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Mountain Marines Scenario#: ROMA4 Date: 11/16/1944 Location: Eglio, Italy The weeks-long struggle for Massa on the coastal plains of northwest Italy brought to the forefront longstanding issues of ill trust and poor morale throughout the 92nd Infantry Division, the only African-American Infantry Division to see combat in… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Roma 2020
Taming Tulagi Scenario#: BB01 Date: 8/8/1942 Location: Tulagi Island, Solomon Islands The invasion of Tulagi was one of the several small preliminary invasions planned to secure the flanks of the Guadalcanal attack. The units selected for the invasion of Tulagi were the highly trained 1st Raider Battalion and the 2nd Battalion, Fifth… Advanced Squad Leader — Backblast #1
A Wedge in the Ice Scenario#: BB09 Date: 2/11/1940 Location: Viipuri, Finland After a week of forceful probes and measured attacks, General Timoshenko’s major offensive against the Mannerheim Line was finally ready. The 123rd Division and 35th Tank Brigade were to spearhead the offensive, having undergone intensive training… Advanced Squad Leader — Backblast #2
Up Number One Road Scenario#: BB15 Date: 3/16/1944 Location: Manus Island, the Ad The attack on Manus got underway on 15 March. Before dawn, two troops of the 8th Cavalry, six cargo carrying LVTs and the combat LVT were loaded on board an LST for the 18 kilometres (11 mi) trip across Seeadler Harbour from Salami. Beaches at Lugos,… Advanced Squad Leader — Backblast #2
Ambitious Plans Scenario#: BB16 Date: 1942-09-27 Location: Point Cruz, Guadalcanal After a series of Bloody Ridge engagements earlier in the month, General Vandegrift knew that a sizable Japanese force was operating from Matanikau village east of Point Cruz. A series of ambitious offensives in regimental strength were planned to… Advanced Squad Leader — Backblast #2
The Marco Polo Bridge Incident Scenario#: BOF01 Date: 7/8/1937 Location: Wanping, China In July 1937, Beijing was surrounded by Japanese-controlled territory. Only the southern road with the ancient Marco Polo Bridge was still free of the enemy. If this last of the Beijing approaches fell into Japanese hands, the whole city would be… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends
A Polish Requiem Scenario#: BOF02 Date: 9/14/1939 Location: Brzesc-Litwski, Poland General Heinz Guderian's XIX Panzer Corps had broken through the Polish defensive lines at Wizna and Mlawa. Next on the agenda was the fortress of Brzesc-Litewski. The fortress' garrison was a mixed bag consisting of march battalions and a number of… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends
The Abbeville Bridgehead Scenario#: BOF03 Date: 5/28/1940 Location: Abbeville, France The Germans had crossed the Somme and established three bridge-heads on the western shore at Abbeville, Amiens and Péronn. As these posed a mortal threat to the French forces, they had no alternative but to counterattack. At Abbeville, the recently… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends
About His Shadowy Sides Scenario#: BOF04 Date: 6/24/1941 Location: Dubysa, Lithuania The German advance seemed to progress as planned. But up north, the Wehrmacht had another thing coming. Beginning 23 June, repeated Russian attacks by units supported by heavy tanks met occasional success. The ponderous but heavily armed and armored… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends
Adolf's Amateurs Scenario#: BOF05 Date: 7/1/1941 Location: Salla, Finland On the eve of Operation Barbarossa, SS-Kampfgruppe Nord was upgraded to a full SS Motorized Division. Not only the outfit's designation was new to the men, but also their weapons and in many respects the whole concept of warfare. The attack route lay… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends
Cavalry Brigade Model Scenario#: BOF06 Date: 7/2/1942 Location: Rzhev, Russia The Russian 39th Army was firmly entrenched in the inaccessible primeval forests between Belyi and Rzhev. Recently pocketed by a German attack cutting their last supply route, this army was scheduled for destruction. Attacking along the Wjasma road… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends
The Fields of Black Gold Scenario#: BOF07 Date: 9/28/1942 Location: Sagopshi, Russia In mid-September, after the fall of Rostov, the Wiking SS Division received orders to leave the western Caucasus and move eastward in order to spearhead the attack on the important oil fields east of Grozny. After two days of bitter fighting against… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends
Sting of the Italian Hornet Scenario#: BOF08 Date: 7/12/1943 Location: Modica, Sicily A few days before the start of Operation Husky, Mussolini had ordered General Guzzoni’s 6th Army to defend Sicily to the last man. The demoralized and poorly equipped Italian soldiers did exactly the opposite. On the morning of 12 July, the Edmonton… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends
Pursuing Frank Scenario#: BOF09 Date: 7/27/1944 Location: Otwock, Poland On the same day Hitler had ordered Warsaw to be held "at all costs" the Russian 2nd Tank Army advanced on the Polish capital from the north. All the German 9. Armee could muster against this powerful force was Gruppe Frank based around… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends
To Have and To Hold Scenario#: BOF10 Date: 9/2/1944 Location: Thionville, France In early September 1944, the Allied armies' wild chase across France was starting to slow down with growing supply problems and stiffening resistance from the supposedly beaten German Army. Although the bulk of Patton's Third Army was stalled,… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends
Second Thoughts Scenario#: BOF11 Date: 1/4/1945 Location: Wingen-sur-Moder, France The first objective of Operation Nordwind, Hitler's last major offensive in the west, was to secure a path through the Low Vosges mountains to the Alsatian plains. One possible path ran through Wingen-sur-Moder. Kampfgruppe Wingen was tasked to seize… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends
Forging Spetsnaz Scenario#: BOF12 Date: 8/13/1945 Location: Chongjin, Korea On 9 August 1945 the Russians unleashed a massive offensive aiming to destroy the Japanese Kwantung Army in Manchuria. Russian naval forces would capture the vital port of Chongjin and cut the Japanese supply route. Led by twice-Hero of the Soviet… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends
Totensonntag Scenario#: BOF13 Date: 9/10/1939 Location: Janowice, Poland After a week of war, the German invasion of Poland ran according to plans. German troops of the 8. Armee were marching eastward on Warsaw, and on the other side of the Bzura river were Polish troops withdrawing in the same direction. Stretched along… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends 2
Cocktails for Molotov Scenario#: BOF14 Date: 9/20/1939 Location: Grodno, Poland Ill-equipped, undermanned and lacking any anti-tank artillery, the Polish defenders relied mostly on improvised anti-tank means such as bottles of gasoline or turpentine, small arms fire, and anti-tank obstacles. On 20 September, the tanks of the… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends 2
Forsthaus Clash Scenario#: BOF15 Date: 6/10/1942 Location: Sevastapol, Crimea On 7 June, the Germans broke through Sevastopol's outer defensive ring. Three days later, Mekenziyevy Mountain train station and a nearby road junction known as the Forsthaus (Forester's House) were captured. The Russian 79th Naval Infantry Brigade… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends 2
Saluting a General Scenario#: BOF16 Date: 9/4/1942 Location: Karmanovo, Russia In August 1942 the Red Army attempted to retake Rzhev and eliminate the most dangerous threat to the Russian capital. After almost a month of relentless attacks and bitter fighting, the Red Army had made only very small gains. On 4 September the… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends 2
No Time to Bleed Scenario#: BOF17 Date: 11/20/1943 Location: Brusilov, Ukraine Manstein's counterattack near Fastov pushed the 3rd Guards Tank Army on to the defensive, but he could not quite deliver a repeat of the “backhand blow” as he had hoped. The new Panther battalions arrived for the attack, but by now the grenadier and… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends 2
Bidermann's Escape Scenario#: BOF18 Date: 7/5/1944 Location: Miory, Belarus On 4 July a Russian offensive cut off Grenadier-Regiment 437. A kampfgruppe lead by Lieutenant Bidermann fell back and soon only a small village stood between them and friendly lines. The seemingly deserted settlement hid Russian infantry backed by… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends 2
Bite of the Bassotto Scenario#: BOF19 Date: 7/27/1944 Location: San Casciano, Italy During six months of static mountain warfare around Cassino, the New Zealand Divisional Cavalry had found little use for their lumbering Staghound armored cars. This changed after Rome fell. In hot pursuit of the retreating enemy in the Liri valley,… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends 2
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea Scenario#: BOF20 Date: 1/27/1945 Location: Liebstadt, Germany On 26 January the breakout attempt of the now-encircled 4. Armee began. The main blow fell on Russian 53rd Rifle Corps of the 48th Army. Two Russian rifle divisions were enveloped and two more driven to the rear. The 131. Infanterie-Division… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends 2
Dying for Danzig Scenario#: BOF21 Date: 3/27/1945 Location: Gdansk, Poland Before the outbreak of the war, some French groups questioned why France would go to war with Germany over Poland and "die for Danzig". However, any French reluctance to fight did not prevent the outbreak of the war. In March 1945 the front lines ran… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends 2
Capital Punishment Scenario#: BOF22 Date: 4/16/1945 Location: Neu Glietzen, Germany In mid-April 1945, the time had come for the Red Army to cross the last major natural obstacle before Berlin - the Oder river. One of the many planned crossings was the 61st Army's effort to get the 8th Penal Battalion across to the south side of a… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends 2
Anhalt Pandemonium Scenario#: BOF23 Date: 4/26/1945 Location: Berlin, Germany The Red Army had finally reached Berlin. In the suburb of Neukölln, SS troopers and the Russians struggled for control of the courthouse. Not until both flanks had crumbled under Russian pressure and two streets were the only open withdrawal route… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends 2
A War of Their Own Scenario#: BOF24 Date: 8/18/1945 Location: Shumshu, Kuril Islands Shumshu is the northernmost of the Kuril Islands in the Western Pacific near Kamchatka. In mid-August 1945, just after the Japanese surrender, the Russians set out to seize the island. The instructions that had been given to the surrendering Japanese… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends 2
The Guards Counterattack Scenario#: A Date: 10/6/1942 Location: Stalingrad, Russia After an extremely successfulsummer campaign, the Germans came upon the Volga fortress of Stalingrad.Here the Red Army had dug in and was determined to make a stand. Sensingtotal victory, the Germans threw more and ever more troops into the… Advanced Squad Leader — Classic ASL
The Tractor Works Scenario#: B Date: 10/6/1942 Location: Stalingrad, Russia While pushing into the industrial area of the city, advancing elements of the 389th Infantry Division isolated a contingent of the 308th Rifle Division in the crucial Dzerhezinsky Tractor Works. The German command decided to crush this island of… Advanced Squad Leader — Classic ASL
The Streets of Stalingrad Scenario#: C Date: 10/6/1942 Location: Stalingrad, Russia This scenario combines two other scenarios (A and B) into one monster scenario. Advanced Squad Leader — Classic ASL
The Hedgehog of Piepsk Scenario#: D Date: 11/14/1941 Location: Piepsk, Russia Despite a heavy beating, the Soviet Army was still holding the field and, in some areas, giving better than they got. However, the German ranks were thinning out as their manpower resources were called upon time and again to fight just one more… Advanced Squad Leader — Classic ASL
Hill 621 Scenario#: E Date: 7/1/1944 Location: Minsk, Russia In late June 1944, the Soviets began what eventually would be known as the “Destruction of Army Group Center”. The key to this offensive was the city of Minsk. Should it be captured, numerous German formations would be hopelessly cut off. One of the… Advanced Squad Leader — Classic ASL
The Paw of the Tiger Scenario#: F Date: 1/12/1943 Location: Leningrad, Russia ISKRA Throughout the winter of ‘42–‘43, the Soviets launched repeated attacks to relieve the siege of Leningrad. The hard-pressed Germans rebuffed one attack after another, but in so doing, their lines became progressively thinner. Finally, the Germans had… Advanced Squad Leader — Classic ASL
Hube's Pocket Scenario#: G Date: 4/6/1944 Location: Buchach, Russia The March Russian offensive to drive the Germans back to the Carpathian Mountains had been successful. Partially due to Hitler’s “stand fast” order, many large German formations were encircled. Among them was the entire First Panzer Army of General… Advanced Squad Leader — Classic ASL
Escape from Velikiye Luki Scenario#: H Date: 1/12/1943 Location: Velikiye Luki, Russia As in Stalingrad, many pockets of Germans had been encircled. At Velikiye Luki, artillery and armor punctured through the German perimeter and as the headquarters was overrun, orders went out to save yourselves if you could. At night, isolated groups… Advanced Squad Leader — Classic ASL
The Puma Prowls Scenario#: T02 Date: 6/28/1944 Location: Lepel, Russia During the destruction of Army Group Center,the German front became pierced at many points. As the battlefield situationbecame more fluid, reliable information was of crucial importance to both sides.In the midst of the fighting an unusual clash… Advanced Squad Leader — Classic ASL
Shklov's Labors Lost Scenario#: T04 Date: 7/11/1941 Location: Shklov, Russia In the town of Shklov, the German advance was frustrated by the determined defense of a handful of young Soviets. Skillfully using every advantage, the young officer cadets, known as “Stalin Scholars”, were able to beat back the advance of the… Advanced Squad Leader — Classic ASL
The Bitche Salient Scenario#: J Date: 1/14/1945 Location: Bitche, Germany Elements of the 29th Infantry Division had been ordered to continue closing the ring around German forces trapped near Bitche. However, due to poor radio security, the Germans were quite aware of this latest development and had planned a flanking… Advanced Squad Leader — Classic ASL
The Dead of Winter Scenario#: T06 Date: 12/29/1941 Location: Naro, Russia The German army was frozen in place. Bitter cold and deep snow made the thinly-clad Wehrmacht dig in and fight first for warmth, then the Russians. The Siberians were well equipped for war in the snow, but the Soviet High Command still threw them… Advanced Squad Leader — Classic ASL
Back To School Scenario#: DASL24 Date: 2/4/1943 Location: Stanichka, Russia With the German occupation of Sevastopol and Novorossiysk in 1942, the Soviet Black Sea Fleet had lost its primary naval bases. Its operations were shifted farther down the southeast coast to the city of Poti, whose port facilities were small and… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
The Island Scenario#: DASL28 Date: 6/14/1944 Location: Villers-Bocage, France On June 12, the 7th Armoured Division advanced to exploit a perceived gap in the German lines southwest of Caen. As the leading tanks and motorized infantry drove into and beyond Villers-Bocage, they were cut to pieces by a few Tiger tanks under the… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
Intimate War Scenario#: DASL35 Date: 2/12/1945 Location: Manila, Philippines With the Americans closing in on the capital city, General Yamashita had no intention of allowing his troops to be trapped fighting there and so ordered a withdrawal eastward. But Rear-Admiral Sanji Iwabuchi, in command of some 17,000 naval troops… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
Lehr Sanction Scenario#: DASL29 Date: 6/14/1944 Location: Lingeveres, France Elements of the British 50th Infantry Division, supported by armor of the Royal Dragoon Guards, and preceded by a massive naval and air bombardment, finally succeeded in taking the village of Lingevres. But three hours after retreating, the… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
The Tiger Of Toungoo Scenario#: DASL23 Date: 3/26/1942 Location: Toungoo, Burma In order to slow the lightning advance of the Japanese, Lt.-General Stilwell sent the elite Chinese 200th Division into the walled city of Toungoo to help stabilize his ruptured front. Meanwhile to the south, Japanese patrols ranged through the… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
Royal Marines Scenario#: DASL27 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Langrune-Sur-Mer, France In the grand design of Overlord, five Royal Marine Commando groups were organized into two Special Service battalions and detailed to clear German strongpoints along the 20 mile frontage of Gold, Juno and Sword. With the Canadians allotted a scant 30… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
Sicilian Midnight Scenario#: DASL25 Date: 7/16/1943 Location: Favara, Sicily Under direct orders from Patton himself, the 3rd Ranger Battalion stepped off at dusk on the 15th to seize Porto Empedocle. Marching in a column of companies, the Rangers made good time across the Sicilian hills. But just after midnight, scouts… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
The Mailed Fist Scenario#: DASL19 Date: 5/13/1940 Location: Jandrain, Belgium One of the Western Allies’ plans in the event of a German attack, Plan “D” – based upon the belief that the Germans would push through the lowlands of Belgium as they had in the previous war – called for the BEF and various French divisions to rush… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
Mayhem In Manila Scenario#: DASL36 Date: 2/16/1945 Location: Manila, Philippines In the conquest of Manila, many bitter battles took place throughout the city. One such contest occurred throughout the medical complex at the University of the Philippines. In large, well-fortified buildings the Japanese defenders fought desperately… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader