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Scenario#: 3533     Date: 5/25/1940     Location: Watten, France

On 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 …

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Scenario#: 4108     Date: 9/1/1941     Location: Muhu Island, Baltic Islands

With the advance on Leningrad stalled, the German 18th Army had little to do following the capture of Tallinn. It was during this lull that Unternehmen Beowulf was conceived by German High Command: a sub-operation of Barbarossa designed to eliminate…

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Scenario#: 3451     Date: 5/15/1940     Location: Philippeville, France

On the evening of May 14, 1940, the French 1st Reserve Armored Division arrived in the region of Florennes-Flavion. The tanks' arrival was slowed by having to pass through the stream of refugees and soldiers who were fleeing the front. …

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Scenario#: 4472     Date: 5/13/1940     Location: Hannut, Belgium

After having crossed the Meuse river at Maastricht, the 4th Panzer division arrived in the region of Hannut. Once there, the Germans confronted the French Cavalry Corps of General Prioux, which had moved into Belgium as part of the Dyle …

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Scenario#: 3514     Date: 5/25/1940     Location: Vinkt, Holland

On 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 …

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Scenario#: 4321     Date: 5/10/1940     Location: Bodange, Belgium

After they had crossed the Belgian border, German units of the 1st and 2nd Panzer Divisions ran up against the defensive positions of the 1st Division of Chasseurs Ardennais. Commandant Bricart's 5th Company was ordered to resist at all costs …

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Scenario#: 4322     Date: 5/13/1940     Location: Bouvignes, France

General Rommel's 7th Panzer Division arrived at the river Meuse on May 13. On the island of Houx, soldiers of the 7th Motorcycle Battalion discovered locks that the infantry could use to cross the canal. The first bridgehead was set …

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Scenario#: 4320     Date: 5/13/1940     Location: Sedan, France

French General Staff thought it was impossible for tanks to cross the massif of the Ardennes. Because of that assumption, French forces were completely surprised when, on the evening of May 12, General Guderian and his Panzer Divisions appeared…

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Scenario#: 4024     Date: 6/28/1941     Location: Dubno, Russia

Early in Barbarossa the 1st Panzer Army of Army Group South threatened to encircle a huge pocket of Soviet troops around Uman. The Red Army mounted a massive counter-attack, aiming to cut off the Axis armored spearhead in a pincer …

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Scenario#: 3448     Date: 5/13/1940     Location: Monthermé, France

On May 13 the 6th Panzer Division, under General Kempf, arrived in the "Enveloppe", a forest-covered massif just before the Meuse valley. Soon after arriving, they launched their attack. After an air raid of Stukas and an artillery bombardment, the …

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Scenario#: 4185     Date: 6/26/1944     Location: Cheux, France

The main thrust of Operation Epsom began at 0700 hrs. on June 26th. Early British progress was good, with solid artillery support and even some naval gunfire. It looked like the way was clear. The forward German positions, however, were …

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Scenario#: 4090     Date: 8/19/1944     Location: Falaise, France

Against the advice of his commanders, Hitler ordered a massed counter-attack on the American forces in Normandy (Operation Luttich), which drew his forces further into France. As the Americans made a sweeping move south, Allied command saw an…

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Scenario#: 3494     Date: 5/15/1940     Location: Stonne, France

Held by the 1st Battalion of the 67th Infantry Regiment and some elements of the 6th Infantry Division Recon Group, the town of Stonne was attacked by German units on May 15 at 6 a.m. The 8th Panzer Regiment suddenly …

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Scenario#: 3516     Date: 5/17/1940     Location: Montcornet, France

Forced to cope with the Panzer advance without any reserve troops, General Gamelin decided to create a new army, the 6th, which was tasked with protecting Paris. The new army had to hold the Panzers and give Gamelin time to …

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Scenario#: 3954     Date: 5/19/1940     Location: Catillon, France

On May 15, the 7th Panzer Division of General Rommel crossed the border between Belgium and France, and his troops reached Avesnes-sur-Helpe. Its next objective was Cambrai but on May 17, Rommel found the French 9th Motorized Infantry Division, just…

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Scenario#: 4087     Date: 7/8/1944     Location: Caen, France

The city of Caen was an objective for Allied forces on D-Day. Determined German Resistance continued to frustrate Allied command and kept the objective out of their hands. Caen was of great strategic importance and both sides knew it. The …

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Scenario#: 3433     Date: 5/12/1940     Location: Bouillon, France

General Guderian's forward Panzers reached the river Semois before the town of Bouillon on the evening of May 11. French cavalry units of the 5th DLC, after having suffered devastating casualties in the prior two days, had fallen back behind …

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Scenario#: 3459     Date: 5/15/1940     Location: Louvain La Neuve, Belgium

In the morning of May 15, as part of the "Dyle" Plan, General Dame's 2nd DINA (North African Infantry Division) was deployed behind the railroad and the west bank of the river Dyle. Starting at 7.45 am, the men of …

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Scenario#: 4525     Date: 5/27/1940     Location: Dunkirk, France

Operation Dynamo was an evacuation of Allied troops from the port town of Dunkirk from 27 May to 4 June, 1940. The operation's name came from the evacuation that was planned in the dynamo (generator) room of Dover Castle. Over …

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Scenario#: 3376     Date: 5/10/1940     Location: Eben-Emaël, Belgium

In the early dawn of May 10, 1940, nine DFS-230 gliders landed on the superstructure of the fort at Eben-Emaël, which protected the bridges across the Meuse in Maastricht. German sappers rushed out of the gliders and immediately attacked their …

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Scenario#: 1558     Date: 7/11/1944     Location: Maltot, France

Montgomery began a frontal assault on the city of Caen on July 7. At the same time, he renewed attacks west of the city to capture the high ground between the rivers Odon and Orne. Part of this high ground …

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Scenario#: 4083     Date: 7/13/1941     Location: Ostrov, Russia

Outrunning its air cover, Kampfgruppe Raus pressed north from the newly captured town of Ostrov into the woods and swamps between the lakes Peipus and Il'men. Remnants of the Red Army and partisans in the woods, by now short of …

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Scenario#: 4100     Date: 7/1/1941     Location: Ivanovskoye, Russia

The town of Muravina and its bridge over the Luga River were captured by Kampfgruppe Raus of the 6th Panzer Division on July 11th as they continued to push toward Leningrad. The Kampfgruppe then advanced another 5 km through the …

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Scenario#: 4156     Date: 10/6/1941     Location: Kamenewo, Russia

As part of Operation Typhoon, Kampfgruppe Eberbach of the 4th Panzer Division advanced on the Russian capital. By the evening of October 5th however, Colonel Katukov's newly formed 4th Tank Brigade had deployed near the woodland east of Kamenewo.…

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Scenario#: 4102     Date: 9/1/1941     Location: Kiev, Russia

The Panzers of Army Group South captured thousands of prisoners and large amounts of artillery and tanks in the great "Kessel" (pocket) battle of Uman. The Soviet armies in Kiev, and to the east, found themselves facing the same fate …

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Scenario#: 4081     Date: 7/1/1941     Location: Ivanovskoye, Russia

After crossing the Velikaya river, the forests and marshes ahead of Army Group North became ever more dense. Kampfgruppe Raus pushed ahead of the 6th Panzer Division to capture a bridge over the Luga river at the town of Ivanovskoye. …

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Scenario#: 4172     Date: 7/16/1944     Location: Saint-Lo, France

On July 15, the 116th Regiment started a flanking maneuver around Martinville in an effort to outflank the town's defenders. The lead elements made good progress but Allied Command didn't have a clear picture of the situation on the ground …

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Scenario#: 3359     Date: 5/10/1940     Location: Moerdijk, Holland

German paratroopers of the 1st Fallschirmjäger Regiment were dropped near Moerdijk and Dordrecht in order to take the bridges that were the gateway to Rotterdam and "Fortress Holland". The operation in Moerdijk was a success as the paratroopers…

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Scenario#: 4258     Date: 8/6/1944     Location: Mont Pinçon, France

The Battle of Mont Pinçon took place over the course of several days, the culmination of Operation Bluecoat. On August 6th, the British XXX Corps attacked about five miles south of Aunay-Sur-Odon. The Axis repelled the initial assault by the …

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Scenario#: 4089     Date: 7/8/1944     Location: Caen, France

Charnwood was the operational codename given to the mission of taking Caen, the elusive D-Day objective that the Germans still held on July 7. The Allied plan progressed at a slower pace than expected, but was forcing the German command …

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Scenario#: 4086     Date: 8/14/1944     Location: Falaise, France

Although it made some headway in Operation Totalize, the Canadian II Corps fell short of its ultimate objective of Falaise and only reached Hill 195, directly north of the town. General Simonds quickly put together another plan to capture Falaise …

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Scenario#: 4152     Date: 7/11/1944     Location: Saint-Jean-de-Daye, France

On July 11th, the very day XIX Corps was scheduled to extend its attack eastward of the Vire River, the corps' right flank came under the threat of a massive armored counter-attack. The Germans, hell bent on knocking the First …

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Scenario#: 4149     Date: 7/16/1941     Location: Pripet Marsh, Russia

Operation Barbarossa in July was well under way. Such was the success and speed of the German advance that the supply lines were severely overstretched. Many of the previously bypassed Soviet units began to coordinate limited counter-attacks on Axis…

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Scenario#: 4155     Date: 6/30/1941     Location: Pruzana, Russia

On June 30, 1941, German Panzer forces broke through all along the front and in this sector advanced toward the town of Pruzana. However, air reconnaissance reported a Russian infantry detachment from General Oborin's XIV Mechanized Corps had…

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Scenario#: 4088     Date: 7/18/1944     Location: Colombelles, France

Caen proved a tougher challenge than the Allies had expected and German forces tenaciously defended every piece of it. After withdrawing across the Orne River to the south, the Germans set up a hasty defense in the part of Caen …

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Scenario#: 4073     Date: 6/23/1941     Location: Raseiniai, Russia

The Northwest Soviet Front under Colonel-General Kuznetsov fell back on Barbarossatag (the first day of Unternehmen Barbarossa) before the onslaught of Army Group North under von Leeb. The Germans interpreted this as a general retreat, but Kutznesov…

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Scenario#: 3418     Date: 5/15/1940     Location: Ernage, Belgium

While the "Prioux" cavalry corps fought the Panzer Divisions of the German XVI Motorized Corps in the battle of Hannut, infantry divisions of General Blanchard's 1st Army reached the "LPR" (Ligne Principale de Défense), which was the main line of …

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Scenario#: 3509     Date: 5/15/1940     Location: Bouvellemont, France

In an effort to slow down Guderian's Panzers after the French defeat at Sedan, many French units chose to hold their positions instead of retreating. Among those who chose to stay were the 3rd brigade of Spahis in La Horgne, …

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Scenario#: 4272     Date: 7/31/1944     Location: Saint-Martin, France

Operation Bluecoat was supposed to begin with a massive aerial bombardment, but poor weather made the Allies miss entirely. Nonetheless, the British forces pushed forward, where they came under artillery and mortar bombardment amidst highly uneven…

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Scenario#: 4187     Date: 6/25/1944     Location: Fontenay le Pesnel, France

In preparation for Montgomery's Operation Epsom, the 49th Infantry Division, nicknamed the Polar Bears because of their arm patch, was ordered to take the town of Fontenay le Pesnel. Their second objective was to secure Raury and the heights that …

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Scenario#: 1757     Date: 7/1/1941     Location: Smolensk, Russia

Army Group Center, spearheaded by Guderian's 2nd Panzergruppe with Hoth's 3rd Panzergruppe on his left, scattered 3 Soviet armies as they advanced on Smolensk. Desperately trying to stiffen Resistance, the Soviets hoped to stop the Germans' drive…

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Scenario#: 4113     Date: 9/1/1941     Location: Staraya, Russia

The Northwest Front, under the energetic Chief of Staff Vatutin, decided to attack the Axis forces south of Staraya Russa. It was hoped that this would divert Army Group North's energies away from Leningrad. Indeed, von Leeb over-reacted to the …

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Scenario#: 4116     Date: 12/1/1941     Location: Tikhvin, Russia

As the final assault on Leningrad ground to a halt, Army Group North made one last bid to link up with the Finns who were advancing to the east of Lake Ladoga. Because of the difficult campaign they had been …

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Scenario#: 3521     Date: 5/19/1940     Location: Crécy-sur-Serre, France

After the attack of May 17 against Montcornet, Colonel De Gaulle launched a new drive towards Crécy-sur-Serre. Three armored groups took part in the offensive of the 4th Reserve Armored Division: the 6th Demi-brigade with B1-bis heavy tanks…

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Scenario#: 3365     Date: 5/10/1940     Location: Nives, Belgium

To carry out the "Sickle-Cut" plan that would split the Allied forces in half, the Panzers of Gruppe Von Kleist had to cross the Ardennes. The key of the operation was the speed of the assault: for the Panzers, the …

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Scenario#: 3358     Date: 5/10/1940     Location: Valkenburg, Holland

The invasion of the Netherlands was launched with a large German airborne operation. Paratroopers of the 7th Flieger Division were tasked with taking several bridges to open the way for motorized units. The plans also called for them to secure …

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Scenario#: 4078     Date: 7/1/1941     Location: Pskov, Russia

After capture of Raseiniai, Army Group North's Panzers under Hoepner rapidly advanced to bridgeheads over the Dvina. Leningrad was virtually defenseless, but von Leeb was overly cautious and halted Hoepner for six days. By the time the offensive…

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Scenario#: 4186     Date: 6/29/1944     Location: Baron, France

On June 29, Operation Epsom entered its fourth day. The British were holding onto a salient that incorporated high ground known as Hill 112 on the far side of the Odon River, near the village of Baron. The British 11th …

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Scenario#: 4085     Date: 8/7/1944     Location: Potigny, France

To prevent the Germans from making an orderly withdrawal in the face of the American advance, the Allied land commander, General Montgomery, ordered the Canadian army to break through south of Caen and advance on Falaise in what they called …

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Scenario#: 1774     Date: 7/1/1941     Location: Yelnya, Russia

In late July 1941, Army Group Center concluded a successful offensive, encircling a large pocket ("Kessel") of Soviet troops in and around Smolensk. While the pocket was being systematically reduced, the Soviet High Command ordered the release of…

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