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Stavelot Express Scenario#: 8     Date: 17 Dec 1944     Location: Stavelot, Belgium On December 17th, Lt. Col. Jochen Peiper of the 1st SS Panzer Division broke through the American lines and started his race to the Meuse River. By 1600 hours his advance units reached the outskirts of Stavelot. The town was … Tide of Iron — Next Wave
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
Uphill Battle Scenario#: 6     Date: 11 Feb 1945     Location: Trier, Germany After sustaining horrible losses while crossing the Sauer River, the 76th Infantry Division adopts more cautious protocols in their attempts to push through the Siegfried Line. On the morning of February 11th, 1945, a 15-minute barrage from an entire… Tide of Iron — Next Wave
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
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
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
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
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
Germany's Last Gasp Scenario#: W15     Date: 1944-12-20     Location: Bastonge, Belgium Units of the 5th Fallschimrjaeger Division driving west on the Arlon-Bastogne road encountered scattered resistance as they established defensive positions to cover the advance of 5th Panzer Army during the Ardennes offensive. Units of the U.S.10th… Tank Leader — Western Front
Between a Rock and a Hard Place Scenario#: W14     Date: 1945-03-25     Location: Oppenheim, Germany Following the Rhine crossing at Oppenheim by the American Third Army, confused fighting developed between Dannstadt and the Main River as retreating and defending German units mixed with the American armored spearheads. Most opposition was quickly… Tank Leader — Western Front
Assault on Salines Scenario#: W12     Date: 1945-01-30     Location: Salines, Germany After the failed Ardennes Offensive. Understrength German ínfantry divisions were left holding much of the line. Crucial towns containing road and rail junctions were held at all costs to delay … Tank Leader — Western Front
Clearing Action in the Ruhr Scenario#: W10     Date: 1945-04-05     Location: Ruhr, Germany Following the Rhine crossings in the U.S. First Army and Third Army sectors, German resistance in the Ruhr completely disintegraled. American armored divisions sprinted through weak forces, establishíng a bridgehead as deep as 60 miles in only seven… Tank Leader — Western Front
Meat Grinder Scenario#: W08     Date: 1945-02-25     Location: Wadgassen, Germany The U.S. Third Army pressed attacks across the Saar river in the late winter of 1945. Heavily fortified German positions made these assaults costly. Despite control of the air and overwhelming artillery support, ínfantry still had to make the… Tank Leader — Western Front
Arracourt Scenario#: W07     Date: 1944-09-19     Location: Arracourt, France On 20th September 1944, Creighton Abrams led Task Force Abrams, comprising 3 companies of M4 Shermans of the First Tank Battalion and 2 companies of armored ínfantry of the 10th Armored Infantry Battalion, against Kampfgruppe Jughanrtis, comprising 2… Tank Leader — Western Front
Incoming! Scenario#: W06     Date: 1944-06-30     Location: Longueville, France In the bocage of Normandy, the Allied armies came to a virtual halt. In the American sector, every hedgerow had to be taken by suicidal ínfantry charges resembling those of 1914. Interestingly, the Germans also considered the bocage a curse. … Tank Leader — Western Front
Delaying Action on the Marne Scenario#: W05     Date: 1944-08-22     Location: Paris, France Following the breakthrough at St. Lo, German armies retreated headlong towards the West Wall. Ad hoc mobile groups formed the rearguard of the retreating formations keeping the Allies at bay until a new line could be established. Task Force North, … Tank Leader — Western Front
Foggy Bottom Scenario#: W04     Date: 1945-04-25     Location: Harz, Germany The U.S. 1st Army under Hodges encountered little resistance as it advanced on the Mulde river. Only in the Harz mountains was serious opposition encountered. Wenck's ínfamous 11th Army launched numerous small attacks against the encircling… Tank Leader — Western Front
St. Vith Scenario#: W03     Date: 1944-12-16     Location: Saint-Vith, Belgium Units of the 2nd SS Panzer Divsion crossed the Our river north of St. Vith on the morning of 16 December 1944. American units were completely suprised by the onslaught and scrambled to draw their equipment. The first tank units … Tank Leader — Western Front
Operation Lumberjack Scenario#: W02     Date: 1945-03-10     Location: Eifel, Germany The U.S. Third Army under George S. Patton launched operation LUMBERJACK as Phase II of the Allied advance to the Rhine. Third Army's objective was Coblenz. Patton advanced through the Moselle river valley, south of The Eiffel. Units of the … Tank Leader — Western Front
Kasserine Pass Scenario#: D15     Date: 1943-02-22     Location: Kasserine, Tunisia In early 1943, Rommel planned to outflank the Allied armies in Tunisia from the south in order to cut off their supplies in three major thrusts: 21 Panzer Division ranging through Sbiba Gap, 10 Panzer assaulting the eastern reaches of … Tank Leader — Desert Steel
Sidi Bou Zid Scenario#: D05     Date: 1943-02-14     Location: Sidi Bou Zid, Tunisia At 0630, 14 February 1943, St. Valentine's Day, the 10th Panzer Division rolled through the Faid Pass on its way towards Sidi Bou Zid. In its way lay Lessouda Force: a group of U.S. ínfantry, tanks, tank destroyers and armored … Tank Leader — Desert Steel
Night Assault Scenario#: W98     Date: 26-Mar-45     Location: Kirchhellen, Germany After dispersing an attack by the Wehrmacht 116th Panzer Division, the American infantrymen of 120th Regiment were able to advance to positions near Kirchhellen Airfield. The Gls watched helplessly as the airfield's powerful flak guns, mounted high… Squad Leader — Wargamers Pack 2
The Breaking Wave Scenario#: W97     Date: 19-Dec-44     Location: Dom Butengenbach, Belgium The German efforts to press their Wacht am Rhein offensive were falling behind schedule. After rapid deliberation German General Staff decided that the best way to speed the assault was to increase the maneuver area for the attacking elements. They … Squad Leader — Wargamers Pack 2
Scratch Force Scenario#: W96     Date: 7-Sep-44     Location: Briey, France The Germans had counter-attacked in the night. Lacking aerial reconnaissance the Wehrmacht troops had, by chance, driven straight into the U.S. 90th Division Command Post, cutting off the advanced units of the division. In the hours that followed Gls… Squad Leader — Wargamers Pack 2
The Attempt to Exploit Scenario#: W95     Date: 26-Jul-44     Location: Marigny, France Combat Command of the U.S. 3rd Armored Division, in support of the U.S. 1st Infantry Division, attempted an envelopment of the German forces in Marigny. Initially slowed by bomb craters and defended hedgerows the American armored forces tried to… Squad Leader — Wargamers Pack 2
Patton's End Run Scenario#: W92     Date: 11-Aug-43     Location: Brolo, Sicily Patton was determined to beat "Monty" to Messina. The American advance along the north coast was being held up by the German 71st Panzergrenadier Regiment. To eliminate this unit, and possibly initiate a breakthrough, Patton planned to trap the… Squad Leader — Wargamers Pack 2
A Day At The Races Scenario#: W100     Date: 19-Dec-44     Location: Dom Butengenbach, Belgium The final Nazi holdout was thought to be centered in the Alps of Southern Germany. Allied fears that the Nazis might fall back to some form of National Redoubt sen t U.S. columns speeding towards Austria. These armored fingers lost … Squad Leader — Wargamers Pack 2
Night Drop Scenario#: R223     Date: 6-Jun-44     Location: Cherbourg Peninsula, France Scattered in farms and villages along thirty miles of coast, the German 709th Infantry Division had been awaiting the invasion for a year. It had been formed eighteen months before around a core of German veterans from the Russian front … Squad Leader — Rogue Scenarios
The Whirlwind Scenario#: R217     Date: 18-Apr-45     Location: Aschaffenburg, Germany As the German defenses crumbled in front of the U.S. 3rd Army, the fighting became fluid . On the night of April 17th elements of a recce troop of the American 26th Division occupied a village on the outskirts of … Squad Leader — Rogue Scenarios
Auld Lang Syne Scenario#: R211     Date: 1-Jan-45     Location: Gerimont, France In the Ardennes sector the U.S. 87th division was given the assignment of taking Gerimont as the VIII Corps continued its advance to the east. The opening of the assault went well as the lead companies drove the Germans from … Squad Leader — Rogue Scenarios
Aachen's Pall Scenario#: P     Date: 25-Oct-44     Location: Aachen, Germany The American hand had closed about Aachen. The city fell slowly. Street by street, then house by house the Gls squeezed out the Germans. Finally the Wehrmacht headquarters in the Hotel Quillenhof was in sight. The massive hotel structure proved … Squad Leader — The General #21.2
Strayer's Strays Scenario#: O     Date: 6-Jun-44     Location: Saint-Germain-de-Varreville, France By dawn, Lt. Colonel R.L. Strayer had pieced together a unit composed of men of the 502nd, 506th and 508th Parachute Regiments. Front lines and flanks were meaningless. The officers and men didn't know one another. Radio contact with HQ … Squad Leader — The General #20.4
Hunters from the Sky Scenario#: I     Date: 24-Mar-45     Location: Rhine River, Germany "Operation Varsity," the airborne phase of the Allies' Northern Rhine crossing, was to be the last airborne assault of the war. Artillery units and fighter-bombers pounded the German gun positions in the vicinity of the drop zones lifting just prior… Squad Leader — The General #17.2
The Attempt to Relieve Peiper Scenario#: H     Date: 21-Dec-44     Location: the Ardennes, Belgium The key to the German Ardennes Offensive Jay with a quick breakthrough and deep penetration. In the north the success of a breakthrough rested heavily with Colonel Peiper's Kampfgruppe from the 1st SS Division. But the quick victories which had … Squad Leader — The General #17.2
Devil's Hill Scenario#: G     Date: 19-Sep-44     Location: Kleve-Nijmegen, Holland Although the airborne portion of the "Market-Garden" Operation centered around the seizing of vital bridges, heavy fighting occurred over control of the highway section leading to the bridges as well. While parts of the 82nd Airborne fought to gain… Squad Leader — The General #17.2
The Pouppeville Exit Scenario#: F     Date: 6-Jun-44     Location: Pouppeville, France With the invasion at Normandy underway, the first Allied troops to see fighting were the men of the airborne divisions. Most of the early encounters for the 101st Airborne Division occurred at the many German strong points and scattered villages … Squad Leader — The General #17.2
The Niscemi-Biscari Highway Scenario#: E     Date: 10-Jul-43     Location: Biscari, Sicily During the initial invasion of Sicily many American parachute units were given the task of blocking German unit movement toward the landing beaches. One such unit, the 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Regiment, landed two miles northwest of Biscari.… Squad Leader — The General #17.2
A Meeting Of Patrols Scenario#: A6     Date: 26-Dec-44     Location: Hofen, Belgium In early December, the U.S. 47th Infantry Regiment was moved back to " Camp Elsenbom" for refit and final training of a large replacement cadre. But training and reorganization were still incomplete when the storm struck; on the afternoon of … Squad Leader — ASL Annual 90
King's Castle Scenario#: A4     Date: 26-Nov-44     Location: Frenzenberg, Germany The Americans continued to forge deeper into Germany, the infantry often reduced to providing support for the armored hammering of the heartland of the enemy. On this day, the town of Frenzenberg was designated as the objective for the 47th … Squad Leader — ASL Annual 90
Sbeitla Probe Scenario#: A2     Date: 17-Feb-43     Location: Sbeitla, Tunisia During the night of February 16th, as battered elements of the 1st Armored Division fell back westward under the onslaught of Operation Fruehlingswind, they met with reinforcements and set up a temporary defensive line in the olive groves and wadis … Squad Leader — ASL Annual 89
The Roer Bridgehead Scenario#: 309     Date: 23-Feb-45     Location: Koerrenzig, Germany The Gls had been poised before the Roer for days. German engineers had skillfully blown the upriver dam floodgates so that the Roer had run fierce and wide. Now, with the river still in flood but navigable, the concentrated might … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory (Addon)
Han-Sur-Neid Scenario#: 308     Date: 11-Nov-44     Location: Han-sur-Neid, France It will never be known who ordered the charge. Perhaps it was Colonel Burnette, who was mortally wounded as his men neared the 100 foot bridge. Perhaps it was simply the sight of Lt. Edwards' tanks edging across the unblown … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory (Addon)
Point D'Appui Scenario#: 307     Date: 9-Oct-44     Location: Bardenberg, Germany As the majority of the I 19th Infantry Regiment advanced into North Wuerselen, they left behind a reduced company, commanded by Captain R. Simmons, to protect their line of communication. Captain Simmons deployed the bulk of his troops around a … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory (Addon)
The Rag Tag Circus Scenario#: 306     Date: 12-Apr-45     Location: Barby on the Elbe, Germany Gls of the 83rd Infantry Division took particular pride in their use of captured German vehicles. So extensive was their "used car lot" appearance that the news correspondents nicknamed this unit the "Rag Tag Circus". The Americans had a chance … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory (Addon)
The Duel Scenario#: 305     Date: 15-Mar-45     Location: Pfaffenheck, Germany German General Hoehne, LXXXIX Corps commander, had to buy time. Every day the way was clear allowed additional isolated units to filter back towards the Rhine. At a time of frightful manpower shortages, he decided to commit two of his … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory (Addon)
Riposte Scenario#: 304     Date: 15-Mar-45     Location: Pfaffenheck, Germany At the same time that the SS mountain troopers were striking one flank of the US 357th Regiment, the Wehrmacht's 159th Division struck the other. Every effort was to be made to prevent the Americans from establishing an artillery OP … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory (Addon)
Thrust and Parry Scenario#: 303     Date: 15-Mar-45     Location: Pfaffenheck, Germany Between the Moselle and Rhine rivers, the US Army ground forward on a broad front. The Germans struggled desperately to hold open escape routes to the Rhine. After unsuccessful attempts to slow the American advance, General Hoehne launched two… Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory (Addon)
Stand Fast Scenario#: 302     Date: 10-Dec-44     Location: Obergeich, Germany As the Americans advanced across the plains of Germany, the badly outnumbered Germans could not hope to hold a continuous line. Rather than expose themselves, the Wehrmacht troops turned each town or clump of buildings into a small strongpoint. Early… Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory (Addon)
The Clearing Scenario#: 301     Date: 10-Oct-44     Location: Huertgen Forest, Germany Day after day of seemingly endless forest. Constant shelling had turned most of the trees to shattered hulks. Advances were truly measured in yards as each step forward increased the threat of yet another sniper or hidden Spandau. Then, near … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory (Addon)
Trial by Combat Scenario#: 300     Date: 27-Feb-45     Location: Elsdrof, Germany In an attempt to give American armor a fighting chance against heavy German tanks, the Army Ordnance Department developed the T26 Medium tank, better known as the Pershing. Carrying a 90mm gun and heavy frontal armor, the Pershing was rushed … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory (Addon)