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Scenario#: 2     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Bénouville, France

The late hours of June 5, 1944... Led by Major John Howard, the men of Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry* step aboard six Horsa gliders on a secret airfield in Dorset. Their mission: to launch the first airborne assault of …

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Scenario#: 3     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Sainte-Mère-Eglise, France

Establishment of a defensive base at Ste. Mère-Église was one of the key objectives of the US 82nd Airborne Division. In contrast with other regiments, the 505th Parachute Infantry, landing northwest of Ste. Mère-Église, had one of the most accurate…

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Scenario#: 4     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Sword Beach, France

The 8th Brigade Group of the 3rd British Division, supported by Commandos of the 1st Special Service Brigade and the amphibious Sherman tanks of the 13th and 18th Hussars, formed the first wave of Allied forces to land on "Sword" …

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Scenario#: 5     Date: 6/10/1944     Location: Mont Mouchet, France

On June 10th, three tactical groups from the Wehrmacht, about 2,000 men with armored support, converged on Mont Mouchet. Simultaneously moving in from the west (Saint Flour), north (Langeac and Pinols) and east (Le Puy-en-Velay et Saugues) they were…

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Scenario#: 7     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Pointe-du-Hoc, France

Planners felt that the German batteries on Pointe-du-Hoc would be one of the most daunting threats to Allied forces landing on Omaha in the morning of D-Day. Set atop 100 foot cliffs west of the beach, the guns' range were …

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Scenario#: 9     Date: 7/18/1944     Location: Cagny, France

Around 8 AM on July 18th, after an aerial bombardment of more than two hours' duration, Operation 'Goodwood" started. Caen was being cleared successfully by the Canadian Corps, while the 11th Armored Division moved forward followed by the Guards…

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Scenario#: 11     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Omaha Beach, France

"Never had there been a dawn like this." - Cornelius Ryan, The Longest Day The US assault waves on Omaha Beach were led by the 116th Regimental Combat Team, destined for Dog sector on the left; and the 16th Regimental …

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Scenario#: 13     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Omaha Beach, France

The US assault waves on Omaha Beach were led by the 116th Regimental Combat Team, destined for Dog sector on the left; and the 16th Regimental Combat Team hitting Easy and Fox sectors. The first wave also included two battalions …

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Scenario#: 15     Date: 7/25/1944     Location: Marigny, France

Operation "Cobra" was predicated on the saturation bombing of German lines over a narrow front. After the bombing, an attack would be made by three infantry divisions, with two armored and one infantry divisions held in reserve of this breakout …

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Scenario#: 16     Date: 8/7/1944     Location: Mortain, France

"We must strike like lightning!" - Adolf Hitler to Field Marshall Von Kluge Operation Luttich' began shortly before midnight on the evening of August 3rd. Under direct orders from Hitler, four armored divisions launched a counterattack westward…

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Scenario#: 17     Date: 6/12/1944     Location: Villers-Bocage, France

On June 12th, the Second British Army was still searching for a soft spot in the German defenses around Caen. An attempt was made to exploit a gap between the 352nd German Division, driven back from 'Omaha' by the American …

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Scenario#: 18     Date: 8/25/1944     Location: Montélimar, France

The Montelimar battle square, bounded on three sides by rivers, covered ground that alternated between flat open farmland and rugged hills and woods. Route N-7, the main north-south artery, runs along the Rhone River and was vital to the German …

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Scenario#: 19     Date: 7/21/1944     Location: Vassieux, France

Hotbed of the French Resistance, the "Maquis" of Vercors became one of the largest of its kind in the early months of 1944, with countless young French recruits joining up. Resistance camps were established around many villages such as Vassieux, …

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Scenario#: 20     Date: 12/20/1944     Location: St Vith, Belgium

As early as August 1944, Adolf Hitler began formulating plans for what would become the Ardennes offensive. While too ambitious for the available resources and terrain, the plan was deemed by the German High Command as having more chances of …

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Scenario#: 21     Date: 12/17/1944     Location: Krinkekt, Belgium

The Ardennes offensive began in the pre-dawn hours of Saturday, 16th December 1944. The northernmost element of the German attack was an attempt by the 67th Corps in the Monschau forest to push through the left wing of the US …

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Scenario#: 22     Date: 8/24/1944     Location: Paris, France

Conscious of the highly symbolic and political importance of Paris, Allied forces initially planned to surround the city and wait for its capitulation rather than risk taking it, with the inherent costs of street-by-street fighting and obvious risks…

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Scenario#: 23     Date: 8/20/1944     Location: Toulon, France

Plans for the landings and campaign in southern France called for the French II Corps to take the port cities of Toulon and Marseille. Seeking to exploit German weakness in the area, General de Lattre de Tassigny pushed up the …

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Scenario#: 24     Date: 9/19/1944     Location: Arracourt, France

Part of the problem for the German forces involved in the Lorraine counter-offensive was the "Eastern" outlook of many of the units. They were unfamiliar with the US Army and its very different tactics. On the Eastern front, tank formations …

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Scenario#: 25     Date: 9/17/1944     Location: Arnhem, Holland

The largest Airborne drop ever designed, Operation Market Garden was Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery's plan to end the war on the Western Front early. If successful, it would threaten the flanks of German defenses along the Siegfried line and…

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Scenario#: 26     Date: 7/25/1944     Location: Tilly-la-Campagne, France

Operation Spring called for the 2nd and 3rd Canadian Divisions supported by the 7th Guards Armored Division to make a deliberate attack in the direction of Falaise. The first phase of the plan was the capture of May-sur-Orne, Verrieres Ridge …

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Scenario#: 27     Date: 7/11/1944     Location: La Croix-Rouge, France

The attack on Hill 192 was only one part of a larger operation east of the Vire directed at St-Lo. This dominating height had been a thorn in the flank of the 1st army for some time. The enemy forces …

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Scenario#: 28     Date: 1/11/1945     Location: Strasbourg, France

On 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…

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Scenario#: 29     Date: 11/19/1944     Location: Saverne, France

The Saverne Gap, cutting through the Vosges mountains, was the key to Strasbourg, capital city of Alsace. On November 21st, the US Seventh Army XV Corps, under the command of General Wade Hampton Halslip, arrived to the front lines at …

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Scenario#: 34     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Sword Beach, France

The landings on Sword Beach according to the assault plan had the DD tanks of the 13th and 18th Hussars land just before the British infantry units. But as on the other beaches this day, heavy seas slowed the approach …

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Scenario#: 38     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Juno Beach, France

The Canadian troops were assigned to land at Juno beach on D-Day and push inland. Juno had been divided into two beaches, 'Mike' and 'Nan'. The 7th Canadian Brigade Group under Brigadier HW Foster would land on Mike and the …

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Scenario#: 41     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Gold Beach, France

The German defenses at Gold consisted of two battalions of the 726th Regiment supported by inland batteries. Barbed wire and a few anti-tank hedgehog obstacles protected the entire stretch of beach. The British planners had divided Gold beach into…

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Scenario#: 42     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Utah Beach, France

The American plan was that following the air and naval bombardment, the 8th Regiment would land first followed by Duplex Drive (DD) tanks. Utah was divided into a northern beach 'Tare' and a southern beach 'Uncle'. When Brigadier General Theodore …

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Scenario#: 1222     Date: 6/13/1944     Location: Carentan, France

The town of Carentan was the key to the American drive west to cut off the base of the Cotentin Peninsula. After two days of fighting and desperately short of ammunition, the Germans pulled their forces out of Carentan and …

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Scenario#: 1225     Date: 6/11/1944     Location: Carentan, France

Rommel realized the danger to the Axis defenses should Carentan fall, for it was the link between the two US beaches and also the key to an American drive west to cut the base of the Cotentin Peninsula. The defense …

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Scenario#: 1230     Date: 9/17/1944     Location: Valkenswaard, Holland

At 2:35 September 17, Kieth Heathcote, commander of the leading tank troop, ordered his tanks forward. The objective, just a short three hours drive down the southernmost stretch of road soon to become know as Hell's Highway, was Eindhoven. The …

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Scenario#: 1242     Date: 12/21/1944     Location: Trois Ponts, Belgium

Ordered to move to the relief of Kampfgruppe 'Peiper', Max Hansen on December 21st started probing with his battlegroup between Trois Ponts and Grand Halleux. The 505th Parachute Regiment had established a defensive front to defend or blow the…

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Scenario#: 1252     Date: 12/30/1944     Location: Bastogne, Belgium

On December 30th German High Command's plan to capture Bastogne called for a push from the west simultaneously with another from the east. The object of these two forces was to pinch the corridor at Assenois south of the town. …

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Scenario#: 1253     Date: 12/30/1944     Location: Bastogne, Belgium

On December 30th German High Command's plan to capture Bastogne called for a push from the west simultaneously with another from the east. The object of these two forces was to pinch the corridor at Assenois south of the town. …

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Scenario#: 1254     Date: 12/30/1944     Location: Bastogne, Belgium

On December 30th German High Command's plan to capture Bastogne called for a push from the west simultaneously with another from the east. The object of these two forces was to pinch the corridor at Assenois south of the town. …

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Scenario#: 1287     Date: 5/13/1940     Location: Dinant, Belgium

In 1940, the German plan was for Army Group B to overrun Holland and then move more slowly into Belgium to lure the bulk of the Allied armies in the Low Countries. Army Group A would then drive through the …

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Scenario#: 1289     Date: 11/6/1940     Location: Metemma, Ethiopia

Gallabat-Metemma was Britain's first land offensive of the East Africa campaign. On November 6th, 1940 Brigadier J.W. Slim led the British assault. Under his command were; the 10th Indian Brigade, 12 tanks from the 4th Royal Tank Regiment and some …

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Scenario#: 1290     Date: 5/21/1940     Location: Agny, France

Thanks to the unfolding success of their Blitz, the Germans rapidly pushed the Allied armies back, forcing the British Expeditionary Force to seize the town of Arras and dig-in, to try and hold the German tide there. But these forces …

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Scenario#: 1296     Date: 9/18/1944     Location: Groesbeek Heights, Holland

By September 17th, during Operation Market Garden, the 82nd Airborne had secured most of its objectives, except for the Nijmegen bridges. Late that day, reports were received at General Gavin's headquarters that German troops, namely battlegroups,…

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Scenario#: 1297     Date: 9/19/1944     Location: Oosterbeek, Holland

The 4th British Parachute Brigade landed as part of the second lift the evening of the 18th. At dawn on the 19th they moved out to take the high ground north of Arnhem. From this position they would be able …

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Scenario#: 1298     Date: 9/24/1944     Location: Koevering, Holland

On September 24, 1944, German Fallschirmjaegers, led by Major Hans Jungwirth who knew the ground well, approached the small hamlet of Koevering almost undetected. At about 1900 hours the destruction began as the German units poured heavy fire into…

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Scenario#: 1299     Date: 9/19/1944     Location: Ooosterbeek, Holland

On September 19th, with Major Urquhart missing, Brigadier Hicks assumed command and was determined to adhere to his mission of reinforcing the 2nd Paratroopers holding Arnhem Bridge. Hicks' force of the 1st, 3rd,11th Paratroopers and South…

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Scenario#: 1302     Date: 9/20/1944     Location: Nijmegen, Holland

It was hoped that the 82nd Airborne Paratroopers would be able to take the strongly held Nijmegen bridges during the early phases of Operation Market Garden, but other priorities and drops that put most of the Paras miles from their …

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Scenario#: 1303     Date: 9/21/1944     Location: Elst, Holland

The British XXX Corps took the Nijmegen bridge then waited for nineteen hours to move toward Arnhem. This delay enabled the Germans to transform what had been a weak defensive line into a strong blocking force around the town of …

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Scenario#: 1310     Date: 12/19/1944     Location: Longvilly, Belgium

Six days before Christmas: German armor has come to within a few miles of the city of Bastogne. Unwilling to give up this important traffic center, the Americans organize a defense perimeter around the town. In the late afternoon, Combat …

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Scenario#: 1311     Date: 6/22/1941     Location: Matykaky, Belarus

On June 22, 1941, the 18th Panzer Division made an unusual assault across the Bug River. The first wave of infantry in Sturmboot assault craft was followed by anti-tank and artillery on decked inflatable rafts. Even more remarkable, were the …

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Scenario#: 1312     Date: 7/22/1941     Location: Lipovec, Ukraine

Operating in central Ukraine as part of the 17th German Army, a Slovakian motorized brigade, named after its commander, Brig. General Rudolf Pilfousek, was ordered on July 22nd to capture the town of Lipovec. Made up of mechanized armor, infantry …

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Scenario#: 1324     Date: 11/25/1941     Location: Sidi Omar, Libya

Having extricated himself from a very precarious position at Sidi Rezegh airfield, Rommel looked for ways to press his advantage. He sent his Afrikakorps toward Sidi Omar, in the hope of re-establishing himself on the border and turning his victory …

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Scenario#: 1325     Date: 10/18/1941     Location: Moscow, Russia

In October, the German High Command launched the final offensive of 1941 - Operation Typhoon. The initial German success on the Eastern Front had put them deep into the Soviet Union on all fronts, but the advance slowed before they …

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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 …

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Scenario#: 1327     Date: 8/19/1942     Location: Dieppe, France

The 23rd British Assault Craft force heading toward the Yellow Beaches sailed into the path of a German convoy. The German ships opened fire and after a brisk engagement, the British commanders agreed that the landings at Yellow Beaches should …

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