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Cirta (203 BC) Scenario#: C3i12     Date: 203-BC     Location: Constantine, Algeria Following his victory at Agathocles' Tower, Scipio Africanus was penned in when Hasdrubal Gisgo and Syphax arrived with two large armies. Unable to face them in open battle, Scipio destroyed these armies with a treacherous night attack after feigning… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #21
In My Time of Dying Scenario#: 108     Date: 6-Jun-44     Location: Strongpoint Hillman, France After fighting ashore at Sword Beach, the British met relatively light Resistance as they moved south towards Caen. Strongpoint Morris gave up almost without a fight. Reconnaissance had noted another significant defensive position south of Morris and… Combat Commander — C3I Magazine #22
Escape is Everything Scenario#: 109     Date: 19-Aug-44     Location: Hill 262, The Falaise Pocket, France After the Allied breakout forced by Operation Cobra, the German army was caught between two pincer movements with most of the Seventh Army trapped in the rapidly closing "Falaise Pocket". The retreating army desperately sought to escape along its… Combat Commander — C3I Magazine #22
Caralis (215 BC) Scenario#: C3i13     Date: 215-BC     Location: Decimomannu, Sardinia Sardinia had been a Carthaginian province for centuries until the turmoil of the Truceless War (241-238) allowed Rome to opportunistically seize the island. This incident fed the hatred of Hamilcar Barca and his sons for Rome. While Hannibal was… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #22
Himeras River (211 BC) Scenario#: C3i14     Date: 211-BC     Location: Himera, Sicily Western Sicily had been a Carthaginian province for centuries, until Rome captured it in the First Punic War. Hannibal sent an agent, Epicydes, to Syracuse to lead a rebellion against Rome in 214. Rome responded by sending M. Claudius Marcellus … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #22
Arctic Assault Scenario#: 110     Date: 24-Apr-40     Location: Gratangen Valley, Narvik Front, Norway Major Stautner of the 2nd Battalion, 139th Gebirgsjager Regiment saw an opportunity to attack the isolated Norwegian 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry in the Gratangen valley. The attack was launched early on the morning of April 24th in a swirling… Combat Commander — C3I Magazine #23
EPIC Leuctra (371 BC) Scenario#: C3i15     Date: 371-BC     Location: Boeotian, Greece Sparta’s victory in the Peloponnesian War (431-404) over Athens cemented the reputation of her hoplites as the premier infantry force in the world. However, Spartan arrogance following this victory led to the outbreak of hostilities with her former… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #23
EPIC Asculum (279 BC) Scenario#: C3i16     Date: 279-BC     Location: Asculum, Italy Pyrrhus of Epirus nearly doubled the size of his army after his victory at Heraclea with allied Greeks, Samnites and Lucanians flocking to his standard. After absorbing the new recruits, Pyrrhus set off towards Rome. His advance was stopped at … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #23
The Scheldt Scenario#: 111     Date: Oct-44     Location: Scheldt Estuary, Holland Units of the Canadian 10th Infantry Brigade face determined Resistance and a fierce German counter-attack by elements of the German 64th Division in the vicinity of the Leopold Canal in the opening stages of the Battle for the Scheldt Estuary. Combat Commander — C3I Magazine #24
Sonnenwende Scenario#: 112     Date: Feb-45     Location: Arnswalde, Germany The Soviet invasion of Eastern Germany revealed the determination that SS and Conscript units would go to defend the Fatherland. One such example was the defense of Arnswalde, Pomerania where elite Soviet assault units attacked elements of the 11th… Combat Commander — C3I Magazine #24
Mona Insulis (60 AD) Scenario#: C3i17     Date: 60-AD     Location: Monastir, Wales The island of Anglesey (Ynys Mon to the Welsh and Mona Insulis to the Romans), rich in grain and copper mines, became a refuge for several tribes opposed to the Roman occupation of Britain. The druids there gave moral and … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #24
Camulodunum (60 AD) Scenario#: C3i18     Date: 60-AD     Location: Camulodunum, England Queen Boudica led her army of rebels, predominantly Iceni and Trinovantes, to Camulodunum, once the Trinovante capital and now the Roman capital after the Roman invasion of Britain. The city had been designated a colony for unruly veterans of the … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #24
Taking the Knoll Scenario#: 113     Date: 9-Oct-43     Location: Jivevenang, New Guinea In order to secure Finschhafen as a forward operating base the Australian 9th Division needed to drive Col. Sadahike Miyake’s 80th Regiment from its positions in an around the village of Sattleburg. One of these positions was the village Jivavenang … Combat Commander — C3I Magazine #25
First Joust with Galahad Scenario#: 114     Date: 4-Mar-44     Location: Walawbum, Burma In its first major operation, the US GALAHAD force of deep penetration "marauders" had flanked the resourceful General Sinichi Tanaka's 18th Division defending against Joe Stilwell’s Chinese push into the Hukawng Valley of northern Burma. Unbeknownst… Combat Commander — C3I Magazine #25
Adrianople (378 AD) Scenario#: C3i19     Date: 378-AD     Location: Adrianople, Turkey A collection of mostly Goth tribes with some allies petitioned Valens to be allowed land and foederati status to escape the Huns. Valens badly needed allies and agreed, aided in the decision because the Goth leader, Fritigern, had accepted… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #25
Adrianople (378 AD) Scenario#: C3i20     Date: 378-AD     Location: Adrianople, Turkey A collection of mostly Goth tribes with some allies petitioned Valens to be allowed land and foederati status to escape the Huns. Valens badly needed allies and agreed, aided in the decision because the Goth leader, Fritigern, had accepted… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #25
Dongolaas Ravine Scenario#: 115     Date: 16-Mar-41     Location: Dongolaas Ravine, Eritrea In mid-January 1941, British forces launched the Eritrea Campaign. The 4th and 5th Indian Divisions started their offensive from Sudan. They broke the Italian defensive lines in two weeks but finally the drive stopped in front of the town of … Combat Commander — C3I Magazine #26
St. Martin de Fontenay Scenario#: 116     Date: 1-Aug-44     Location: St. Martin de Fontenay, France After Operation Goodwood's failure, French Canadian infantry units were ordered to take and hold Saint Martin de Fontenay, a village south of Caen. Once taken British armor could push southward and link up with American forces. Two previous assaults… Combat Commander — C3I Magazine #26
Argentoratum (357 AD) Scenario#: C3i21     Date: 357-AD     Location: Alsace, France Julian, the young cousin of the Emperor Constantius, has been named to recover the situation in the West after a short civil war opened the frontier to raids and invasion by Franks and Alamanni tribes. Scarcely 23, with no military … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #26
Paraitacene (317 BC) Scenario#: C3i22     Date: 317-BC     Location: Eisfahan, Persia By 318 BC the Successors had formed two competing alliances: the ‘Royalists’ who claimed to fight to maintain the empire for Alexander’s infant sons, and a rival coalition that sought to claim their own independent kingdoms. The opposing Successor… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #26
Voronoezh Front Scenario#: 117     Date: 26-Jan-43     Location: Nikolaevka, Russia The stunning successes of the Russian counterattacks, Operations Uranus, Saturn, and Little Saturn, resulted in the shattering of the Axis front lines along the Don River. On the extreme edge of this battlefield stood the units of the Italian Alpine… Combat Commander — C3I Magazine #27
No. 4 Commando Scenario#: 118     Date: 19-Aug-42     Location: Dieppe, France Lieutenant Colonel Lord Lovat and No. 4 Commando (including six US Army Rangers), to support the Canadian landings at Dieppe, conducted two landings at VarengevilIe-sur-Mer attempting to neutralize a coastal artillery battery of six 150mm guns. The… Combat Commander — C3I Magazine #27
Sky Fall Scenario#: 119     Date: 17-Jul-44     Location: Roquebrune, Gironde, France Operation Cadillac conducted on 14 July I944 was a complete success as 320 B-17s airdropped 417 tons of weapons in 3791 containers to the Dordogne and Correze Maquis. Three days later, a similar drop was destined for the Maquis de … Combat Commander — C3I Magazine #27
Deadly Convoy Scenario#: 120     Date: 19-Aug-44     Location: Berson, France The Andre’ Jolit led Blaye area Ffi group received eight air drops of arms and equipment in July and August I944. Blitz operations against the Germans increased as a consequence. Operations against small targets (tankers and single enemy vehicles)… Combat Commander — C3I Magazine #27
Battle of Kovel, Part 1 Scenario#: C3i1     Date: July 1944     Location: Kovel, Ukraine In an effort to stem the tide of the never ending flow of Soviet reinforcements a bold move was planned to destroy the transportation hub at the village of Kovel near the Pripet Marshes. The task was assigned to elements … Panzer (GMT) — C3I Magazine #27
Battle of Kovel, Part 2 Scenario#: C3i2     Date: July 1944     Location: Kovel, Ukraine Continuing the actions of the German 4th Panzer Army around Kovel. Battle Of Kovel Part 2 reflects the attack upon the village itself. The German units that broke through to Kevel were quite successful. The follow on attack caught the … Panzer (GMT) — C3I Magazine #27
How Close is Too Close Scenario#: 121     Date: 1944-09-13     Location: St. Genevieve, France The initial attack to cross the Moselle River at Pont-a-Mousson on the 5-6 of September had shown that the Germans were well organized for defense in that sector. After renewed planning and intelligence gathering the 80th Division prepared to try … Combat Commander — C3I Magazine #28
Barbarossa Sustained Scenario#: 122     Date: 1941-08-14     Location: Plyussa River, Narva Vicinity, Estonia The days of headlong pursuit with little or no Resistance by the Russian Armies had to come to an end at some point. For the soldiers of the German 58th Infantry Division that reality occurred just south of the Estonian … Combat Commander — C3I Magazine #28
Treads over Dedushka Scenario#: C3i3     Date: 25 July 1944     Location: Sinimäed Hills, Estonia For nearly two months during the fail of 1942, just over three dozen men and women of the Soviet army held the "House Of Soviets #4" from wave after wave of German assault. This building. apartment complex overlooking the Volga … Panzer (GMT) — C3I Magazine #28
House of the Soviets Scenario#: C3i4     Date: 30 September 1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia Prior to the battle of the Tannenburg Line, elements of Ill SS Panzer Corps meet elements of the Soviet 2nd Shock Army. The Germans are scouting defensible positions to cover their retreat westward, while the Soviets are hot on their … Panzer (GMT) — C3I Magazine #28
Fat Lipki Scenario#: 1     Date: 3-July-1941     Location: Lipki, Russia As tanks of the 1st Moscow Motor Rifle Division clashed with the 18th Panzer Division’s armored spearhead north of Lipki, infantry elements from both divisions were tasked with securing their respective southern flanks. One such encounter between… Combat Commander — CC: Europe
Hedgerows & Hand Grenades Scenario#: 2     Date: Jul-44     Location: Pont-Herbert, France A few weeks after the D-Day landings, General Bradley was keen to choose a suitable place for a swift, decisive breakout with a minimum of casualties in order to get his armored forces into more tank-friendly terrain. The key ground … Combat Commander — CC: Europe
Bonfire of the NKVD Scenario#: 3     Date: 24-Jun-41     Location: Outside Brest Litovsk, Russia A Soviet forward CP belonging to the retreating 133rd infantry Regiment is to be abandoned by noon, but not before all communications equipment is smashed and documents burned, including detailed plans of much of the frontier fortifications in and… Combat Commander — CC: Europe
Closed for Renovation Scenario#: 4     Date: 27-Dec-44     Location: Humain, Belgium After days of fierce combat and heavy bombardment, the town of Humaine was surrounded by forces of the US 2nd Armored Division. Most of the German defenders surrendered after some hard fighting. Remnants of 9th Panzer Division occupying a chateau … Combat Commander — CC: Europe
Cold Front Scenario#: 5     Date: 30-Dec-41     Location: Staritsa, Russia When winter hit Eastern Europe with its full fury in late l94l, the German 26th Infantry was just one of many Axis Divisions halted more by the extreme weather than by the stubborn Russian defense. In the final weeks of … Combat Commander — CC: Europe
Paralyzed from the West Down Scenario#: 6     Date: 7-Jun-44     Location: St. Mere-Eglise, France ln the evening on D-Day, the German 1058th Grenadier Regiment counterattacked St. Mere-Eglise and recaptured the edge of town. Elements of the US 505th Parachute Regiment were ordered to repulse this enemy force the following morning. At dawn on June… Combat Commander — CC: Europe
Bessarabian Nights Scenario#: 7     Date: Apr-44     Location: Bessarabia, Romania By mid April of 1944, the southern front in Russia had seen Soviet troops on the offensive for four consecutive months. Zhukov's plan to attack beyond the Dneister River as far as Chernovtsy was approved by Stavka, with Russian troops … Combat Commander — CC: Europe
Breakout Dance Scenario#: 8     Date: Jan-43     Location: Velikiye Luki, Russia As the Kalinin Front - led by several Soviet Shock Armies, drove westward they were able to completely encircle the German 277th Infantry Regiment at Velikiye-Luki. Outside relief for this surrounded force was not to be had, however, so orders … Combat Commander — CC: Europe
Rush to Contact Scenario#: 9     Date: 6-Apr-45     Location: Outskirts of Hitdorf, Germany After crossing the Rhine, leading elements of Company A, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Regiment found themselves met by elements of the 62nd Volksgrenadier Division on the road to Hitdorf. Both sides reported contact and immediately called for… Combat Commander — CC: Europe
Commando School Scenario#: 10     Date: 4-Feb-43     Location: Novorossiysk, Russia To aid in the success of the Soviet amphibious operation launched against Kleist's Army Group A near Novorossiysk, a Black Sea Fleet commando detachment landed a few miles further down along the Black Sea coast. In order to protect the … Combat Commander — CC: Europe
Hold the Line Scenario#: 11     Date: 8-Jul-44     Location: St. Jean de Daye, France July 7 saw a brief battle in which German forces were forcibly evicted from their hilltop defenses near the Vire River. The small American force that won the day, elements of the 743d Tank Battalion, including an immobilized M4 Sherman, was then… Combat Commander — CC: Europe
misty Mountain Scenario#: 12     Date: 12-Dec-44     Location: Monte Castello, Italy Brazil declared war on the European Axis in August of I942. Organized like the US forces and equipped with the Iatest American weaponry, the Brazilian 1st Expeditionary Division finally arrived in Italy in the Summer of ’44. After helping to … Combat Commander — CC: Europe
Tussle at Maleme Scenario#: 13     Date: 21-May-41     Location: Maleme Airfield, Crete Captain Van Etten’s parachutists had been in many chaotic skirmishes with Allied forces in and around Maleme Airfield since the airborne landing on Crete the previous morning. His forces wearing thin, he decided to temporarily reassemble in the high… Combat Commander — CC: Mediterranean
At the Crossroads Scenario#: 14     Date: 15-Sep-39     Location: Sochaczew, Poland On 9 September, the Polish Poznan Army, encircled by the rapid German advance, attempted to force a crossing of the Bzura River to the southeast. This attack inadvertently allowed time for the Polish Pomorze Army, also trapped in the pocket, … Combat Commander — CC: Mediterranean
Armata Romana Scenario#: 15     Date: 7-Jul-41     Location: Bessarabia, Romania After forcing a crossing of the River Prut at Falciu earlier in the week, the Rumanian Army was on the move across Bessarabia. In the afternoon of July 7, elements of the Rumanian 6th Infantry Division attempted to clear one … Combat Commander — CC: Mediterranean
The Blitzkrieg Checked Scenario#: 16     Date: 15-May-40     Location: Gembloux, Belgium As French forces fought the Germans to a near standstill in and around Gembloux, infantry forces belonging to the attacking 3rd Panzer Division were tasked with taking a nearby sunken road. Led by the determined Captain Grudler, a battered company … Combat Commander — CC: Mediterranean
Little Stalingrad Scenario#: 17     Date: 24-Dec-43     Location: Ortona, Italy On December 21l, house to house fighting began in earnest in the Adriatic seaport of Ortona. It was during the next seven days that the Canadian 1st Infantry Division literally rewrote the book on close-quarters city fighting techniques. More than … Combat Commander — CC: Mediterranean
Bridge Hunt Scenario#: 18     Date: 7-Apr-41     Location: Nisava River, Yugoslavia A day after the attack on Yugoslavia commenced, von Kleist’s 1st Panzer Group found many of the bridges across the Nisava River to be blown or in flames, holding up his vital armored forces. The German 23rd Infantry Regiment was … Combat Commander — CC: Mediterranean
Metaxas Season Scenario#: 19     Date: 7-Apr-41     Location: Kilkis, Greece The Metaxas Line was a 90 mile chain of fortifications built by the Greeks in the 1930's along their border with Bulgaria. In the spring of I941, it fell to the German XVIII Corps to assault the Metaxas Line at … Combat Commander — CC: Mediterranean
A March in December Scenario#: 20     Date: 12-Dec-39     Location: Tolvajarvi, Finland As two battalions of Belyayev’s 139th Rifle Division skirted the north end of Lake Hirvasjari in an attempt to outflank the Finnish defenders of Tolvajarvi, one company was sent forward along a forest path to the southwest. As discipline within … Combat Commander — CC: Mediterranean