threat. For the communists, the British…

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