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The Road to Hill 311 Scenario#: HB16     Date: 05/18/1940     Location: Between Olizy And La Ferté, France Following the Panzer Divisions through the Ardennes breach. the German infantry turned to the fortified sectors of the Maginot Line that flanked the breakihrough. Soon, the French casemates of the Montmedy sectors on Hill 311 were under attack, and… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
Into the Dragon's Lair Scenario#: HB15     Date: 05/22/1940     Location: Mont St Eloi, France As the German Panzers raced toward the sea. the capacity for the French to re-establish a continuous front appeared impossible. The remnants of the Allied forces were reduced to counterattacking the base of the German bulge. West of Arras, which … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
Kampfgruppe Eberback Scenario#: HB14     Date: 05/12/1940     Location: Thisne, Belgium Hannut, Belgium, saw WWII's first tank battle. On the second day of the battle, the French began to retreat into positions flanking the 4th Panzer Division. Though the Germans wanted to press their advance, they didn't want to risk becoming … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
Noise in the Fog Scenario#: HB13     Date: 06/18/1940     Location: Heming, France On the day General DeGaulle issued his call from London, one day after Pétain called for ceasefire and Armistice, the French Army fought one last battle. The men who were charged with defending the Maginot Line now had to defend … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
Where are all the Others? Scenario#: HB12     Date: 05/10/1940     Location: Bodange, Belgium The 1st Panzer Division entered Belgium without difficulty. The Germans hoped to take Neufcháteau on the same day and then rush to the west. but most of the bridges over the Sure River had been destroyed and, at first, only … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
Steel Against Steel Scenario#: HB11     Date: 05/17/1940     Location: Vervins, France The Germans that crossed the Meuse at Monthermé continued their western push in an effort to take the bridges on the Oise River and Oise-Sambre Canal system. Though the French 9th Army was collapsing. the French HG threw forward several … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
Battle for the Isthmus Scenario#: HB10     Date: 05/14/1940     Location: Monthermé, France By the evening of May 14th the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Panzer Divisions had established a bridgehead at Sedan. The 5th and 7th Panzer Divisions had established a bridgehead in the area of Dinant and Houx but the spearhead of … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
Poker Trick in Martelange Scenario#: HB09     Date: 05/10/1940     Location: Martelange, Belgium In the morning, the 1st Panzer Division crossed Luxembourg, and its advanced guards were ready to enter Belgium as soon as possible. On the border, in Martelange, the Chasseurs Ardennais were ready to fight, and hosted their defenses. Bridges had … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
River of Blood Scenario#: HB08     Date: 05/20/1940     Location: Landrecies, France Around the Mormal Forest, remnants of several disorganized French divisions attempted to counterattack the 5th and 7th Panzer Divisions, the spearhead of the German Army. During five deadly days. an almost uninterrupted series of brutal and chaotic… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
The Rescue: Leclerc Rides In Scenario#: HB07     Date: 06/10/1940     Location: Perthes, France On June 9th, the Germans crossed the Aisne River near Bethel. But they needed to increase the bridgehead to allow all their tanks to cross the Aisne. While the 1st and 2nd Panzer Divisions strengthened the Aisne bridgehead, the 17th … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
The Last Charge of the Spahis Scenario#: HB06     Date: 05/15/1940     Location: La Horgne, France After successfully crossing the Mouse River. Guderian's Panzer Korps broke away from the Sedan bridgehead. ln front of them remained only scattered units. One of them, the 3rd Brigade of Spahis, North African Cavalry, was ordered to hold the road … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
Bloody Valley Scenario#: HB05     Date: 11/01/1939     Location: Schwarzenbach, Germany In No-man's Land, French recon patrols identified a German presence near the road crossing at the Winsbach Forest. Elements of the 5th Colonial lnfantry Regiment were ordered to clear the area, in a coordinated assault with the 15th Chasseurs Alpins… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
En Route to Abbeville Scenario#: HB04     Date: 05/28/1940     Location: Huppy, France On May 21st the Germans created a bridgehead over the Somme at Abbeville. General De Gaulle and his brand new 4th OCR (Armored Division) was ordered to stop the enemy advance. The Germans had fortified an area adjacent to the … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
Fighting the Hedgehogs Scenario#: HB03     Date: 06/05/1940     Location: Peronne, France After the defeat in the Belgian plains and the reduction of the pocket of Dunkirk, the German Army launched Fall Rot. the second stage of the 1940 Western Campaign. On the 360 km long front of the Somme and Aisne … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
Airaines: The Hell Scenario#: HB02     Date: 06/07/1940     Location: Airaines, France Dunkirk had fallen, the Belgian Army had surrendered, and the British had left. The best French divisions were trapped in the north and the east. The situation was desperate. Behind the Somme River. every village was hastily fortified in hopes … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
Phoney War Scenario#: HB01     Date: 01/01/1940     Location: Forbach, France During the period preceding the German offensive both the French and the Germans kept their positions along the border. France had invaded the Saar "country but retreated after the Polish capitulation. War was then an affair of recon patrols, brutal… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
Midday's Counterattack Scenario#: DJ06     Date: 07/12/1943     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia Just after 1:00 PM. on July 12th, the German 1st SS Panzergrenadier Division LAH was attacked from the east by a Soviet mixed infantry/tank force from the 29th Tank Corps, yet another attempt to halt the Nazi advance to Prokhorovka. … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43
Road to Prokhorovka Scenario#: DJ05     Date: 07/12/1943     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia At 6:00 A.M. on the morning of July 12, the leading elements of the 1St SS Panzergrenadier Division LAH were gatheríng for an advance toward Prokhorovka. Meanwhile, remnants of the 26th Guards Airborne Regiment was preparing a last defense line … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43
Secure the Oktiabrskii State Farm Scenario#: DJ04     Date: 07/11/1943     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia Fierce fighting had been raging all morning, and by 1:00 p.m. the Soviet forces had taken up well-defended positions at the Oktiabrskii State Farm. The LAH needed to capture the farm to secure the left flank of its advance towards … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43
Clear the Ditches Scenario#: DJ03     Date: 07/11/1943     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia At: 10:15 A.M. elements of the 1St SS Panzergrenadier Division LAH were ordered to advance and take the anti-tank ditches to the east of Hill 252.2. The attack was launched in an attempt to clear out the anti-tank ditches and … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43
Assault on Hill 252.2 Scenario#: DJ02     Date: 07/11/1943     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia On July 10, 1943, after a long and violent fight, Hill 241.1 had finally been taken. Farther to the east, some units from the Aufklarung Abteilung had reached the outskirts of the Oktiabrskii State Farm and reported that the Soviets … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43
Front Porsche Scenario#: DJ01     Date: 07/09/1943     Location: Ponyri, Russia On the north side of the Kursk salient, General Model's Ninth Army pushed south. A key objective was the town of Ponyri, and there the fighting raged. The city was contested so fiercely that veterans named it the Stalingrad of … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43
The Castle Scenario#: BM3     Date: 05/25/1940     Location: Boulogne Sur Mer, France German forces attadr Boulogne, in order to clear the way to Dunkirk. The battle will last four bloody days. On the 25th, the situation is more than critical for the French Remnants of the french forces are surrounded near the … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battles Magazine #2
Hommage to the Guard Scenario#: BM2     Date: 10/06/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia For many many of us, the first time we played a squad level wargame, it was a scenario about the Russian Guards fighting in the hell of Stalingrad. For many many of us, this scenario was the hook. It was … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battles Magazine #1
Skulls and Crossbones Scenario#: BM1     Date: 05/17/1940     Location: Catillon-sur-sambre, France Around the forest of Monnal, the 7th and 51h Panzers are rougth harassed by the remnants of the French troops who bore the brunt of the first attack by the German armies that have crossed the Meuse. These surviving French … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battles Magazine #1
Cassino Royale Scenario#: BP12     Date: 03/01/1944     Location: Cassino, Italy One of the bloodiest battles of the Second World War, this operation was a series of four battles, fought by multiple divisions, for the Gustav Line and Rome beyond. Perhaps the indelible image of the battles was the struggle for … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Bravo
Insanity At the Sanatorium Scenario#: BP11     Date: 12/20/1944     Location: Stoumont, Belgium The Americans were slowly encirc/ing and cutting off supply to Kampfgruppe Peiper, an elite SS taskforce of the 1st SS Panzer Abteilung that had deeply penetrated the northern flank of the Bulge. One American objective was to block a Kampfgruppe … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Bravo
Hedgerow Hell Scenario#: BP10     Date: 07/15/1944     Location: Haut-vent, France Over a month had passed since D-Day and there had not been a breakout from Normandy and its bocage-ridden fields. A key town in attempting a break out was St. Lo. Although military intelligence failed in identifying the defensive qualities … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Bravo
Bloody Crossroad Scenario#: BP09     Date: 06/07/1944     Location: W Of Ste Mere L'eglise, France On D-Day+ 1, the 82nd Airborne Division attempted to secure the Sainte-Mére-Eglíse zone by establishing roadblocks and patrolling the surrounding area. Simultaneously, the Germans prepared counterattacks. Here elements of the German 1058th Infanterie… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Bravo
Big War in a Pocket Scenario#: BP08     Date: 08/16/1944     Location: Le Muy, France The landing near the Nartuby River went fine for the men of the 550th Glider infantry Battalion under the command of Lt Col. Edward I. Sachs. They were soon called to reinforce the British 2nd independent Parachute Brigade Group, which … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Bravo
Bridgehead at Cauquigny Scenario#: BP07     Date: 06/06/1944     Location: Cauquigny, France After capturing the manor at La Fiére, a small bridgehead was established in Cauquigny, a hamlet located at the other end of the causeway, west of the bridge over the Merderet. There, only a dozen men were left under Lieutenant … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Bravo
Kellam's Bridge Scenario#: BP06     Date: 06/06/1944     Location: La Fière, France Counterattacking from the west, a German armored column, including refitted captured French tanks, managed to cross Cauquigny after losing a few vehicles and men to Lieutenant Levy's patrol. It advanced on the causeway toward the bridge over the… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Bravo
Devils In Baggy Pants Scenario#: BP05     Date: 02/05/1944     Location: Aprilia, Italy American parachutists, devils in baggy pants, are less than 100 meters from my outpost line. I can't sleep at night; they pop up from nowhere and we never know when or how they will strike next. Seems like the black-headed … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Bravo
Colditz Castle Scenario#: BP04     Date: 02/10/1945     Location: Colditz, Germany By far the most renowned German prison camp of World War Two was the Colditz Castle. lt was where Allied prisoners who couldn't be kept anywhere else were housed. Allied High Command feared the Germans would execute their prisoners as … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Bravo
Pushing Back Scenario#: BP03     Date: 01/15/1945     Location: Noville, Belgium Easy Company had been put in reserve after taking the town of Foy: the beginning of the Allies counteroffensive in the Ardennes. Now, they were tasked with taking the hotly contested town of Noville. On the 14th of January they … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Bravo
Surrounded in Strass Scenario#: BP02     Date: 12/10/1944     Location: Strass, Germany G Company from the 331st IR of the American 83rd ID, accompanied by a platoon of Shermans, thought they were headed through the supposedly cleared village of Strass to support the assault on Gey, to the north, on the northeast … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Bravo
Daybreaker Scenario#: BP01     Date: 12/10/1944     Location: Gey, Germany Just before daybreak two companies from the American 83rd Infantry Division, supported by a platoon of tank destroyers, launched an assault on Gay, a key village on the northeastern edge of the Húñgen Forest. An artillery barrage prepped the village… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Bravo
Fallschirmjäger Requiem Scenario#: AP10     Date: 03/23/1945     Location: Wesel, Germany As a prelude to Operation Varsity, British and Canadian commandos were tasked with launching an amphibious assault across the Rhine to take the town of Wesel. As the commandos were ferried across, the RAF and attached artillery units pounded the … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Alpha
Fortress Breslau Scenario#: AP09     Date: 02/17/1945     Location: Breslau, Poland Hitler ordered 80,000 German soldiers to stand their ground in the strategically vital, yet regally beautiful, city of Breslau. As Russian divisions encircled the ancient town, the Germans dug in. On February 16th, the Russians attacked the southern… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Alpha
One Last Blitz for Old Time's Sake Scenario#: AP08     Date: 02/09/1945     Location: Kuestrin, Poland Marshall Zhukov's drive to Berlin had been very successful. By the end of January Russian forces were only 60 miles from the Nazi capitol. Units of the 1St Belorussian Front had bypassed German resistance within the fortress city of Kuestrin, … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Alpha
Tip of the Speirs Scenario#: AP07     Date: 01/10/1945     Location: Foy, Belgium There was no rest for the men of Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Exhausted by their defense of Bastogne, they were never the less tapped to counterattack the retreating Germans during the month of January 1945. Their … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Alpha
Teamwork Scenario#: AP06     Date: 12/23/1944     Location: Monde-st.etienne, Belgium Faced with the extreme cold, limited supplies, and a lack of air support, the men of the 401st Glider infantry held on to the southern and western perimeters around Bastogne. On the 22th, the Americans captured a roadblock on the … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Alpha
Undaunted Courage Scenario#: AP05     Date: 09/21/1944     Location: Oosterhout, Holland On September 20th, the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment under the leadership of Major Julian Cook had conducted an amphibious crossing on the Waal River and secured the Nijmegen Bridge. This audacious operation had cost the 504th dearly, and they… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Alpha
The Brickyard 150 Scenario#: AP04     Date: 09/19/1944     Location: Arnhem, Holland For the men of the British 1st Airborne Division, Murphy's Law had reigned supreme since the onset of Operation Market Garden. Repeated attempts to reinforce Major John Frost's position by the bridge had so far failed. At dawn of the … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Alpha
An Apple Cart for Jerry Scenario#: AP03     Date: 09/19/1944     Location: Wolfheze, Holland As they held onto one of the drop zones outside of the village of Wolfheze, British paras of the 7th King's Own Borderers had been fighting off constant German attacks. After the 4th Parachute Brigade made a successful landing, the … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Alpha
In the Ghetto Scenario#: AP02     Date: 04/19/1943     Location: Warsaw, Poland Members of various resistance groups had been resisting Nazi efforts to clear the ghetto of its interred inhabitants since January of 1943. In April, SS commander Jurgen Stroop launched a full scale assault on the starving tenants. Under the… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Alpha
The Road to Astrachan Scenario#: AP01     Date: 09/13/1942     Location: Elista, Russia Hitler's Army Group A had driven deep into the southern steppes of Russia. So far and so fast, in fact, that maps were of limited use and intelligence of the opposition even less. The Germans decided to equip a long … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Alpha
Assault on Vierville Scenario#: Demo     Date: 06/07/1944     Location: Vierville, France The French village of Vierville straddled the road from Utah Beach to St. Come du Mont, a location key to the Americans and Germans alike. The Yanks captured Vierville on June 6th. 1944. but on June 7th, most of the … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Band of Heroes
Alamo Scenario#: BOH16     Date: 06/13/1944     Location: Ramelle, France After the first days of the battle, Rommel attempted to force his armor across the Merderet River. If successful, he could launch a metal spear into the Yanks flank. The General's plan made any village with a bridge worth its … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Band of Heroes
Roosevelt's Butchers Scenario#: BOH15     Date: 06/06/1944     Location: Sw Of Carentan, France The 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division, coupled with the remnants of the 6th Fallschirmjager Regiment. attacked on the morning of June 13th. driving the 506th PIR back to within a mile of Carentan. The 2nd Battalion of the 502nd PIR … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Band of Heroes