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With Friends Like These Scenario#: OA31     Date: 11/8/1942     Location: Fedala, Morocco Among those landed in the initial stages of Operation Torch, the 7th RLT was assigned to capture the Batterie de Fedala. After a shaky landing at beach Red 2, the 1st Battalion moved easily through Fedala. A member of Patton’s staff, Colonel Wilbur,… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Attic #2
Why oh Y Scenario#: HoNA19     Date: 1942-11-08     Location: W Of Oran, Algeria Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of North Africa
Whom Gods Destroy Scenario#: J171     Date: 8/14/1944     Location: Central, Greece THREE PLAYER SCENARIO - informal alliances are not forbidden but there will be only 1 winner! Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11
Waiting For Fredendall Scenario#: OA03     Date: 11/21/1942     Location: Djebel Lessouda, Tunisia During Rommel’s enveloping thrust, three dominant hills were bypassed. One such position was held by elements of the British 168th Infantry Brigade. As the Second Battalion holed up to await the U.S. relief effort, every passing German column had the… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Attic
Vulnerable Encampments Scenario#: NA06     Date: 1941/04/08     Location: Mechili, Libya In February 1941, Operation Compass ended with the Italians forced out of Cyrenaica (eastern Libya). Most of the members of the LRDG were from Cairo to Kufra. However, two patroIs were integrated with the standard British forces. These units were … Undaunted — Undaunted: North Africa
Valley of Death Scenario#: 16     Date: Nov 1942     Location: Tebessa, Algeria After the success of Operation Torch in November of 1942, Allied forces energetically pursued the Axis forces that had begun retreating into Tunisia. Although progress was extremely slow, the Allies slowly gained vital ground in their advance towards… Tide of Iron — Days of the Fox
Use Your Tanks and Shove Scenario#: S039     Date: 2/3/1943     Location: Maknassy, Tunisia In the region of Tunisia known as the Eastern Dorsal, the hamlet of Station de Sened had already been attacked, lost, and attacked again by American forces. On 1 February, it fell to the Americans for a second time as part of a drive toward Maknassy,… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 2
Typical German Response Scenario#: J095     Date: 7/14/1943     Location: Primosole Bridge, Sicily After a disasterous landing, Alastair Pearson's 1st Airborne Battalion of the 1st Airborne Division had seized the Primosole Bridge early on July 14th. The Italian garrison manning te bridge was driven off after a brief fight, and the morning passed… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #6
Twisted Knickers Scenario#: J081     Date: 9/1/1942     Location: Point 102, Egypt Panzer-Regiment 5 and Panzer-Grenadier Regiment 104 swung further east to Point 102 in an attempt to find the weak spots that DAK intelligence told them existed. They hoped to break through to the British supply lines and force the 22nd Armored… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #5
Tussle at Maleme Scenario#: 13     Date: 21-May-41     Location: Maleme Airfield, Crete Captain Van Etten’s parachutists had been in many chaotic skirmishes with Allied forces in and around Maleme Airfield since the airborne landing on Crete the previous morning. His forces wearing thin, he decided to temporarily reassemble in the high… Combat Commander — CC: Mediterranean
Turning the Tables Scenario#: 39     Date: 3/31/1941     Location: Mersa el Brega, Libya The main line of defense in Libya was a natural bottleneck along the coast at Mersa el Brega, with the sea on one flank and an extensive salt marsh on the other. The British mined and wired this line extensively. Rommel launched a full scale assault… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5 - West of Alamein
Tunisia Scenario#: 3707     Date: 12/1/1942     Location: Tebourba, Tunisia On November 29th and 30th it was tough going for the still largely green Allied Combat Command. The Allies had launched two unsuccessful attacks to take the town of Djedeida and clear a path for the march on Tunis. Then … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Tunisia Scenario#: 1326     Date: 12/1/1942     Location: Tebourba, Tunisia On November 29th and 30th it was tough going for the still largely green Allied Combat Command. The Allies had launched two unsuccessful attacks to take the town of Djedeida and clear a path for the march on Tunis. Then … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules
Troina Scenario#: 20072     Date: 7/31/1943     Location: Troina, Sicily While British forces were unable to break through in the east of Sicily, American forces swarmed across the west of the island. The pursuit of German forces halted at the Etna line. Here, German forces had dug in to cover … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2017
Trial Run Scenario#: J190     Date: 1/17/1944     Location: Ricco River, Italy British planners desired to keep German units in the Ortona region “occupied” so they would be unavailable to reinforce the Cassino area. V Corps Maj. Gen. Allfrey decided to carry out this mission with green troops who would be provided with combat… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #12
Town and Fort Scenario#: NA08     Date: 1941/11/24     Location: El Ezzeiat, Libya In November 1941, the LRDG, now under the command of the newly formed Eighth Army, moved from Kufra to Siwa in central Libya, to support Operation Crusader. On 24 November, when the battle in the Tobruk-Bardiyah area reached a … Undaunted — Undaunted: North Africa
Totensonntag Scenario#: D09     Date: 1941-11-23     Location: Gambut, Libya Torensonntag was the German version of Memorial Day and All Souls' Day combined, and literally means Sunday of the Dead. On this particular Sunday, however, during the height of the Sidi Rezeg battles of Operation CRUSADER, the Afrika Korps had … Tank Leader — Desert Steel
Totensonntag Scenario#: 52     Date: 23 Nov 1941     Location: Sidi Rezegh, Libya In North Africa, there was far more desert than there were troops and equipment available to hold the terrain, so the opposing “lines” were often a series of loosely connected outposts, fortified camps, and bands of vehicles that formed defensive … Tide of Iron — Designer Series
Too Little, Too Late Scenario#: 52     Date: 9/9/1943     Location: Parma, Italy Late on 8 September, the same day the armistice between Italy and the Allies was announced, elements of the 433rd Medium Tank Battalion in Fidenza were ordered to move east to Parma. There, in an attempt to keep the Germans from occupying key… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 7 - Hollow Legions (2nd Edition)
Tobruk Scenario#: D07     Date: 1940-04-30     Location: Tobruk, Libya After destroying the British 2nd Armoured Division at El Agheila, Rommel prepared to assault the Australian 7th Division, which had fallen back upon the port of Tobruk. Realizing the strategic nature of the town, Rommel could not bypass it,… Tank Leader — Desert Steel
Tobacco factory Scenario#: 19081     Date: 9/13/1943     Location: Albanella, Italy Tobacco Factory13 sept 1943: Around the Salerno beachhead, many desperate battles were fought. The fighting over the tobacco factory symbolizes the intensity of this fighting. Consisting of five large, red, fortress-like stone buildings, the tobacco… Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2017
To Save the Village Scenario#: 36     Date: 15 Dec 1943     Location: San Pietro, Italy The Reinhard Line ran through the town of San Pietro In fine, which occupied the Mignano Gap, blocking Route 6 and Allied access to Cassino and Rome. The Germans turned the town into a strongpoint, defended by the second Battalion … Band of Brothers — Texas Arrows
To Clear a Roadblock 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… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 96
Threat From Above Scenario#: NA04     Date: 1941/01/13     Location: Qatrun, Libya The LRDG withdrew from Murzuq under the cover of a dust storm. The dust concealed their movements and made the Italians reluctant to attempt reconnaissance flights. Over the next two days, the LRDG travelled to the towns of Taraghin, Umm … Undaunted — Undaunted: North Africa
The Taking of Takrouna Scenario#: 51     Date: 4/20/1943     Location: Takrouna, Tunisia As part of 8th Army’s first attempt to crack the Enfidaville Line, the 5th New Zealand Brigade was ordered to capture the key observation point of Takrouna – a small village crowned by a group of tightly clustered buildings surrounded by cliffs, all… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 7 - Hollow Legions (2nd Edition)
The T-Patchers Scenario#: 180     Date: 12/18/1943     Location: San Pietro, Italy Since the 7th of December, the American 36th (Texas) Division had been attempting to remove the German strongpoint of San Pietro. The “T-Patchers” and their supporting elements had made two previous attempts against San Pietro, but they had no… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 3a Yanks (2nd Edition)
The Sooner The Better Scenario#: J091     Date: 4/14/1941     Location: Tobruk, Libya SEIGE Rommel launched his first attempt to take Tobruk by storm on the night of Easter Sunday. After Afrika Korps engineers succeeded in breeching the formidable anti-tank ditch, wire and mine fortifications of the outer perimeter, infantry riding on tanks… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #6
The San Fratello Line Scenario#: 6555     Date: 8/4/1943     Location: Nicetta, Sicily After capturing Palermo, Patton and his 7th Army advanced along the north coast of Sicily with the unavowed objective of entering Messina before the British 8th Army of General Montgomery. But Axis forces delay Patton's advance, systematically… Memoir '44 — Audie Murphy's Campaign
The Revenge of the Greys Scenario#: OA20     Date: 9/9/1943     Location: Montecorvino, Italy The 2/6th Queen's battalion under Lt. Col. Keighley from the 169th Brigade was assigned the task of securing the Montecorvino airfield. Facing them were the men from the 2nd Battalion, 10th Panzer Grenadier Regiments. Unfortunately, the Shermans from… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Attic #2
The Rescue of Mussolini Scenario#: 4211     Date: 9/12/1943     Location: Campo Imperatore, Italy After Italy surrendered to the Allies, Mussolini was arrested and held by the Italians in the hotel Campo Imperatore on the Gran Sasso mountain. After intercepting a coded Italian radio message and reconnoitering the mountain by plane, Otto Skorzeny… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
The Queen's Prequel Scenario#: OA19     Date: 9/9/1943     Location: Montecorvino, Italy Following the successful campaigns in North Africa and Sicily, the Allied commanders turned their attention to the Italian mainland. As Allied forces march up from the toe of Italy, several British and American divisions landed in and around Salerno… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Attic #2
The Prize Scenario#: NA12     Date: 1941/11/05     Location: North-eastern, Libya While supporting Operation Crusader, the LRDG were tasked with offensive operations along the coastal road, the enemy’s main resupply route. The relief of a besieged Tobruk was at stake, and the British were throwing everything they had at a much … Undaunted — Undaunted: North Africa
The Panzer Thrust Is Slowed Scenario#: 24     Date: May 27, 1942     Location: Bir el Harmat, Libya The first day of the Gazala Battles. After slamming into the 4th Armoured Brigade and overrunning the 3rd Indian Motor Brigade the 15th and 21st Panzer Divisions of the Afrika Korps continued to run due north literally looking for a … Panzer (YAQ) — 88: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat on the North African Front, 1940-1942
The Orient Express Scenario#: 67     Date: 25-Nov-42     Location: Lamia, Greece The south end of the Gorgopotamos Bridge near Lamia, Greece, with ELAS partisans seeking to suppress the Italian Garrison while British Demolition commandos prepare to blow the bridge during Operation Harling. Combat Commander — CC: Resistance
The Oath of Kufra Scenario#: 7004     Date: 2/18/1941     Location: Kufra, Libya Philippe de Hauteclocque, alias Colonel Leclerc, arrived in Chad in November 1940 with the aim to launch offensive operations against Italian troops. Immediately, he wanted to strike a decisive blow by the capture of the oasis of Kufra in south-east… Memoir '44 — Open de France 2012
The Niscemi-Biscari Highway Scenario#: 178     Date: 7/10/1943     Location: Niscemi, Sicily During the initial invasion of Sicily, many American parachute units were given the task of blocking German movement towards the landing beaches. One such, the 3rd Battalion of the 504th Parachute Regiment, landed two miles northwest of Biscari.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 3a Yanks (2nd Edition)
The Niscemi-Biscari Highway Scenario#: E     Date: 10-Jul-43     Location: Biscari, Sicily During the initial invasion of Sicily many American parachute units were given the task of blocking German unit movement toward the landing beaches. One such unit, the 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Regiment, landed two miles northwest of Biscari.… Squad Leader — The General #17.2
The Long Road 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… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 96
The Long Road Scenario#: L     Date: 16-Sep-42     Location: Andriba, Madagascar The King's African Rifles with detachments of A Squadron, 1st Armoured Car had worked their way from the port of Majunga halfway to the capital city Tananarive, The Vichy defenders were handicapped both by the limited means at their disposal … Squad Leader — The General #18.4
The lion of Capuzzo Scenario#: 18389     Date: 6/16/1941     Location: Fort Capuzzo, Libya The Operation Battleaxe was launched on the 15th of June 1941 in order to capture the Axis defenses on the Libyan border (such as Sollum, Halfaya Pass, Fort Capuzzo), to destroy Rommel' army and if possible to relieve the besieged … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2017
The Kiwis Attack Scenario#: DASL26     Date: 3/15/1944     Location: Cassino, Italy Following a series of relatively unsuccessful and extremely bloody assaults by the New Zealand Corps during the period of 15-18 February, heralded by the destruction of the famous Monte Cassino monastery above the town, a month-long lull set in as… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
The Hunters Become the Hunted 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 Leader — ASL Action Pack #3 Few Returned
The Hammer Scenario#: NA02     Date: 1941/01/11     Location: Murzuq Airfield, Libya Following the, early successes of the LRP, the group was renamed the LRDG and began expanding its operations to the Fezzan in south-western Libya, a region of sandy and stony deserts, long wadis, and fertile oases. The chief objective was … Undaunted — Undaunted: North Africa
The Guns of Naro Scenario#: J020     Date: 7/11/1943     Location: Naro, Sicily The attack on Sicily was underway and U.S. forces had broken out from the Gela Beachhead. After capturing Naro on 11 July, recon elements were ordered to move toward Canicatti. Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2
The Great Escape Scenario#: NA11     Date: 1942/09/14     Location: Barce, Libya During the attack on Barce, the LRDG patrols attacked Barce Airfield for about an hour. They then withdrew and eventually met up at rally point. According to official Italian figures, the raid resulted in sixteen aircraft destroyed and … Undaunted — Undaunted: North Africa
The Governor 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 Leader — ASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under
The French Decide to Fight Scenario#: 250     Date: 11/10/1942     Location: Port-Lyautey, Morocco The first phase of Operation Torch include amphibious landings along the Atlantic coast of Morocco. Many of the primary objectives included the securing of French airdromes in the area. One such field was nestled on three sides by the Sebou River. A… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
The French Decide to Fight Scenario#: 35     Date: 10-Nov-42     Location: Port-Lyautey, Morocco The first phase of Operation Torch included amphibious landings along the Atlantic coast. Many of the primary objectives included the securing of French airdromes in these areas for use in the second phase: the advance into Tunisia. One such field … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory
The First Virtue 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 Leader — ASL Action Pack #13 Oktoberfest XXXII
The Fall of Tobruk Scenario#: 20388     Date: 6/20/1942     Location: Tobruk, Libya On June 20, Rommel launched the final attack against Tobruk, using the same plan as the year before. After heavy bombing and an artillery barrage, the assault was launched at 0630. In the attack sector of the 21.Panzer Division, the … Memoir '44 — New Flight Plan Bonus