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Vaumicel Manor Scenario#: 6678     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Vacqueville, France Omaha Beach at the end of the morning, US units which have survived to the hell of the beach began to reach the plateau. Companies of 116th Infantry Rgt, 115th Infantry Rgt, 2nd and 5th Rangers and tanks of 743rd … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2011
Drop In The Night: 82nd Scenario#: 6687     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Sainte-Mère-Eglise, France During the night June 5-6 1944, paratroopers of the three parachute regiments of the 82nd "All American" US Airborne Division were dropped over the Cotentin peninsula. Their objective: to secure their drop zone, capture Sainte-Mère-Eglise and the… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Drop in the Night: The 101st Scenario#: 6696     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Turqueville, France During the night June 5-6 1944, the 101st US Airborne Division "Screaming Eagles" was one of two divisions dropped on the Cotentin peninsula. Its objectives were to secure the beach exits, capture the lock at la Barquette, destroy the bridges … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Omaha Beach Exit D1 Scenario#: 6817     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Vacqueville, France Dog Green/Charlie Red sector. Landing Craft of Able Company of 116th RCT (Regimental Combat Team, 29th Infantry Division) landed on Dog Green sector while LCAs of Charlie Company of 2nd Rangers Battalion arrived on Charlie Red sector. US soldiers… Memoir '44 — Open de France 2011
D-Day: American Airborne Scenario#: 14350     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Ste-Mère-Église, France In the early hours of June 6th, 1944, the American Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne and the 82nd Airborne division flew over the Normandy coast. Bad weather and heavy flak resulted in sticks being scattered, but the paratroopers were well … Memoir '44 — D-Day Landings
D-Day: Omaha Beach Scenario#: 14356     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Omaha Beach, France The 3-mile stretch of beach codenamed Omaha was the heaviest defended sector of the Normandy landing sites. The Germans had built Resistance nests into the cliffs, barricaded positions on top of the naturally defensive terrain and positioned powerful… Memoir '44 — D-Day Landings
D-Day: Utah Beach Scenario#: 14360     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Utah Beach, France Just before 6.00 on June 6, 1944, warships began a massive naval bombardment of the German defenses on Utah beach with devastating results. The strongpoints were badly hit and all communication lines were severed, preventing the Germans from… Memoir '44 — D-Day Landings
Daimler and Sole Scenario#: 20889     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Ouistreham, France The German strongpoint Wn12 (named "Daimler" by the Allies) was an artillery battery with 155mm French guns. The Wn14 (named "Sole" by the Allies) was defended by a grenadier company. On June 6, 1944, after a landing on Queen Red … Memoir '44 — New Flight Plan Bonus
Drop Zone Charlie Scenario#: A01     Date: June 6, 1944     Location: Le Chemin, France The 101st Airborne troops were scattered badly by poor weather, heavy flak and poor pathfinding. The 2nd Battalion of the 506th PIR fared better than most of the other units in hitting their Drop Zones. Once on the ground, they … Old School Tactical — Airborne
The Big Drop Scenario#: A03     Date: June 6, 1944     Location: Saint-Mere-Eglise, France Hours before the beach landings on D-Day, thousands of paratroopers were dropped into occupied France in the dead of the night. One of the primary objectives of the 82nd Airborne Division was the capture of Saint-Mere-Eglise. The German garrison was… Old School Tactical — Airborne
D-Day Dawn Scenario#: A04     Date: June 6, 1944     Location: Saint-Mere-Eglise, France The sun has risen on June 6 and the great invasion has begun. The paratroopers in Saint-Mere-Fglise hold on to what they have gained. Stragglers continue to link up with them. But more German units are entering the fight as … Old School Tactical — Airborne
Taking the Town Square Scenario#: A05     Date: June 6, 1944     Location: Saint-Mere-Eglise, France The fight moves to the town square. The paratroopers must clear out the enemy from every building. The Germans that have remained in town are not giving up easily. They must hold out until reinforcements arrive. Old School Tactical — Airborne
Utah Beach Scenario#: 1     Date: June 6, 1944     Location: Utah Beach, France U.S. 101st Airborne Division attacks elements of the German 709th Division behind the Utah Beach. Panzer (AH/MMP) — Panzer Leader
Omaha Beach Scenario#: 2     Date: June 6, 1944     Location: Omaha Beach, France Reínforced elements of the U.S. 1st and 29th Infantry Divisions attack elements of the German 352nd Division on Omaha Beach. Panzer (AH/MMP) — Panzer Leader
Normandy, France, Part I Scenario#: 38     Date: June 6, 1944     Location: Ste.-Mere-Eglise, France Pathfinders of the 82nd Airborne land near Ste.-Mere-Eglise to mark the way for the main drop. Panzer (AH/MMP) — Panzer Leader Para-Leader
Normandy, France, Part II Scenario#: 39     Date: June 6, 1944     Location: Ste.-Mere-Eglise, France The 506th Regiment comes to earth near Ste.-Mere-Eglise, to be opposed immediately by elements of the 91st Infantry Division. Panzer (AH/MMP) — Panzer Leader Para-Leader
Operation Tonga Scenario#: 27     Date: 6 June 1944     Location: Caen, France Operation Tonga was the codename assigned to the British 6th Airborne Division's actions as part of Operation Overlord. Tasked with a number of objectives, the division's paratroop and glider brigades all participated in the operation landing on the… Panzer (GMT) — Exp. #3 Operations For The Drive To The Rhine - The Second Front
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
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
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
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
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
So Near and Yet so Far Scenario#: 53     Date: 6 June 1944     Location: La Fiere, France German doctrine emphasized immediate counterattacks when the enemy was relatively weak and had not yet consolidated the positions they had just seized. During the D-Day invasion of Normandy, the American airborne forces had the mission to prevent or… 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
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
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
Gavin Take Scenario#: 181     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Chef Du Pont, France One of the responsibilities of the Airborne troops was the seizure of several key bridges following the D-Day drop. One of these bridges was at Chef-du-Pont. Gavin organized a pickup force to take care of this bridge himself. With elements of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 3a Yanks (2nd Edition)
The Pouppeville Exit Scenario#: 183     Date: 6/6/1944     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 these early encounters for the 101st Airborne Division occurred at the many German strongpoints and scattered villages… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 3a Yanks (2nd Edition)
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
Strayer's Strays Scenario#: 182     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Hiesville, France By dawn of D-Day, Lt. Colonel Robert Strayer had pieced together a unit comprised of scattered men from three Parachute Regiments. Radio communication with HQ didn’t exist. All Strayer knew for certain was that his objective was to clear the southern… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 3a Yanks (2nd Edition)
Le Manoir Scenario#: 13     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: La Fiere, France The bridge at La Fiere carried the road from Ste. Mere-Eglise across the Merderet River and was the main objective of the 101st Airborne’s 1st Battalion, 505th Regiment. After a successful drop, they set off for their objective a mere 1,000 yards… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 2 - Paratrooper
Silence that Gun Scenario#: 14     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Foucarville, France Foucarville was just one of several small villages behind Utah Beach which were occupied to prevent German reinforcements from reaching the beach. At dawn on June 6th, American paratroopers entered the village and the Germans withdrew to a fortified… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 2 - Paratrooper
Lost Opportunities Scenario#: 17     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Sainte-Mère-Eglise, France Ste. Mere-Eglise was a junction for five roads and was recognized by Germans and Americans alike as the key to defeating the airborne invasion. Shortly after midnight the village’s garrison had massacred in mid-air two sticks of paratroopers who had… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 2 - Paratrooper
The Roadblock Scenario#: 18     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Neuville-au-Plain, France In the confusion of the scattered air drop of the 101st Airborne, Lt. Colonel Vandervoort was ordered to turn his 2nd Battalion towards the already-taken village of Ste. Mere-Eglise and abandon his initial objective – a blocking position astride… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 2 - Paratrooper
Backs to the Sea Scenario#: 19     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Pointe-du-Hoc, France American Rangers had scaled the cliffs at Pointe-du-Hoc only to find the coastal battery guns there gone from their casemates. But once atop the cliff, there was no returning to the sea. The Rangers set up a perimeter to await their relief at the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 3 - Yanks
When I Call Roll Scenario#: AP101     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Vierville-Sur-Mer, France The “Great Crusade” was underway, but even the lowliest private on Omaha Beach at H-Hour could tell all had not gone according to plan. The Germans manning the Atlantic Wall were not the espected second rate troops, and there were many more of them… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #11 29 Lets Go!
Night of Nights Scenario#: AP132     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, France "Tonight is the night of nights" began Lt. Col. Robert Sink's message to the men of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment as they embarked onto a fleet of transport planes on the evening of 5 June. As the vast armada of aircrafts carrying the 101st… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #14 Oktoberfest XXXIV
Raff's Dilemma Scenario#: AP029     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Les Forges, France Not all the troopers of the 82nd Airborne Division entered France on D-Day via airdrop; some landed at Utah Beach with the 4th Infantry Division. Lt. Col. Edson raff, commander of a combined-arms unit whose mission it was to relieve the 82nd at Ste.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #4 Normandy 1944
Night Drop Scenario#: A076     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Cauquigny, France Scattered in farms and villages along thirty miles of coast, the German 709th Infantry Division had been awaiting the invasion for one year. On the night of June 5-6, the 82nd Airborne dropped into the midst of the 709th. The mission of the 82nd was… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 95 Winter
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
Ad Hoc at Chef-Du-Pont Scenario#: S008     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Chef Du Pont, France One of the responsibilities of the airborne troops landing behind Utah Beach was the seizure of several key bridges following the D-Day drop. Brigadier General James Gavin found himself as the senior officer near one of these bridges, the one at… Advanced Squad Leader — Operations #47
Exit No.1 Scenario#: S058     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Pouppeville, France Exit No. 1 at Pouppeville was foremost on the mind of the Division Commander, Maj. General Maxwell Taylor, who had just confirmed his whereabouts near Hiesville upon sighting the distinctive, onion-shaped steeple of Ste. Marie-du-Mont. Not having… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 6
White Russians Scenario#: O17     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Les Droueries, France None. Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 9
All Along the Merderet Scenario#: WO10     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Cauquigny, France The Longest Day was living up to its name as various small units of the 82nd Airborne coalesced along the Merderet River intent of their various objectives or simply engaging German forces wherever found. One critical point in the battle for the… Advanced Squad Leader — Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2013
The Bridge at La Fiere Scenario#: N16     Date: 1944-06-06     Location: Ferme Manoir la Fière, France Five hours before the D-Day landings began, a massive force of 6000 paratroopers jumped from 400 Skytrain troop carrier aircraft into an intended objective area of 10 square miles, either side of the Merderet River. Tasked with taking a Bridge … Undaunted — Undaunted: Normandy
All American Scenario#: 18     Date: 1944-06-06     Location: Chef Du Pont, France Lt. Colonel Maloney gathered his marsh-soaked stragglers from the hodgepodge of formations of the 82nd Airborne. The bridges over the Mederet River and the town of Chef-du-Pont were to be their primary objectives. They were mission-critical for the… Last Hundred Yards — Airborne over Europe
Currahee! Scenario#: 19     Date: 1944-06-06     Location: Ste. Marie-du-Mont, France After a badly scattered night drop northwest of its objective, Lt. Winters led a remnant of Easy Company (506th PIR) towards the village of Ste. Marie-du-Mont. When finally there, they were tasked with taking out a German 105 battery at … Last Hundred Yards — Airborne over Europe
Geronimo! Scenario#: 22     Date: 1944-06-06     Location: Sainte Mere Eglise, France One of the few units of the 82nd Airborne that didn’t scatter badly that morning was Col. Sink’s 505th PIR. They were tasked with taking the village of Ste. Mere-Eglise and its nearby vital crossroads to the west. But they … Last Hundred Yards — Airborne over Europe
The Milling Crowd Scenario#: N01     Date: 6 June, 1944     Location: La Fiere Manoir, France Following their successful drop, intact and in almost perfect order, Able Company of the 505th P.I.R. moved speedily to their D Day objective: the Merderet bridge at La Fiere. The large manor house adjacent to the river bridge had been … Combat! — Normandy
Ambush At Cauquigny Scenario#: N02     Date: 6 June, 1944     Location: Cauquigny, France After passing the manoir, Captain Ben Schwarzwalder pressed on across the causeway. On the far bank, he found Lieutenant Louis Levy in charge of a mixed group of 507th and 508 paratroopers. Assuming wrongly, and tragically, that the bridgehead was … Combat! — Normandy