Browse Items (521 total)
- Collection: Memoir '44
Airdrop over HeraklionScenario#: 7616 Date: 5/20/1941 Location: Heraklion, CreteNews of the German Paratrooper landings reached Brigadier Chappell's headquarters at about the same time the first Fallschirmjägers were landing in Heraklion. Under orders from Chappell, the 2nd Leicester attacked out of the town and into Buttercup… Memoir '44 — The Invasion of Crete |
|
Airdrop over RethymnoScenario#: 7617 Date: 5/20/1941 Location: Rethymno, CreteA second German wave arrived in the afternoon. At 16:15, 2nd Fallschirmjäger Regiment airdropped over Rethymno airfield; but like others in Crete, they all landed scattered along the coast. Elements of the 3rd Battalion quickly managed to regroup and… Memoir '44 — The Invasion of Crete |
|
Prison ValleyScenario#: 7618 Date: 5/20/1941 Location: Galatos, CreteThe first wave of gliders from Gruppe Mitte's (Center Group) 3rd Fallschirmjäger Regiment had a number of bold objectives: Hauptmann Altmann's men were tasked with silencing a dangerous anti-aircraft battery in the Akrotiri peninsula, while the men… Memoir '44 — The Invasion of Crete |
|
PlataniasScenario#: 7619 Date: 5/23/1941 Location: Modi, CreteBy late morning on May 23rd, the Fallschirmjägers of Oberst Ramcke had set up a defensive position on the Platanias River bridge near the coast. Inland, Oberst Utz moved to take the village of Modi. Defended by New Zealanders, the … Memoir '44 — The Invasion of Crete |
|
GalatosScenario#: 7620 Date: 5/25/1941 Location: Galatos, CreteBy May 24th the Germans had formed a cohesive front; they began advancing east toward Chania. On the 25th, they ran into the bulk of the Allied forces and launched a general attack. Surprised to discover the Germans had artillery, … Memoir '44 — The Invasion of Crete |
|
Seelow HeightsScenario#: 16295 Date: 4/16/1945 Location: Seelow Heights, GermanyOn 16 April, the battle of Berlin started with a massive Soviet artillery barrage against General Theodor Busse’s 9th German Army, which numbered around 200,000 men and equipment. Zhukov’s Red Army, on the other hand, was a juggernaut of over … Memoir '44 — VE-Day |
|
HitdorfScenario#: 16300 Date: 4/6/1945 Location: Hitdorf, GermanyOn 6 April 1945, the first wave of the 82nd Airborne Division crossed the Rhine in boats and immediately made contact with the enemy. Under heavy fire and faced with a minefield, the troopers fought toward their assigned objectives and … Memoir '44 — VE-Day |
|
Hatten & RittershoffenScenario#: 16303 Date: 1/16/1945 Location: Rittershoffen, GermanyUnternehmen Nordwind (Northwind), the drive to Strasbourg, was the last major German offensive on the Western Front. Launched on January 1, 1945, it was initially successful as the Axis forces broke through the thinly stretched U.S. 7th Army line and… Memoir '44 — VE-Day |
|
Reichswald & NutterdenScenario#: 16304 Date: 2/8/1945 Location: Nutterden, GermanyOperation Veritable was intended to eliminate all German forces west of the Rhine river and set the stage for Allied forces to eventually cross that great barrier. However, General Schlemm, the German commander of the First Parachute Army defending… Memoir '44 — VE-Day |
|
Maquis of MallevalScenario#: 5683 Date: 1/29/1944 Location: Malleval-en-Vercors, FranceThe maquis of Malleval, a rural guerrilla band of the French Resistance, was composed of 50 men under the command of Lieutenant Eysseric (code name "Durand"). The group's base of operations was the isolated village of Malleval-en-Vercors, on the… Memoir '44 — Vercors Campaign |
|
Battle of Saint NizierScenario#: 5754 Date: 6/13/1944 Location: Saint Nizier, FranceWith its cliffs, steep slopes and limited access points, the Vercors plateau is a natural and easily defended fortress. Familiar with the terrain, the heads of the French Resistance immediately saw its value as a defensive bastion deep within… Memoir '44 — Vercors Campaign |
|
Massacre at Vassieux-en-VercorsScenario#: 5933 Date: 7/21/1944 Location: Vassieux-en-Vercors, FranceOn July 20, 1944, following several weeks of troops build-up, the Germans launched their attack on the newly proclaimed "Free Republic of Vercors". The next morning, the German 157.Reserve-Division, bolstered with Ukrainian troops from Eastern… Memoir '44 — Vercors Campaign |
|
Battle of ValchevrièreScenario#: 5973 Date: 7/22/1944 Location: Valchevrière, FranceOn July 22, 1944, the Germans launched a new assault on Valchevrière, a village under the protection of Captain Goderville and his group of French Resistance fighters. The maquisards' mission was to deny the Germans access to the west and … Memoir '44 — Vercors Campaign |
|
Battle for the PassesScenario#: 6088 Date: 7/21/1944 Location: Massif of Grand Veymont, FranceAs July 1944 drew to its end, the troops of German 157.Reserve-Division had the Vercors Plateau virtually surrounded. The only ground still out of their reach were the mountain passes (or "Pas") protecting the access to the East of the … Memoir '44 — Vercors Campaign |
|
Battle in the Schnee EifelScenario#: 6760 Date: 12/16/1944 Location: Schnee Eifel, GermanyFurther up in the center, this same morning of December 16, 1944, Fifth Panzer Army attacked the positions held by the U.S. 28th and 106th Infantry Divisions. Thinly spread and outmatched, numerically as well as materially, the 422nd and 423rd … Memoir '44 — Winter Wars |
|
Clervaux - The Road to BastogneScenario#: 6763 Date: 12/16/1944 Location: Clervaux, BelgiumPlanned with the utmost secrecy, German "Operation Watch on the Rhine", launched in the wee hours of December 16, 1944. Hitler's objective: To conduct a blitzkrieg on what the US First Army considered a "quiet" front and push through the … Memoir '44 — Winter Wars |
|
WardinScenario#: 6766 Date: 12/19/1944 Location: Wardin, BelgiumThe morning of December 19 opened under a thick fog. The stragglers that had been poring back through the Allied lines had stopped coming, which could only mean the enemy was approaching. In the village of Wardin, Team S-2 and … Memoir '44 — Winter Wars |
|
Resistance at MarvieScenario#: 6776 Date: 12/23/1944 Location: Marvie, BelgiumOn December 23, the Germans started to shell Marvie, a suburb of Bastogne. At about the same time, German tanks and infantry slowly began to progress toward Hill 500. A few US soldiers were able to withdraw, but most stayed … Memoir '44 — Winter Wars |
|
Escape along SalmchâteauScenario#: 6777 Date: 12/23/1944 Location: Salmchâteau, BelgiumOn December 23, Kampfgruppe 'Krag" was already in control of the village of Salmchâteau when Task Force 'Jones' approached along the steep-sided Salm valley. The column of American tanks and infantry were spread out along the road when Krag unleashed… Memoir '44 — Winter Wars |
|
Peiper at StoumontScenario#: 6792 Date: 12/19/1944 Location: Stoumont, BelgiumOrdered to throw a defensive line together and block Kampfgrupper Peiper for 24 hours, Colonel Roy Fitzgerald was the first to reach Stoumont. As he deployed his forces around the village, he was surprised to find Battery C from the … Memoir '44 — Winter Wars |
|
The Final Counter-AttackScenario#: 6794 Date: 12/30/1944 Location: Lutremange, BelgiumConstant pressure from Hitler to capture Bastogne led Generalleutnant Karl Decker, a prudent but determined and highly experienced officer, to launch a pincer operation in an attempt to isolate the town. While XXXIX Panzerkorps attacked from the… Memoir '44 — Winter Wars |