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2 on 2, Round One Scenario#: 57     Date: 28 July 1944     Location: Saint-Denis-le-Gast, France In late July 1944, the German and Allied armies were still locked in close combat in the hedgerows and small towns of Normandy. On July 28 a German attack led by elements of the 2nd Panzer Division smashed into the … Tide of Iron — Designer Series
Anzio Scenario#: KS07     Date: 23 May 1944     Location: Anzio, Italy The U.S. 1st Armored Division started the process of the final breakout from the Anzio beachhead. Its assignment was to open the road leading to Rome and link up with the rest of the Allies advancing from the south. The … Tide of Iron — 1A Kickstarter
Armoured Maelstrom Scenario#: 37     Date: 12 July 1943     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia While the II SS Panzer Corps was still trying to push north at Prokhorovka, the regular army panzer grenadier division “Grossdeutschland" was to join in the final push and break the stalemate at Kursk. Instead, the elite “GD” had to … Tide of Iron — Fury of the Bear
Assault on Kidney Ridge Scenario#: 17     Date: 30 Oct 1942     Location: El Alamein, Egypt The second battle of El Alamein in October and November of 1942 was a slugfest that slowly ground down Panzer Army A frika ( which included the original Afiika Korps). But the price paid for victory by the attacking British … Tide of Iron — Days of the Fox
At the Breaking Point Scenario#: 4     Date: 27 July 1944     Location: Mortain, France On July 27th, 1944, the Allies overran the Panzer Lehr Division and began their breakout across France. As General Patton rapidly advances forward, Field Marshal von Kluge is ordered not to retreat but instead to use the 116th Panzer Division … Tide of Iron — Next Wave
Battle in the Bocage Scenario#: 27     Date: 13 June 1944     Location: Longueville, France After the American 29th Infantry Division secured a beachhead in Normal-tab), it moved inland where the same German 352nd Infantry Division that opposed it on the coast now awaited it in the infamous bocage, a series of small fields enclosed … Tide of Iron — Normandy
Battle of Arracourt Scenario#: X04     Date: 18 -29, September, 1944     Location: Arracourt, France After taking the town of Nancy, Combat Command A of the 4th Armored Division continued east toward the town of Arracourt. When they approached the roads to Arracourt, they came under fire from the 5th Panzer Division. The Shermans and … Tide of Iron — 1A Kickstarter
Bloody Lindern Scenario#: 49     Date: 29 Nov 1944     Location: Lindern, Germany This was the 84th Division’s baptism of fire, and they had to push forward against stiff German Resistance in terrible weather. Not only did the rains ground the Allied air force, they reduced the farm fields and dirt roads to … Tide of Iron — Designer Series
Bloody Omaha Scenario#: 26     Date: 6 June 1944     Location: Omaha Beach, France The D-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, was the largest sea invasion in history, but overwhelming numbers did not guarantee success. The 116th Regiment of the American 29th Infantry Division landed in the area designated “Omaha Beach” along … Tide of Iron — Normandy
Breaking the Line Scenario#: 11     Date: 5 November 1943     Location: Mignano, Italy German delaying actions across the whole of Italy stubbornly slowed the 5th and 8th Army advances during late October and early November of 1943. Rain drenched the soldiers of the U.S. 36th Infantry Division as they moved through the night … Tide of Iron — Next Wave
Breakout from Borisov Scenario#: KS06     Date: July 1941     Location: Borisov, Belarus The German 18th Panzer Division spearheaded the crossing of the river Berezina from the town of Borisov. As luck would have it, the Soviets brought forward from reserve the 1st Moscow Motorized Rifle Division to stop the Germans. Tide of Iron — 1A Kickstarter
Breakout Through St. Lo Scenario#: 28     Date: 18 July 1944     Location: Saint-Lo, France Six weeks after Dday, the 29th infantry Division was still fighting in the hedgerows of Normandy, apposed by the German 352nd Infantry Division. The vital crossroads town Saint Lo was a key objective to the breakout of Normandy. On … Tide of Iron — Normandy
Bridgehead Across the Drut Scenario#: KS02     Date: June 1944     Location: Drut River, Belarus After breaking through German lines at the beginning of Operation Bagration in June 1944, the Soviet spearheads often had to cross rivers by assault to create bridgeheads on the opposite bank. Tide of Iron — 1A Kickstarter
Bridges over Troubled Waters Scenario#: X06     Date: 6 June 1944     Location: Saint-Come-du-Mont, France The primary mission of the 101st Airborne Division on D-Day was to secure the exits from UTAH Beach. Its secondary mission was to establish a bridgehead over the Douve River in order to provide a springboard for a drive on … Tide of Iron — 1A Kickstarter
Capture the Oasis Scenario#: 19     Date: 1 March 1941     Location: Kufra, Libya In the vast stretches of North African desert, settlements are sparse and scattered. A British recon patrol has reached a remote oasis town shortly ahead of their German counterparts. The British have set up camp around the oasis as the … Tide of Iron — Days of the Fox
Chain of Command Scenario#: 10     Date: 27 June 1944     Location: Cherbourg, France Cherbourg fell three weeks after the invasion of Normandy, but the destruction of the port meant the Allies would have to find other ways to receive their much-needed supplies. Tide of Iron — Next Wave
Clash of Elites Scenario#: 2     Date: 13 June 1944     Location: Carentan, France Carentan, June 13, 1944 – The capture of Carentan is essential to consolidating the Utah and Omaha beachheads into a single defensible position. 6. Fallschrimjäger regiment had evacuated the city on the 12th after running out of ammunition. Now… Tide of Iron — Next Wave
Counterattack at Orel Scenario#: 35     Date: 12 July 1943     Location: Orel, Russia The Soviet victory in their defense of the Kursk salient was the first time a major German offensive was stopped with only minimal gains. But what made the 1943 summer campaign exceptional was the counterattack that the Soviets planned before … Tide of Iron — Fury of the Bear
CounterAttack at Radekhov Scenario#: KS05     Date: 26 June 1941     Location: Radekhov, Ukraine The Soviet Army assembled four mech armies to counterattack Army Group South’s Panzer advance in the Ukraine. The Soviet 8th Tank Division encountered the 16th Panzer Division near the city of Radekhov. Tide of Iron — 1A Kickstarter
Coutances Breakout Scenario#: X05     Date: 28 July, 1944     Location: Coutances, France, Operation Cobra: July 28, 1944: The 4th Armored Division was tasked to take Coutances, the first major town on the road to Avranches, the first step to cutting off the Germans in the Cotentin Peninsula. Despite being delayed for three … Tide of Iron — 1A Kickstarter
Creating the Korsun Pocket Scenario#: 32     Date: 25 Jan 1944     Location: Cherkassy, Russia After its victory at Kursk in July 1943, the Soviet Red Army relentlessly pushed the Germans back. Although Kiev and a large part of the Ukraine were liberated, six months of constant fighting saw no major breakthroughs. That would change … Tide of Iron — Fury of the Bear
Crisis at Kasserine Scenario#: 64     Date: 19 Feb 1943     Location: Kasserine, Tunisia On February 19, 1943, German reconnaissance and the elite assault infantry troops of Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps attacked Kasserine Pass, attempting to rush through the pass to the main Allied supply dump at Tebessa. To stay on schedule, the German … Tide of Iron — Designer Series
Crossroads Scenario#: 7     Date: 14 Sept 1944     Location: Brandscheid, Germany The American 4th Infantry Division’s 8th and 22nd Regiments, plus supporting armor and engineers, attempt to take the village of Brandscheid, Germany. Opposing them is the 2nd SS Panzer, which has few tanks but a good supply of infantry. Tide of Iron — Next Wave
D-Day Mederet Scenario#: X07     Date: 6 June 1944     Location: Chef Du Pont, France On June 6th, 1944 the American 82nd Airborne Division landed in Normandy. Horribly scattered due to high winds, heavy flak, and inexperienced pilots, elements of the division move to capture the all important road bridges across the flooded Merderet… Tide of Iron — 1A Kickstarter
Dash to Dunkirk Scenario#: KS01     Date: May 1940     Location: Dunkirk, France With the success of Von Mannstein’s Sickle-Cut plan, the Wehrmacht had broken through the densely forested and hilly region of the Ardennes, bypassing the main Allied forces placing them in danger of being cut off. This led to an all-out … Tide of Iron — 1A Kickstarter
Dash to the Wire Scenario#: 48     Date: 23 Nov 1941     Location: Sidi Rezegh, Libya Throughout the month of January, the British 8th Army had to choose between running or fighting to try to delay or stop the pursuing Germans. Rommel ’s advance and the British retreat became a series of local engagements between opposing … Tide of Iron — Designer Series
Fall of Tobruk Scenario#: 15     Date: June 1942     Location: Tobruk, Libya After failing to capture Tobruk in 1941, the German Afrika Korps tried again in 1942.In May and June the reinforced German forces, now named Panzer Army Afrika, broke through the British Gazala line defenses and captured this key Libyan port. … Tide of Iron — Days of the Fox
Fire and Brimstone Scenario#: 56     Date: 25 July 1944     Location: Saint-Lo, France Late July 1944. After Operation Cobra's successful bombing of the area outside of Saint Lo, most German survivors fled. Even so, intense fighting continued as the Americans attempted to crack the now thin German front so that their armoured divisions… Tide of Iron — Designer Series
First Contact Russia Scenario#: KS03     Date: 22 June 1941     Location: Stojanow, Poland The German 297th Infantry Division probing forward during the opening day of Operation Barbarossa unexpectedly ran into the Soviet 41st Infantry Division. The Soviet 41st Infantry Division was surprisingly alert on June 22, and the German 297th was… Tide of Iron — 1A Kickstarter
First Tiger Encounter in the Desert Scenario#: 20     Date: 1 Dec 1942     Location: Tebourba, Tunisia German Heavy Tank Battalion 501 was made up of the new Tiger tanks and Panzer III Ausf. N tanks. On December 1st, 1942, the lead elements of Heavy Tank Battalion 501 attacked elements of the US 1st Armored Division and … Tide of Iron — Days of the Fox
Gela Beachhead Scenario#: 59     Date: 11 July 1943     Location: Gela, Sicily Elements of the American 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division are holding a perimeter for the beachhead on Sicily near Gela created by parts of the U.S. Army’s 16th Regiment (1st Infantry Division) and 180th Regiment … Tide of Iron — Designer Series
Guards Counterattack Scenario#: X02     Date: October, 1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia The 37th Guards Rifle Division attacks the German 389th Infantry Division in an attempt to break the ring around the Dzerzhinsky Tractor factory. The Soviets hoped that applying the crack Guards unit against tired, German defenders would lead to a … Tide of Iron — 1A Kickstarter
Gully of Death Scenario#: 44     Date: 2 Oct 1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia After the fall of the tractor factory, the German forces quickly pressed forward to the Barrikady gun factory. Gurtievs 308th (Siberian) Rifle Division dug in to defend against the next German assault. One regiment was assigned to hold the flank, … Tide of Iron — Stalingrad
Hell Week Scenario#: 51     Date: 7 Aug 1944     Location: Mortain, France By the end of July 1944, the Americans had successfully broken out of Normandy and into the open countryside to the south and southeast. The town of Mortain was taken by American forces at the beginning of August. This small … Tide of Iron — Designer Series
Hellfire Pass Scenario#: 12     Date: 14 June 1941     Location: Halfaya Pass, Egypt As part of Operation Battleaxe, the British attempted to relieve the siege of Tobruk by advancing the 4th Royal Tank Regimental and 2nd Cameron Highlanders on what was thought to be an undefended Halfaya Pass. On June 14, 1941, after … Tide of Iron — Days of the Fox
Hide and Seek Scenario#: 23     Date: 6 June 1944     Location: Pointe du Hoc, France As part of Operation Overlord, the American Ranger battalions attempted to capture gun batteries at Pointe du Hoc after making a cliff assault under enemy fire. However, upon reaching their target, they discovered their information was wrong and were… Tide of Iron — Normandy
Iron Horseman Scenario#: 38     Date: 5 Sept 1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia The reconnaissance elements of the Soviet 10th Replacement Rifle Brigade, 4th Rifle Regiment, are moving through Sadovaya Station along the rail line to establish the location of the Germans, when they encounter lead reconnaissance elements of the… Tide of Iron — Stalingrad
Key to the City Scenario#: 40     Date: 13 Sept 1942     Location: Mamayev Kurgan, Russia The German ground onslaught continued with an assault on the burial mound Marnayev Kurgan. This strategic position would offer the Germans an unmatched view of the city and the Volga River if they could install artillery observation posts atop it. … Tide of Iron — Stalingrad
Liberation Scenario#: 5     Date: 17 July 1944     Location: Saint-Lo, France In the weeks following D-Day, the Allies continued to advance slowly from their ever-expanding beachhead, the only exception being the village of St.-Lô. Here the 29th Division has been bogged down for over a month, suffering more casualties outside… Tide of Iron — Next Wave
Meat Grinder Scenario#: 31     Date: Feb 1942     Location: Rzhev, Russia In the first quarter of 1942, Soviet forces executed a series of offensives near the Moscow area against the German Rzhev salient. While the Soviet objectives were not ultimately accomplished, these battles drew German attention away from reinforcing… Tide of Iron — Fury of the Bear
Mons Again Scenario#: 1     Date: 3 Sept 1944     Location: Mons, Belgium The Belgian fortress city of Mons was the site of one of the first battles of WWI. Now, almost exactly thirty years later, the II SS Panzerkorps and the American VII Corps are about to collide. Tide of Iron — Next Wave
New Mission Scenario#: 58     Date: 7 November 1944     Location: Vir-sur-Seille, France During the maiden combat mission of the 761st Tank Battalion, the Black Panthers, the American forces seek to secure a river crossing by occupying the town of Vic-sur-Seille. They must also clear the nearby mountains to stop the murderous … Tide of Iron — Designer Series
Night Drop Scenario#: 54     Date: 6 June 1944     Location: Sainte Mere-Eglise, France On June 6, 1944, D-Day began with pre-dawn night parachute drops by the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions behind Utah Beach. The 2nd and 3rd battalions of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) of the 82nd Airborne Division were given … Tide of Iron — Designer Series
Night Hunt Scenario#: 50     Date: 20 Nov 1944     Location: Lindern, Germany The attack against Lindern in late 1944 by the U.S. 84th Infantry Division (“the Railsplitters”) was part of the 9th Army’s attempt to break through the German fortified West Wall, the so-called Siegfried Line. The 84th moved forward on the … Tide of Iron — Designer Series
Normandy Farm Scenario#: 3     Date: June 1944     Location: Normandy, France A group of Americans approaches a farmhouse and its surrounding buildings. As dusk is fast approaching they are looking for shelter for the night. They are in for a nasty surprise. Apparently a group of German soldiers had the same … Tide of Iron — Next Wave
Operation Crusader Scenario#: 14     Date: Nov 1941     Location: Sidi Rezegh, Libya By November of 1941, the British had heavily reinforced the 8th Army and launched attacks with their new Crusader tanks. Confusing, see-saw armor battles raged between the 7th Armored Division ( “Desert Rats ”) and Rommel's Panzergruppe Afrika.… Tide of Iron — Days of the Fox
Operation Goodwood Scenario#: 25     Date: 18 July 1944     Location: Vimont, France A month after the D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944, the Allied armies were still trying to break out of the Normandy beachhead. Operation Goodwood was conceived to shatter German defenses with a massive air bombardment prior to the ground … Tide of Iron — Normandy
Order No. 227 Scenario#: 43     Date: 27 Sept 1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia The central district of Stalingrad was known for continuous house-to-house fighting. The most famous action was the defense of “Pavlov's House", a multi-story building overlooking a square with excellent visibility. Multiple machine guns at different… Tide of Iron — Stalingrad
Paradrop at Kanev Scenario#: 36     Date: 25 Sept 1943     Location: Kanev, Russia The Soviet offensive operations that began at Orel-Kursk in the summer of 1943 continued relentlessly through the end of that pivotal year. A bold use of Red Army paratroopers was planned as part of the attempt to form a bridgehead … Tide of Iron — Fury of the Bear
Pavlov’s House Scenario#: X03     Date: Sept 27 - Nov 25, 1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia Pavlov's House was the name of a fortified apartment building defended by Sergeant Yakov Pavlov during the Battle of Stalingrad. Even though it was only held by fewer than two dozen men at a time, it never fell to repeated … Tide of Iron — 1A Kickstarter