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Birth of a Legend Scenario#: 1 Date: 1914-08-22 Location: Bleid, Belgium After crossing wet terrain and cutting down barbed wire fences along the way, the 124. lnfanterie-Regiment reached attack position at Hill 325. Hidden by a heavy fog, the German troops assaulted directly into the town of Bleid. Bitter street lighting… Great War Commander — Great War Commander
Fix Bayonets Scenario#: 2 Date: 1914-08-23 Location: Onhaye, Belgium ln a late reaction to the German invasion of Belgium, French Commander Joseph Joffre sent IV and V Armies north to the Belgian frontier. When German 3rd Army forces under Max von Hausen began to turn their east flank at … Great War Commander — Great War Commander
Chateau Fury Scenario#: 3 Date: 1914-09-09 Location: Mondement, France At the climax of the Battle of the Marne, while the German front fought to stabilize, two companies of the 4 Hannoversches IR 164, 20. Division, advanced to seize the crossroads village of Mondement and the nearby cháteau. The position, … Great War Commander — Great War Commander
En Avant Les Grelus Scenario#: 4 Date: 1915-05-09 Location: Vimy Ridge, France After the German Anny pulled back from the Marne, they didn't leave Vimy Ridge. Their defenses extended west of the Ridge and dominated the Artois region. To the east lay Douai Plaine and Lens, a nearby coal center, waiting for … Great War Commander — Great War Commander
This Is Our Place Scenario#: 5 Date: 1916-02-21 Location: Verdun, France Planning a large attack for two months, the Germans finally struck at the French Achilles heel of Verdun. It was a city General Erich von Falkenhayn believed the French would die defending. The attack kicked off on the east bank … Great War Commander — Great War Commander
Dead Man's Hill Scenario#: 6 Date: 1916-03-07 Location: Verdun, France Except for losing Fort Douaumont, French defendcrs do well and slow down the German attacks on the East Bank of the Meuse. To salvage the offensive, 5. Armee commander, Crown Prince Wilhelm, looks to the West Bank Standing in his … Great War Commander — Great War Commander
Rush the Lines Scenario#: 7 Date: 1916-07-01 Location: Somme River, France Fearing for Verdun, the British launched the Somme Offensive early in the morning. French forces south of the river pushed the flank back a few hours later, catching the Germans off guard. It was expected the French would bombard longer, … Great War Commander — Great War Commander
Iron Ladies Scenario#: 8 Date: 1917-04-16 Location: Berry-Au-Bac, France Following extensive development tests, French tanks finally enter the battlefield. There are 128 Schneider tanks from the Groupement Bossut and Groupement Chaubes assigned to the Nivelle offensive on the Chemin des Damos. Hopes run high for a… Great War Commander — Great War Commander
Moulin de Laffaux Scenario#: 9 Date: 1917-05-05 Location: Laffaux, France As part of the Nivelle Offensive, VI French Army launches its assault on the Chemin des Dames at 04:45. Here Saint Chamond tanks enter action for the first time in the war. Their orders are to support infantry assaults by … Great War Commander — Great War Commander
Over There Scenario#: 10 Date: 1918-05-28 Location: Cantigny, France First U.S. troops arrived in France in July 1917, but they needed numbers and training. Over the winter-spring not much happened except a German raid at Seicheprey in April. By May, the Doughboys wanted in the fight. The big German … Great War Commander — Great War Commander
Flesh and Iron Scenario#: 11 Date: 1918-05-31 Location: Plateau de Chaudun, France By 0900, the French 11 Corps d'Armée comes under heavy pressure, to hold the line at Vierzy-Neuilly Saint Front. To offset the pressure, the Division Marocaine counter attacks as soon as possible in the direction of Parcy-Tigny. A Brigade de … Great War Commander — Great War Commander
Retreat, Hell Scenario#: 12 Date: 1918-06-04 Location: Belleau Wood, France At dawn, exhausted remnants of the French 43 Division continued to pass through the US Marine line set up west of Belleau Wood. The 5th Marine Regiment of the 2nd Division, led by Colonel Wendell Neville, waited. Units of … Great War Commander — Great War Commander
Devil Dogs Scenario#: 13 Date: 1918-06-06 Location: Belleau Wood, France With little coordination and notice to the attacking forces, the marines struck at Belleau Wood at 1700 hours. Major Ben Berry's 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, crossed wheat fields and struck at the Woods waist. A creeping barrage was supposed to … Great War Commander — Great War Commander
Seizing Bouresches Scenario#: 14 Date: 1918-06-06 Location: Bouresches, France When French General Joseph Degoutte ordered an attack on Belleau Wood, the American Marines were eager to oblige. Two days earlier, they had succeeded in stopping the German advance at Mares Farm and elsewhere. Starting at positions west of the … Great War Commander — Great War Commander
Rock of the Marne Scenario#: 15 Date: 1918-07-15 Location: Marne River, France Spring-Summer 1918 brought the last German offensives on the Western Front. General Ludendorff's closing effort was against the Marne River line to the south, 56 miles away from Paris. The French there were reeling. Fresh American divisions rushed… Great War Commander — Great War Commander
Lost Battalion Scenario#: 16 Date: 1918-10-07 Location: Argonne Forest, France Tasked with taking a sector of Argonne Forest from the Germans, the 77th U.S. Division attacked on October 2nd. From the first waves, things went wrong. 1st Battalion of 308th Regiment advanced on the extreme left, the rest of 308th … Great War Commander — Great War Commander
Somme (High Wood) Scenario#: 121 Date: 15 September 1916 Location: Somme, France On 15 September the 47th Division attacked High Woods, along with the four tanks allotted to the Division. Three tanks reached the south end of the wood, but two of them turned east, hoping to find more open ground. One … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Somme (Flers and Coucelette) Scenario#: 122 Date: 15 September 1916 Location: Courcelette, France On 15 September, after struggling for almost two months to take High Wood and the Switch Line (a line of trenches that ran between High Woods and Flers), with tanks leading the way, these German positions were finally taken. Haig … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Messines Ridge Scenario#: 123 Date: 7 June 1917 Location: Messines Ridge, France General Herbert Plumer’s Second Army, on 7 June 1917, attacked Messines Ridge, a natural stronghold southeast of Ypres and a German salient since late 1914. Plumer had begun plans to take the position a year earlier and authorized the laying … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Passchendaele (Fray Bentos) Scenario#: 124 Date: 23 August 1917 Location: Passchendaele, France It sounds like the far fetched plot of a war film, but in fact, this remarkable incident occurred at the Battle of Passchendaele. The Fray Bentos tank’s officer, Captain Donald Richardson, had been a wholesale grocer in Nottingham before the … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Cambrai (Siegfried Stellung Line) Scenario#: 125 Date: 20 November 1917 Location: Cambrai, France After a short bombardment, the 36th Infantry Brigade with Tank Battalion F attacked the German forward line of trenches, south of the village of La Vacquerie. The tanks had no difficulty crushing paths through the belts of wire in this … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Cambrai (Siegfried Stellung Line Part 2) Scenario#: 126 Date: 20 November 1917 Location: Cambrai, France After a short bombardment, the 36th Infantry Brigade with Tank Battalion F attacked the German forward line of trenches, south of the village of La Vacquerie. The tanks had no difficulty crushing paths through the belts of wire in this … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Cambrai (Flesquieres Ridge) Scenario#: 127 Date: 20 November 1917 Location: Flesquieres, France Both leading brigades of the 51st Highland Division, after overcoming the German front line machine gun positions, watched with high hopes, as their tanks were pressing on alone towards the crest of the Flesquieres Ridge. The Germans, on the other … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Cambrai (Havrincourt Village) Scenario#: 128 Date: 20 November 1917 Location: Havrincourt Village, France The 62nd Division with G and E battalion tanks had carried most of their first line objective within a couple of hours, including the German trenches in front of Havrincourt. Captain Soltau and remnants of the 84th German Infantry Regiment, … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Cambrai (Graincourt) Scenario#: 129 Date: 20 November 1917 Location: Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt, France Although the 62nd Division met with strong Resistance at Havrincourt, Brigadier-General ‘Boy’ Bradford VC, promoted at 25 years of age, did not wait to see the fall of Havrinourt. He advanced with the 186th Brigade and a company of tanks, … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Cambrai (St. Quientin Canal) Scenario#: 130 Date: 21 November 1917 Location: Canal de Saint-Quentin, France Capturing the bridges at Mesnieres and Marcoing was critical to the British plan. The British captured the bridge at Marcoing intact, but at Mesnieres, the advancing British troops were less fortunate, as the bridge had already been blown. An attempt… the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Cambrai (Fontaine-Notre-Dame) Scenario#: 131 Date: 23-25 November 1917 Location: Fontaine-Notre-Dame, France On the evening of the 22rd, Haig and Byng met to assess the merit of continuing the operation or pull back to Flesquieres Ridge. After weighing various considerations, Haig decided to continue the operations. On the morning of the 23rd, … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Cambrai (Bourlon Village & Wood) Scenario#: 132 Date: 23-25 November 1917 Location: Cambrai, France On the evening of the 23rd, Haig and Byng met to assess the merit of continuing the operation or pull back to Flesquieres Ridge. After weighing various considerations, Haig decided to continue the operations. Also on the 23rd, the 40th … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Cambrai (German Counter Attack) Scenario#: 133 Date: 30 November 1917 Location: Cambrai, France By the morning of 30 November, German High Command had assembled twenty divisions and were poised to counter-attack. All along the line, the Germans put into practice new methods of fighting, which consisted of infiltrating the enemy’s lines with… the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
St. Quentin Scenario#: 134 Date: 21 March 1918 Location: St. Quentin, France The German commander, General Erich Ludendorff, in the spring of 1918, believed it was essential for Germany to use the troops freed from the Eastern Front from the collapse of Russia, to achieve a victory against the war-weary Allies on … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Colincamps Scenario#: 135 Date: 26 March 1918 Location: Colincamps, France Germany’s 1918 Spring Offensive, Operation Michael, along the Western Front, was a last-ditch attempt for Germany to win the war before American forces entered Europe in large numbers. On March 26, as part of the Battle of Rosières, the Germans … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Second Battle of Villers Scenario#: 136 Date: 24 April 1918 Location: Villers-Bretonneux, France In early April, the Germans renewed their efforts towards Villers-Bretonneux, a town on the high ground to the south of the city of Amiens. Through Amiens ran the main north-south rail line in northern France. Cutting the line would seriously … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Villers-Bretonneux (Tank vs Tank) Scenario#: 137 Date: 24 April 1918 Location: Villers-Bretonneux, France Fighting was already taking place in the streets of Villers-Bretonneux, when Captain Brown’s three tanks, a male and two females, all Mk IVs, were ordered to support the infantry between Villers and Cachy. Second Lieutenant Mitchell was in command of… the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Villers-Bretonneux (Tank vs Tank) Scenario#: 138 Date: 24 April 1918 Location: Villers-Bretonneux, France Fighting was already taking place in the streets of Villers-Bretonneux, when Second Lieutenant Mitchell, in command of a British male Mk IV tank, attacked and knocked out one German A7V tank and forced two captured British Mk IV tanks to … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Villers-Bretonneux (Tank vs Tank) Scenario#: 139 Date: 24 April 1918 Location: Villers-Bretonneux, France Also on the 24th, shortly after the Whippet tanks had moved out of sight of Mitchell’s Mark IV tank, they engaged a group of German infantry in the open. The German infantry were routed and as the tanks followed the … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Niergnies Scenario#: 140 Date: 8 October 1918 Location: Niergnies, France Towards the end of the second battle of Cambrai, British Mark IV tanks of 12th Battalion confronted a number of German captured Mark IVs. Under orders to support the advance of the 63rd Division to capture the German trench line … the Great War (C&C) — Tank Expansion
Loos (2nd Division Diversionary Attack) Scenario#: 3 Date: 25 September 1915 Location: Loos, France After capturing a large area in Northern France and Belgium, German forces had remained on the defensive. The French army, commanded by Joffre, had fought a number of bloody small offensive actions during early 1915, but all failed to impact … the Great War (C&C) — the Great War
Loos (Hohenzollern Redoubt) Scenario#: 4 Date: 25 September 1915 Location: Loos, France The Battle of Loos was fought between September 25 and October 15, 1915. The Hohenzollern Redoubt, considered by British planners to beone of the strongest defensive points in the German line, was a pre-war mining complex. The large slagheap, known … the Great War (C&C) — the Great War
Loos (German Counter Attack) Scenario#: 5 Date: 27 September 1915 Location: Loos, France The Battle of Loos was fought between September 25 and October 15, 1915. On September 27, the Germans launched a fierce counter attack in an attempt to regain control of “The Dump” and the Redoubt. Reinforced by various elements, the … the Great War (C&C) — the Great War
Loos (Fight for the trenches) Scenario#: 6 Date: 29 Sept to 3 Oct 1915 Location: Loos, France The Battle of Loos was fought between September 25 and October 15, 1915. With most of the major fighting along the rest of the front coming to an end, the trenches of Hohenzollern Redoubt became a priority, as both sides … the Great War (C&C) — the Great War
Loos (Renewed British Offensive) Scenario#: 7 Date: 13-14 October 1915 Location: Loos, France The Battle of Loos was fought between September 25 and October 15, 1915. A heavy British bombardment prior to the attack on October 13 was too light to do sufficient damage to enemy positions and wire. Immediately after leaving their … the Great War (C&C) — the Great War
Somme (Hawthorn Ridge Mine Explosion) Scenario#: 8 Date: 1 July 1916 Location: Hawthorn Ridge Crater, France The initial plans for the battle of the Somme were much larger, but the French disaster at Verdun, early in 1916, caused these plans to be scaled back. This meant that the majority of the offensive effort would switch from … the Great War (C&C) — the Great War
Somme (Mash Valley & La Boisselle) Scenario#: 9 Date: 1 July 1916 Location: La Boisselle, France The 8th and 34th British Divisions objective was the town of La Boisselle. The 8th Division attacked from the north, up Mash valley between Ovillers and La Boisselle, while the 34th Division moved up Sausage valley and flanked La Boisselle … the Great War (C&C) — the Great War
Somme (Sausage Valley & La Boisselle) Scenario#: 10 Date: 1 July 1916 Location: La Boisselle, France The 8th and 34th British Divisions objective was the town of La Boisselle. The 8th Division attacked from the north, up Mash valley between Ovillers and La Boisselle, while the 34th Division moved up Sausage valley and flanked La Boisselle … the Great War (C&C) — the Great War
Somme (Mametz) Scenario#: 11 Date: 1 July 1916 Location: Mametz, France On July 1 1916, the 7th Division was preparing to capture the small village of Mametz, using a large assault force of 5 battalions. From left to right, these were the 2nd Border Regiment, 9th Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Gordon Highlanders, … the Great War (C&C) — the Great War
Somme (Mametz Wood) Scenario#: 12 Date: 7-10 July 1916 Location: Mametz, France In hindsight, Mametz Wood could probably have been taken on July 1, but the 7th Division operational orders did not specify such a forward advance. Regrettably, it was not until July 7, that two British Divisions began a pincer attack … the Great War (C&C) — the Great War
Vimy Ridge (1st & 2nd Canadian Infantry Divisions) Scenario#: 13 Date: 9 April 1917 Location: Vimy Ridge, France The Battle of Vimy Ridge was fought at the northernmost end of the Arras Offensive. After studying the Battle of Verdun, the Canadian plan called for units to leapfrog over one another, as they advanced toward their objectives. The Germans … the Great War (C&C) — the Great War
Vimy Ridge (Hill 145) Scenario#: 14 Date: 9-10 April 1917 Location: Givenchy-en-Gohelle, France The Battle of Vimy Ridge was fought at the northernmost end of the Arras Offensive. At exactly 5:30 am, April 9, 1917, every artillery piece at the disposal of the Canadian Corps fired a synchronized barrage. Then, at predetermined increments, … the Great War (C&C) — the Great War
Vimy Ridge (The Pimple) Scenario#: 15 Date: 12 April 1917 Location: Souchez, France The Battle of Vimy Ridge was fought at the northernmost end of the Arras Offensive. Elements of the 4th Canadian Division, on the very northern flank, faced a number of logistic difficulties, which delayed the initial assault on “The Pimple” … the Great War (C&C) — the Great War
Vimy Ridge (Bois-en-Hache) Scenario#: 16 Date: 12 April 1917 Location: Bois Soil, France The Battle of Vimy Ridge was fought at the northernmost end of the Arras Offensive. An almost forgotten part of the battle was the Canadian attack against the Bois-en-Hache salient on the north side of the Souchez River. Their objective … the Great War (C&C) — the Great War