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Commando SchenkeScenario#: 126 Date: 6/28/1941 Location: Liepaja, LatviaThe evening of June 24, Infantry-Regiment 505 was established within 12 km of Liepaja in Latvia. The following day, jointly with Kriegsmarine commandos led by Lieutenant-Commander Schenke, the 505th attempted to take the maritime fortress by surprise… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition) |
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Adolf's AmateursScenario#: BOF05 Date: 7/1/1941 Location: Salla, FinlandOn 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 |
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Breakout from BorisovScenario#: U25 Date: 7/2/1941 Location: Borisov, BelarusBorisov, East of the Berezina River, 2 July 1941: After Tenacious fighting the 52nd Panzer Grenadier Regt. drove the Rusians from Borisov and established a bridgehead across the river. The Russians, under direct orders from General Yeremenko, were to… Advanced Squad Leader — Turning the Tide |
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Land LeviathansScenario#: 127 Date: 7/3/1941 Location: Lipki, RussiaUnder pressure from Stalin to hold Smolensk, Yeremenko was desperate to halt the German offensive. On 1 July, he committed his sole armored reserve: the 1st Moscow Motorized Rifle Division. It was a crack unit, the pride of the STAVKA. Equipped with… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition) |
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Blocking Action at LipkiScenario#: A044 Date: 7/3/1941 Location: Borisov, BelarusDuring the opening stages of Barbarossa, the first great pincer movement on the Central Front occurred between the cities of Bialystok and Minsk. As a result of the encirclement of four Soviet armies in the pocket, the high command was forced to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 92 |
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Liberating BessarabiaScenario#: 113 Date: 7/5/1941 Location: Branzeni, RomaniaAt the onset of Barbarossa, Romania's primary goal was recapturing from the Russians its lost lands in Bessarabia and northern Bukovina. Although the Russians successfully resisted the initial assaults in the area, by the end of June the Axis had… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion |
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Clearing KamienkaScenario#: OB05 Date: 7/5/1941 Location: Kamienka, RussiaAfter two weeks of Operation Barbarossa, the spearheads of Guderian’s Panzergruppe 2 had raced ahead of the bulk of the 4th Army. The infantry units were straining to catch up and had the unenviable tasks of mopping up the growing number of bypassed… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Bunker |
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Dingoes At DamourScenario#: AP163 Date: 7/9/1941 Location: Damour, SyriaAfter a month the British and Commonwealth campaign against Vichy forces in Syria was coming to a close. The coastal town of Damour was the last major Vichy outpost before the key city of Beirut. The Vichy commander in the Damour region, allocated a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under |
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Shklov's Labors LostScenario#: T04 Date: 7/11/1941 Location: Shklov, RussiaIn 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 |
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Timoshenko's AttackScenario#: G01 Date: 7/12/1941 Location: Gomel, RussiaGerman armored spearheads were advancing on Smolensk. In a desperate bid to save the city, Timoshenko gathered together a mixed force of twenty divisions and launched a flanking attack. The thin screen of infantry-men of the Germans 10th Motorized… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #23.3 |
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Men of the MountainsScenario#: J034 Date: 7/13/1941 Location: Ceyinje, MontenegroOn 13 July 1941, in Italian-occupied Montenegro, Montenegrin separatist Sekula Drljević proclaimed an Independent State of Montenegro under Italian protectorate, upon which a nationwide rebellion escalated raised by Partisans, Yugoslav Royal officers… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2 |
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Workers Unite!Scenario#: S053 Date: 7/16/1941 Location: Smolensk, RussiaInfanterie-Division 29, known as the "Falcon" Division, quickly captured southern Smolensk through a coup de main. The following day it turned its attention towards the northern half of the city across the Dnepr River. Stalin ordered Lt. Gen. Lukin's… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 3 |
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The Defense of LugaScenario#: 128 Date: 7/19/1941 Location: Leningrad, Russia SEIGEAs German panzers drove toward Leningrad, they bypassed potentially dangerous Russian armored groups. When these attempted to break out, handling them fell to infantry and anti-tank units. One such instance occurred at Luga, where elements of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition) |
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Cautious CrusadersScenario#: 114 Date: 7/23/1941 Location: Lipovic, UkraineJoining in Germany's “Crusade against Bolshevism”, a newly formed Slovakian “Mobile Group” crossed the border into the Ukraine. Leading the attack were the bicyclists and tanks of the Motorized Reconnaissance Group. Near the village of Lipovic, a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion |
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Busting in BaltaScenario#: AP123 Date: 8/3/1941 Location: Balta, UkraineBalta was to be bypassed by the main German force as the attack towards Odessa continued. However, Pioneer-Regiment 744 was ordered to capture Balta to protect the flank of the main attack. At 0840, Kompanie C attacked from the southeast. After an… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #13 Oktoberfest XXXII |
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Escape from EncirclementScenario#: AP043 Date: 8/3/1941 Location: Podvyssokoya-Peregonorka, RussiaLarge numbers of Russian men and material had been cut off and surrounded in a pocket centered on Uman, near Kiev. The encircled Russians, searching for a means to escape, had already attempted to break out to the east with disastrous results. To the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #5 East Front |
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The Capture of BaltaScenario#: J029 Date: 8/3/1941 Location: Balta, UkraineThe 11th Army, advancing on the right side of Army Group South, skirted the Rumanian border with the Black Sea port of Odessa as its primary objective. The small town of Balta, located 120 miles northwest of Odessa, had changed hands several times… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2 |
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The Porechye BridgeheadScenario#: J093 Date: 8/5/1941 Location: Porechye, RussiaA strong combat element of the 6th Panzer Division succeeded in effecting a surprise capture of the two Luga bridges at Porechye, 60 miles southwest of Leningrad, and in forming a bridgehead. The strong armored forces which were to follow remained… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #6 |
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Fast HeinzScenario#: J078 Date: 8/7/1941 Location: Roslavl, RussiaAnother day of pouring rain. The mud clung like black tar to the men's boots. The 292nd Infantry Division slowed its push to close the bag on the Russian Fourth Army. Each overrun town required its own garrison. Each possible exit needed a guard. As… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #5 |
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Breakout From PrääzäScenario#: 167 Date: 8/8/1941 Location: Karelia, RussiaThe Finnish attack to capture the vital crossroads at the village of Prääzä had stalled in front of the objective. To get the attack rolling Jalkavakirykmentti (Infantry Regiment) 50 was dispatched to outflank the defenders. After a march through the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle! |
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Bridge to NowhereScenario#: 54 Date: 8/12/1941 Location: Yasnaya Polyana, UkraineIn July 1941 Mussolini sent the 62,000-strong CSIR (Italian Expeditionary Corps) to the Eastern Front. Its three divisions and attached troops linked up with the Wehrmacht in Romania, where the corps vehicular transport was pooled in order to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 7 - Hollow Legions (2nd Edition) |
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Slamming of the DoorScenario#: 129 Date: 8/17/1941 Location: Panikovo Forest, RussiaTo take Luga, a Soviet strongpoint on the "Leningrad Highway", the German 409th Infantry Regiment crossed the Oredezh River with plans to take the village of Panikovo. As they moved toward the village the Russians sprung a trap, sending troops and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition) |
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Lunch in LugaScenario#: AP124 Date: 8/24/1941 Location: Luga, RussiaIn order to complete the encirclement of Leningrad, the so-called “Luga Line” had to be broken first. The Germans began their assault on 22 August with Infanterie-Division 269 fighting its way slowly to the west from Luga into the river bend to the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #13 Oktoberfest XXXII |
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Mountain Comes to MohammedScenario#: G24 Date: 8/25/1941 Location: Qasr Shaikh, IranDuring the Anglo-Soviet invasion of neutral Iran, British forces attempt to take a strongpoint in the desert held by a battalion of the elite Pahlavi Guards Regiment, devout Muslims pledged to defend the Shah, and armed with modern Czech weapons. Advanced Squad Leader — The General #29.5 |
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Debacle at KorostenScenario#: 130 Date: 8/30/1941 Location: Kiev, RussiaAs the Russian front spread with each German success, vast gaps were left in the main line. These gaps proved to be perfect avenues of approach for the far-ranging Russian cavalry. One such daring group, the 1st Regiment, 2nd Cavalry Division, rode… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition) |
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Fighting WithdrawalScenario#: 1 Date: 9/2/1941 Location: Terijoki, FinlandThe Finns, seeking restitution for the Winter War of 1939, had erupted across the borders and breached the Soviet Karelian front even as the crisis to the south of Leningrad came. In a desperate attempt to salvage something and form a new defense… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition) |
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Forest BastionScenario#: 168 Date: 9/8/1941 Location: Niiniselkä, RussiaAs part of the general attack aimed at the Karelian capital of Petrozavodsk, the Finnish 11th Division was ordered to take the village of Prääzä, an important road junction over which the two sides had been fighting for a while. The division devised… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle! |
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Bald HillScenario#: U26 Date: 9/11/1941 Location: Leningrad, Russia SEIGEWith the 1st Panzer in the line, the attack moved forward again on the 11th. Eckinger’s I/113th Rifle Regiment, reinforced by a company of the 1st Panzer Regiment and a platoon of engineers, was in the lead. Von Richtofen’s Stukas arrived right on… Advanced Squad Leader — Turning the Tide |
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Göring's MenScenario#: S032 Date: 9/19/1941 Location: Vyazivok, RussiaThe General Göring Regiment had alternated between being in action and at rest for the better part of September. Their march had taken them across the Dneiper River as part of Army Group Center. Most of the action they had seen in September though… Advanced Squad Leader — Operations #53 |
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They Fired on Odessa...Scenario#: 220 Date: 9/22/1941 Location: Grigorievka, RussiaSince the end of July, the Germans had reached the Crimea and the outskirts of Odessa. The Russians fought tooth and nail but, day after day, the perimeter defense narrowed. Using their fleet on the Black Sea, the Soviet command decided to launch a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion (2nd Edition) |
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The Red WaveScenario#: A107 Date: 9/24/1941 Location: Lushno, RussiaBy mid-September, Army Group North had been stopped short of its goal of the capture of Leningrad. What they had been unable to achieve by force, they now hoped to accomplish by starving the city out. Leningrad was entirely cut off except for the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 97 |
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The Yelnya BridgeScenario#: J102 Date: 10/13/1941 Location: Yelnya, RussiaAfter the collapse of Soviet forces facing Army Group Center, a handful of Russian units were sent to defend the main communications routes to Moscow -- the most critical of which was the Minsk highway which ran south of Borodino. Meanwhile, the 10th… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #7 |
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Lenin's SonsScenario#: J103 Date: 10/14/1941 Location: Yudinki, RussiaTo the south of Borodino, the SS Das Reich was committed to several actions aimed at breaking the Soviet lines in order to rush towards the east. The Der Fuhrer Regiment, fighting on the southern flank of the Division, had regrouped and was to seize… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #7 |
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Flanking FlamethrowersScenario#: J104 Date: 10/15/1941 Location: Semenovskaya, RussiaThe landscape south and west of Borodino was covered with snow by first light on 15 October, but the skies were clear. The 32rd Rifle Division was holding its ground against the German onslaught, when some fresh elements of the 86th Schützen Regiment… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #7 |
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Borodino Train StationScenario#: J105 Date: 10/16/1941 Location: Borodino, RussiaThe armored spearheads of the 10th Panzer Division had reached an important railway junction on the road to Moscow. Kampfgruppe Hauenschildt was tasked to hold the Borodino Train Station while armored elements of the division were to push forward… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #7 |
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Last Push To MozhaiskScenario#: J115 Date: 10/17/1941 Location: Mozhaisk, RussiaAfter nearly a week of exhausting combat, the Russian 32nd Rifle Division had proved to be as effective as its German counterparts. In order to speed up the advance towards the Soviet capital, the Germans were compelled to break through Russian… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #8 |
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Breaking the Ishun LineScenario#: O02 Date: 10/19/1941 Location: Ishun, UkraineEleventh Army's drive east had brought it to the Perekop Isthmus, the doorway to the Crimea and Sevastopol. Here, two Russian defensive belts stretched the breadth of the isthmus. The first belt, 5 to 7 miles in depth, was around Perekop and… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 1 |
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The Hedgehog of PiepskScenario#: D Date: 11/14/1941 Location: Piepsk, RussiaDespite 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 |
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Blazin' ChariotsScenario#: 35 Date: 11/19/1941 Location: Gabr Saleh, LibyaThe 4th Armoured Brigade, probing northeast of Gabr Saleh, was driving a German recon unit before it. The Afrika Korps at last reacted, quickly forming several units of the 21st Panzer Division into Kampfgruppe Stephan which set out to investigate… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5 - West of Alamein |
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Half a ChanceScenario#: 56 Date: 11/19/1941 Location: Bir el Gubi, LibyaThe Italian 132nd “Ariete” Armored Division, positioned 37 miles south of Tobruk, received intelligence that an assault was imminent and prepared its defenses behind areas of low-lying ground turned boggy by heavy rains. Skillfully camouflaged, its… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 7 - Hollow Legions (2nd Edition) |
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Castles on the HorizonScenario#: J186 Date: 11/20/1941 Location: Bir Bu Meliha, LibyaPanzer-Division 15 was moving in the direction of Gabr Saleh. Late in the day they came upon the 4th Armoured Brigade’s Honeys which were this time “…in good defensive terrain with the sun behind them and their ammunition racks full”. 22nd Armoured… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #12 |
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Point of No ReturnScenario#: 42 Date: 11/23/1941 Location: Sidi Rezegh, LibyaAs part of the drive to open a corridor to Tobruk, the 2nd New Zealand Division was ordered to seize the heights dominating the eastern approaches to Ed Duda. Resistance was surprisingly feeble, as most Germans surrendered rather quickly. In their… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5 - West of Alamein |
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Sunday of the DeadScenario#: G09 Date: 11/23/1941 Location: Sidi Rezegh, LibyaThe 5th South African Infantry Brigade was preparing to assault Point 178 just to its north, when the 15th Panzer Division, moving southwesterly, unexpectedly (from both sides’ point of view) smashed into its southern end, scattering most of its… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #25.6 |
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Nocturnal AttritionScenario#: J030 Date: 11/26/1941 Location: Sidi Rezegh, LibyaOperation Crusader was boiling around the Sidi Rezeg area, and General Freyberg's New Zealand 6th Brigade was dangerously exposed. The Kiwis were perched on the Sidi Rezeg ridge and airfield, sandwiched between the German 155th Infantry Regiment on… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2 |
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BurzevoScenario#: R Date: 12/2/1941 Location: Burzevo, RussiaAlong the Minsk-Moscow highway, von Kluge’s Fourth Army made a last, desperate effort to dislodge the defending Russians b y an encircling attack from the south. The only real progress was made by the 258th Infantry Division which managed to capture… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #28.3 |
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Shielding MoscowScenario#: AP013 Date: 12/3/1941 Location: Khimki, RussiaThe men of the 35th Infantry Division were exhausted after their long trek across Russia. First mud, the severe winter weather, then stiffening defenses had blunted the spearhead of Operation Typhoon’s drive to Moscow. Now, with the spires of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #2 |
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The NutcrackerScenario#: AP063 Date: 12/7/1941 Location: Klin, RussiaDuring the final phase of Operation TYPHOON, German Panzer-Armee 4 broke through Russian defenses northeast of Moscow. General Reinhardt's Panzer-Korps LVI was able to cross the Moskva-Volga Canal at Yakhroma on 27 November but could not hold its… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #7 |
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Thai HotScenario#: AP083 Date: 12/8/1941 Location: Pattani Province, ThailandPattani, a town in the province of the same name, is located on the Kra Isthmus, more than 500 kilometres south of Burma. The town’s proximity to the Malayan border made it a top Japanese priority. As day broke on 8 December, Japanese transports were… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #9 To the Bridge! |
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A Stiff FightScenario#: 147 Date: 12/12/1941 Location: Asun, MalayaAt the start of the Malayan Campaign, British forces thrust into Thailand with the intent of capturing strategic points to deny them to the Japanese. Once the Japanese landed at Kota Bharu, however, the British realized they would soon be flanked and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 13 - Rising Sun |
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The Road to GoraScenario#: A091 Date: 12/15/1941 Location: Gora, RussiaThe Finnish 7th Division had gained a bridgehead on the eastern side of the Svir River at the Tetoimaki village group. The four villages of Tetoimaki lay along a solitary road in the otherwise desolate wilderness, with Gora being the westernmost… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 96 |
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