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The Death Valley Scenario#: 20336 Date: 10/25/1944 Location: Kapisova, Slovakia After the battle of the Dukla Pass on the Slovak border, the Red Army was stopped by a new German defense line. At that time the Soviet command decided to bypass this Resistance by taking the valley of Kapisova. On … Memoir '44 — Online Only
Camel Blue Scenario#: 5518 Date: 8/15/1944 Location: Provence, France On August 15, 1944, three Infantry Divisions from VI Corps under the command of the Seventh Army landed on the beaches of Provence. The 36th US Infantry Division landed on three beaches: Camel Red in St-Raphaël, Camel Green on Dramont … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2009
Counter-Attack at Sverchkovo Scenario#: 5519 Date: 11/24/1941 Location: Sverchkovo, Russia Despite the cold, Operation Typhoon is in full gear: the Germans are trudging through snow toward Moscow. On November 23, they capture the towns of Klin and Solnechnogorsk. For the Russians, the situation is becoming catastrophic - … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2009
Battle of Piva Forks Scenario#: 5520 Date: 11/19/1943 Location: Bougainville Island, New Guinea After landing in Empress Augusta Bay during Operation Cherry Blossom, the 3rd Marine Division ventures into the Bougainville Jungle. On November 19, the Marines reach River Piva and a crossroads where the Numa Numa trail meets the East-West one.… Memoir '44 — Open de France 2009
Battle for Hill 178 Scenario#: 5521 Date: 6/23/1944 Location: Bois du Mont du Roc, France After weeks of tough battles, Major General J. Lawton Collins, commander of VII Corps, is eager to put an end to the battle for Cherbourg and orders three Infantry Divisions to attack the "Festung" (fortress). 9th US Infantry Division … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2009
Gap at Antelat Scenario#: 5522 Date: 1/23/1942 Location: Saùnnu, Libya During the second battle for Cyrenaica, Rommel's AfrikaKorps attacks and soon manages to cut off the 1st British Armoured Division from its rear with the help from Kampfgruppe Marcks' advance toward Saunnu. But on January 23, Kampfgruppe Marcks… Memoir '44 — Open de France 2009
Holding the Fort at Clervaux Scenario#: 5523 Date: 12/17/1944 Location: Clervaus, Belgium Colonel Fuller, commander of the 110th Infantry Regiment, is waiting for the enemy in Clervaux : defenses have been laid everywhere, even in the old castle. The German Panzers are closing in so Colonel Fuller decides to send a Sherman … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2009
Crucifix Hill Scenario#: 5675 Date: 10/8/1944 Location: Haaren, Germany The US Army nears Aachen. Rather than heading straight for the town, General Hodges opts for an encircling maneuver. The 30th Infantry Division, north of Aachen, marches South, while the 1st Infantry Division skirts the suburbs via the South-East. … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2010
Guam - Landing on Yellow Beach Scenario#: 5735 Date: 7/21/1944 Location: Agat, Guam On July 21, 1944, the Marines set foot on Guam, as part of Operation Forager. The 3rd Marine Division lands on Asan Beach, north of the Orote peninsula, while the 1st Marine Division lands south, opposite the town of Agat. … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2010
Battle of Kalatch Scenario#: 5783 Date: 7/23/1942 Location: Kalatch, Russia On July 23, 1942, General Paulus launches his plan to surround the loop of the Don river in a bid to ensnare the 62nd Soviet Army. The XIV Panzer Corps in the north, will form the left wing of these … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2010
Counter-attack at Holtzwihr Scenario#: 5797 Date: 1/26/1945 Location: Holtzwihr, France During the Battle for the Colmar Pocket, the 3rd U.S. Infantry Division, attached to the 1st French Army for the occasion, bravely inched through the snow-covered plains of Alsace despite the bitter cold. The 15th U.S. Infantry Regiment had just … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2010
Deir el Shein - Act 1 Scenario#: 5866 Date: 7/1/1942 Location: Rouweizat Ridge, Egypt After the battle of Mersa Matrouh, Rommel led his troops back to Alexandria. They arrived at El Alamein June 29, exhausted. Without waiting for all its units to regroup, Rommel launches his Afrika Korps into an attack on the center … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2010
Solotvyn Scenario#: 6365 Date: 12/24/1943 Location: Solotvyn, Russia On December 24, 1943, Soviet General Vatutine opens the first Ukrainian Front towards Zhitomir and Berdichev. The 48th German Panzer rushes to the front to stem the Soviet advance. On December 30, the SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler (1st SS … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2010
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
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
Crossing of Elle river Scenario#: 6831 Date: 6/12/1944 Location: Saint-Clair-sur-Elle, France After the crossing of the swampy area of Aure river, the soldiers of 29th US Infantry Division who advanced towards Saint-Lô, entered in the normand bocage (hedgerow). On the Elle river, the German defense was stronger. Units of the German … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2011
Bretel wood Scenario#: 6923 Date: 7/11/1944 Location: Bellefontaine, France After a long static period in the bocage, the 29th US Infantry Division was ready to advance toward Saint-Lô. But, in the night 10th to 11th of July, a strengthened company of German paratroopers of the 3.Fallschirmjäger Division attacked the … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2011
Battle on Martinville Ridge Scenario#: 6969 Date: 7/12/1944 Location: Martinville, France On the 1th of July 1944, 116th US Infantry Regiment was advancing with difficulty on the Martinville Ridge, repelling the Germans entrenched in numerous hedgerows. With the support of tanks equipped with "Culin" system, US infantrymen advanced… Memoir '44 — Open de France 2011
Capture of Vire Scenario#: 6977 Date: 8/5/1944 Location: Vire, France After the success of Operation Cobra and the breakthrough at Avranches, the 3rd US Army advanced out of Normandy. Meanwhile the 1st US Army continued to fight against German 7.Armee. The CCA of 2nd US Armoured Division failed to take … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2011
The Oath of Kufra Scenario#: 7004 Date: 2/18/1941 Location: Kufra, Libya Philippe de Hauteclocque, alias Colonel Leclerc, arrived in Chad in November 1940 with the aim to launch offensive operations against Italian troops. Immediately, he wanted to strike a decisive blow by the capture of the oasis of Kufra in south-east… Memoir '44 — Open de France 2012
The Hell of Grussenheim Scenario#: 7044 Date: 1/28/1945 Location: Grussenheim, France Attached for a while to the 2nd French Army Corps under the command of general de Monsabert, the 2nd French Armored Division was involved in the reduction of the Colmar's pocket. GT"V" (Combat Command of colonel de Guillebon) took part … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2012
Forêt dEcouves Scenario#: 7045 Date: 8/12/1944 Location: Alencon, France After the capture of Alençon on 12 August 1944 in the morning, the 2nd French Armored Division under General Leclerc continued its offensive toward Argentan. The French were informed that the 9th Panzer Division was ambushed in Ecouves forest. … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2012
Hôtel Meurice Scenario#: 7048 Date: 8/25/1944 Location: Hôtel Meurice, France In the evening of 24th of August 1944, a detachment under the command of captain Dronne, vanguard of the 2nd French Armored Division, reached the Hôtel de Ville of Paris. The next morning, the whole Division entered in Paris. With … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2012
The road of Dabo Scenario#: 7049 Date: 11/20/1944 Location: Voyer, France German troops withdraw on two lines of defence in the Vosges mountain : "Vor-Vogesen Stellung" (1st line) and "Vogesen Stellung" (main line of defence). General Leclerc ordered to colonel de Guillebon to breakthrough these lines in order to have open… Memoir '44 — Open de France 2012
Tissu est dans iode Scenario#: 7102 Date: 11/23/1944 Location: Strasbourg, France On the 22nd of November 1944, during the briefing before operation, Leclerc gave the routes to his combat commands in order to enter in Strasbourg avoiding the German line of defence. The next morning at dawn, the French armored columns … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2012
Battle of Agordat Scenario#: 10795 Date: 1/21/1941 Location: Agordat, Abyssinia Young Italian cavalry officer, Amedeo Guillet was involved in the Abyssinia campaign in 1935. Seriously wounded, he received his first medals for Gallatry in the battle. Then in 1937, he participated in the Spanish civil war in the tanks unit … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2013
Paulus last offensive Scenario#: 10826 Date: 11/11/1942 Location: Stalingrad, Russia At the beginning of November 1942, the German 6.Armee controlled 90 percent of the city of Stalingrad. Russian troops held only the Mamaïev Kurgan, some part of Red October factory and the Lasur chemical factory. General Winter arrived on … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2013
Motoyama Airfield 1 Scenario#: 10838 Date: 2/19/1945 Location: Motoyama Airfield, Iwo Jima On the 19th of February 1945, after a long naval and air bombing, the 4th and 5th Marine Division landed unopposed on the long black sandy beach of Iwo Jima. But as soon as the Marines tried to exit the … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2013
Battle of Lembitu Scenario#: 10853 Date: 3/17/1944 Location: Lembitu, Estonia On the 17th of March 1944, near the Estonian village of Lembitu, west of Narva, the Soviet Army launched a massive attack on German defensive positions guarding the strategic railway Narva-Tallinn. German infantrymen were quickly in trouble because… Memoir '44 — Open de France 2013
Battle of Mount Gargan Scenario#: 10912 Date: 7/18/1944 Location: Mount Gargan, France On the 14th of July 1944, 36 B-17 Flying Fortress dropped a large number of weapons intended for the French Resistance near the village of Sussac. Germans reacted quickly by sending troops to prevent the Resistance to get back and … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2013
Casa Berardi Scenario#: 10919 Date: 12/14/1943 Location: Casa Berardi, Italy The small coastal city of Ortona, on the Adriatic Sea, was the place of a violent battle between the British 8th Army and the German 10.Armee. Canadians of the 1st Canadian Division had to capture a strategic crossroad codenamed "Cider", … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2013
Capture of distelfink radar station Scenario#: 13438 Date: 6/17/1944 Location: Douvres-la-Délivrande, France German radar station "distelfink", between Basly and Douvres-la-Délivrande, was defended by the 8.kompanie of Luftnachrichten Regiment. This position was really strong because of numerous blockhaus and trenches armed with anti-tank guns,… Memoir '44 — Open de France 2014
Strong point La Cassine Scenario#: 13504 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Bernières-sur-mer, France The German strong point Wn28 had been built in place of a villa called "la Cassine" on the beach side of Bernières-sur-mer. On the 06th of June 1944 at 08h05, the B Company of Queen's Own Rifles of Canada landed … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2014
Escoville Scenario#: 13550 Date: 6/7/1944 Location: Escoville, France The landing of the gliders of the 6th Airlanding Brigade in the evening of D-Day reinforced the British bridgehead east of the Orne river. On the 07th of June at 15h00, Kampfgruppe Von Luck, composed with a panzer company, the … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2014
Assault on Hill 112 Scenario#: 13559 Date: 7/10/1944 Location: Eterville, France The objective of Operation Jupiter was the capture of Hill 112 by British troops. 129th Brigade of the 43rd Infantry Division was ordered to capture it. on the 10th of July 1944, infantrymen of 4th Wiltshire, 4th Somerset Light … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2014
La Marvindière Scenario#: 13564 Date: 8/4/1944 Location: la Marvindière, France On the 4th of August 1944, during Operation Bluecoat, the Guards Armored Division was fighting in the Normand bocage south of Montchamp. A battle group, formed with tanks of 2nd Irish Guards and infantrymen of 5th Coldstream Guards, was surrounded … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2014
Battle of Lingevres Scenario#: 13566 Date: 6/14/1944 Location: Lingevres, France One week after D-Day, the coming of the Panzer Lehr Division on the front line had stopped the advance of XXXth British Corps in front of Tilly-sur-Seulles. So, 50th Infantry Division had to attack toward Lingevres, a village west of … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2014
Ambush at Houei Houn Scenario#: 15112 Date: 4/11/1945 Location: Houei Houn, Indochina After their attack by surprise of the main French garrisons in Indochina on the 9th of March 1945, Japanese troops pursued the French troops which had escape to the massacre. French General Alessandri led a column of surviving soldiers to … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2015
Battle of Kuneitra Scenario#: 15170 Date: 6/16/1941 Location: Kuneitra, Syria Operation Exporter, the campaign of Syria lasted for a week and Allied troops had advanced deeply in the country. French Vichy General de Verdilhac, ordered a counter-attack in three directions : Merdjayoun, Deraa and Kuneitra. The battle-group of… Memoir '44 — Open de France 2015
Battle of Englefontaine Scenario#: 15210 Date: 5/21/1940 Location: Englefontaine, France On the 20th of May 1940, the 5th North African Infantry Division (5th DINA) was surrounded in the Mormal forest by several German Panzer Divisions en route to Cambrai. On the 21st of May, this division tried to break through … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2015
Partisans! Scenario#: 15276 Date: 11/26/1942 Location: Somry, Russia After the battle of Djukovo in November 1941, the Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism (LVF) was withdrawn from the German first lines in the Eastern Front. After a serious reorganization, the LVF was used as anti-partisan unit on the … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2015
The power plant Scenario#: 15283 Date: 11/26/1944 Location: Courtelevent, France On the 18th of November 1944, just before the fall of Belfort, the 1st French Armored Division, supported by the 9th Colonial Infantry Division advanced in a small corridor along the Swiss border to reach the Rhine the next day. … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2015
Kef Zilia Scenario#: 15302 Date: 2/26/1943 Location: Zef Zilia, Tunisia On the 26th of February 1943, German General Von Arnim ordered Operation Ochsenkopf (Ox head) versus the 5th British Corps. In the same time, Operation Ausladung was the advance of Manteuffel Division along the Mediterranean coast facing the French… Memoir '44 — Open de France 2015
Operation Herring Scenario#: 17120 Date: 4/20/1945 Location: Poggio Rusco, Italy In April 1945, the last Allied offensive was to break through the German Gothic Line in order to reach the north of Italy and the borders with Austria and Yugoslavia. To support this offensive the Allied Command decided a small … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2016
Fall of Gondar Scenario#: 17150 Date: 11/27/1941 Location: Gondar, Abyssinia In November 1941, during the last stage of the East Africa campaign, the British army attacked the mountainous area of Amhara defended by troops of Italian General Nasi. After the surrender of Uolchefit and Culquaber Pass garrisons, the Commonwealth… Memoir '44 — Open de France 2016
Tell el Eisa Scenario#: 17171 Date: 7/10/1942 Location: El Alamein, Egypt On the 30th of June 1942, the victorious but exhausted Axis units arrived in front of El Alamein, the last British line before Alexandria. In order to weaken Rommel troops, General Auchinleck ordered to attack the Italian Infantry divisions. In … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2016
Gorlovka Scenario#: 17176 Date: 11/2/1941 Location: Gorlovka, Ukraine In early November 1941, the Italian troops of the CSIR (Corpo di Spedizione Italiano in Russia) had reached the Donbass. Regiments 79 and 80 of the Infantry Division Pasubio were ordered to capture the industrial city of Gorlovka. On … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2016
Battle of Kalpaki Scenario#: 17194 Date: 11/2/1940 Location: Kalpaki, Greece The Italian-Greek war began on the 28th of October 1940 in the morning by an Italian general offensive in Epire area. The execrable weather and the hard ground slowed quickly the advance of Italian troops. Moreover the Greek defenders, although … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2016
Battle of Tarnova Scenario#: 17233 Date: 1/19/1945 Location: Tarnovo, Bulgaria The area of Gorizia, on the border between Italy and Yugoslavia, was at the end of the war, the theater of several battles between Yugoslav Resistance and Axis troops (Germans and RSI troops). After an Axis offensive called … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2016
The lion of Capuzzo Scenario#: 18389 Date: 6/16/1941 Location: Fort Capuzzo, Libya The Operation Battleaxe was launched on the 15th of June 1941 in order to capture the Axis defenses on the Libyan border (such as Sollum, Halfaya Pass, Fort Capuzzo), to destroy Rommel' army and if possible to relieve the besieged … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2017