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Bakri Scenario#: 6084     Date: 1/16/1942     Location: Parit Jawa, Malaysia While the Japanese 5th Division was engaged in a fierce battle around Gemas to the east, the Konoe Imperial Guards Division under Lieutenant-General Nishimura attacked down the west coast of Malaya. Facing them were elements of the 8th Australian… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Ban Sadao Scenario#: 6053     Date: 12/8/1941     Location: Ban Sadao, Malaysia Malaya's supposed first line of defense, the formidable British battleships Prince of Wales and Repulse, were languishing at Singapore. Untroubled by them, the Japanese 5th Division landed at Singora and Patani in Thailand, and simultaneously… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Battle of Kock Scenario#: 7000     Date: 10/2/1939     Location: Kock, Poland By October 2, 1939, the battle for Poland was all but over. German command assumed that the Polish defenders were so demoralized that it would only take one German battalion to capture Operational Group Polesie, the only Polish military … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Battle of Szack Scenario#: 7006     Date: 9/28/1939     Location: Szack, Poland By 17 September, 1939, most of the Polish reserves and heavy equipment from the forces defending the eastern border of Poland had been sent west to help against the German invasion. When the Soviet forces poured over the border … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Battle of Warsaw Scenario#: 1545     Date: 9/8/1939     Location: Warsaw, Poland On September 1, 1939 the invasion of Poland - codenamed Fall Wei or "Case White" by the German high command - marked the first military campaign of the war. In a week, the German forces were able to overwhelm … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Bloody Ridge Scenario#: 3465     Date: 9/12/1942     Location: Henderson Field, Guadalcanal Bloody Ridge consisted of a series of grassy ridges south of Henderson Field where Col. "Red Mike" Edson had positioned his troops. The Japanese attack began with a bombardment, followed by a powerful thrust that pushed back the Marine companies … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Breaking the Jitra Line Scenario#: 6043     Date: 12/10/1941     Location: Jitra, Malaysia Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival, British General Officer Commanding Malaya, tried to slow down the Japanese advance by ordering bridges to be blown up along the Trunk Road. The Japanese devised a method to overcome this British strategy. Infantry… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Bzura River Scenario#: 6997     Date: 9/9/1939     Location: Bzura, Poland Starting on 9 September, the Battle of Bzura was the largest battle of Unternehmen Fall Weiss. It was also one of the last battles that involved a significant cavalry contingent. After losing contact with Polish high command, General … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Capture of Parry Scenario#: 4154     Date: 2/22/1944     Location: Parry Island, Ralik Group Parry Island, the third largest island in the northwester Ralik Group, was the last major objective scheduled to be taken by Operation Catchpole. BrigGen Watson had initially planned the assault on Parry for February 21, but the capture of other … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Clearing Matanikau River Scenario#: 3466     Date: 1/13/1943     Location: Matanikau River, Guadalcanal At the start of the new year General Patch ordered the 2nd and 8th Marines to drive westward and clear the Japanese Resistance from the hills overlooking the coast near Point Cruz. On January 13th, Marines assaulted the Japanese positions … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Coldstream Hill Scenario#: 4625     Date: 7/30/1944     Location: Saint-Martin-des-Besaces, France Taking advantage of the departure of two Panzer Divisions hastily sent west to counter the 1st US Army's Operation Cobra, Montgomery sends the 2nd British Army to the assault of the Virois bocage in Operation Bluecoat. Their first objectives are … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Counter-offensive on Okinawa Scenario#: 1521     Date: 5/4/1945     Location: Tanabaru, Okinawa The Japanese began their counter-offensive on the night of May 3rd, 1945. The 24th Division, supported by the Japanese 27th Tank Regiment, decided to push forward in six separate thrusts. Their main objective was to break through the US Army … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Cut of the Cotentin Scenario#: 6836     Date: 6/14/1944     Location: Cotentin, France Unable to advance toward Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, the 90th US Infantry Division was soon replaced by two other divisions: the 82nd US Airborne Division and the 9th US Infantry Division. From June 14 on, the American advance westward found itself… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Drop In The Night: 82nd Scenario#: 6687     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Sainte-Mère-Eglise, France During the night June 5-6 1944, paratroopers of the three parachute regiments of the 82nd "All American" US Airborne Division were dropped over the Cotentin peninsula. Their objective: to secure their drop zone, capture Sainte-Mère-Eglise and the… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Drop in the Night: The 101st Scenario#: 6696     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Turqueville, France During the night June 5-6 1944, the 101st US Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles" was one of two divisions dropped on the Cotentin peninsula. Its objectives were to secure the beach exits, capture the lock at la Barquette, destroy the bridges … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Engebi Landings Scenario#: 3591     Date: 2/18/1944     Location: Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands Eniwetok Atoll lies 330 miles northwest of Kwajalein and is the most western island in the Marshalls. The Japanese occupied the 3 principal islands there: Engebi, Parry and Eniwetok. The quick capture of Kwajalein allowed the US command to advance … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Gemencheh Bridge Scenario#: 6049     Date: 1/14/1942     Location: Gemas, Malaysia The 8th Australian Division's commander, Major-General Gordon Bennett, was given command of all forces in the west of Malaya (Westforce). Bennett brought 8th Australian Division with him to relieve the broken 11th Indian Division, and believed that… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Gurun Scenario#: 6068     Date: 12/14/1941     Location: Gurun, Malaysia The severely depleted and desperately tired men of the 11th Indian Division of III Indian Corps under Major-General David Murray-Lyon were retreating in disorder from Jitra. They stopped in the gap between the heavily forested Kedah Peak and the… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Hel Scenario#: 6998     Date: 9/9/1939     Location: Hel Peninsula, Poland The Hel Peninsula, including a Polish military port, was one of the longest-defended pockets of Resistance in Operation Fall Weiss. Approximately 3000 Polish defenders held out for almost a month against German ground, air, and naval forces. During… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Iwo Jima Landings Scenario#: 1484     Date: 2/19/1945     Location: Iwo Jima, Pacific Its role as an early warning station radioing reports of incoming U.S. bombers back to mainland Japan, and its three airfields, made Iwo Jima a crucial component of the Japanese inner defense perimeter. Following their losses in the Marianas, they … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Kampar Scenario#: 6046     Date: 12/30/1941     Location: Kampar, Malaysia The battered and desperately understrength remnants of the 11th Indian Infantry Division withdrew from Gurun to take up positions in the Kampar area under their new commander, General Archibald Paris. They dug-in between the jungle around the Sungai… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Kepa Oksywska Scenario#: 6999     Date: 9/10/1939     Location: Gdynia, Poland The Polish army occupied the Oksywie Heights outside the city of Gdynia in northern Poland and when the German forces managed to cut off the nearby Hel Peninsula, the region was besieged. The Polish commanders wanted to avoid destroying … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Kota Bharu Scenario#: 6042     Date: 12/8/1941     Location: Kota Bharu, Malaysia The Battle of Malaya began on the morning of December 8th with an amphibious assault on the strategically important RAF base at Kota Bharu. The air field was protected by the multiple arms of the Kelantan River, and defended by … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Kwajalein Scenario#: 3590     Date: 2/2/1944     Location: Kwajalein island, Marshall Islands The landing beaches were on the southwestern end of Kwajalein island. All Japanese strong points had been shelled and obliterated before landing, so by the end of day, on February 1, the Marines were well inland. On February 2nd and … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Landings at Peleliu Scenario#: 1512     Date: 9/15/1944     Location: Peleliu, Palau By the summer of 1944, victories in the Southwest and Central Pacific put American bombers within striking distance of the Japanese mainland. General MacArthur turned his attention to recapturing the Philippines. But first he had to capture the Palau… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Luga Bridges 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. … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Medeera Pocket Scenario#: 1520     Date: 6/20/1945     Location: Medeera, Okinawa By the 3rd month of the battle on Okinawa, the remnants of the Japanese army had withdrawn to the south end of the island. Although the front had narrowed for the assaulting Marine Divisions, there were still irreducible pockets of … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Namur Landings Scenario#: 3588     Date: 2/1/1944     Location: Roi-Namur, Marshall Islands The assault craft and control officers were still trying to sort things out for the landing on Namur when the signal was given to attack. Col. Hart, seeing the Roi assault was already under way, realized that his entire operation … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Operation Frankforce Scenario#: 1665     Date: 6/1/1940     Location: Arras, France As the Germans advanced rapidly towards the French coast in May 1940, the area around the town of Arras was reinforced with British Expeditionary Force (BEF) troops. By 20 May 1940, Arras itself was surrounded but still holding out. Viscount … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Orote Peninsula Scenario#: 1486     Date: 7/27/1944     Location: Orote Peninsula, Guam Ringed by reefs and steep cliffs, battered by heavy surf, Guam presents a formidable challenge for any attacker. On July 21 the Americans landed on both sides of the Orote peninsula on the western side of Guam, intending to cut … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Roi Landings Scenario#: 3585     Date: 2/1/1944     Location: Roi-Namur, Marshall Islands The assault on Roi-Namur started with the USS Tennessee shelling the blockhouse on eastern side of the islands, near the sand spit connecting Roi to Namur. Tanks of the 1st Armored Amphibian Tractor Battalion landed first on Roi near Wendy … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Roi Namur Landings Scenario#: 3589     Date: 2/1/1944     Location: Roi-Namur, Marshall Islands Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands - Eager to set up forward air bases capable of supporting operations across the mid-Pacific and into Japan, the U.S. desperately needed to take the Marianas Islands. But this archipelago of volcanic mountains was so… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Singapore Scenario#: 6089     Date: 2/9/1942     Location: Singapore, Singapore With his troops' morale crumbling, and believing he faced 5 Japanese divisions and 300 tanks, Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival made the decision to withdraw to Singapore. General Bennett paid a final visit to his friend the Sultan of Johore and… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Slim River Scenario#: 6051     Date: 1/7/1941     Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Successive outflanking maneuvers down the west coast of Malaya by the Japanese, forced General Percival to create a new defense line to the south in Johore state. Percival urged Lieutenant-General Lewis "Piggy" Heath, commander of III Indian Corps,… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Take Falaise Scenario#: 6894     Date: 8/14/1944     Location: Falaise, France After Operation Totalize, Montgomery insisted on the necessity to take Falaise so the 1st Canadian Army quickly launched a new offensive: Operation Tractable. After a massive air bombing campaign, the 2nd Canadian Army Corps and 1st Polish Armored… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Tenaru Scenario#: 3464     Date: 8/20/1942     Location: Alligator Creek, Guadalcanal During the night of August 20-21, Marine scouts on the east bank of Alligator Creek detected the movement of a large body of Japanese troops. Col. Kiyonao Ichiki ordered his infantry troops forward, using "human wave tactics" but the 2nd … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
The Avranches Breakthrough Scenario#: 6911     Date: 7/28/1944     Location: Roncey, France On the morning of July 28 1944, following the initial breakthrough made by the 1St US Army, German troops of 84.Armee Korps found themselves virtually surrounded in the Roncey pocket. The following night, elite German units of Waffen-SS and… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
The Charging Bull Scenario#: 6769     Date: 7/18/1944     Location: Bourguébus, France After the capture of Caen on July 10, Montgomery aimed to deliver a major blow to his enemies with the help of the 2nd British Army. This Operation, code-named Goodwood, would launch three armored divisions of VIIIth Army Corps east … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
The Coup de Main Scenario#: 6702     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Merville, France During the night June 5-6 1944, units of the 6th (British) Airborne Division were dropped east of Caen, between the Orne and Dives rivers. Their objective was: to capture the bridges on the Orne river and the canal (later made … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
The Hedgerow Breach Scenario#: 6726     Date: 7/25/1944     Location: Canisy, France After the capture of Saint-Lô, 1st US Army, under the command of General Bradley, found itself in position to launch a major offensive to breakthrough the German lines; they had suffered so much attrition they had reached their breaking point. … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
The Rescue of Mussolini Scenario#: 4211     Date: 9/12/1943     Location: Campo Imperatore, Italy After Italy surrendered to the Allies, Mussolini was arrested and held by the Italians in the hotel Campo Imperatore on the Gran Sasso mountain. After intercepting a coded Italian radio message and reconnoitering the mountain by plane, Otto Skorzeny… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
The Scottish Corridor Scenario#: 6822     Date: 6/26/1944     Location: Tourmauville, France After the set back of Operation Perch at Villers-Bocage, Montgomery launched a new offensive with VIIIth British Corps in order to outflank Caen on the right. On June 26, Operation Epsom began with an infantry attack; the 15th Scottish Division … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Tigers versus Kangaroos Scenario#: 6882     Date: 8/7/1944     Location: Cintheaux, France While the German Panzer divisions were fighting the Americans around Mortain (Unternehmen Luttich), the 1st Canadian Army attempted to break through the open ground around Caen, advancing toward Falaise. In the night of August, 7th, they attacked… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Tomaszów Lubelski Scenario#: 7002     Date: 9/17/1939     Location: Tomaszow Lubelski, Poland Near the town of Tomaszow Lubelski, in the far south east of Poland, the Polish Army twice tried to break through the German encirclement and move further south to the Romanian Bridgehead area. The first attempt, by Army Lublin, … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Tuchola Forest Scenario#: 7003     Date: 9/1/1939     Location: Chojnice, Poland The German 2nd Army and 19th Panzer Corps pushed into Poland as part of Unternehmen Fall Weiss. What seemed like good defensive terrain to the Poles had actually been part of the German Army's training area during World War … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Umurbrogol Pocket Scenario#: 1508     Date: 11/25/1944     Location: Peleliu, Palau After their losses in the Solomons, Gilberts, Marshalls and Marianas, the Imperial Army developed a new island defense strategy; abandoning their early beach-based perimeter defense tactics, their new strategy aimed only to disrupt the landings,… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2