Browse Items (15 total)
- Date is exactly "1944-12-21"
Let's Hubba-HubbaScenario#: 15 Date: 21 Dec 1944 Location: Bois Jacques, BelgiumAs American troops initially moved into the area around Bastogne, part of a Volksgrenadier battalion was pinched off behind the perimeter and dug in a wooded area. The 1st Battalion of the 506th, withdrawn from the fighting in Noville had … Band of Brothers — Band of Brothers |
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Relief of PeiperScenario#: 1242 Date: 12/21/1944 Location: Trois Ponts, BelgiumOrdered 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… Memoir '44 — Fire & Movement Magazine #137 |
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Stand at St. VithScenario#: G07 Date: December 21, 1944 Location: St. Vith, BelgiumAs the Ardennes offensive plunged forward, a defensive position developed in St. Vith by the Americans. Elements of many different units retreated to, or moved with purpose to the town and did their best to stop or slow the Germans. … Old School Tactical — Ghost Front |
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The Shell Begins to CrackScenario#: PD03 Date: December 21, 1944 Location: St. Vith, BelgiumAfter several days of battle, the goose egg that was the American’s St. Vith perimeter began to crack. Early in the morning of 21 December, a mixed force of German infantry and AFVs overran elements of the 27th Armored Infantry … Old School Tactical — Phantom Division |
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The Attempt to Relieve PeiperScenario#: H Date: 21-Dec-44 Location: the Ardennes, BelgiumThe key to the German Ardennes Offensive Jay with a quick breakthrough and deep penetration. In the north the success of a breakthrough rested heavily with Colonel Peiper's Kampfgruppe from the 1st SS Division. But the quick victories which had … Squad Leader — The General #17.2 |
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The Attempt to Relieve PeiperScenario#: 194 Date: 12/21/1944 Location: Trois Ponts, BelgiumDuring the German Ardennes offensive, Colonel Peiper’s kampfgruppe from the 1st SS Panzer Division had quick victories which had taken them close to the Meuse River bridges but they had completely run out of fuel. The remaining assault elements of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 3a Yanks (2nd Edition) |
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Rage Against the MachineScenario#: J157 Date: 12/21/1944 Location: Courland Pocket, LatviaFor nearly one month, heavy rain and mud had prevented further Russian offensives against the German army trapped in the Courland pocket. When a sudden heavy frost returned the roads to passable conditions in mid-December, a forbidding atmosphere of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #10 |
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Penny PacketsScenario#: J142 Date: 12/21/1944 Location: Senonchamps, BelgiumBy the fifth day of the German attack, the race for Bastogne was over. The German units that weren’t able to bypass the strategic town would lay siege to it instead. Two of the best Wehrmacht formations in the Western Front were… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9 |
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Festung St. EdouardScenario#: KGP02 Date: 12/21/1944 Location: Stoumont, BelgiumThe American plan of attack against Stoumont for the morning of December 21st was ambitious. The depleted 1/119th Infantry was to push east and seize the sanatorium. Upon its capture, the even weaker 3/119th was to attack southward in conjunction… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 2 - Kampfgruppe Peiper I |
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Panthers in the MistScenario#: KGP03 Date: 12/21/1944 Location: Stoumont, BelgiumEarly on the morning of 20 December, Task Force Jordan of Combat Command B, 3rd Armored Division, had set out from Theux. Its destination was the German defenses at Stoumont, some ten miles to the south. As its point vehicles, proceeding down the… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 2 - Kampfgruppe Peiper I |
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Chapelle Ste. AnneScenario#: KGP04 Date: 12/21/1944 Location: Stoumont, BelgiumAs the third prong of the concentric American attack planned for 21 December against Peiper's Stoumont defenses, major Hal McCown's 2/119th Infantry was to move south through the Bois de Bassenge and cut the N.33 between La Gleize and Stoumont, then… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 2 - Kampfgruppe Peiper I |
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The Bridge at CheneuxScenario#: KGP07 Date: 12/21/1944 Location: Cheneux, BelgiumBy the afternoon of the 21st, Col. Tucker had ordered the 3rd Battalion of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment to assist the 1st Battalion in its attempt to capture Cheneux and the bridge over the Ambleve. Company G entered the western end of the… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 3 - Kampfgruppe Peiper II |
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Poteau PartyScenario#: WO17 Date: 12/21/1944 Location: Poteau, BelgiumThe road from St. Vith to Vielsalm ran straight through the railroad junction of Poteau, which had become vitally important to the Germans as their offensive bogged down in both the north and south. To keep the attack moving forward somewhere,… Advanced Squad Leader — Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2015 |
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Day 199US 12th Army Group Situation Map for 1944-12-21World War II - Western Front |
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The MLRScenario#: BoEC11 Date: 1944-12-21 Location: Bastogne, BelgiumLock 'n Load Tactical — Battles of Easy Company |