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Sidi Rezegh Airfield Scenario#: 4246     Date: 11/22/1941     Location: Sidi Rezegh, Libya Operation Crusader, the third and ultimately successful British attempt to try and break Rommel's stranglehold on Tobruk, began in a horrendous rainstorm on November 18, 1941. While one British corps was taking up position near Halfaya Pass, the… Memoir '44 — Mediterranean Theater
Singapore Scenario#: 6089     Date: 2/9/1942     Location: Singapore, Singapore With his troops' morale crumbling, and believing he faced 5 Japanese divisions and 300 tanks, Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival made the decision to withdraw to Singapore. General Bennett paid a final visit to his friend the Sultan of Johore and… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Six Days Run Scenario#: 4769     Date: 8/30/1942     Location: Alam el Halfa, Egypt El 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
Slim River Scenario#: 6051     Date: 1/7/1941     Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Successive outflanking maneuvers down the west coast of Malaya by the Japanese, forced General Percival to create a new defense line to the south in Johore state. Percival urged Lieutenant-General Lewis "Piggy" Heath, commander of III Indian Corps,… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Slopes of Mount Austen Scenario#: 1413     Date: 1/10/1943     Location: Mount Austen, Guadalcanal At the close of the year, Maj. Gen. Millard Harmon, commanding U.S. Army Forces in the South Pacific concluded that Mount Austen, the high ground that dominated American positions around Henderson Field, had to be taken in order to secure … Memoir '44 — Pacific Theater
Slopes of Mount Austen Scenario#: 3727     Date: 1/22/1943     Location: Mount Austen, Guadalcanal At the close of the year, Major General Millard Harmon, commanding U.S. Army Forces in the South Pacific concluded that Mount Austen, the high ground that dominated American positions around Henderson Field, had to be taken in order to secure … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Smolensk Scenario#: 1757     Date: 7/1/1941     Location: Smolensk, Russia Army Group Center, spearheaded by Guderian's 2nd Panzergruppe with Hoth's 3rd Panzergruppe on his left, scattered 3 Soviet armies as they advanced on Smolensk. Desperately trying to stiffen Resistance, the Soviets hoped to stop the Germans' drive… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
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
Soviet Infiltration Scenario#: 17872     Date: 7/7/1939     Location: Khalkh River, Mongolia As the Japanese recovered from their failed offensive from early July, Zhukov planned a Soviet infiltration. A Soviet faint would hold the enemy in position in the south while his real plan unfolded. On July 7th a combined force of … Memoir '44 — Battle Maps Series 2 - Battles of Khalkhin-Gol
Soviet KV-2 Tanks at Lutsk Scenario#: 20561     Date: 6/25/1941     Location: Lutsk, Russia During the night of June 24-25, additional elements from the Soviet 22nd Mechanized Corps, which included a number of Red Army KV-2 heavy tanks, took up positions alongside the remains of the 19th Tank Division in Lutsk. At dawn the … Memoir '44 — New Flight Plan
Soviet Raid on Grigorevka Scenario#: 18261     Date: September 22, 1941     Location: Grigorevka, Ukraine September 1941, the city of Odessa was on the front line, surrounded by the Romanian army and under heavy fire from the artillery batteries of the 15th Romanian division positioned near Grigorevka. In order to help the defenders of the … Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios
St Vith, Ardennes Scenario#: 20     Date: 12/20/1944     Location: St Vith, Belgium As early as August 1944, Adolf Hitler began formulating plans for what would become the Ardennes offensive. While too ambitious for the available resources and terrain, the plan was deemed by the German High Command as having more chances of … Memoir '44 — Memoir 44
St. Joseph's Farm Scenario#: 19380     Date: 11/26/1942     Location: Chouigui Village, Tunisia The first tank battle between German and American forces took place near Chouigui Pass on November 25, 1942. A German column was headed south from Mateur to reinforce Axis troops that were retreating from Medjez-el-Bab and ran into Lt. Col. … Memoir '44 — Battle Maps Series 2 - Through Jungle and Desert
Stalingrad: 1st assault Scenario#: 12721     Date: 09/14/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia When German troops arrived in front of Stalingrad in early September 1942, they noticed that the long, straight city hugging the Volga River did not allow them to use their usual tactic, the pincer movement. They would have to make a frontal… Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios
Staraya Russa Scenario#: 4113     Date: 9/1/1941     Location: Staraya, Russia The Northwest Front, under the energetic Chief of Staff Vatutin, decided to attack the Axis forces south of Staraya Russa. It was hoped that this would divert Army Group North's energies away from Leningrad. Indeed, von Leeb over-reacted to the … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Stonne : French counter-attack Scenario#: 18509     Date: 5/16/1940     Location: Stonne, France After the fierce battle of the 15th of May, the struggle for the village of Stonne continued on the 16th. Following an heavy shelling by the French artillery, the 3rd battalion of 51st Infantry Regiment and three companies of B1 … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2017
Strasbourg Scenario#: 28     Date: 1/11/1945     Location: Strasbourg, France On the 7th of January 1945, the German Nineteen Army initiated an attack south of Strasbourg against the First French Army. Code-named 'Sonnenwende' ("Winter Solstice"), the operation led by the 198th Volksgrenadier Division and 106th Panzer Brigade… Memoir '44 — Game Trade Magazine #58
Strasbourg Scenario#: 3683     Date: 1/11/1945     Location: Strasbourg, France On the 7th of January 1945, the German Nineteen Army initiated an attack south of Strasbourg against the First French Army. Code-named 'Sonnenwende' ("Winter Solstice"), the operation led by the 198th Volksgrenadier Division, the 106th Panzer Brigade… Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Strong defense at Vinovka Scenario#: 24282     Date: 08/23/1942     Location: Vinovka, Russia On the 23rd of August 1942, the 16.Panzer-Division, head of the XIV.Panzer-Korps, crossed the Don River and advanced toward the Volga River until they reached Rynok, north of Stalingrad, that evening. General Hube, commander of the division, received… Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios
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
Strongpoint Wn21 Trout Scenario#: 20868     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Lion-sur-Mer, France On 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
Sugar Loaf and Half Moon Scenario#: 1518     Date: 5/13/1945     Location: Sugar Loaf, Okinawa The Japanese units defending the western flank of the Shuri line were in a strong defensive position. Entrenched in tunnels with interlocking fields of fire between Sugar Loaf, Half Moon and the surrounding hills, they were able to hold off … Memoir '44 — Pacific Theater
Sugar Loaf and Half Moon Scenario#: 3730     Date: 5/19/1945     Location: Half Moon, Okinawa The Japanese units defending the western flank of the Shuri line were in a strong defensive position. Entrenched in tunnels with interlocking fields of fire between Sugar Loaf, Half Moon and the surrounding hills, they were able to hold off … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Suomussalmi Scenario#: 1409     Date: 12/16/1939     Location: Suomussalmi, Finland The Soviet Army crossed the border into Finland in the last days of November, 1939. On December 8th, they reached the lightly defended village of Suomussalmi. The next day, Colonel Hjalmar Siilasvuo, a veteran of WWI, brought in reinforcements and … Memoir '44 — Eastern Front
Sword Beach Scenario#: 4     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Sword Beach, France The 8th Brigade Group of the 3rd British Division, supported by Commandos of the 1st Special Service Brigade and the amphibious Sherman tanks of the 13th and 18th Hussars, formed the first wave of Allied forces to land on "Sword" … Memoir '44 — Memoir 44
Sword Beach Scenario#: 3693     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Sword Beach, France The 8th Brigade of the 3rd British Division, supported by Commandos of the 1st Special Service Brigade and the amphibious Sherman tanks of the 13th/18th Hussars, formed the first wave of Allied forces to land on "Sword" beach, near the … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Sword Beach Scenario#: 6367     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Sword Beach, France The early hours, morning of June 6, 1944 - Men of the British 6th Airborne Division airdrop inland to capture the bridges over the Orne River and canal and prevent the German armored formations in the area between Normandy and … Memoir '44 — Breakthrough
Sword Beach Overlord Scenario#: 34     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Sword Beach, France The 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
Sword of Stalingrad Scenario#: 5978     Date: 9/14/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia By the end of August 1942, Army Group South (B) reached the Volga, north of Stalingrad. In a matter of days, 4th Panzer Army, with the 29th Motorized Division in the lead, headed for the river south of the city, … Memoir '44 — Battle Maps Series 1 - Sword of Stalingrad
Taipale river Scenario#: 17300     Date: 11/30/1939     Location: Summa, Finland Both the Russians and the Fins know that Summa is the gateway through the Karelian 1sthmus into Finland. This is the most defended place in the Mannerheim line. That’s why Russian troops try to lure Finnish troops away from that … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2016
Take Falaise Scenario#: 6894     Date: 8/14/1944     Location: Falaise, France After Operation Totalize, Montgomery insisted on the necessity to take Falaise so the 1st Canadian Army quickly launched a new offensive: Operation Tractable. After a massive air bombing campaign, the 2nd Canadian Army Corps and 1st Polish Armored… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Task Force Pat at Chenogne Scenario#: 18479     Date: 12/31/1944     Location: Chenogne, Belgium In late December 1944, while the Germans still hoped to capture Bastogne, US troops recovered the initiative to relieve this city which was partly besieged. The 11th US Armored Division, just arrived in in the western front and totally "green", … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2017
Taukkyan Roadblock Scenario#: 19391     Date: 3/6/1942     Location: Rangoon, Burma Gen Harold Alexander ordered Rangoon evacuated, but to escape, the Japanese had to be convinced Rangoon would be heavily defended. The British 7th Armoured Brigade was therefore ordered to attack the Japanese at Pegu, which did convince the Japanese… Memoir '44 — Battle Maps Series 2 - Through Jungle and Desert
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
Tenaru Scenario#: 3464     Date: 8/20/1942     Location: Alligator Creek, Guadalcanal During the night of August 20-21, Marine scouts on the east bank of Alligator Creek detected the movement of a large body of Japanese troops. Col. Kiyonao Ichiki ordered his infantry troops forward, using "human wave tactics" but the 2nd … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Tenaru Scenario#: 3736     Date: 8/21/1942     Location: Alligator Creek, Guadalcanal During the night of August 20-21, Marine scouts on the east bank of Alligator Creek detected the movement of a large body of Japanese troops. Col. Kiyonao Ichiki ordered his infantry troops forward, using "human wave" tactics, but the 2nd … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
The Avranches Breakthrough Scenario#: 6911     Date: 7/28/1944     Location: Roncey, France On the morning of July 28 1944, following the initial breakthrough made by the 1St US Army, German troops of 84.Armee Korps found themselves virtually surrounded in the Roncey pocket. The following night, elite German units of Waffen-SS and… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
The Battle for Overloon Scenario#: 20106     Date: 10/12/1944     Location: Overloon, Holland At exactly 11 o'clock more than 200 allied artillery opened fire at Overloon. In the next 90 minutes, more than 100,000 grenades were dropped on Overloon. At a quarter past twelve, as Overloon has changed in one great ruin, two … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2015
The Battle of Hong Kong Scenario#: 1638     Date: 12/18/1941     Location: Hong Kong, China The 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
The Battle of Honkaniemi Scenario#: 20105     Date: 1/25/1940     Location: Honkaniemi, Finland On the night between 25th / 26th of February 1940, the Jaeger company was transferred by trucks to Heponotko (3 km North-East from the Honkaniemi depot) and skied to the starting point, arriving at 0400 hours. The tank company arrived … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2016
The Bourbourg - Brouckerque Line Scenario#: 10908     Date: 5/30/1940     Location: Spycker, France In an effort to bring German artillery into range of Dunkirk, elements of Panzergruppe von Kleist pushed their light tanks toward Spycker, on May 30, 1940. After a preliminary bombardment of perimeter defenses, the Germans slowly moved forward. But… Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack
The Cadets of Saumur Scenario#: 4554     Date: 6/19/1940     Location: Saumur, France Saumur - June 19, 1940. The Battle of France is lost; the Germans are now ready to cross the River Loire. The meager French troops standing ready and lined up to defend it are the Officer Cadets from the Cavalry … Memoir '44 — Battle Maps Series 1 - Hedgerow Hell
the capture of Ardenne Abbey Scenario#: 19194     Date: 7/8/1944     Location: Ardenne Abbey, France The Ardenne Abbey, built on the XIIth Century was from the 7th of June 1944 the HQ of the 25th.SS Panzergrenadier Regiment under the command of Colonel Kurt Meyer, nicknamed "Panzermeyer". On the 8th of July, the abbey was one … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2018
The capture of Biesheim Scenario#: 6592     Date: 2/3/1945     Location: Biesheim, France In Alsace, combats are drawing to an end; the Colmar pocket is being reduced by the 1st French Army, and the troops of the German XIX.Armee, decimated and demoralized. are withdrawing toward Chalampé bridge over the Rhine in a bid … Memoir '44 — Audie Murphy's Campaign
The Capture of Tobruk Scenario#: 5460     Date: 6/20/1942     Location: Tobruk, Libya After smashing British defenses at Gazala, Rommel pushed his Afrika Korps towards Tobruk. Having successfully withstood a 9-months siege the previous year, the city was left to the protection of the 2nd South African Division's General Klopper. The… Memoir '44 — Battle Maps Series 1 - Disaster at Dieppe
The Charging Bull Scenario#: 6769     Date: 7/18/1944     Location: Bourguébus, France After the capture of Caen on July 10, Montgomery aimed to deliver a major blow to his enemies with the help of the 2nd British Army. This Operation, code-named Goodwood, would launch three armored divisions of VIIIth Army Corps east … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
The Coup de Main Scenario#: 6702     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Merville, France During the night June 5-6 1944, units of the 6th (British) Airborne Division were dropped east of Caen, between the Orne and Dives rivers. Their objective was: to capture the bridges on the Orne river and the canal (later made … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
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
The Failed Offensive of Cavallero Scenario#: 22831     Date: 1/25/1941     Location: Kerhes, Albania Italy has been bogged down in a war against Greece since October 1940. Although it's a war Mussolini himself started, it hasn't been the decisive campaign he was hoping for. It is now a matter of honor for the Italian … Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios
The Fall of Tobruk Scenario#: 20388     Date: 6/20/1942     Location: Tobruk, Libya On 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