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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
Among the Bravest Scenario#: ABTF07 Date: 9/20/1944 Location: Arnhem, Holland Colonel Frost realized that disaster was now only a heartbeat away for his 2nd Para Battalion. Frost’s beloved battalion was being buried in the ruins of the buildings around him and his positions were being overrun. Yet Frost knew he was surrounded… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 6 - A Bridge Too Far
Climax at Nijmegen Bridge Scenario#: 34 Date: 20-Sep-44 Location: Nijmegen, Netherlands Operation Market Garden was to be characterized by intense fighting for the control of a number of vital bridges. Each was a vital link in the chain leading to Arnhem. The road bridge across the Waal River in Nijmegen was … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory
Climax at Nijmegen Bridge Scenario#: U04 Date: 9/20/1944 Location: Nijmegen, Holland During Operation Market Garden, the road bridge in Nijmegen was the second of three bridges which had to be secured in order to relieve the British 1st Airborne and throw a force across the Rhine. A task force comprised of a mixture of U.S.… Advanced Squad Leader — G.I.s Dozen
Counterattack at Beek Scenario#: 15 Date: 1944-09-20 Location: Beek, Holland Three days into Operation Market Garden, and the 82nd Airborne Division is knee-deep in vicious fighting in and around the Dutch city of Nijmegen. While the 504th and 505th PIRs battle for control of the Waal road bridge, the 508th … Last Hundred Yards — Airborne over Europe
Day 107 US 12th Army Group Situation Map for 1944-09-20 World War II - Western Front
Gavin's Gamble Scenario#: 25 Date: 9/20/1944 Location: Nijmegen, Holland Operation Market Garden was in full swing and encountering unexpectedly heavy resistance. Attempts to wrest control of the Waal Bridge by head-on assaults were repulsed. General Gavin decided on a daring river assault to outflank the center of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 3 - Yanks
God Save the King! Scenario#: ABTF08 Date: 9/20/1944 Location: Arnhem, Holland The Germans were determined to drive the British from the Arnhem Road Bridge and open the road to Nijmegen. Committing heavy tanks and artillery, as well as flak guns and self-propelled guns, Lt. Colonel Harzer devised a plan to eliminate the British… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 6 - A Bridge Too Far
Holding Hell's Highway Scenario#: SB03 Date: 09/20/1944 Location: Veghel, Holland Operation Market Garden; Montgomery's plan to shorten the war by creating an “air bridge" of allied troops to the city of Arnhem, was floundering. The 101st Airborne Division had successfully seized its assigned bridges, but now had to defend them … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Swift and Bold
Holding Hell's Highway Scenario#: HoN31 Date: 1944-09-20 Location: Veghel, Holland Operation Market Garden; Montgomery's plan to shorten the war by creating an “air bridge" of allied troops to the city of Arnhem, was floundering. The 101st Airborne Division had successfully seized its assigned bridges, but now had to defend them … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of Normandy
I Don't Like Retreating Scenario#: WO04 Date: 9/20/1944 Location: Nuenen, Holland Having liberated Eindhoven the previous day, the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment moved out to the east toward Helmond. Easy Company led the reconnaissance, riding on Cromwells of the King's Royal Hussars. Three miles east of Eindhoven, after… Advanced Squad Leader — Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2011
It's Hardly Fair Scenario#: J155 Date: 9/20/1944 Location: Wyler, Germany At approximately 1330 hours on 17 September 1944, the Red Devils jumped into Holland as part of Operation Market Garden. Although initial resistance was light, heavy fighting ensued for days.The 508th established and maintained a defensive position… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #10
Monty's Gamble Scenario#: S023 Date: 9/20/1944 Location: Oosterbeek, Holland The British perimeter outside the city of Arnhem was steadily shrinking. Four days after dropping north of the Rhine, the paratroops and glidermen of the 1st Airbourne Division were running critically short of supplies and men. The Germans were… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit #3
Nijmegen Bridges Scenario#: 1302 Date: 9/20/1944 Location: Nijmegen, Holland It was hoped that the 82nd Airborne Paratroopers would be able to take the strongly held Nijmegen bridges during the early phases of Operation Market Garden, but other priorities and drops that put most of the Paras miles from their … Memoir '44 — Terrain Pack
Nijmegen Bridges Scenario#: 3712 Date: 9/20/1944 Location: Nijmegen, Holland It was hoped that the 82nd Airborne Paratroopers would be able to take the strongly held Nijmegen bridges during the early phases of Operation Market Garden, but other priorities, and drops that put most of the Paratroopers miles from their … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Ommerey: Duel Of Commanders Scenario#: 28-4.2 Date: September 20, 1944 Location: Ommerey, France Units of CCA 4th Armored Division, advancing southeast toward the town of Ommerey, clash with advance elements of the German 111th Panzer Brigade, set up in the hills west of the town. Panzer (AH/MMP) — The General #28.4
Operation Market - Nijmegen Scenario#: 9 Date: September 20, 1944 Location: Nijmegen, Holland Elements of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division and the Irish Guards assault units of the German 9th SS Panzer Division at Nijmegen. Panzer (AH/MMP) — Panzer Leader
Son Defense Scenario#: 18 Date: 20 Sept 1944 Location: Son, Holland After the initial German attack against the Bailey bridge, the Americans sensed the dangerousness of their position and later that night rushed elements of the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment to reinforce this critical choke point. They along with… Band of Brothers — Band of Brothers
Stalemate Scenario#: F Date: 20-Sep-44 Location: Peleliu, Palau The Japanese unveiled a new defensive approach on Peleliu using well-entrenched positions, extensive caves, and natural barriers across the island. This was developed by Colonel Nakagawa, commander of the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the 14th Infantry… Combat Commander — CC: Pacific
Straight and Fast Scenario#: S087 Date: 9/20/1944 Location: Nijmegen, Holland Unaware of the details of the boat assault across the Waal River, Lt. Col. Edward H. Goulburn broke up his column of armor of the 2nd Grenadier Guards, infantry of the 1st Grenadier Guards, and American Paratroopers of Lt. .Col. Vandervoort's 2nd… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit Bonus Pack #2
V.3, #24 Sept. 20 - 27, 1944 The War Fronts: France, Eastern front, China, Pacific, Italy Back: If each of us wastes a pound of war material... WWII News