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Taking Some Flak Scenario#: J192     Date: 10/28/1944     Location: Muonio, Finland During the final withdrawal of German units from Finland, SS-Gebirgsjager-Regiments 11 and 12 were tasked with holding the Finns at bay. On the road from Tornio and Kemi, the Germans were withdrawing their troops interspersed with equipment-laden… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #12
Riding with the King Scenario#: J141     Date: 10/25/1944     Location: Nagykallo, Hungary After three weeks of constant movement, the 2nd Ukrainian Front’s Debrecen attack bogged down. Large Red Army formations were encircled, and Hungary was committed to remain Germany’s last European ally. Trapped near Nagykallo, the VII Mechanized… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9
Friday the 13th Scenario#: J059     Date: 10/13/1944     Location: East Prussia In October 1944, 1st Company, Hermann Göring's Fallschirmpanzerkorps Panzerjager Battalion received 16 new JagdPanzer IV vehicles. Their mission was to act as a mobile fire brigade for the panzerkorps. Their first objective was to thwart the Soviet… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3
It's Hardly Fair Scenario#: J155     Date: 9/20/1944     Location: Wyler, Germany At approximately 1330 hours on 17 September 1944, the Red Devils jumped into Holland as part of Operation Market Garden. Although initial resistance was light, heavy fighting ensued for days.The 508th established and maintained a defensive position… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #10
All Down the Line Scenario#: J140     Date: 9/19/1944     Location: Oosterbeek, Holland The 4th Parachute Brigade moved to seize the high ground around Koepel. However, the German defensive line along the Dreyenseweg, a road running north from Oosterbeek, would have to be overcome. Manning this line were elements of Kampfgruppe von… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9
No. 8 Platoon Overrun Scenario#: J058     Date: 9/18/1944     Location: Arnhem, Holland One of the few units near the bridge not attached to the 2nd Parachute Battalion was Platoon No. 8 of the 3rd Parachute Battalion. Accompanied by men from the Headquarters Defense Platoon, Platoon No. 8 probed outward into the factories of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3
Ramcke's Redoubt Scenario#: J172     Date: 9/16/1944     Location: Brest, France Following the Allied D-Day landings on 6 June, 2nd Fallschirmjäger-Division was sent to the Brittany region of France, and took up defensive positions at Brest. Following Operation Cobra, the allied breakout from Normandy, Major-General Troy H.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11
Schloss Hemingstein Scenario#: J121     Date: 9/14/1944     Location: Brandscheid, Germany Always close enough to the battle to maintain his reputation as an action reporter, “Papa” Ernest Hemingway had become close friends with the commander of the 22nd Infantry Regiment, Colonel Charles Lanham. Lanham wanted to make sure Hemingway had… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #8
Rebels Without A Pause Scenario#: J191     Date: 9/5/1944     Location: Telgart, Slovakia Nestled in the picturesque Hron Valley, the communication center of Telgart was a key objective for the uprising in central Slovakia. As the insurgency gained successes in the center, both the Slovak regular forces and partisan groups gained… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #12
Light Aid Detached Scenario#: J139     Date: 9/4/1944     Location: Lessines, Belgium Left behind in the Guards Armoured Division’s dash to Brussels, the Light Aid Detachment set up a repair facility in the quiet town of Lessines. Early on 4 September, the quiet was broken by excited townsfolk warning of a German column descending on… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9
Point To Make Scenario#: J138     Date: 9/3/1944     Location: Pont-À-Marcq, France The northern wing of Guards Armoured Division expected a clear run to Brussels. Crossing the Somme battlefields of the First World War, the Grenadiers set their sights on Waterloo, where they had gained their title in 1815. Even after two tanks were… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9
Cradle to Grave Scenario#: J154     Date: 9/1/1944     Location: Meximieux, France The area around Lyon was known as the “cradle of the resistance” due to activity of the FFI. Consequently, after landing in southern France on 15 August and heading quickly northward, the American Seventh Army encountered more friendly maquisards… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #10
Flames of Unrest Scenario#: J087     Date: 8/19/1944     Location: Warsaw, Poland UPRISING The Polish Home Army uprising had commenced with the sounds of Soviet artillery heard in the distance. The first days of the uprising were wildly successful against the surprised Germans. Soon, however, the Germans ruthlessly struck back against the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #5
Whom Gods Destroy Scenario#: J171     Date: 8/14/1944     Location: Central, Greece THREE PLAYER SCENARIO - informal alliances are not forbidden but there will be only 1 winner! Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11
Dawn's Early Light Scenario#: J153     Date: 8/7/1944     Location: Mortain, France The first elements of the American 30th Infantry Division to enter Mortain were met by civilians going about their daily lives. Some of the departing members of the 1st Infantry Division congratulated the new arrivals of their soft assignment. Not… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #10
No Mercy in Burcy Scenario#: J137     Date: 8/3/1944     Location: Burcy, France As SS-Panzer-Division 9 attempted to encircle and isolate the 11th Armoured Division with concentric left and right flank attacks, it was left to the last divisional reserve, the Pionier battalion, to storm the center ground. The divisional artillery… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9
Frontal Assault Scenario#: J086     Date: 8/3/1944     Location: Presles, France On the evening of 2 August, fearful for his open left flank, Major Robinson pushed Ned Thornburn's D Company a half-mile to the east. Digging-in around the farm of les Grands Bonfaits, the company was later reinforced by two platoons of A Company, a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #5
Guards Artillery Scenario#: J057     Date: 8/3/1944     Location: Maisoncelles, France Following a night advance to Point 176, the self-propelled artillery regiment of the Guards Armoured Division formed its gun lines in the small fields west of Maisoncelles. At approximately 0845 hours, guns began to engage targets and the battery… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3
Smashing the 3rd Scenario#: J024     Date: 8/3/1944     Location: Wolomin, Poland The success of Operation Bagration allowed a number of Russian units, including the Soviet 3rd Tank Corps, to make deep penetrations through the German lines. On July 31, the German 9th Army believed it was in position to cut off and destroy the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2
Messenger Boys Scenario#: J152     Date: 8/2/1944     Location: Drouet, France By the fourth day of the British offensive Operation Bluecoat, the German front line had been penetrated and the armoured units sought to exploit the gains. To obtain a clear line of advance, the British Guards Armoured division changed its… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #10
Priests on the Line Scenario#: J074     Date: 7/29/1944     Location: La Pompe, France By the fourth day of Operation Cobra, it was obvious to the German High Command that their forces were on the verge of being surrounded. They ordered the front line units to break out from the evolving pocket by moving south-east towards Percy. Near… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #4
Tired and Unsupported Scenario#: J073     Date: 7/25/1944     Location: Montreuil Sur Lozon, France General Omar Bradley devised Operation Cobra with the simple goal of cracking the German lines in Normandy's bocage country and achieving a breakout. The American offensive was scheduled to begin with a bang -- a carpet-bombing attack along a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #4
On To Florence Scenario#: J099     Date: 7/22/1944     Location: San Martino, Italy During July the German Fourteenth Army's stubborn withdrawal up the Italian peninsular slowed. The intention of the German command was to keep the Allies out of the valley of the River Arno and give their reserve divisions time to prepare the Gothic… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #6
Cahier Carriers Scenario#: J072     Date: 7/16/1944     Location: Gavrus, France At the beginning of Operation Greenline, the 1st Ox and Bucks held the extreme right wing of 53rd Welsh Division. Starting at 0300 hours, their attack began disastrously. Both D and C Companies had heavy officer losses. B Company took the battalion… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #4
A Burnt Out Case Scenario#: J056     Date: 7/6/1944     Location: Smorgon, Belarus Following the capture of Minsk and the destruction of the bulk of the Fourth Army, the 5th Guards Tank Army pushed westward towards Vilnius. North of Minsk, emergency reserve units of Army Group Center augmented with Luftwaffe flak units, were… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3
Lend-Lease Attack Scenario#: J098     Date: 6/28/1944     Location: Krupki, Russia The German High Command realized that Operation Bagration was indeed a large scale Soviet offensive. The first German reinforcements to arrive in Minsk from Ukraine were the 5th Panzer Division. Their first contact with the advancing Russian units… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #6
Ptichin' In Scenario#: J085     Date: 6/27/1944     Location: Glusk, Russia One important facet of Operation Bagration was the utilization of the large number of partisan bands that operated behind German lines. Soviet High Command planned to utilize the partisans to strike a decisive blow to the transporation network by… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #5
Red Churchills Scenario#: J170     Date: 6/20/1944     Location: Vyborg, Finland After the siege of Leningrad was lifted in January 1944, STAVKA began planning a summer offensive to knock Finland out of the war. The Soviet attack on the Karelian Isthmus started on 9 June, timed to coincide with the Normandy landings. Fifteen… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11
A Sunday Stroll Scenario#: J003     Date: 6/12/1944     Location: Caumont, France Upon reaching Caumont, the 2nd Panzer’s recon battalion immediately deployed to cover the town’s approaches. A half-hour later, a Jeep full of men from the 26th Infantry Regiment rounded a bend in the road and quickly pulled back after receiving fire… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #1
It's About Time - Historical Variant Scenario#: PB06A     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Benouville, France The final relief of the British paratroopers at dusk. The British get a massive force, including ponderous but impenetrable Churchill tanks, but have to clear the Germans out of every building. Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2
Lovat First Sight Scenario#: J031     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Benouville, France Fighting continued in Benouville and LePort as the British 7th Battalion continued to hold the towns against repeated German assaults. The Ox and Bucks, on the other hand, had been placed near the Caen Canal Bridge as a reserve to the British… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2
Squeeze Play Scenario#: J151     Date: 5/25/1944     Location: Marbam, Burma Following a heavy downpour, the temporary command for the battle of Imphal called WOODFORCE, decided to launch a new assault on the village of Marbam. The 10th Baluch Regiment would be sent in to clear Marbam and the ridge to the west, both of which… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #10
Ishun Tank Traps Scenario#: J120     Date: 4/11/1944     Location: Ishun, Crimea Because of a severe shortage of self-propelled guns, a decision was made to equip the 1452nd Separate Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment (SAP) with KV tanks, which had the most destructive armament of all the heavy tanks presented in the Crimea at… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #8
Matsumoto's Charge Scenario#: J055     Date: 4/6/1944     Location: Nhpum Ga, Burma Roy Matsumoto, a Japanese-American volunteer in Merrill's Marauders, would sneak up to the enemy lines at night to learn where the Japanese planned to attack the next day. On the night of the 5th, Matsumoto had found out that the Japanese planned to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3
The Sangshak Redemption Scenario#: J150     Date: 3/26/1944     Location: Sangshak, India The 153rd Parachute Battalion, 50th Parachute Brigade, was the only Gurkha airborne unit formed during the war. Their initial combat experience occurred as part of a delaying action against the northern pincer of the Japanese envelopment of Imphal,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #10
Slow and Steady Scenario#: J007     Date: 3/5/1944     Location: Hukawng Valley, Burma None. Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #1
Sovkhoz Haystacks Scenario#: J119     Date: 1/28/1944     Location: Telman Sovkhoz, Crimea In accordance with a combat order from headquarters, tanks of the 7th Independent Guards Heavy Tank Regiment occupied an all around defense at Telman sovkhoz (collective farm) and were prepared to fend off enemy tank attacks. This regiment was… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #8
Panzer Graveyard Scenario#: J032     Date: 1/21/1944     Location: Minturno, Italy On 13 Nov 1943, 1st Company Hermann Góring Parachute-Panzer Regiment had been sent to support the 94th lnfantry Division, and worked with the 267th Grenadier Regiment guarding the coast. 7th Company HG Parachute-Panzer Regiment was supporting the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2
Trial Run Scenario#: J190     Date: 1/17/1944     Location: Ricco River, Italy British planners desired to keep German units in the Ortona region “occupied” so they would be unavailable to reinforce the Cassino area. V Corps Maj. Gen. Allfrey decided to carry out this mission with green troops who would be provided with combat… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #12
Buckley's Block Scenario#: J189     Date: 1/13/1944     Location: Cape Gloucester, New Britian The Marines had solidly established their presence on Cape Glouchester, secured their initial objectives, and continued to push south and east. A major campaign objective was Hill 660. Confident that Hill 660 would be taken a detachment from the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #12
Muddy Mayhem Scenario#: J136     Date: 1/4/1944     Location: Cape Gloucester, New Britian Marine pioneers had constructed corduroy roads to bring forth armor and bulldozers to build fords across Suicide Creek. As soon as the ford was complete, the Marines began their assault across the stream and into the Japanese bunkers. The Marines… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9
Diversion Scenario#: J135     Date: 1/3/1944     Location: Cape Gloucester, New Britian As Marine pioneers attempted to build a ford across Suicide creek, the entire line was tasked with providing suppressive fore and diversionary attacks to keep the Japanese busy. Lt. Col. Williams, CO of the 3/7 Marines, ordered yet another crossing… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9
Kerry's Crossing Scenario#: J134     Date: 1/3/1944     Location: Cape Gloucester, New Britian In the Battle of Suicide Creek, the Marines moved tanks up though the jungle but could not get them across a high-banked creek - until Kerry L. Lane manned a bulldozer and, under intense fire and totally exposed to the enemy, dumped enough landfill… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9
One Miserable Night Scenario#: J133     Date: 1/2/1944     Location: Cape Gloucester, New Britian Throughout the course of the day, Marine pioneers and Navy Seabees had been building a corduroy road through the horrifically think jungle in an effort to bring up tanks, as well as bulldozers. The arrival of the Marine Shermans would have to wait… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9
Jungle Infiltration Scenario#: J132     Date: 1/2/1944     Location: Cape Gloucester, New Britian After hitting severe Japanese resistance along the stream that became known as Suicide Creek, the 7th Marine Regiment’s slog through the dense jungle of Cape Gloucester came to a halt as the Marines tired and failed to take the stream “on the fly”.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9
First Love Scenario#: J131     Date: 1/2/1944     Location: Cape Gloucester, New Britian Company L of the 7th Marine Regiment was the left anchor of the Marines’ swing to the southeast to flank the Japanese defenders of Hill 600 and Borgen Bay. “Love” Company was the first to stumble upon a small stream that was unmarked on the maps… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9
Makin Taken Scenario#: J084     Date: 11/22/1943     Location: Butaritari, Makin Atoll While the Marines were experiencing the horror of Tarawa, the Army's 27th Division, a New York National Guard outfit, was facing a considerably smaller Japanese force on Makin Atoll. Previously, the 27th Division had been garrisoning Hawaii and its… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #5
Few and Far Between Scenario#: J169     Date: 8/30/1943     Location: Chistyakovo, Ukraine The wastefulness of Operation Citadel was beginning to hit home for Heeresgruppe Sud. Stripped of many Panzer Divisions, these were replaced with worn–out infantry divisions such as the 258th, which formed a shallow crust around the transport hubs… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11
Grab and Go Scenario#: J188     Date: 8/20/1943     Location: Kalupnovka, Ukraine In the aftermath of Operation CITADEL, Soviet attacks in the Ukraine followed the usual pattern: masses of med and machines thrown at the lines of Panzerkorps III, only to be thrown back by German counterattacks. However each time the new front line… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #12
Katyusha's Embrace Scenario#: J168     Date: 8/8/1943     Location: Kuban, Crimea Amid the brutal Crimea battles of 1943-44, Ekaterina Mikhailova managed to enlist at the tender age of 15. Affectionately called Katyusha by the troops, she was admired even by the enemy. She safely took water for her injured friends from a contested… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11