Browse Items (9 total)
- Date is exactly "1940-05-25"
The Crux of CalaisScenario#: 96 Date: 5/25/1940 Location: Calais, FranceCalais, and all the troops in it, was doomed to fall – it was only a question of time. The 2nd KRR was given the task of holding the three bridges over the Marck Canal. It had a handful of light tanks and scout cars for support. … Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5a - For King and Country |
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Unlucky ThirteenthScenario#: J068 Date: 5/25/1940 Location: Avalette, FranceFor four long days, the 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers had held the line of the Canal de la Bassee. So tenacious was their stand that Generalmajor Rommel visited the scene to see for himself what was holding up 7th Panzer Division. Detached… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #4 |
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The CanalScenario#: HiD20 Date: 1940-05-25 Location: Avalette, FranceAn allied defense line using the Brasse canal had been successful in stopping the relentless advance of the German Army. The British were so stubborn that General Rommel went to … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance |
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Squeezing LimeysScenario#: HiD21 Date: 1940-05-25 Location: Calais, FranceThe Allies were determined to hold onto all of the major seaports as long as they could. Calais had traditionally been a crucial strongpoint in channel crossings. Most of the city was made into a makeshift fortress. The 1st Panzer … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance |
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The CastleScenario#: BM3 Date: 05/25/1940 Location: Boulogne Sur Mer, FranceGerman forces attadr Boulogne, in order to clear the way to Dunkirk. The battle will last four bloody days. On the 25th, the situation is more than critical for the French Remnants of the french forces are surrounded near the … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battles Magazine #2 |
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The CanalScenario#: DD08 Date: 05/25/1940 Location: Avalette, FranceAn allied defense line using the Brasse canal had been successful in stopping the relentless advance of the German Army. The British were so stubborn that General Rommel went to … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance |
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Squeezing LimeysScenario#: DD09 Date: 05/25/1940 Location: Calais, FranceThe Allies were determined to hold onto all of the major seaports as long as they could. Calais had traditionally been a crucial strongpoint in channel crossings. Most of the city was made into a makeshift fortress. The 1st Panzer … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance |
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Battle of the LysScenario#: 3514 Date: 5/25/1940 Location: Vinkt, HollandOn May 23, the surviving elements of the small Belgian army retreated just behind the river Lys, their last line of defense. Among them was the 1st Division of Chasseurs Ardennais who were deployed between Lootenhulle and Vinkt. On the … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1 |
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Assault on the WattenbergScenario#: 3533 Date: 5/25/1940 Location: Watten, FranceOn May 20, the 1st French Army and the BEF were surrounded in the Dunkirk Pocket. As a natural obstacle, the canal of the river Aa represented the south defensive line of the mixed Allied rearguard. The Leibstandarte SS Adolf … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1 |