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Scenario#: 34     Date: 1942-08-12     Location: Guadalcanal

1st Marine Division Intel Officer Frank Goettage asked for and received permission from MG Vandergrift to conduct a long-range patrol to locate Japanese remnants who he suspected to be on the verge of surrender. His patrol of 25 Marines would …

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Scenario#: 23     Date: 11-Aug-42     Location: El Alamein, Egypt

Unaware of the preparations being made by Rommel's Afrika Korps for an attack later in the month, life in the Italian trenches along the Alam Haifa Line was hot, dusty and boring, and punctuated by timely British artillery attacks every …

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Scenario#: M2     Date: 26-Jul-42     Location: Oivi, Papua, New Guinea

The initial formation of Maroubra Force (39th, 53rd and Papuan Infantry Battalions) faced the vanguard of the Japanese presence building up on New Guinea in June 1942. The force worked rapidly in an attempt to block the easy spread of …

Combat CommanderBattle Pack #4: New Guinea
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Scenario#: 3     Date: 6 July 1942     Location: Podkletnoje, Don River area near Voronezh, Russia

In the race to capture Voronezh in early July, elements of 7th Company/Infantry Regiment GD 1 captured a road bridge over the Don River nearly intact—just a 15 meter gap at the east bank had been burned out during the …

Fighting FormationsGrossdeutschland Motorized Infantry Division
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Scenario#: 2     Date: 2 July 1942     Location: Gorschetschnoje, Russia

During operations in the Olym River area on 29-30 June, the 24th Panzer Division – occupying Grossdeutschland’s right flank – came under stiff resistance at the town of Gorschetschnoje. 24th Panzer bypassed the village and resumed its advance to the…

Fighting FormationsGrossdeutschland Motorized Infantry Division
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Scenario#: 1     Date: 1 July 1942     Location: Staryj Oskol–Kastornje–Jelez Railway, Olym River area, Russia

On the 30th of June, 1942, Grossdeutschland Infantry Division informed XXXXVIII Panzer Corps that it had established a bridgehead across the Olym river. The forward forces included elements of I (Grenadier) Infantry Reg’t, the Reconnaissance Bn and…

Fighting FormationsGrossdeutschland Motorized Infantry Division
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Scenario#: 66     Date: 8-Jun-42     Location: Bryansk Forest, Belarus

Bryansk Forest in Byelorussia, with Soviet partisans of the Orlov Regiment preparing a trap for elements of the German 707th Security Division during Operation Vogelsang.

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Scenario#: M1     Date: 23-Jan-42     Location: Rabaul, New Britain, New Guinea

The Australian men of Lt. W. G. Grant’s platoon of Coy. A, 2/22 Bn. were the forward elements defending the beachhead on the northern slopes of Mt. Vulcan. Grant's view across Simpson Bay showed the city of Rabaul and its …

Combat CommanderBattle Pack #4: New Guinea
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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 …

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Scenario#: 24     Date: October 1941     Location: Bryansk, Russia

Moscow was one of Germany's primary military objects in their invasion of the Soviet Union. It was probably driven more by a political imperative than the strategic measures it offered. Operation Typhoon was Germany's offensive to capture Moscow.…

Panzer (GMT)Exp. #2 The Final Forces On The Eastern Front
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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 CommanderC3I Magazine #28
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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 …

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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…

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Scenario#: 20     Date: June 1941     Location: Brody, Russia

This continues the action between Panzer Group 1 and the Soviet 5th and 6th Armies at Brody. After passing through the first line of Soviet Forces, the Germans are attempting to secure a key bridgehead.

Panzer (GMT)Exp. #2 The Final Forces On The Eastern Front
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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…

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Scenario#: 19     Date: June 1941     Location: Brody, Russia

Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union. Over 4.5 million troops) invaded the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941 along a front over 2,900 km long. It marked the greatest invasion in the history …

Panzer (GMT)Exp. #2 The Final Forces On The Eastern Front
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Scenario#: TBP10     Date: June 1941     Location: Minsk, Belorussia

"'All is not quiet on the Eastern Front.”

Combat CommanderTournament Battle Pack
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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…

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Scenario#: TBP09     Date: 20 May 1941     Location: Rethymnon, Crete

“Expecting a seaborne invasion, little did the defenders of Rethymnon concern themselves with an airborne invasion.”

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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 …

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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 …

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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 CommanderC3I Magazine #26
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Scenario#: 95     Date: 25-Dec-40     Location: Dover, England

The Siege of London had been broken and the invader driven across the Medway. A furious Hitler ordered the 16th Army to cross the channel under the cover of the Luftwaffe and seize what they could of southeast England and …

Combat CommanderBattle Pack #6: Sea Lion
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Scenario#: 94     Date: 11-Dec-40     Location: Tonbridge Wells, England

In the immediate aftermath of the invasion the recently formed Special Operations Executive (SDE) began recruiting officers for the creation of a British Resistance movement to disrupt the German rear areas. Two such operatives were paradropped…

Combat CommanderBattle Pack #6: Sea Lion
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Scenario#: 93     Date: 24-Nov-40     Location: R.A.F. Upper Heyford, Bicester, England

The southern arm of Operation Tremor consisted of a joint Commonwealth and US force. In a bid to deceive Axis forces as to the true size of the Allied counterattack, American forces were tasked with the recapture of R.A.F. Upper …

Combat CommanderBattle Pack #6: Sea Lion
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Scenario#: 92     Date: 19-Nov-40     Location: Highclere Castle, England

Operation Tremor, the Allied counterattack into the overextended German positions West of London, began in earnest on 17 November. With Axis troops committed to the British capital and still unable to control bridgeheads along the length of the River…

Combat CommanderBattle Pack #6: Sea Lion
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Scenario#: 91     Date: 30-Oct-40     Location: Trafalgar Square, London, England

After days of street-to-street fighting, the troops of the German 9th Army had secured the Hungerford railway bridge to establish a foothold on the North side of the Thames. Despite capturing the nearby Charing Cross station, Axis troops were unable…

Combat CommanderBattle Pack #6: Sea Lion
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Scenario#: 90     Date: 28-Oct-40     Location: Holloway Prison, London, England

German plans for the period following a successful invasion of Britain called for the establishment of a puppet government with Oswald Mosley, aristocratic leader of the British Union of Fascists (BUF) at it's head. Unfortunately for the Germans, at…

Combat CommanderBattle Pack #6: Sea Lion
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Scenario#: 88     Date: 5-Oct-40     Location: The River Medway, England

The British defensive plan in the event of invasion called for the containment of German forces at a series of 'Stop Lines' based around natural defensive features. The most important of these was the Medway Stop Line to the East …

Combat CommanderBattle Pack #6: Sea Lion
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Scenario#: 89     Date: 30-Sep-40     Location: Portsmouth Docks, England

After successfully establishing a beachhead at nearby Bognor Regis, the German 9th Army pushed West towards their ultimate goal: the British naval base at Portsmouth. Although most of the Home Fleet had been evacuated under fire to Scapa Flow and …

Combat CommanderBattle Pack #6: Sea Lion
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Scenario#: 87     Date: 23-Sep-40     Location: Bognor Regis, England

Prior to the invasion the pier at Bognor Regis had been redesignated HMS Patricia, a naval spotting station used to coordinate Home Fleet actions in the Channel. A concerted German attack was launched to knock out the pier and assist …

Combat CommanderBattle Pack #6: Sea Lion
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Scenario#: 86     Date: 22-Sep-40     Location: Brede, England

The village of Brede in East Sussex awoke to the sight of a company of German paratroopers tumblíng out of a late September sky in a daring attempt to cut the supply route to heavily defended Hastings to the south. …

Combat CommanderBattle Pack #6: Sea Lion
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Scenario#: 24     Date: 12-Aug-40     Location: Tug Argan Pass, Somaliland

On August 11, Italian General de Simone’s assaults on three of the six hills overlooking Tug Argan Pass had been less than spectacular. Only one hill was taken before the attacks were called off for the night. Eager to reach …

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Scenario#: TBP08     Date: 25 June 1940     Location: Le Touquet, France

The first commando raid on occupied France was carried out by 115 men of No.11 Independent Company just three weeks after the final evacuation at Dunkirk. The raiders were divided into four groups, each was tasked with reconnaissance and intelligence…

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Scenario#: 83     Date: 15-Jun-40     Location: Ernage, Belgium

After the initial attack in and around Gembloux on the 14th was blunted, the German forces redoubled their efforts on the 15th, from the air and with armor. French artillery fire was noted as particularly intense and accurate against the …

Combat CommanderBattle Pack #5: The Fall of the West
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Scenario#: 82     Date: 14-Jun-40     Location: Gembloux, Belgium

French light armored forces rushed to the Gembloux gap, a wide rural plain crossed by important rail lines, to stem the advance of the German 3rd & 4th Panzer Divisions. Behind the rail line, ideal defensive terrain near the farm …

Combat CommanderBattle Pack #5: The Fall of the West
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Scenario#: 85     Date: 10-Jun-40     Location: Perthes, South of Rethel, France

A final French armored counterattack near Rethel on the 10th was led by two formations of the formidable Renault B1bis, so highly regarded that each was individually named. General De Lattre declared that "they were the striking hammer." During the …

Combat CommanderBattle Pack #5: The Fall of the West
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Scenario#: 84     Date: 9-Jun-40     Location: Chateau Porcien, West of Rethel, France

French forces retreated south of the Aisne river to build another defensive line with strength around Rethel. The German assault west of Rethel on the 9th led to heavy street fighting in Cháteau-Porcien. Against each attack, the French counterattack…

Combat CommanderBattle Pack #5: The Fall of the West
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Scenario#: 44     Date: 28 May 1940     Location: Lille, France

The situation for the French and the British was desperate during the last days of May. Their remaining units were crowded in at Dunkirk on the French coast, while the Germans moved to squeeze the pocket closed around them. 7th …

Panzer (GMT)Exp. #4 The German Invasion Of France, 1940
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Scenario#: 78     Date: 27-May-40     Location: Cassel, France

The rapid advance of Rundsted's Army Group A had by 20 May isolated the French and British forces that had rushed into Belgium in the opening stages of the campaign. Pressure from both Army Groups A and B had steadily …

Combat CommanderBattle Pack #5: The Fall of the West
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Scenario#: 77     Date: 21-May-40     Location: Petegem, Belgium

Despite Armee Group A's, rapid advance toward the English Channel, the BEF and Belgian Army had effectively conducted tactical withdrawals utilizing terrain and space to slow the advance of Army Group B's 31st lnfantry Division. One such defensive…

Combat CommanderBattle Pack #5: The Fall of the West
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Scenario#: 43     Date: 19 May 1940     Location: Montcornet, France

Having fallen back to its starting position, the 4e DCR received much needed reinforcements to launch another effort towards Montcomet. On 19 May, De Gaulle again committed his Division against the German defensive positions in and around Montcomet.…

Panzer (GMT)Exp. #4 The German Invasion Of France, 1940
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Scenario#: 42     Date: 17 May 1940     Location: Montcornet, France

On 10 May, the 4e DCR was rapidly mobilized to stop the German advance into France. Although strong on paper, the Division lacked manpower, tanks, and training. Four days later, Colonel de Gaulle was given command and immediately moved forward …

Panzer (GMT)Exp. #4 The German Invasion Of France, 1940
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Scenario#: 46     Date: 16 May 1940     Location: Stonne, France

On 16 May 1940, during the three-day struggle for Stonne, the B1-bis "Eure" was commanded by Captain Pierre Billotte. He was also in command of the 1er Compagnie, 41e BCC. Although underpowered for its weight and somewhat prone to breakdown, …

Panzer (GMT)Exp. #4 The German Invasion Of France, 1940
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Scenario#: 45     Date: 15 May 1940     Location: Monthermé, France

On 15 May 1940. after securing a small bridgehead over the Meuse at Monthermé. Generalmajor Kempf‘s 6th Panzer Division was halted by elements of the 102e Division d'lnfanterie, a first-rate unit under the command of General Portzert. The well…

Panzer (GMT)Exp. #4 The German Invasion Of France, 1940
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Scenario#: 41     Date: 15 May 1940     Location: Stonne, France

Soon after the French withdrawal, elements of Infanten'e-Regiment Grossdeutschland. cautiously infiltrated the village, taking positions in the previously held French buildings by placing numerous guns and support weapons. Not deterred, the French…

Panzer (GMT)Exp. #4 The German Invasion Of France, 1940
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Scenario#: 40     Date: 15 May 1940     Location: Stonne, France

The village of Stonne. positioned at the top of a height mass, could be used as an excellent starting point for a French counterattack against the Sedan bridgehead in the Meuse Valley. General der Panzertruppe Guderian. knowing that the bridgehead …

Panzer (GMT)Exp. #4 The German Invasion Of France, 1940
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Scenario#: 39     Date: 15 May 1940     Location: Philippeville, Belgium

After expanding its bridgehead. the 7th Panzer Division was poised to exploit the situation. Under the increasing German pressure. the French 9e Armée High Command overreacted by committing its reserves early by sending the 4e DI Nord-Africaine and…

Panzer (GMT)Exp. #4 The German Invasion Of France, 1940
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Scenario#: 76     Date: 15-May-40     Location: Dyle River Line, La Tombe Vicinity, Belgium

Second Lieutenant Richard Annand was the recipient of the first Victoria Cross awarded during the Second World War. At 11 a.m. on 15 May the Germans of the 31st lnfantry Division launched a violent attack and pushed forward a bridging …

Combat CommanderBattle Pack #5: The Fall of the West
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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 …

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