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Hitdorf on the Rhine Scenario#: 10 Date: 6-Apr-45 Location: Hitdorf, Germany As the Third Reich collapsed, many American leaders became bold to the point of recklessness. Often, a daring stroke by a small group of soldiers yielded a vast gaggle of demoralized German prisoners. But sometimes the Americans pushed their luck … Squad Leader — Squad Leader
The St. Goar Assault Scenario#: 11 Date: 24-Mar-45 Location: St Goar, Germany Germany's army was beaten. The Rhine had been crossed at Remagen and elsewhere. As more and more of the Allies closed in on the Rhine, there was a growing tendency to simply take it "o n the run" rather than … Squad Leader — Squad Leader
The Road to Wiltz Scenario#: 12 Date: 17-Dec-44 Location: Wiltz, Luxembourg The German assault had surprised the Americans both in its size and intensity. Desperately, the Americans formed scratch defenses to buy time so the key road junction of Bastogne could be held. The Germans had to be delayed or stopped … Squad Leader — Squad Leader
Fighting in the Streets Scenario#: D1 Date: June 1942 Location: Russia Training Scenario: The following scenario will force the development of streetfighting skills for both sides. Tactical doctrine for successful streetfighting depends on the player’s successful use of combined arms (if available). Squad Leader — The Dragon Vol. IV, No. 10
Large Scale Streetfighting Scenario#: D2 Date: April 1942 Location: Russia Training Scenario: This scenario again pits the Russians and Germans in a street fight, but on a somewhat larger scale. In this scenario, victory is determined by the number of victory points gained by each player and whether or not … Squad Leader — The Dragon Vol. IV, No. 11
Will the German garrison leave? Scenario#: D8 Date: 17-Jan-45 Location: Budapest, Hungary On December 12, 1944, the Russian high command ordered that Budapest was to be encircled and crushed. The 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts were in excellent position to cut off the city. German counterattacks delayed the encirclement of the city … Squad Leader — The Dragon Vol. V, No. 11
The Battles for Warsaw (early) Scenario#: D3 Date: 1-Aug-44 Location: Warsaw, Poland The uprising of freedom fighters of the Polish Home Army in Warsaw, which began on this date, appeared at first to be headed for ultimate, if hard-won, success. Home Army units in Warsaw amounted to 34,000 men and 4,000 women, … Squad Leader — The Dragon Vol. V, No. 2
The Battles for Warsaw (late) Scenario#: D4 Date: 2-Oct-44 Location: Warsaw, Poland Steadily, as August passed into September, the Poles were pushed back from the west bank of the vistula until the Germans had them trapped in the center of the city. Squad Leader — The Dragon Vol. V, No. 2
The Fall of Sevastopol Scenario#: D5 Date: 7-June-42 Location: Sevastopol, Crimea By June 7, 1942, General Erich von Manstein had rid the Crimea of Russian troops, except those who still held the fortress of Sevastopol. On that date, Sevastopol was guarded by seven Russian rifle divisions, three marine brigades, 600 guns … Squad Leader — The Dragon Vol. V, No. 5
Skrimish in Austria Scenario#: D6 Date: 6-Mar-45 Location: Austria After passing through Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, the Red Army smashed into Austria. A mixed group of Yugoslavs, Bulgarians and Russians met elements of the German force occupying Austria in a night melee. Squad Leader — The Dragon Vol. V, No. 7
Two eyes for an eye Scenario#: D7 Date: 29-Apr-45 Location: Berlin, Germany “Two eyes for an eye” was the Russian’s motto as the drive for Berlin had begun. Four Russian armies, 4,000 tanks, 22,000 guns and mortars, and over 4,000 aircraft began the drive on the German capital on the night of … Squad Leader — The Dragon Vol. V, No. 9
Operation Marston Scenario#: 1000 Date: 14/15 July 1943 Location: Primosole Bridge, Sicily Operation "Marston", as the attack on the Primosole Bridge over the River Simeto was known, was given to the 1st Parachute Brigade of the 1st British Airborne Division to accomplish. It was planned to the last detail: equipment, weaponry, route, … Squad Leader — The General #20.2
Burzevo Scenario#: A Date: 2-Dec-41 Location: Burzevo, Russia By the end of November, Operation Typhoon had broken down; resolute Soviet Resistance, exhaustion, and sub-zero temperatures had almost completely halted the Germans. Along the Minsk-Moscow highway, the fastest and most direct route to the Russian… Squad Leader — The General #15.6
Hill 253.5 Scenario#: B Date: 9-Jul-43 Location: Kursk, Russia Operation Citadel had begun, but instead of the desired lightning breakthrough, the fighting had ta ken on the characteristics of World War I trench warfare. In four days of grueling combat the XL1 Panzer Corps had managed to penetrate the … Squad Leader — The General #15.6
The Burkin Bridgehead Scenario#: C Date: 24-Sep-43 Location: Kiev, Ukraine In mid September 1943 Manstein's Army Group South initiated a full scale retreat along the entire length of its 600 mile front. The plan was to fall back to the west bank of the Dnieper and redeploy for defense before … Squad Leader — The General #15.6
Delaying Action Scenario#: D Date: 30-Oct-44 Location: Western Lithuania, Lithuania After failing to halt the onslaught of Bagramyan's 1st Baltic Front, scattered units of the Gross Deutschland Division were ordered to fall back to the northwest and regroup?. One evening during the course of this retreat some three hundred of … Squad Leader — The General #15.6
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 Pouppeville Exit Scenario#: F Date: 6-Jun-44 Location: Pouppeville, France With the invasion at Normandy underway, the first Allied troops to see fighting were the men of the airborne divisions. Most of the early encounters for the 101st Airborne Division occurred at the many German strong points and scattered villages … Squad Leader — The General #17.2
Devil's Hill Scenario#: G Date: 19-Sep-44 Location: Kleve-Nijmegen, Holland Although the airborne portion of the "Market-Garden" Operation centered around the seizing of vital bridges, heavy fighting occurred over control of the highway section leading to the bridges as well. While parts of the 82nd Airborne fought to gain… Squad Leader — The General #17.2
The Attempt to Relieve Peiper Scenario#: H Date: 21-Dec-44 Location: the Ardennes, Belgium The 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
Hunters from the Sky Scenario#: I Date: 24-Mar-45 Location: Rhine River, Germany "Operation Varsity," the airborne phase of the Allies' Northern Rhine crossing, was to be the last airborne assault of the war. Artillery units and fighter-bombers pounded the German gun positions in the vicinity of the drop zones lifting just prior… Squad Leader — The General #17.2
Semper Paratus Scenario#: J Date: 27-Sep-44 Location: Oorderen, Holland Lieutenant C.P .J. Des Groseillers urged his straining men to push again. D Company had found a German 75mm antitank gun in the ruins of Oorderen. The breech had been hidden and the weapon had been left in the town … Squad Leader — The General #18.2
Fast Heinz Scenario#: K Date: 7-Aug-41 Location: Roslavl, Russia Another day of pouring rain. The mud clung like black tar to the men's boots. The 292nd Infantry Division slowed in its push to close the bag on the Russian Fourth Army. Each overrun town required its own garrison. Each … Squad Leader — The General #18.3
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 Dead of Winter Scenario#: M Date: 29-Dec-41 Location: Staritsa, Russia The German Army was frozen in place. Bitter cold and deep snow made the thinly clad Wehrmacht dig in and fight first for warmth, then the Russians. The Siberians were well equipped for war in the snow but the Russian … Squad Leader — The General #18.5
First Crisis at Army Group North Scenario#: TS1 Date: 25-Jun-41 Location: Daugav River, Russia When Army Group North moved toward the Daugava River, the Russian command responded by detailing the Ill Armored Corps to meet and destroy Manstein's units. On June 24th, the Soviet armored force made contact with the 6th Panzer Division, the … Squad Leader — The General #19,5
Pavlov's House Scenario#: TS2 Date: 20-Oct-42 Location: Stalingrad, Russia At the end of September, units of Rodimtsev's 13th Guards were ordered to seize buildings on Lenin Square and form strongpoints. A damaged apartment building was attacked and occupied by Sgt. Jacob Pavlov and his men, who formed a defensive … Squad Leader — The General #19,5
Land Leviathans Scenario#: TS3 Date: 3-Jul-41 Location: Lipki, Russia Under pressure from Stalin to hold Smolensk, Yeremenko was desperate to halt the German offensive. On I July, he committed his sole armored reserve: the 1st Moscow Motorized Rifle Division under Major General LG. Kreyzer. It was a crack unit, … Squad Leader — The General #19,5
Soldiers of Destruction Scenario#: TS4 Date: 10-Oct-44 Location: Radzymin, Poland The men of the SS Totenkopf Division had stalled the advance of the Fifth Guards Tank Army in late September. Then, silence. No fighting had occurred for the past three weeks. It seemed like a dream. Time to sleep; time … Squad Leader — The General #19,5
Faugh A'Ballagh! Scenario#: N Date: 16-May-44 Location: Sinagoga, Italy The approach to Monte Cassino was agonizingly slow. The commanding heights gave the Germans superb observation and fire positions. In the valleys, small rearguard groups ensured that each hamlet had its bloodprice. For the Allies, the very narrowness… Squad Leader — The General #19.6
Strayer's Strays Scenario#: O Date: 6-Jun-44 Location: Saint-Germain-de-Varreville, France By dawn, Lt. Colonel R.L. Strayer had pieced together a unit composed of men of the 502nd, 506th and 508th Parachute Regiments. Front lines and flanks were meaningless. The officers and men didn't know one another. Radio contact with HQ … Squad Leader — The General #20.4
Death's Head At Lusho Scenario#: SSTK 1A Date: 24-Sep-41 Location: Valdai Hills, Russia As Army Group North continued to press at the gates of Leningrad, to protect its right flank the German 16th Army and SS Totenkopf Division had been compelled to entrench west of the Pola River. Following fierce engagements in the … Squad Leader — The General #20.6
Death's Head At Lusho Scenario#: SSTK 1B Date: 24-Sep-41 Location: Valdai Hills, Russia As Army Group North continued to press at the gates of Leningrad, to protect its right flank the German 16th Army and SS Totenkopf Division had been compelled to entrench west of the Pola River. Following fierce engagements in the … Squad Leader — The General #20.6
Aachen's Pall Scenario#: P Date: 25-Oct-44 Location: Aachen, Germany The American hand had closed about Aachen. The city fell slowly. Street by street, then house by house the Gls squeezed out the Germans. Finally the Wehrmacht headquarters in the Hotel Quillenhof was in sight. The massive hotel structure proved … Squad Leader — The General #21.2
Dieppe, France Scenario#: 41 Date: August 19, 1942 Location: Dieppe, France August 19, 1942: At 0520, over 4000 Canadians of the 2nd Division landed on the beaches of the coastal town of Dieppe. They were to take the port, bring back examples of the new German 20mm-quad anti-aircraft gun, destroy a torpedo dump and the… Panzer (AH/MMP) — The General #21.3
Gambit Scenario#: Q Date: 21-May-41 Location: Maleme, Crete The New Zealanders had spent most of 20th May pinned down by endless sweeps of German fighter aircraft. Communications were a shambles, casualties were heavy, and local counterattacks simply failed. Colonel Andrew of the 5th New Zealand Brigade opted… Squad Leader — The General #21.3
Operation Hubertus Scenario#: 2000 Date: 11-Nov-42 Location: Stalingrad, Russia At 0300 hours on 11 November, Hubertus opened with a short and violent barrage. Ten battalions of German infantry, supported by tanks and pioneers, stormed toward the Barricade Factory, the Red October Factory and nearby ruins. Paulus had launched… Squad Leader — The General #21.4
El Bas Scenario#: L-1 Date: June 6, 1982 Location: El Bas, Lebanon Geiger's paratroop battalion takes a wrong turn and runs into a Palestinian refugee camp. Israeli command was reluctant to use air strikes in populated areas and Geiger was forced to extricate himself from the mess. Panzer (AH/MMP) — The General #21.6
Nabatiye Scenario#: L-2 Date: June 7, 1982 Location: Nabatiye, Lebanon Isolated and abandoned by its leaders, the Yermak Brigade of the PLA tries to defend Nabatiye from the onrushing Israeli spearheads. This is the real “Marjayou”. Panzer (AH/MMP) — The General #21.6
Jezzin Scenario#: L-3 Date: June 8, 1982 Location: Jezzin, Lebanon After an Israeli blocking force joins combat with the Syrians, and Israeli armored brigade moves in to capture Jezzin and secure the Israeli flank. The Syrians, unknown to the Israelis, had reinforced the town's defenders during the night. Panzer (AH/MMP) — The General #21.6
Yakoub Scenario#: L-4 Date: June 11, 1982 Location: Yakoub, Lebanon Elements of the Syrian 3rd Division join battered remnants of the 1st Division fighting to halt the Israeli advance south of the Beirut-Damascus Highway. Panzer (AH/MMP) — The General #21.6
The Shouf Scenario#: L-5 Date: August, 1982 Location: The Shouf, Lebanon August 1982: The Lebanese Army wrestles with the Druze militia for control of the vital Shouf mountains east of Beirut. Panzer (AH/MMP) — The General #21.6
Dinant: Meuse River Assault Scenario#: 42 Date: May 13, 1940 Location: Dinant, France Rommel forces a crossing of the Meuse River near Dinant and Leffe attacking elements of the French 18th Infantry and 1st Cavalry Divisions. Panzer (AH/MMP) — The General #22.3
Philippenville, Rommel Attacks Scenario#: 43 Date: May 15, 1940 Location: Philippenville, France Rommel advances westward from the Meuse River, encounteríng elements of the French 1st Armored and 4th North African Divisions near Philippenville. Panzer (AH/MMP) — The General #22.3
Claairfayts: The Maginot Line Scenario#: 44 Date: May 16, 1940 Location: Claairfayts, France The 7th Panzer attacks the 4th North African Division around an extension of the Maginot Line. Panzer (AH/MMP) — The General #22.3
Pommerville: Attack On Cambrai Scenario#: 45 Date: May 18, 1940 Location: Camprai, France The 7th Panzer Division attacks elements of the 3rd DLM and 4th North African Division near Cambrai. Panzer (AH/MMP) — The General #22.3
Lille: Rommel Attacked Scenario#: 46 Date: May 28, 1940 Location: Lille, France Seattered elements of the French 1st Army attempt to break out of the encírclement at Lille by attacking the blocking positions of the 7th Panzer. Panzer (AH/MMP) — The General #22.3
Cruinchy: Bridgehead on the Somme Scenario#: 47 Date: May 27, 1940 Location: Cruinchy, France Rommel pushes a bridgehead across the La Basse Canal at Cruinchy, battling elements of "FrankForce", composed of the 5th and 50th British Divisions, and remnants of 3rd DLM. Panzer (AH/MMP) — The General #22.3
Action Near Tula Scenario#: 28-3.1 Date: '3/12/41 Location: Tula, Russia Elements of the Russian 50th Army along with a Russian cavalry corps are supporting the opening phases of the Soviet Winter Offensive. A battle group from the German 17th Panzer Division is attempting to stop them. Panzer (AH/MMP) — The General #28.3
Armor Action Near Kharkov Scenario#: 28-3.2 Date: '17/5/42 Location: Kharkov, Russia MEETING ENGAGEMENT; ARMOR ACTION NEAR KHARKOV (17/5/42). Elements of the Soviet 10th and 36th Tank Brigades, the 34th Motorized Rifle Brigade, and the 5th Guards Cavalry Division are sent to capture a strategic town. They are confronted approximately… Panzer (AH/MMP) — The General #28.3