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A Frosty Morning Scenario#: O03 Date: 12/1/1942 Location: Oudna, Tunisia On the morning of 29 November, the 530 strong battalion boarded 44 transport aircraft and took off, bound for Oudna. Because there had been insufficient time to conduct an aerial reconnaissance of the airfield, Lieutenant Colonel Frost was forced to… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 2
A Helping Hand Scenario#: G32 Date: 6/13/1944 Location: St. George-d'Elle, France After landing on D-Day, the 2nd Infantry Division was immediately pressed into the attack despite their support weapons and equipment not having arrived. Almost a week later, the division was still fighting with rifles alone. On June 13th, the 1st… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #30.6
A Ridge Too Far Scenario#: S017 Date: 6/8/1944 Location: Amfreville, France On D-Day, the 1st Special Service Brigade landed under fire on Sword Beach at H+90 and made the long trek to cross the Orne River Bridge (Pegasus Bridge) at Benouville and establish a defensive perimeter against counterattack on the far eastern flank… Advanced Squad Leader — Operations #48
A Tough Nut to Crack Scenario#: G19 Date: 1/1/1943 Location: Giropa Point, Papua New Guinea General MacArthur, furious at the perceived inability of his commanders to crack the Japanese fortified positions surrounding Buna, relieved his top field commanders and placed General Eichelberger in command. MacArthur’s last words to Eichelberger… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #29.3
A View from the Top Scenario#: G13 Date: 2/23/1945 Location: Bologna, Italy It was vital that “Riva Ridge”, a series of four peaks dominating Route 64 between Vergati and the city of Bologna, be cleared. Following successes on Mount Belvedere and Mount Gorgolesco, taken by coup-de-main on the 18th and 19th, the U.S. 10th… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #27.5
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
Aachen's Pall Scenario#: T08 Date: 10/15/1944 Location: Aachen, Germany The American hand had closed about Aachen. But the city fell slowly. Street by street, then house by house, the GIs squeezed out the Germans. Finally, the Wehrmacht headquarters in the Hotel Quellenhof was in sight. The massive hotel structure proved… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #27.3
Abrams' Charge Scenario#: SG1 Date: 12/6/1944 Location: Singling, France On December 5th, Task Force Abrams of the 37th Tank Battalion made an attack from Schmittviller with the goal of reaching Rimling, but the effort was stopped well short of its objective by both poor terrain and fire from the town of Singling. The… Advanced Squad Leader — Operations Special Issue #1
Ad Hoc at Chef-Du-Pont Scenario#: S008 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Chef Du Pont, France One of the responsibilities of the airborne troops landing behind Utah Beach was the seizure of several key bridges following the D-Day drop. Brigadier General James Gavin found himself as the senior officer near one of these bridges, the one at… Advanced Squad Leader — Operations #47
Ain't Running Away Scenario#: O04 Date: 8/7/1944 Location: St. Barthélemy, France At dawn on 7 August, the Americans in St. Barthelemy were aware of German armor, masked by a heavy mist that had descended overnight, maneuvering in front of their positions. They were also aware the Germans had assaulted the village of le… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 2
Alligator Creek Scenario#: G16 Date: 8/21/1942 Location: River Ilu, Guadalcanal The landings on Guadalcanal on 7 August met with no opposition, and the 5th Marine Regiment quickly established a secure beachhead at Lunga Point. Based on erroneous reports, the Imperial Headquarters, still concentrating upon their own operations… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #28.5
Auld Lang Syne Scenario#: V Date: 1/1/1945 Location: Gerimont, France In the Ardennes sector, the U.S. 87th Division was given the assignment of taking Gerimont. The opening of the assault went well but while pausing to regroup in the outskirts of the town, the Americans were hit by a strong local counterattack. The… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #31.3
Avalanche! Scenario#: G12 Date: 2/6/1943 Location: Nalchik, Russia For almost three months the German 1st Mountain and the Russian 318th Mountain Rifle divisions were locked together in combat on the slopes of Mount Elbrus. February 6th was a typical day, as simultaneous attacks on two ridges separated by a shallow… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #27.1
Bailey's Demise Scenario#: HC2 Date: 1942-09-26 Location: The One-Log Bridge, Guadalcanal The Marine Raiders were looking to cross the Matanikau River to the west bank to complete an encirclement. Unbeknownst to the Marines, the IJA had crossed the river and was … Advanced Squad Leader — Operations Special Issue #3
Baking Bread Scenario#: S018 Date: 10/25/1942 Location: Stalingrad, Russia Throughout the grueling month of October, determined and costly German assaults had steadily shrunk the Soviet defensive perimeter. By October 24, Panzer Division 14 had reached “Bread Factory #2” just to the south of the Barikady and commenced its… Advanced Squad Leader — Operations #49
Behind in the Count Scenario#: O09 Date: 10/4/1944 Location: Ubach, Germany In Übach, GIs worked in concert with tanks of the 743rd Tank Battalion, which blew open the doors of boarded-up houses, allowing infantry to enter and clear out anyone remaining. House-to-house fighting went on all night, with lines never more than a… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 5
Bone of Contention Scenario#: G15 Date: 8/31/1944 Location: Rouen, France After their epic 20-day stand at Hill 112 and the breakout from the Falaise pocket, the men of SS-Panzer Detachment 102 were afoot when they reached Rouen. The surviving crewmen and mechanics had abandoned their last Tigers on the banks of the Seine… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #28.4
Breaking the Ishun Line Scenario#: O02 Date: 10/19/1941 Location: Ishun, Ukraine Eleventh 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
Breaking the Panzers Scenario#: S037 Date: 7/1/1944 Location: Rauray, France By 30 June, the British Operation EPSOM reached its conclusion as something of a draw. The British attack created a salient which pushed into German-held territory as far south as Gavrus and Hill 112. In preparation for the inevitable German… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 1
Bring up the Guns Scenario#: G07 Date: 5/10/1940 Location: Coevorden, Holland The German 1st Cavalry Division had taken up positions along the frontier of eastern Holland. The regimental commander, Lt.-Col. Wachsen, was determined to crack through the 20-kilometer deep Dutch defensive belt at Coevorden, an important frontier… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #25.3
Broken Wings Scenario#: O07 Date: 1/17/1944 Location: Ropsha, Russia Luftwaffe "field divisions" were the brainchildren of Hermann Goring. Only half the size of a regular Heer division even at full strength, several Luftwaffe field divisions were stretched along the lines of Army Group North during the siege of… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 4
Burzevo Scenario#: R Date: 12/2/1941 Location: Burzevo, Russia Along 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
Camp Nibeiwa Scenario#: G20 Date: 12/9/1940 Location: Bir Ebna, Egypt Operation Compass, the codename for Wavell’s offensive against Italian-held Libya, was kicked off with several assaults on Italian frontier camps. These fortified camps were built to cover the approaches to the coastal road which the British advance… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #29.3
Castello Fatato Scenario#: G38 Date: 12/20/1942 Location: Meshkov, Russia The Italian 8th Army had been retreating since the prior morning in the face of the Russian winter offensive aimed at encircling and destroying Paulus’s 6th Army in Stalingrad. Charged with defending the flanks of the 6th Army, Germany’s brittle… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #31.4
Cat's Kill Scenario#: G21 Date: 6/8/1944 Location: Bretteville L'Orgueilleuse, France On June 8th, SS-Obersturmfuhrer Rudolf von Ribbentrop arrived in Normandy with his Panzer Abteilung as part of the ttempt to bolster the German defenses. Ribbentrop's troops were immediately ordered into a night assault to relieve the 1st Battalion… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #29.4
City on the Edge Scenario#: O10 Date: 10/8/1944 Location: Alsdorf, Germany The encirclement of Aachen – the first significant German city reached by the Western Allies – began in earnest on 2 October when the city’s suburbs were attacked from both north and west. After five days of combat, the 30th, attended by tanks of the… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 5
Commando Raid at Dieppe Scenario#: T13 Date: 8/18/1942 Location: Varengeville, France In a move to destroy German coastal batteries, the British No. 4 Commando unit, accompanied by a handful of American Rangers went against the Varengeville Battery. The attack was split into two groups. The first was to land directly below the battery… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #28.6
Crucifix Hill Scenario#: O08 Date: 10/8/1944 Location: Haaren, Germany In the 1st Infantry Division’s drive to capture Aachen, the 1st Battalion of Col. George Smith’s 18th Infantry Regiment was ordered to capture a fortified hill near Haaren known as Crucifix Hill. Employing special pillbox assault teams equipped with… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 4
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
Exit No.1 Scenario#: S058 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Pouppeville, France Exit No. 1 at Pouppeville was foremost on the mind of the Division Commander, Maj. General Maxwell Taylor, who had just confirmed his whereabouts near Hiesville upon sighting the distinctive, onion-shaped steeple of Ste. Marie-du-Mont. Not having… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 6
Extraordinary Bravery Scenario#: S052 Date: 9/1/1939 Location: Danzig, Poland The Poles had a few government buildings in the free city of Danzig under international treaty, the most prominent of which was the post office. The Gdansk-1 Post Office was a sturdy building the Poles had further strengthened, and it was garrisoned… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 3
First Action Scenario#: G04 Date: 11/8/1944 Location: Vic-sur-Seille, France In the early morning hours of a gray day, the 761st Tank Battalion faced the enemy in combat for the first time. The whole Third Army was going over to the attack and the initial objective assigned to the untested Black Panthers was the capture of a… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #24.3
First Matanikau Scenario#: HC1 Date: 1942-08-19 Location: Matanikau Village, Guadalcanal After Lt. Col. Goettge's small reconnaissance patrol was wiped out near Matanikau on August 12, General Vandefrift ordered a strike against the Japanese concentration in the area. Given the overriding need to protect Henderson Field, it was a week… Advanced Squad Leader — Operations Special Issue #3
Fitzgerald's Fire Scenario#: SG2 Date: 12/6/1944 Location: Singling, France When it became apparent to the men of Abrams' Team B that they faced a much more daunting task than anticipated, the only real option open to them was to consolidate their gains and await the arrival of Combat Command B. Having taken control of much… Advanced Squad Leader — Operations Special Issue #1
Forced Crossing Scenario#: O16 Date: 10/8/1944 Location: Titovka River, Russia On 7 October, phase one of the Soviet Petsamo-Kirkenes offensive began. Two rifle corps, supported by airpower, armor and artillery, were to overrun the German defenders and drive on the Luostari airfield. Dawn opened to low visibility, falling snow,… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 8
Forth Bridge Scenario#: G37 Date: 4/11/1945 Location: Fuhrberg, Germany After three days of rest and refit, the Churchills of the Scots Guards arrived from Munster and linked up with the troops of the 227th Infantry Brigade's Gordon Highlanders, with orders to advance on Celle. The Germans had taken advantage of the… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #31.3
Gambit Scenario#: T14 Date: 5/21/1941 Location: Maleme, Crete The New Zealanders had spent most of the daylight hours of 20th May pinned down by German fighter aircraft. Communications were a shambles, casualties were heavy, and their local counterattacks had failed. Colonel Andrew of the 5th New Zealand… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #28.6
Ghosts in the Rubble Scenario#: HA Date: 1942-10-31 Location: Stalingrad, Russia The last ferry-landing across the Volga was under German machinegun fire and the Russians were barely holding their positions in the rubble around Krasny Oktyabr and the Barrikady. Rather than waiting passively for the final blow, the Soviet “Army… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #27.1
Go Big or Go Home Scenario#: O01 Date: 5/14/1940 Location: Connage, France The German surprise attack through the Ardennes and over the Meuse River at Sedan had succeeded. The last chance for the French to avoid a total disaster was to destroy the bridgehead before too many German troops arrived. Though time was of the… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 1
Going to New York! Scenario#: S031 Date: 7/10/1943 Location: Station San Oliva, Sicily The Americans on the left flank of the Sicily landings, codenamed Joss, were scheduled to land early in the morning near Licata. The Italian units manning the defenses, generally static Coastal Divisions, fully dominated the beach exits with machine… Advanced Squad Leader — Operations Special Issue #1
Göring's Men Scenario#: S032 Date: 9/19/1941 Location: Vyazivok, Russia The 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
GOYA Scenario#: G18 Date: 1/7/1945 Location: Rochelinval, Belgium The 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion was a veteran airborne unit, whose distinctive patch was emblazoned with the acronym “GOYA” (for “Get Off Your Ass”). From the 21st of December through the 6th of January, the men of the battalion weathered “no… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #29.2
Grab at Gribovo Scenario#: G10 Date: 1/3/1942 Location: Gribovo, Russia In late December, while the battles for Moscow were still boiling cauldrons, STAVKA ordered four Soviet armies to attack and destroy the German 4th Army. To assist in the action, a tactical airdrop by Soviet Paratroopers was planned to disrupt German… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #26.2
Haase to Hold On Scenario#: S057 Date: 2/25/1942 Location: Ugra Station, Russia The Soviet Moscow counteroffensive aimed to encircle Army Group Center’s 4. Armee and 4. Panzerarmee by cutting through their rear area and supply lines in the Vyazma and Iukhnov regions. To achieve this, General Zhukov employed deep cavalry,… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 5
Habbaniya Heights Scenario#: G23 Date: 5/5/1941 Location: Habbaniya, Iraq After a German-backed coup d'état against the pro-British Emir, the Allies had worries. An Iraqi alliance with the Axis would threaten Middle-East oilfields, the tenuous Soviet supply line across restless Persia and British shipping to Egypt -- as… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #29.5
Hakkaa Paalle Scenario#: G17 Date: 1/12/1940 Location: Vetko, Finland With their victories in the north, Finnish reinforcements were dispatched to the Kuhmo sector to seal the fate of the Soviet’s 54th Rifle Division, whose own advance had stalled in the frozen marshland. To counter, Russia’s only trained ski troops,… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #29.2
Halha River Bridge Scenario#: G45 Date: 7/8/1939 Location: Nomonhan, Manchukuo The summer of 1939 saw a major border clash between Russian and Japanese forces over the line between the Mongolian People’s Republic and Manchukuo. Since the Japanese considered the Halha River the border, they felt a strong response was necessary… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #32.2
Help Our Troops Out Scenario#: S061 Date: 1/13/1945 Location: Hatten, France The NORDWIND offensive had breached the lines of the U.S. 7th Army at the Alsatian towns of Hatten and Rittershoffen. The 14th Armored Division was ordered to restore the main line of resistance; the first time in its operational history, it would be… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 7
Highland Frank Scenario#: O15 Date: 7/13/1943 Location: Francofonte, Sicily The village of Francoforte overlooked the road to Scordia which the British intended to use during their northerly advance into Catania and up the east coast of Sicily. The village itself was almost invisible, with only the rooftops poking above the… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 8
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