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Blitzkrieg Unleashed Scenario#: TBP02 Date: 2 Sep 1939 Location: Polish Frontier “Pawel, I have no idea what that sound is. Perhaps you should investigate.” Combat Commander — Tournament Battle Pack
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
Signals in the Snow Scenario#: TBP07 Date: Nov 1939 Location: Karelian 1sthmus, Finland Some of the bitterest fighting in the Winter War was along the Mannerheim Line on the Karelian lsthmus. Finnish units stubbornly defended their isolate bunkers and fixed positions as Soviet units probed the line looking for any weakness to exploit. Combat Commander — Tournament Battle Pack
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
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
Battering Ram at Kvam Scenario#: 79 Date: 26-Apr-40 Location: Kvam, Norway In an effort to shore up the crumbling defenses in southern Norway the British reassigned the 15th lnfantry Division to lead the defense in the Gudbrandsdal Valley on 23 April. The 15th consisted of regular troops originally destined for the … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #5: The Fall of the West
Sturmgruppe Granit Scenario#: 74 Date: 10-May-40 Location: Fort Eben Emael, Maastrict Vicinity, Belgium Positioned directly in the path of Army Group B's invasion route for Fall Gelb, Fort Eben Emael was considered one of the strongest fortresses in the world. The fort's elimination was crucial to the success of the German operational plan. … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #5: The Fall of the West
Sturmgruppe Beton Scenario#: 75 Date: 10-May-40 Location: Vroenhoven, Belgium A dangerous salient in the Belgian frontier defenses was centered on the city of Maastricht Due to treaties and prewar politics the Belgian Army was unable to effectively garrison the approaches to Belgian territory over the Albert Canal. The capture… Combat Commander — Battle Pack #5: The Fall of the West
Bitter 1sthmus Scenario#: 80 Date: 14-May-40 Location: Montherme, France German forces pressed across the Meuse in the face of a French company led by the aggressive Lieutenant Barbaste (KIA), during the afternoon and evening of the 13th. The second line of defense across the narrow portion of the peninsula … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #5: The Fall of the West
The Bottleneck Scenario#: 81 Date: 14-May-40 Location: The Road to Chehery, South of Sedan, France Part of a self-sacrificial counterattack to stem the German advance past Sedan was launched by Allied air strike and the 7e BCC supported by the 55e lnfantry Division during the morning of the 14th. One prong of the attack was … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #5: The Fall of the West
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
A Most Gallant Dirty Little Imp 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 Commander — Battle Pack #5: The Fall of the West
The Crucible of Fire 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 Commander — Battle Pack #5: The Fall of the West
By These Deeds They Shall Be Known 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 Commander — Battle Pack #5: The Fall of the West
Seize the Canal 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 Commander — Battle Pack #5: The Fall of the West
The Striking Hammer 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 Commander — Battle Pack #5: The Fall of the West
Hidden Guns Lash Out 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 Commander — Battle Pack #5: The Fall of the West
Thrust in the Dust 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 Commander — Battle Pack #5: The Fall of the West
Codes in the Sunrise 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… Combat Commander — Tournament Battle Pack
Six Hills 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 … Combat Commander — CC: Mediterranean
Keep Calm and Carry On 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 Commander — Battle Pack #6: Sea Lion
Bloody Bognor 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 Commander — Battle Pack #6: Sea Lion
Beneath a Steel Sky 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 Commander — Battle Pack #6: Sea Lion
All Ahead, Full Stop 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 Commander — Battle Pack #6: Sea Lion
The Man Who Would Be King 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 Commander — Battle Pack #6: Sea Lion
The Battle of Trafalgar 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 Commander — Battle Pack #6: Sea Lion
Let England Shake 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 Commander — Battle Pack #6: Sea Lion
Foxtrot Uniform 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 Commander — Battle Pack #6: Sea Lion
The Tonbridge Two 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 Commander — Battle Pack #6: Sea Lion
Lined in Chalk 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 Commander — Battle Pack #6: Sea Lion
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
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
Operation Mercury 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.” Combat Commander — Tournament Battle Pack
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
Barbarossa Unleashed Scenario#: TBP10 Date: June 1941 Location: Minsk, Belorussia "'All is not quiet on the Eastern Front.” Combat Commander — Tournament Battle Pack
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
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
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
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
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
Rabaul Rousers 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 Commander — Battle Pack #4: New Guinea
Those are not Birds 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. Combat Commander — CC: Resistance
The Gloomy Forest 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 Commander — Battle Pack #4: New Guinea
No Man's Land 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 … Combat Commander — CC: Mediterranean
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
Ichiki Attacks Scenario#: C Date: 21-Aug-42 Location: Ilu River, Guadalcanal Japanese HO dispatched the lchiki Detachment from Truk to displace what was mistakenly thought of as a minor US presence on Guadalcanal. During what is known as the Battle of Tenaru River, by 0030, Colonel lchiki had maneuvered his force … Combat Commander — CC: Pacific
Spartakovka Salient Scenario#: 35 Date: 23-Aug-42 Location: Spartakovka, Russia The Germans were advancing headlong toward Stalingrad. Elements of the Soviet 62nd Army were in disarray from the speed at which the German 6th Army was advancing. The German VIII Fliegerkorps had laid waste to much of the suburbs and … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #2: Stalingrad
Rebuked at Rabi Scenario#: M3 Date: 3-Sep-42 Location: Milne Bay, New Guinea The Japanese attempt to seize the allied airfields in the vicinity of Rabi (Operation Re) encountered unexpected stiff Resistance from the defending Australians of Milne Force. After initial gains the 5th Kure Special Naval Landing Force was driven… Combat Commander — Battle Pack #4: New Guinea
Slopes of Hell Scenario#: L Date: 4-Sep-42 Location: Kokoda Trail, New Guinea The 2/16th Battalion (Australian 21st Brigade) had fallen back from Templeton's Crossing and finally reached the positions of the battered 2/14th Battalion, which in turn dropped back to the mountain village of Myola. Meanwhile, the Koiwai Battalion… Combat Commander — CC: Pacific