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Bad Luck Scenario#: J060     Date: 11/21/1944     Location: Merzig, Germany As part of the Third Army’s encirclement of Metz, Combat Command B of the 10th Armored Division was ordered to strike east towards the Saar River to secure the Army’s flank. Fearing that this was the main attack to roll up the Saar region, the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3
In the Bag Scenario#: J061     Date: 12/25/1944     Location: Celles, Belgium The 2nd Panzer Division had made the most progress during the Ardennes offensive, and was positioned a mere 6 kilometers from the Meuse River. General Harmon, the 2nd Armored Division commander, contacted headquarters for permission to attack and,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3
Lee's Charge Scenario#: J062     Date: 1/3/1945     Location: Coroie, Belgium On January 3rd, 1945, VII Corps launched its offensive to reduce the Bulge salient. The drive, with the 2nd Armored Division as a key element, headed towards Houffalize. Over a foot of snow covered the ground and the armored columns were forced to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3
American Tragedy Scenario#: J064     Date: 4/11/1945     Location: Kakazu Ridge, Okinawa Starting at 0700, the 1st Battalion, 381st Regiment attacked across the saddle between Kakazu West and Kakazu Ridge. Although dubbed the “powerhouse attack”, the offensive immediately stalled as the men came under heavy fire from Japanese positions… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3
Tired and Unsupported Scenario#: J073     Date: 7/25/1944     Location: Montreuil Sur Lozon, France General Omar Bradley devised Operation Cobra with the simple goal of cracking the German lines in Normandy's bocage country and achieving a breakout. The American offensive was scheduled to begin with a bang -- a carpet-bombing attack along a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #4
Priests on the Line Scenario#: J074     Date: 7/29/1944     Location: La Pompe, France By the fourth day of Operation Cobra, it was obvious to the German High Command that their forces were on the verge of being surrounded. They ordered the front line units to break out from the evolving pocket by moving south-east towards Percy. Near… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #4
Makin Taken Scenario#: J084     Date: 11/22/1943     Location: Butaritari, Makin Atoll While the Marines were experiencing the horror of Tarawa, the Army's 27th Division, a New York National Guard outfit, was facing a considerably smaller Japanese force on Makin Atoll. Previously, the 27th Division had been garrisoning Hawaii and its… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #5
Escape to Wiltz Scenario#: J088     Date: 12/18/1944     Location: Kautenbach, Belgium As the German offensive crashed upon and beyond Consthum, what was left of the defending 3rd Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment received orders to save itself and retreat to Wiltz before it was hopelessly cut off. After crossing the Clerve River at… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #5
For A Few Rounds More Scenario#: J100     Date: 3/30/1945     Location: Menden, Germany As March 30th dawned, the U.S. 5th Infantry Division and the 3rd Armored Division advanced on the village of Menden in an effort to seal the encirclement of the Ruhr pocket. In front of the village, the 737th Tank Battalion found itself engaged by… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #6
The Triangle Scenario#: J117     Date: 11/21/1942     Location: Buna Mission, Papua As the battle for Guadacanal raged 800 miles to the east, the Japanese had neglected the defense of the Papuan Peninsula. Decisive action by the Allies could crush the Japanese forces in New Guinea and thereby permanently remove the enemy threat to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #8
Schloss Hemingstein Scenario#: J121     Date: 9/14/1944     Location: Brandscheid, Germany Always close enough to the battle to maintain his reputation as an action reporter, “Papa” Ernest Hemingway had become close friends with the commander of the 22nd Infantry Regiment, Colonel Charles Lanham. Lanham wanted to make sure Hemingway had… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #8
Bloody Bois Jacques Scenario#: J122     Date: 12/22/1944     Location: Bastogne, Belgium In an attempt to assault Bastogne from the east, the 26th Volksgrenadier Division infiltrated along the Bourcy-Bastogne rail line through a forested area known as the Bois Jacques (Jack’s Woods). This area marked the boundary between the US 501st and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #8
First Love Scenario#: J131     Date: 1/2/1944     Location: Cape Gloucester, New Britian Company L of the 7th Marine Regiment was the left anchor of the Marines’ swing to the southeast to flank the Japanese defenders of Hill 600 and Borgen Bay. “Love” Company was the first to stumble upon a small stream that was unmarked on the maps… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9
Jungle Infiltration Scenario#: J132     Date: 1/2/1944     Location: Cape Gloucester, New Britian After hitting severe Japanese resistance along the stream that became known as Suicide Creek, the 7th Marine Regiment’s slog through the dense jungle of Cape Gloucester came to a halt as the Marines tired and failed to take the stream “on the fly”.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9
One Miserable Night Scenario#: J133     Date: 1/2/1944     Location: Cape Gloucester, New Britian Throughout the course of the day, Marine pioneers and Navy Seabees had been building a corduroy road through the horrifically think jungle in an effort to bring up tanks, as well as bulldozers. The arrival of the Marine Shermans would have to wait… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9
Kerry's Crossing Scenario#: J134     Date: 1/3/1944     Location: Cape Gloucester, New Britian In the Battle of Suicide Creek, the Marines moved tanks up though the jungle but could not get them across a high-banked creek - until Kerry L. Lane manned a bulldozer and, under intense fire and totally exposed to the enemy, dumped enough landfill… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9
Diversion Scenario#: J135     Date: 1/3/1944     Location: Cape Gloucester, New Britian As Marine pioneers attempted to build a ford across Suicide creek, the entire line was tasked with providing suppressive fore and diversionary attacks to keep the Japanese busy. Lt. Col. Williams, CO of the 3/7 Marines, ordered yet another crossing… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9
Muddy Mayhem Scenario#: J136     Date: 1/4/1944     Location: Cape Gloucester, New Britian Marine pioneers had constructed corduroy roads to bring forth armor and bulldozers to build fords across Suicide Creek. As soon as the ford was complete, the Marines began their assault across the stream and into the Japanese bunkers. The Marines… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9
Penny Packets Scenario#: J142     Date: 12/21/1944     Location: Senonchamps, Belgium By the fifth day of the German attack, the race for Bastogne was over. The German units that weren’t able to bypass the strategic town would lay siege to it instead. Two of the best Wehrmacht formations in the Western Front were… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9
Circle of Doom Scenario#: J143     Date: 4/16/1945     Location: Nüremberg, Germany Nuremberg – “the most German of German cities” – would be defended by the 13th SS Corps of the First Army, and the 15,000 fanatic Nazis under General Max Simon were prepared to defend the old city “to the last bullet”. By April 15, they would get… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9
Three for the Third Scenario#: J144     Date: 4/18/1945     Location: Nüremberg, Germany As the Third Infantry Division approached the center of Nuremberg, the battle developed into the type of fighting the US had hoped to avoid. Slow, costly advances through the rubble-strewn streets deprived the XV Corps of their mobility advantage,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9
Golden Pheasants Scenario#: J145     Date: 4/19/1945     Location: Nüremberg, Germany Only the truly fanatic remained in the old town by 19 April. General Simon now commanded only isolated bands of SS men or Luftwaffe troops here and there. Nazi political officers – known jokingly as “golden pheasants” for their love of fancy but… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9
Mountain Marines Scenario#: ROMA4     Date: 11/16/1944     Location: Eglio, Italy The weeks-long struggle for Massa on the coastal plains of northwest Italy brought to the forefront longstanding issues of ill trust and poor morale throughout the 92nd Infantry Division, the only African-American Infantry Division to see combat in… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Roma 2020
Retaking Vierville Scenario#: S001     Date: 6/7/1944     Location: Vierville, France Vierville, which lay a few miles inland from Utah Beach, had been liberated on D-Day. On the morning of June 7, elements of the 2nd Battalion, 506th PIR moved out from Vierville towards St. Come du Mont, leaving Vierville virtually unoccupied. The… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit #1
Simple Equation Scenario#: S003     Date: 10/12/1944     Location: Aachen, Germany The battle for Aachen had been raging for two days. A complicated series of maneuvers designed to encircle the city from both the north and south had been occupying the American command. These few units committed to the frontal assault on Aachen had… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit #1
Welcome Back Scenario#: S004     Date: 12/16/1944     Location: Hosingen, Luxembourg At 0525 on December 16th, an intense German artillery barrage commenced against U.S. forces astride Route N16, “Skyline Drive”, one of only a few paved roads in the Ardennes. A thick fog obscured anything beyond a few hundred yards and as the morning… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit #1
Clearing Colleville Scenario#: S005     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Colleville, France On the Omaha beachhead, as more and more troops and material came ashore, those remaining alive from the first wave were forcing their way inland bit by bit. In the sector of the First Infantry Division – the “Big Red One” – the day’s objective was… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit #1
A Long Way To Go Scenario#: S011     Date: 7/10/1943     Location: Biscari, Sicily During the pre-dawn hours the U.S. 7th Army successfully landed at both Licata and Gela. Unaware of each others plans, the Italians and Germans began a series of uncoordinated attacks against the Americans with the intention of breaking through to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit #2
Over Open Sights Scenario#: S012     Date: 12/17/1944     Location: Skyline Drive, Luxembourg Despite numerous pleas from his field commanders, Hitler insisted that the main thrust of the Ardennes offensive not be diminished just to shore up the flanks. This General Brandenberger’s 7th Army, charged with protecting the southern flank as the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit #2
88s at Zon Scenario#: S014     Date: 9/17/1944     Location: Son, Holland The mission of the 101st Airborne Division in Operation Market-Garden was to secure the 15 miles of highway stretching from Eindhoven north to Veghel. The Screaming Eagles faced almost no opposition until the paratroopers reached the northern… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit #2
Hammer to the Teeth Scenario#: S015     Date: 12/16/1944     Location: Bleialf, Germany The opening hours of the Ardennes offensive found forward U.S. infantry outposts probed and infiltrated by their German counterparts. River crossings and key road networks had to be seized to allow the panzer divisions to drive through Belgium. On… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit #2
Another Summer's Day Scenario#: S022     Date: 7/10/1943     Location: Niscemi, Sicily To form a defensive zone ahead of the vulnerable beachheads, parts of the 82nd Airborne Division wasdropped during the night before the main landings. But poor coordination, friendly AA fire and bad weather all made the operation a very difficult… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit #3
Kawaguchi's Gamble Scenario#: S064     Date: 9/13/1942     Location: Henderson Field, Guadalcanal Colonel Merritt Edson's command, a composite battalion made up of U.S.M.C. Raiders and Paramarines, had just been ordered to occupy a "quiet area", an unnamed ridge overlooking the all-important Henderson Airfield. Much depleted from past operations,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit #4
Take It Back Scenario#: S065     Date: 9/13/1942     Location: Lunga Ridge, Guadalcanal Colonel Edson had set up the 1st Paramarine Battalion on the east side of Lunga Ridge while he deployed his 1st Raider Battalion to the west. On the night of 12 September, leading elements of Major General Kiyotaki Kawaguchi's 35th Infantry Brigade… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit #4
Bailey's Bridge Scenario#: S066     Date: 9/26/1942     Location: Matanikau River, Guadalcanal The Marines planned a three-pronged attack against the Japanese forces on the western bank of the Matanikau River. The 1st Raider Battalion would cross the river at a small footbridge upstream and attack from the south while elements of the 5th… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit #4
Besieged Scenario#: S067     Date: 3/31/1944     Location: Nhpum Ga, Burma By the fourth day of fighting at Nhpum Ga, the Japanese had completely surrounded the 2nd Battalion of the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) -- popularly known as "Merrill's Marauders". The 3rd Battalion's morning patrol from Hsamshingyang… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit #4
The End of Their Rope Scenario#: S068     Date: 5/21/1944     Location: Charpate, Burma On 17 May, Merrill's Marauders, weary and sick from a 65 mile trek, attacked Myitkyina airfield along with elements of two Chinese infantry regiments. They quickly overran the airfield and the western sections of the town. Subsequent attacks,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit #4
Stovepipe Funeral Scenario#: S069     Date: 6/15/1944     Location: Charan Kanoa, Saipan As part of the invasion to capture the southern Marianas Islands, the 2nd Marine Division landed on the southwest coast of Saipan on 15 June. Lt. Gen. Yoshitsugu Saito chose not to expose the bulk of his troops to an American shoreline bombardment,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit #4
A Sideshow Affair Scenario#: S070     Date: 9/20/1944     Location: Angaur Island, Palau Anguar Island, near Peleliu which the Marines assaulted on 15 September, was to be assaulted only upon assurance that the resistance on Peleliu was well in hand. Marine General Rupertus gave the required assurance a mere day after the landings. Thus,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit #4
American Devil Scenario#: S071     Date: 1/17/1945     Location: Potpot, Luzon The Japanese 2nd Armored Division was ordered to help defend the Philippines, a daunting task due to its large area, multiple islands, and lack of adequate intelligence on American intent. General MacArthur chose to land on Luzon very near the spot… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit #4
Sink's Encouragement Scenario#: S041     Date: 6/8/1944     Location: St. Côme du Mont, France Colonel Robert Sink and his unit, the five-oh-sinks, were trying to break the German hold on the town of St. Côme du Mont bewteen Carentan and St. Mere Eglise. To do this he manuevered several units into a line east of the town including the 1st… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit Bonus Pack #1
One More Hedgerow Scenario#: S042     Date: 6/13/1944     Location: Couvains, France The 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division struggled across the Elle River and having to fight through many fields surrounded by the boucage. Orders have come down to take the village of Covains which is defended by elements… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit Bonus Pack #1
Clearing Carentan Scenario#: S043     Date: 6/12/1944     Location: Carentan, France The key to the initial assaults on the Cotentin Peninsula was the town of Carentan. Control of this vital town of approximately 4000 people would allow Utah and Omaha beach to be securely joined. At approximately 0530 on 12 June, elements of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit Bonus Pack #1
The Down Payment Scenario#: S088     Date: 12/10/1944     Location: Gey, Germany The battle for Hürtgen Forest had been bitter, cold, and deadly. Every tree and shrub, every fold in the terrain concealed death. The area generally know as the Hürtgen Forest was not all forest. South of the divisional boundary between the 9th and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit Bonus Pack #2
Havoc at the Hospital Scenario#: S089     Date: 2/16/1945     Location: Manila, Philippines Against the express orders of the Army Commander in Chief, the Naval Commander in Manila, Rear Admiral Iwabuchi (perhaps still influenced by defeats at Guadalcanal two years earlier), was determined to fight a last-ditch battle and had his men in the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit Bonus Pack #2
Not So Disposed Scenario#: S047     Date: 7/10/1943     Location: Gela, Sicily The small city and port of Gela was at the center of the American landing beaches and therefore was an important target. Colonel William Darby and his famous Rangers were to take the town during the landings. It was a difficult task, but one that the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit Expansion Pack #1
Converging Assaults Scenario#: S048     Date: 7/11/1943     Location: Gela, Sicily The Rangers had taken Gela from the surprisingly resistant Italian Coastal troops. After assessing the situation, Col. Darby organized the remaining Rangers to defend the town from counterattack. And in fact the Italian high command had ordered a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit Expansion Pack #1
Cooks, Clerks, and Bazookas Scenario#: S049     Date: 9/1/1944     Location: Meximieux, France As the German 19th Army retreated up the Rhone River Valley towards Lyon, the leading elements of the American 45th Infantry Division bypassed the Germans on the east and came abreast of Lyon on August 29th. Units of the 45th captured two bridges… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit Expansion Pack #1
Enter the Young Scenario#: S051     Date: 11/29/1944     Location: Merode, Germany By the end of November, Major General Clarence Huebner's "Big Red One" had fought all the way through the Huertgen Forest and into the towns along the edge of the Roer river plane. Hopeful for the end of fighting in the Huertgen "Death Factory", the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit Expansion Pack #1
Mopping Up Scenario#: S059     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: St. Laurent, France For the 115th Infantry Regiment, their D-Day plan was to land in a subsequent wave, move inland several miles, and defend against the expected German counterattack. All plans change at the first shot, however, and the 115th was now to “mop up” the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit Expansion Pack #1 2nd Edition