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Moyland Wood Scenario#: 3709     Date: 2/20/1945     Location: Moyland Wood, Germany On the afternoon of the 16th the Royal Winnipeg Rifles supported by the 3rd Armor Battalion Scots Guards was ordered to take the hilly ground around Louisendorf. On its left the Regina Rifle Regiment with tank support was to clear … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Knightsbridge Scenario#: 3711     Date: 6/12/1942     Location: Knightsbridge, Libya The Battle of Gazala was a series of clashes between Rommel and the British in the late spring of 1942 near the Libyan coast. The brilliant, but risky maneuvers by the "Desert Fox" in late May and early June were … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Nijmegen Bridges Scenario#: 3712     Date: 9/20/1944     Location: Nijmegen, Holland It was hoped that the 82nd Airborne Paratroopers would be able to take the strongly held Nijmegen bridges during the early phases of Operation Market Garden, but other priorities, and drops that put most of the Paratroopers miles from their … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Schwammenauel Dam Scenario#: 3713     Date: 2/9/1945     Location: Schwammenauel Dam, Germany Before Operation 'Veritable' and 'Grenade' could begin, there was a matter of the Roer dams to consider. These dams were located in an area of steep gorges, small mountains and narrow roads. Earlier attempts to capture the dams had failed … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Across the River Roer Scenario#: 3714     Date: 2/24/1945     Location: Linnich, Germany The 9th Army was lined up along the River Roer on the 23rd of February at the start of Operation Grenade. The river had receded enough to make a crossing possible and the Operation opened with a tremendous artillery bombardment. … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Gates of Moscow Scenario#: 3716     Date: 10/18/1941     Location: Moscow, Russia In October, the German High Command launched the final offensive of 1941 - Unternehmen Taifun (Operation Typhoon). The initial German success on the Eastern Front had put them deep into the Soviet Union on all fronts, but the advance slowed … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Breakout at Klin Scenario#: 3717     Date: 12/8/1941     Location: Nekrasino, Russia When the German offensive against Moscow came to a halt on December 6, 1941, the 1st Panzer Division was ordered to Klin with the mission of keeping the town open for the withdrawal of other German formations. It succeeded in … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Red Barricades Scenario#: 3718     Date: 10/22/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia By mid October the fighting amidst the rubble of the Red Barricades factory complex in the northern section of Stalingrad had drawn in more and more of the German 6th Army's forces. On the 22nd the 79th Infantry division, supported … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Ponyri Scenario#: 3719     Date: 7/9/1943     Location: Ponyri, Russia The village of Ponyri was the focal point of General Walther Model's planned breakthrough in the area north of Kursk. Three German infantry division were ordered to assault the village, while elements of two Panzer divisions supported the attack.… Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Breakout to Lisyanka Scenario#: 3720     Date: 2/17/1944     Location: Komarovka, Russia In January 1944 a large pocket of 6 German divisions with over 56,000 troops had been cut-off by the Soviet Army's 1st and 2nd Ukrainian Front troops. For days the Russians continued the attack in an attempt to split up … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Bug River Scenario#: 3721     Date: 6/22/1941     Location: Bohukaly, Poland On June 22, 1941, the 18th Panzer Division made an unusual assault across the Bug River. The first wave of infantry in "Sturmboot" assault craft was followed by anti-tank and artillery on decked inflatable rafts. Even more remarkable, were the … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Beda Fomm Scenario#: 3722     Date: 2/7/1941     Location: Beda Fomm, Libya On February 4th, Major-General O'Connor, with armored cars leading the way followed by 4th Armored Brigade, moved out to trap the Italians. The going was tough and a fast-wheeled vanguard was dispatched under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Combe… Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Battle for Rostov Scenario#: 3723     Date: 11/26/1941     Location: Rostov, Russia The Battle for Rostov was a seesaw battle. Army Group South, with Ewald von Kleist's 1st Panzer Army in the vanguard, had taken the city by November 21st. But the German lines were over-extended and no longer in position to … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Valkenswaard Scenario#: 3724     Date: 9/17/1944     Location: Valkenswaard, Holland At 2:35 September 17, Lieutenant Keith Heathcote, commander of the leading tank troop, ordered his tanks forward. The objective, just a short three hours drive down the southernmost stretch of road soon to become know as Hell's Highway, was… Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Wake Island Scenario#: 3725     Date: 12/23/1941     Location: Wake Island, Pacific A coral atoll lost in the vast expanse of the North Pacific, Wake Island was home to "PAAville", a small stopover on Pan American Airways' U.S.-China route during the 1930s. In the military build-up to the war, the US Navy … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Matanikau River Scenario#: 3726     Date: 10/23/1942     Location: Matanikau River, Guadalcanal A four-pronged Japanese plan to attack and recapture Henderson Field on Guadalcanal was scheduled for October 22nd, 1942. The main force, 7,000 men under the command of General Maruyama, planned to approach the airfield from the South, but found… Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Slopes of Mount Austen Scenario#: 3727     Date: 1/22/1943     Location: Mount Austen, Guadalcanal At the close of the year, Major General Millard Harmon, commanding U.S. Army Forces in the South Pacific concluded that Mount Austen, the high ground that dominated American positions around Henderson Field, had to be taken in order to secure … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Guam Landings Scenario#: 3728     Date: 7/21/1944     Location: Asan, Guam On July 21st, the first wave to hit the northern landing beaches off the island of Guam in the Marianas, were amphibious tank units. Most of the Japanese infantry had pulled back from their beach defenses during the heavy naval … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Japanese Counter-attack Scenario#: 3729     Date: 7/25/1944     Location: Asan, Guam Lieutenant General Takeshi's counter-attack plan called for a night attack on July 25/26. The goal was to split the 3rd Marines Division and target ammunition and supply dumps. The front-line of the 3rd Marines was stretched thin in the area … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Sugar Loaf and Half Moon Scenario#: 3730     Date: 5/19/1945     Location: Half Moon, Okinawa The Japanese units defending the western flank of the Shuri line were in a strong defensive position. Entrenched in tunnels with interlocking fields of fire between Sugar Loaf, Half Moon and the surrounding hills, they were able to hold off … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
The Meat Grinder Scenario#: 3731     Date: 3/6/1945     Location: Iwo Jima, Pacific On February 26, 1945 the Marines of the 4th Division found themselves facing a formidable complex of defensive positions on Iwo Jima. Hill 382, The Amphitheater, Turkey Knob and the village of Minami, were to become collectively known as the … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Russian Breakout Scenario#: 3732     Date: 7/31/1941     Location: Monastyryshche, Russia By late July the Russian 6th and 12th Armies are in full retreat, trying desperately to avoid encirclement by the German Seventeenth Army. General Tyulenev, the southern front commander, orders Musychenenko (6th Army) and Ponedelin (12th Army) to… Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Lipovec Scenario#: 3733     Date: 7/22/1941     Location: Lipovec, Ukraine Operating in central Ukraine as part of the 17th German Army, a Slovakian motorized brigade, named after its commander, Brigadier General Rudolf Pilfousek, was ordered on July 22nd to capture the town of Lipovec. Made up of mechanized armor, infantry… Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Sea of Azov Scenario#: 3734     Date: 10/7/1941     Location: Melitopol, Russia On September 26, 1941, Soviet units from the 9th and 18th Army attack the northern flank of the German 11th Army. The 1st Mountain Division and the "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" Motorized Division are rushed into position to bolster the … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Mabatang Scenario#: 3735     Date: 1/11/1942     Location: Mabatang, Phillipines The first major battle of the "Fighting Retreat" occurred south of Calaguiman River. Supported by artillery, the 57th Infantry, set up a line of defense extending from Manila Bay through Mabatang across open ground. The Japanese 65th Brigade and 9th… Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Tenaru Scenario#: 3736     Date: 8/21/1942     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 — Air Pack
Bloody Ridge Scenario#: 3737     Date: 9/14/1942     Location: Henderson Field, Guadalcanal Bloody Ridge consisted of a series of grassy ridges south of Henderson Field where Colonel "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 — Air Pack
Clearing Matanikau River Scenario#: 3738     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 — Air Pack
Kasserine Pass Scenario#: 3739     Date: 2/22/1943     Location: Kasserine Pass, Tunisia After the Anglo-American landings in North Africa on November 8, 1942, the Americans remained optimistic about their ability to fight an opponent like Rommel and the Afrika Korps. Although in headlong retreat after the Battle of El Alamein, Rommel… Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Po Valley Scenario#: 3740     Date: 4/18/1945     Location: Mount Montello, Italy In the last months of the war, between February and April 1945, the Wehrmacht built a fortified defensive system, along the Gothic Line's last limit ("The Green Line II"), near Montese. It was organized around Mount Montello (919 meters over … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Battle of the Bridgehead Scenario#: 3741     Date: 6/9/1944     Location: Carpiquet, France On D-Day +1 the Canadians still sought to achieve their D-Day objectives and push through to the airfields at Carpiquet. Elements of the 9th Brigade, consisting of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders and armour provided by the Sherbrooke Fusiliers,… Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Defense of Le Cateau 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… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
The Tatsinskaya Raid Scenario#: 4000     Date: 12/24/1942     Location: Tatsinskaya, Russia Paulus' 6th Army has been stuck in the Stalingrad pocket since November 27. Soviet Operation ?Little Saturn?, launched December 16, smashes through the front lines of Italian 8th Army, letting several Soviet armored divisions roll through. At the… Memoir '44 — Breakthrough
Brody 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 … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Raseiniai 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… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Velikaya Bridgehead 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… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
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
Ingermanland 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 … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Wittmanns Final Battle 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 … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Opportunity at Falaise 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 … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Drive on Caen 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 … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Pushing through Caen 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 … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Night Withdrawal 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 … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Closing the Gap 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… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Ivanovskoye Bridgehead 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 … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Kiev 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 … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Baltic Islands 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… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Staraya Russa 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 … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Tikhvin 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 … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Pripet Marsh 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… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1