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- Collection: Memoir '44
Djebel Djaffa - Action 2Scenario#: 15541 Date: 4/21/1943 Location: Djebel Djaffa, TunisiaOn April 19, 1943, German troops launched the operation, "Unternehmen Fliederblüte" (Lilac Blossom) in Tunisia to capture Djebel Djaffa. During the night 20th to 21st of April, III/Fallschirmjäger Regiment 5, supported by some tanks including two… Memoir '44 — New Flight Plan Bonus |
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Battle of OzernitsaScenario#: 17604 Date: 6/27/1941 Location: Zelva, RussiaAt the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, German tanks of Panzergruppe Guderian broke through the Soviet lines and made large encirclements, trapping the Soviet 4th and 10th armies in the Bialystok pocket. On June 27, German infantry of the 29.ID… Memoir '44 — New Flight Plan Bonus |
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The Fall of TobrukScenario#: 20388 Date: 6/20/1942 Location: Tobruk, LibyaOn June 20, Rommel launched the final attack against Tobruk, using the same plan as the year before. After heavy bombing and an artillery barrage, the assault was launched at 0630. In the attack sector of the 21.Panzer Division, the … Memoir '44 — New Flight Plan Bonus |
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Defense of SpyckerScenario#: 20628 Date: 5/30/1940 Location: Spycker, FranceThe village of Spycker is situated in a land corridor between the canal of Mordyck and the canal of Haute-Colme. This corridor was a direct entry in the defensive perimeter of Dunkirk. In late May 1940, Spycker was held by … Memoir '44 — New Flight Plan Bonus |
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Le Dézert - Act IScenario#: 20641 Date: 7/8/1944 Location: Le Dézert, FranceOn its advance along road number 8, the 120th Infantry Regiment (30th US Infantry Division) reached the village of Le Dézert. The American soldiers captured the village despite the fierce Resistance of the 2.SS Panzer Division "Das Reich". On July … Memoir '44 — New Flight Plan Bonus |
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Le Dézert - Act IIScenario#: 20663 Date: 7/11/1944 Location: Le Dézert, FranceDuring the German counter-attack towards Saint-Jean-de-Daye, the 1st battalion of the Panzer-Grenadier Lehr Regiment 901 attacked the village of Le Dézert held by infantrymen of the 9th US Infantry Division. Despite their Resistance, the Allied… Memoir '44 — New Flight Plan Bonus |
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Battle of Arundel - Act IIScenario#: 20849 Date: 9/19/1943 Location: Arundel, Salomon IslandsAfter the failure of their attack in the night of 14-15 September, Japanese command decided to evacuate their troops from Arundel Island, in the Solomon Islands, under the protection of a well entrenched rear guard near Stima Lagoon. On the … Memoir '44 — New Flight Plan Bonus |
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Strongpoint Wn21 TroutScenario#: 20868 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Lion-sur-Mer, FranceOn the coastal city of Lion-sur-Mer, Germans had built the strongpoint Wn21 with a company of the 716. ID (9/736). Named "Trout" by the Allies, this strongpoint had to be neutralized by two groups of the 41st Royal Marines Commando. … Memoir '44 — New Flight Plan Bonus |
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Daimler and SoleScenario#: 20889 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Ouistreham, FranceThe 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 |
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Green Devils at ViervilleScenario#: 20923 Date: 6/7/1944 Location: Vierville, FranceThe US paratroopers of the 501st PIR (101st Airborne Division) liberated Vierville on June 6. The next day, at 1000 hours, the Green Devils (German paratroopers of the 1st Battalion/6.Fallschirmjäger Regiment) counterattacked from Basse-Addeville and… Memoir '44 — New Flight Plan Bonus |
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Operation GoodwoodScenario#: 9 Date: 7/18/1944 Location: Cagny, FranceAround 8 AM on July 18th, after an aerial bombardment of more than two hours' duration, Operation 'Goodwood" started. Caen was being cleared successfully by the Canadian Corps, while the 11th Armored Division moved forward followed by the Guards… Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules |
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Operation SpringScenario#: 26 Date: 7/25/1944 Location: Tilly-la-Campagne, FranceOperation Spring called for the 2nd and 3rd Canadian Divisions supported by the 7th Guards Armored Division to make a deliberate attack in the direction of Falaise. The first phase of the plan was the capture of May-sur-Orne, Verrieres Ridge … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules |
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Juno BeachScenario#: 38 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Juno Beach, FranceThe Canadian troops were assigned to land at Juno beach on D-Day and push inland. Juno had been divided into two beaches, 'Mike' and 'Nan'. The 7th Canadian Brigade Group under Brigadier HW Foster would land on Mike and the … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules |
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Gold BeachScenario#: 41 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Gold Beach, FranceThe German defenses at Gold consisted of two battalions of the 726th Regiment supported by inland batteries. Barbed wire and a few anti-tank hedgehog obstacles protected the entire stretch of beach. The British planners had divided Gold beach into… Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules |
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Utah BeachScenario#: 42 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Utah Beach, FranceThe American plan was that following the air and naval bombardment, the 8th Regiment would land first followed by Duplex Drive (DD) tanks. Utah was divided into a northern beach 'Tare' and a southern beach 'Uncle'. When Brigadier General Theodore … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules |
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Carentan CausewayScenario#: 1225 Date: 6/11/1944 Location: Carentan, FranceRommel realized the danger to the Axis defenses should Carentan fall, for it was the link between the two US beaches and also the key to an American drive west to cut the base of the Cotentin Peninsula. The defense … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules |
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ValkenswaardScenario#: 1230 Date: 9/17/1944 Location: Valkenswaard, HollandAt 2:35 September 17, Kieth Heathcote, commander of the leading tank troop, ordered his tanks forward. The objective, just a short three hours drive down the southernmost stretch of road soon to become know as Hell's Highway, was Eindhoven. The … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules |
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Bastogne Corridor WestScenario#: 1252 Date: 12/30/1944 Location: Bastogne, BelgiumOn December 30th German High Command's plan to capture Bastogne called for a push from the west simultaneously with another from the east. The object of these two forces was to pinch the corridor at Assenois south of the town. … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules |
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Bastogne Corridor EastScenario#: 1253 Date: 12/30/1944 Location: Bastogne, BelgiumOn December 30th German High Command's plan to capture Bastogne called for a push from the west simultaneously with another from the east. The object of these two forces was to pinch the corridor at Assenois south of the town. … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules |
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Gallabat & MetemmaScenario#: 1289 Date: 11/6/1940 Location: Metemma, EthiopiaGallabat-Metemma was Britain's first land offensive of the East Africa campaign. On November 6th, 1940 Brigadier J.W. Slim led the British assault. Under his command were; the 10th Indian Brigade, 12 tanks from the 4th Royal Tank Regiment and some … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules |
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LipovecScenario#: 1312 Date: 7/22/1941 Location: Lipovec, UkraineOperating in central Ukraine as part of the 17th German Army, a Slovakian motorized brigade, named after its commander, Brig. General Rudolf Pilfousek, was ordered on July 22nd to capture the town of Lipovec. Made up of mechanized armor, infantry … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules |
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TunisiaScenario#: 1326 Date: 12/1/1942 Location: Tebourba, TunisiaOn November 29th and 30th it was tough going for the still largely green Allied Combat Command. The Allies had launched two unsuccessful attacks to take the town of Djedeida and clear a path for the march on Tunis. Then … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules |
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Yellow BeachScenario#: 1327 Date: 8/19/1942 Location: Dieppe, FranceThe 23rd British Assault Craft force heading toward the Yellow Beaches sailed into the path of a German convoy. The German ships opened fire and after a brisk engagement, the British commanders agreed that the landings at Yellow Beaches should … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules |
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Moyland WoodScenario#: 1337 Date: 2/17/1945 Location: Moyland Wood, GermanyOn the afternoon of the 16th the Royal Winnipeg Rifles supported by the 3rd Armor Battalion Scots Guards was ordered to take the hilly ground around Louisendorf. On its left the Regina Rifle Regiment with tank support was to clear … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules |
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Russian BreakoutScenario#: 1490 Date: 7/21/1941 Location: Monastyryshche, RussiaBy late July the Russian 6th and 12th Armies are in full retreat, trying desperately to avoid encirclement by the German Seventeenth Army. General Tyulenev, the southern front commander, orders Musychenenko (6th Army) and Ponedelin (12th Army) to… Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules |
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Sea of AzovScenario#: 1491 Date: 9/26/1941 Location: Melitopol, RussiaOn September 26, 1941, Soviet units from the 9th and 18th Army attack the northern flank of the German 11th Army. The 1st Mountain Division and the "LSSAH" Motorized Division are rushed into position to bolster the German lines. Although … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules |
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Battle for RostovScenario#: 1492 Date: 11/26/1941 Location: Rostov, RussiaThe Battle for Rostov was a seesaw battle. Army Group South, with Ewald von Kleist's 1st Panzer Army in the vanguard, had taken the city by November 21st. But the German lines were over-extended and no longer in position … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules |
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Beda FommScenario#: 1513 Date: 2/5/1941 Location: Beda Fomm, LibyaOn February 4th O'Connor with armored cars leading the way followed by 4 Armd Bde, move out to trap the Italians. The going was bad and a fast-wheeled vanguard was dispatched under the command of Lt-Col Combe to set up … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules |
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Battle of the BridgeheadScenario#: 1583 Date: 6/7/1944 Location: Carpiquet, FranceOn D-Day +1 the Canadians sought to achieve their final D-Day objectives and push through to the airfields at Carpiquet. Elements of the 9th Brigade consisting of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders and armour provided by the Sherbrooke Fusiliers… Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules |
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Kasserine PassScenario#: 1584 Date: 2/15/1943 Location: Kasserine Pass, TunisiaAfter the Anglo-American landings in North Africa on November 8, 1942, the Americans remained optimistic about their ability to fight an opponent like Rommel and the Afrika Korps. Although in headlong retreat after the Battle of El Alamein, Rommel… Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules |
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Po ValleyScenario#: 1879 Date: 4/14/1945 Location: Mount Montello, ItalyIn the last months of the World War II, between February and April 1945, the Wehrmacht built, not so far from Montese, along the Gothic Line's last limit ("The Green Line II"), a fortified defensive system. It was organized around … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules |
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MabatangScenario#: 3468 Date: 1/11/1942 Location: Mabatang, PhillipinesThe first major battle of the "Fighting Retreat" occurred south of Calaguiman River. Supported by artillery, the 57th Infantry, set up a line of defense extending from Manila Bay through Mabatang across open ground. The Japanese 65th Brigade and 9th… Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules |
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Sword Beach OverlordScenario#: 34 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Sword Beach, FranceThe landings on Sword Beach according to the assault plan had the DD tanks of the 13th and 18th Hussars land just before the British infantry units. But as on the other beaches this day, heavy seas slowed the approach … Memoir '44 — Online Only |
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CarentanScenario#: 1222 Date: 6/13/1944 Location: Carentan, FranceThe town of Carentan was the key to the American drive west to cut off the base of the Cotentin Peninsula. After two days of fighting and desperately short of ammunition, the Germans pulled their forces out of Carentan and … Memoir '44 — Online Only |
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Bastogne OverlordScenario#: 1254 Date: 12/30/1944 Location: Bastogne, BelgiumOn December 30th German High Command's plan to capture Bastogne called for a push from the west simultaneously with another from the east. The object of these two forces was to pinch the corridor at Assenois south of the town. … Memoir '44 — Online Only |
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Across the MeuseScenario#: 1287 Date: 5/13/1940 Location: Dinant, BelgiumIn 1940, the German plan was for Army Group B to overrun Holland and then move more slowly into Belgium to lure the bulk of the Allied armies in the Low Countries. Army Group A would then drive through the … Memoir '44 — Online Only |
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Counter-Attack at ArrasScenario#: 1290 Date: 5/21/1940 Location: Agny, FranceThanks to the unfolding success of their Blitz, the Germans rapidly pushed the Allied armies back, forcing the British Expeditionary Force to seize the town of Arras and dig-in, to try and hold the German tide there. But these forces … Memoir '44 — Online Only |
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Longvilly TrapScenario#: 1310 Date: 12/19/1944 Location: Longvilly, BelgiumSix days before Christmas: German armor has come to within a few miles of the city of Bastogne. Unwilling to give up this important traffic center, the Americans organize a defense perimeter around the town. In the late afternoon, Combat … Memoir '44 — Online Only |
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Moyland Wood OverlordScenario#: 1341 Date: 2/17/1945 Location: Moyland Wood, GermanyOn the afternoon of February 16th, 1945, the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, supported by 3rd Armor Battalion Scots Guards, was ordered to take the hilly ground around Louisendorf; on its left, the Royal Regina Rifles, with tank support, was to clear … Memoir '44 — Online Only |
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The Battle of Hong KongScenario#: 1638 Date: 12/18/1941 Location: Hong Kong, ChinaThe Japanese attack on Hong Kong began on the mainland shortly after 8am on December 8, 1941, less than eight hours after their surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. The British, Canadian and Indian forces of Major-General Christopher Michael Maltby,… Memoir '44 — Online Only |
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Rzhev OverlordScenario#: 4669 Date: 1/26/1942 Location: Rzhev, RussiaThe Soviet counter-offensive in December 1941 sent the German Wehrmacht reeling back from the outskirts of Moscow. In a pincer move on the Northern front, near Rzhev, the Soviets bludgeoned their way through Ninth Army, leaving the Germans in… Memoir '44 — Online Only |
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RzhevScenario#: 4670 Date: 1/26/1942 Location: Rzhev, RussiaThe Soviet counter-offensive in December 1941 sent the German Wehrmacht reeling back from the outskirts of Moscow. In a pincer move on the Northern front near Rzhev, the Soviets bludgeoned their way through the Ninth Army, leaving the Germans in … Memoir '44 — Online Only |
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Six Days RunScenario#: 4769 Date: 8/30/1942 Location: Alam el Halfa, EgyptEl Alamein, mid-August 1942 ? With British reinforcements on the way, Rommel knows waiting is no longer an option. His plan is to concentrate his entire mobile forces on the southern flank of the enemy, between Qaret el Abd and … Memoir '44 — Online Only |
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Firefight in NeffeScenario#: 6780 Date: 12/19/1944 Location: Neffe, BelgiumLt Col. Ewell's column advanced along the frozen stream toward Neffe, when his column was suddenly fired on by a machine gun breaking the silence of the early morning fog of December 19, 1944. The first burst did little damage … Memoir '44 — Online Only |
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Counter-attack on MortainScenario#: 13757 Date: 8/7/1944 Location: Mortain, France"We must strike like lightning!" - Adolf Hitler to Field Marshall Von Kluge 'Operation Luttich' began shortly before midnight on the evening of August 3rd. Under direct orders from Hitler, four armored divisions launched a counterattack westward… Memoir '44 — Online Only |
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Battle of RaseiniaiScenario#: 20243 Date: 6/24/1941 Location: Raseiniai, LithuaniaOn the 22nd of June 1941,Operation Barbarossa, the German attack of Soviet Union began. The objective for Army Group "Nord" was to destroy all Soviet forces in in the Baltic countries and then to advance to Leningrad. Panzer-Gruppe 4 was … Memoir '44 — Online Only |
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Landing at Port-ToroScenario#: 20273 Date: 8/16/1945 Location: Port-Toro, Sakhalin islandAfter the war declaration to the Japan Empire on the 8th of August 1945, Soviet troops attacked in Manchuria and in South Sakhalin. The 16th of August, 365th Marine Battalion and the 2nd Battalion of 113rd Infantry Brigade landed on … Memoir '44 — Online Only |
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Battle of TolvajarviScenario#: 20285 Date: 12/12/1939 Location: Tolvajarvi, FinlandAt the beginning of the Winter War, north to Ladoga Lake, Soviets had deployed the 139th Rifle Division which advanced along the road to Tolvajarvi. To counter this threat, Finnish Command had formed the Talvela Group with some different units … Memoir '44 — Online Only |
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Battle of WytycznoScenario#: 20308 Date: 10/1/1939 Location: Wytyczno, PolandThis was the end of the battle for Poland, Polish troops of the "Korpus Ochrany Pogranicza" (KOP - border defense corps) were withdrawing because of the Soviet invasion in the East of Poland. Near the village of Wytyczno, Polish soldiers … Memoir '44 — Online Only |
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Varvarovka RoadblockScenario#: 20327 Date: 1/23/1943 Location: Varvarovka, RussiaAfter Operation Little Saturn, the Soviet command launched the Ostrogojsk-Rossoch offensive against the 2nd Hungarian Army. Threatened of surroundings by the breaking of the Hungarian front, the Italian Alpine Corps began to withdraw in the snowy… Memoir '44 — Online Only |