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Scenario#: 6794     Date: 12/30/1944     Location: Lutremange, Belgium

Constant pressure from Hitler to capture Bastogne led Generalleutnant Karl Decker, a prudent but determined and highly experienced officer, to launch a pincer operation in an attempt to isolate the town. While XXXIX Panzerkorps attacked from the…

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Scenario#: 6792     Date: 12/19/1944     Location: Stoumont, Belgium

Ordered to throw a defensive line together and block Kampfgrupper Peiper for 24 hours, Colonel Roy Fitzgerald was the first to reach Stoumont. As he deployed his forces around the village, he was surprised to find Battery C from the …

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Scenario#: 6777     Date: 12/23/1944     Location: Salmchâteau, Belgium

On December 23, Kampfgruppe 'Krag" was already in control of the village of Salmchâteau when Task Force 'Jones' approached along the steep-sided Salm valley. The column of American tanks and infantry were spread out along the road when Krag unleashed…

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Scenario#: 6776     Date: 12/23/1944     Location: Marvie, Belgium

On December 23, the Germans started to shell Marvie, a suburb of Bastogne. At about the same time, German tanks and infantry slowly began to progress toward Hill 500. A few US soldiers were able to withdraw, but most stayed …

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Scenario#: 6766     Date: 12/19/1944     Location: Wardin, Belgium

The morning of December 19 opened under a thick fog. The stragglers that had been poring back through the Allied lines had stopped coming, which could only mean the enemy was approaching. In the village of Wardin, Team S-2 and …

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Scenario#: 6763     Date: 12/16/1944     Location: Clervaux, Belgium

Planned with the utmost secrecy, German "Operation Watch on the Rhine", launched in the wee hours of December 16, 1944. Hitler's objective: To conduct a blitzkrieg on what the US First Army considered a "quiet" front and push through the …

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Scenario#: 6760     Date: 12/16/1944     Location: Schnee Eifel, Germany

Further up in the center, this same morning of December 16, 1944, Fifth Panzer Army attacked the positions held by the U.S. 28th and 106th Infantry Divisions. Thinly spread and outmatched, numerically as well as materially, the 422nd and 423rd …

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Scenario#: 6088     Date: 7/21/1944     Location: Massif of Grand Veymont, France

As July 1944 drew to its end, the troops of German 157.Reserve-Division had the Vercors Plateau virtually surrounded. The only ground still out of their reach were the mountain passes (or "Pas") protecting the access to the East of the …

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Scenario#: 5973     Date: 7/22/1944     Location: Valchevrière, France

On July 22, 1944, the Germans launched a new assault on Valchevrière, a village under the protection of Captain Goderville and his group of French Resistance fighters. The maquisards' mission was to deny the Germans access to the west and …

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Scenario#: 5933     Date: 7/21/1944     Location: Vassieux-en-Vercors, France

On July 20, 1944, following several weeks of troops build-up, the Germans launched their attack on the newly proclaimed "Free Republic of Vercors". The next morning, the German 157.Reserve-Division, bolstered with Ukrainian troops from Eastern…

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Scenario#: 5754     Date: 6/13/1944     Location: Saint Nizier, France

With its cliffs, steep slopes and limited access points, the Vercors plateau is a natural and easily defended fortress. Familiar with the terrain, the heads of the French Resistance immediately saw its value as a defensive bastion deep within…

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Scenario#: 5683     Date: 1/29/1944     Location: Malleval-en-Vercors, France

The maquis of Malleval, a rural guerrilla band of the French Resistance, was composed of 50 men under the command of Lieutenant Eysseric (code name "Durand"). The group's base of operations was the isolated village of Malleval-en-Vercors, on the…

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Scenario#: 16304     Date: 2/8/1945     Location: Nutterden, Germany

Operation Veritable was intended to eliminate all German forces west of the Rhine river and set the stage for Allied forces to eventually cross that great barrier. However, General Schlemm, the German commander of the First Parachute Army defending…

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Scenario#: 16303     Date: 1/16/1945     Location: Rittershoffen, Germany

Unternehmen Nordwind (Northwind), the drive to Strasbourg, was the last major German offensive on the Western Front. Launched on January 1, 1945, it was initially successful as the Axis forces broke through the thinly stretched U.S. 7th Army line and…

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Scenario#: 16300     Date: 4/6/1945     Location: Hitdorf, Germany

On 6 April 1945, the first wave of the 82nd Airborne Division crossed the Rhine in boats and immediately made contact with the enemy. Under heavy fire and faced with a minefield, the troopers fought toward their assigned objectives and …

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Scenario#: 16295     Date: 4/16/1945     Location: Seelow Heights, Germany

On 16 April, the battle of Berlin started with a massive Soviet artillery barrage against General Theodor Busse’s 9th German Army, which numbered around 200,000 men and equipment. Zhukov’s Red Army, on the other hand, was a juggernaut of over …

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Scenario#: 7620     Date: 5/25/1941     Location: Galatos, Crete

By May 24th the Germans had formed a cohesive front; they began advancing east toward Chania. On the 25th, they ran into the bulk of the Allied forces and launched a general attack. Surprised to discover the Germans had artillery, …

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Scenario#: 7619     Date: 5/23/1941     Location: Modi, Crete

By late morning on May 23rd, the Fallschirmjägers of Oberst Ramcke had set up a defensive position on the Platanias River bridge near the coast. Inland, Oberst Utz moved to take the village of Modi. Defended by New Zealanders, the …

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Scenario#: 7618     Date: 5/20/1941     Location: Galatos, Crete

The first wave of gliders from Gruppe Mitte's (Center Group) 3rd Fallschirmjäger Regiment had a number of bold objectives: Hauptmann Altmann's men were tasked with silencing a dangerous anti-aircraft battery in the Akrotiri peninsula, while the men…

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Scenario#: 7617     Date: 5/20/1941     Location: Rethymno, Crete

A second German wave arrived in the afternoon. At 16:15, 2nd Fallschirmjäger Regiment airdropped over Rethymno airfield; but like others in Crete, they all landed scattered along the coast. Elements of the 3rd Battalion quickly managed to regroup and…

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Scenario#: 7616     Date: 5/20/1941     Location: Heraklion, Crete

News of the German Paratrooper landings reached Brigadier Chappell's headquarters at about the same time the first Fallschirmjägers were landing in Heraklion. Under orders from Chappell, the 2nd Leicester attacked out of the town and into Buttercup…

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Scenario#: 7615     Date: 5/20/1941     Location: Maleme, Crete

At 08:00 on May 20, 1941, German Fallschirmjägers jumped over Crete in the first major airborne invasion of the War, landing near Maleme airfield with the goal of securing the runways to facilitate a larger glider-borne invasion. But three New …

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Scenario#: 1422     Date: 2/4/1945     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 …

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Scenario#: 1346     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 …

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Scenario#: 1340     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. …

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Scenario#: 1302     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 Paras miles from their …

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Scenario#: 13177     Date: 11/09/1942     Location: Oran, Algeria

On the morning of November 8th,1942, Allied troops landed in French North Africa, with the hope that the French wouldn’t fight. But in the Oran area, French troops fought against the US Center Task Force of General Fredendall...

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Scenario#: 22561     Date: 10/24/1942     Location: Deir el Munassib, Egypt

In the evening of October 23rd,1942, General Montgomery launched Operation Lightfoot in the north of El Alamein. To the south, a diversion operation planned to engage the Axis mobile units deployed in this sector (21.Panzer Division and Division…

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Scenario#: 24282     Date: 08/23/1942     Location: Vinovka, Russia

On the 23rd of August 1942, the 16.Panzer-Division, head of the XIV.Panzer-Korps, crossed the Don River and advanced toward the Volga River until they reached Rynok, north of Stalingrad, that evening. General Hube, commander of the division, received…

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Scenario#: 12721     Date: 09/14/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia

When German troops arrived in front of Stalingrad in early September 1942, they noticed that the long, straight city hugging the Volga River did not allow them to use their usual tactic, the pincer movement. They would have to make a frontal…

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Scenario#: 24171     Date: July 4-13, 1942     Location: Voronezh, Russia

At the beginning of Operation Fall Blau, the 4th Panzer Army of General Hoth advanced towards Voronezh to cross the Don River and then turn South to encircle Soviet troops west of the river. The capture of the city was …

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Scenario#: 8303     Date: June 10. 1942     Location: Bir Hakeim, Libya

On the 10th of June 1942, knowing that holding Bir Hakeim was no longer essential for the continuation of the battle, French general Koenig decided to break through the encirclement and escape to the British lines with all the 1st …

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Scenario#: 24416     Date: May 8-10, 1942     Location: Sevastopol, Crimea

As part of the drive to relieve the besieged city of Tobruk, the 6th New Zealand Brigade and 8th Royal Tank Regiment assaulted a German position simply known as Point 175. Overconfident by recent success against Italian forces, they were …

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Scenario#: 23823     Date: April 7, 1942     Location: Mount Samat, Philippines

On the Bataan Peninsula, the Japanese launched what would be the final offensive in April 1942. The 4th Japanee division captured Mount Samat and formed a salient in the Philippines lines. On April 7th, US General King ordered the 45th …

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Scenario#: 16624     Date: March 24, 1942     Location: Volkhov, Russia

After the Soviet 2nd Shock Army failed to break the siege of Leningrad during the Volkhov battle, German forces encircled them on March 19th, 1942. In a desperate bid to escape, the Soviet troops turned to attack the Axis units …

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Scenario#: 23692     Date: February 19-20 1942     Location: Timor Island

During the nights of 19th and 20th of February 1942, units of the 228th Japanese regiment landed at Dili, on Timor island. Allied troops (Sparrow Force), were composed of both Australian units entrenched at Dili airfield and scattered on the …

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Scenario#: 4836     Date: January 8, 1942     Location: Vyazma, Russia

In January 1942, the German offensive on the doorstep of Moscow failed. With the help of “General Winter”, Russian forces counter-attacked en masse. German troops lost ground and took refuge in villages and towns. In the wooded area of Viazma, …

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Scenario#: 23318     Date: December 23, 1941     Location: Wake Island, Pacific

On December 11th, 1941, the Japanese attempted to capture Wake Island but failed and two of their destroyers were sunk. They launched another attack during the night of December 23rd when troops of Special Naval Landing Force landed in the …

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Scenario#: 23425     Date: August 15, 1941     Location: Sasselie, Ukraine

In August 1941, SS division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler advanced in Ukraine between the cities of Vojnessensk and Nikolaïev. The Reconnaissance Group, under command of Kurt Meyer alias “Panzermeyer”, reached Sasselie, an isolated village located in…

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Scenario#: 18261     Date: September 22, 1941     Location: Grigorevka, Ukraine

September 1941, the city of Odessa was on the front line, surrounded by the Romanian army and under heavy fire from the artillery batteries of the 15th Romanian division positioned near Grigorevka. In order to help the defenders of the …

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Scenario#: 23745     Date: October 29, 1941     Location: Tula, Russia

In October 1941, Axis forces launched Operation Typhoon, a large offensive against Moscow. In late October, a German vanguard was nearing the city of Tula, about 200 kilometers south of the Soviet Union capital. With limited armor support, due to …

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Scenario#: 23748     Date: November 23, 1941     Location: Tobruk, Libya

As part of the drive to relieve the besieged city of Tobruk, the 6th New Zealand Brigade and 8th Royal Tank Regiment assaulted a German position simply known as Point 175. Overconfident by recent success against Italian forces, they were …

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Scenario#: 20533     Date: 7/15/1941     Location: Karatin, Ukraine

After the Battle of Brody (June 23-30, 1941) in Western Ukraine, which was one of the biggest and most destructive armored conflicts during Operation Barbarossa, the Soviet army was withdrawing. In an attempt to slow the German advance and buy …

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Scenario#: 23071     Date: 3/24/1941     Location: Keren, Ethiopia

After intense fighting, the British Commonwealth forces finally captured Fort Dologorodoc. On March 24th, the battle of Keren entered its final stage with a massive artillery bombardment and armor support as British Engineers worked to secure the…

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Scenario#: 22884     Date: 2/5/1941     Location: Keren, Ethiopia

At the start of the East African Campaign, British troops liberated the Sudanese border from the Italians and pushed them back into Eritrea. In February the Allies launched their offensive against the key town of Keren but met determined Resistance …

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Scenario#: 22831     Date: 1/25/1941     Location: Kerhes, Albania

Italy has been bogged down in a war against Greece since October 1940. Although it's a war Mussolini himself started, it hasn't been the decisive campaign he was hoping for. It is now a matter of honor for the Italian …

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Scenario#: 20560     Date: 6/24/1941     Location: Lutsk, Poland

Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of Soviet Union by Germany, was launched on June 22nd, 1941. On June 24th, a German panzer division threatened Lutsk, a former Polish city that was part of the territories annexed by the USSR in 1939. …

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Scenario#: 17433     Date: 4-6-1941     Location: Fort Roupel, Greece

After another failed Italian offensive in Albania against Greece in March 1941 (Operation Primavera), The Greco-Italian War reached a stalemate. Germany had little choice but to come and assist its ally. On April 6th, German troops crossed the…

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Scenario#: 13627     Date: 12/12/1940     Location: Himara, Albania

Italy declared war on Greece October 28th, 1940 but by December, Mussolini’s troops had stalled. Then the unthinkable happened: in November, the Greek Army launched a counter-offensive and drove the Italians out of Greece and back into Albania. On…

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Scenario#: 9176     Date: 9/11/1940     Location: Gabon, French Equatorial Africa

During the three days called "Les Trois Glorieuses“ in France (26"', 27th and 28th of August 1940), the main part of the French Equatorial Africa (AFF) joined Free France. Only Gabon stayed on Vichy's side but because of its strategic …

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