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Medal of HonorScenario#: BOH05 Date: 06/06/1944 Location: Mézières, FranceThe XYZ complex Was a group of buildings that housed a German artillery battalion. Clearing the buildings had originally been assigned to a platoon from A Company, 502nd PIR, but the company scattered well north of their objective. Hence, the … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Band of Heroes |
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Brothers in ArmsScenario#: BOH04 Date: 06/06/1944 Location: Neuville, FranceLieutenant Turner Turnbull was a Native American, half Cherokee in fact, something that would have made him a second class citizen in mid 20th century America, but mattered not to his brothers in arms. On June 6th, his battalion, the … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Band of Heroes |
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Le ManoirScenario#: BOH03 Date: 06/06/1944 Location: Sw Of Neuville, FranceLieutenant John Dolan was the commanding officer of Able Company of the 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment. His company conducted a textbook drop on the night of June 6, collecting all but two of the 136 men assigned. Able … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Band of Heroes |
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Flash... Thunder!Scenario#: BOH02 Date: 06/06/1944 Location: Normandy, FranceThousands of paratroopers dropped on Normandy during the night of June 6, 1944. To avoid flak, most of the planes flew too low and too fast to place their "sticks” in their assigned dropzones. Paratroogers were scattered between the beaches … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Band of Heroes |
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Rebecca, Can You See Me?Scenario#: BOH01 Date: 06/06/1944 Location: St.germain De Varreville, FranceCaptain Frank L. Lillyman led his Pathfinders out the door of their C-47 troop transports and into the night sky over Normandy. At 0015 hrs. 6 June 1944, when his boots struck the dew soaked grass, Lillyman became the … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Band of Heroes |
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Cassino RoyaleScenario#: BP12 Date: 03/01/1944 Location: Cassino, ItalyOne of the bloodiest battles of the Second World War, this operation was a series of four battles, fought by multiple divisions, for the Gustav Line and Rome beyond. Perhaps the indelible image of the battles was the struggle for … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Bravo |
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Keeping the Door OpenScenario#: NOSB11 Date: 02/16/1944 Location: Lysyanka, RussiaOnce again, the Soviet armies had encircled German forces on the tenuous and dynamic Ost Front. The encircled this time were six German Divisions that had been holding defensive positions along the Dnepr River in the Korsun Pocket. German High … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back |
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Devils In Baggy PantsScenario#: BP05 Date: 02/05/1944 Location: Aprilia, ItalyAmerican parachutists, devils in baggy pants, are less than 100 meters from my outpost line. I can't sleep at night; they pop up from nowhere and we never know when or how they will strike next. Seems like the black-headed … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Bravo |
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ProchorovkaScenario#: NOSB09 Date: 07/12/1943 Location: Prochorovka, RussiaRight after 5 a.m., on July 12th, hundreds of Soviet tanks and assault guns rolled out of Prochorovka and slammed into the German SS Leibstandarte Division, which had stalled just west of the town. Streams of T-34 and T-70 tanks, … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back |
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Midday's CounterattackScenario#: DJ06 Date: 07/12/1943 Location: Prokhorovka, RussiaJust after 1:00 PM. on July 12th, the German 1st SS Panzergrenadier Division LAH was attacked from the east by a Soviet mixed infantry/tank force from the 29th Tank Corps, yet another attempt to halt the Nazi advance to Prokhorovka. … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43 |
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Road to ProkhorovkaScenario#: DJ05 Date: 07/12/1943 Location: Prokhorovka, RussiaAt 6:00 A.M. on the morning of July 12, the leading elements of the 1St SS Panzergrenadier Division LAH were gatheríng for an advance toward Prokhorovka. Meanwhile, remnants of the 26th Guards Airborne Regiment was preparing a last defense line … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43 |
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Secure the Oktiabrskii State FarmScenario#: DJ04 Date: 07/11/1943 Location: Prokhorovka, RussiaFierce fighting had been raging all morning, and by 1:00 p.m. the Soviet forces had taken up well-defended positions at the Oktiabrskii State Farm. The LAH needed to capture the farm to secure the left flank of its advance towards … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43 |
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Clear the DitchesScenario#: DJ03 Date: 07/11/1943 Location: Prokhorovka, RussiaAt: 10:15 A.M. elements of the 1St SS Panzergrenadier Division LAH were ordered to advance and take the anti-tank ditches to the east of Hill 252.2. The attack was launched in an attempt to clear out the anti-tank ditches and … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43 |
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Assault on Hill 252.2Scenario#: DJ02 Date: 07/11/1943 Location: Prokhorovka, RussiaOn July 10, 1943, after a long and violent fight, Hill 241.1 had finally been taken. Farther to the east, some units from the Aufklarung Abteilung had reached the outskirts of the Oktiabrskii State Farm and reported that the Soviets … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43 |
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Front PorscheScenario#: DJ01 Date: 07/09/1943 Location: Ponyri, RussiaOn the north side of the Kursk salient, General Model's Ninth Army pushed south. A key objective was the town of Ponyri, and there the fighting raged. The city was contested so fiercely that veterans named it the Stalingrad of … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43 |
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In the GhettoScenario#: AP02 Date: 04/19/1943 Location: Warsaw, PolandMembers of various resistance groups had been resisting Nazi efforts to clear the ghetto of its interred inhabitants since January of 1943. In April, SS commander Jurgen Stroop launched a full scale assault on the starving tenants. Under the… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Alpha |
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Room at the InnScenario#: NOSB10 Date: 01/12/1943 Location: S Of Livny, RussiaThe Soviet winter offensive of 1943 threw the Germans back along the breadth of the Eastern Front, frequently creating ruptures in the Wehrmacht's line, both large and small. In this fictitious scenario, a small German reconnaissance group, probing… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back |
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A Bitter HolidayScenario#: NOSB08 Date: 12/31/1942 Location: Stalingrad, RussiaOperation Uranus had been a success for Soviet command. They had effectively encircled the German 6th Army at Stalingrad. The Germans formed a defensive perimeter (nicknamed, The Cauldron) and dug in, still hoping they would soon be relieved. The… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back |
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State Farm is ThereScenario#: NOSB07 Date: 12/08/1942 Location: Nw Of Verchne Solonovski, RussiaGerman High Command launched a counter offensive to attempt to relieve the encircled 6th Army at Stalingrad, and made steady progress, approaching within 25 miles of the 6th Anny lines before the Soviets retaliated. After some initial success, the… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back |
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Kalach BridgeScenario#: NOSB06 Date: 11/22/1942 Location: Kalach, RussiaThe Final objective for Russia's Operation Uranus was to seal off any escape for the embattled 6th Army by taking the bridge over the Don River at Kalach. Using a handful of captured tanks, Lieutenant-Colonel Filippov drove right through cheering … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back |
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On the Road from RabatScenario#: LOF10 Date: 11/09/1942 Location: Sw Of Port Lyautey, MorrocoThe objective of Operation Goa/post, part of the Western Task Force of Operation Torch, was to capture the coastal town of Mehdia, secure the Sebou River and, most importantly, take control of the airfield at Port Lyautey. The … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Line of Fire #07 |
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Fiery BaptismScenario#: LOF11 Date: 11/08/1942 Location: Algiers, AlgeriaTorch would be the first test of the American Army in the European Theater. Unfortunately, the initial test would come against the American's soon to be allies, the French. The … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Line of Fire #08 |
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Rocking the KasbahScenario#: LOF09 Date: 11/08/1942 Location: Mehdia, MorrocoDuring Operation Goalpost, to get to Port Lyautey by road or vía the Sebou River, the Americans had to get past a Vichy French controlled 16th-century citadel in Mehdia, known to the Americans as the Kasbah. The Kashah was heavily … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Line of Fire #07 |
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RattenkriegScenario#: NOSB03 Date: 10/30/1942 Location: Stalingrad, RussiaThe 14th Panzer Division had been given the task of clearing the southern area of the city known as the Bread Factory and getting to the Volga River. Suffering horrendous casualties, the Germans took the Bread Factory and were just … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back |
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Hommage to the GuardScenario#: BM2 Date: 10/06/1942 Location: Stalingrad, RussiaFor many many of us, the first time we played a squad level wargame, it was a scenario about the Russian Guards fighting in the hell of Stalingrad. For many many of us, this scenario was the hook. It was … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battles Magazine #1 |
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Pavlov's HouseScenario#: NOSB05 Date: 10/01/1942 Location: Stalingrad, RussiaOn the 26th of September, 1942, Y.F. Pavlov and three other Soviet Soldiers of the 13th Guards Rifle Division, searched and secured a large apartment house on the edge of the 9 January Square known as the House of Soviets … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back |
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Bridge over the River DneprScenario#: NOSB04 Date: 10/01/1942 Location: Bryansk Forest, RussiaPartisan forces became better organized as the war in the east entered its second year. There was exceptionally strong partisan activity in the Bryansk forest of modern day Belorus. From the forest, thousands of partisans and clandestine Russian… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back |
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Tough as NailsScenario#: NOSB01 Date: 09/21/1942 Location: Stalingrad, RussiaAfter a few initial set hacks, German forces were making steady progress towards clearíng the city of Soviet troops. On September 20th, a German infantry assault was repulsed around the building known as the Nail Factory by stalwart elements of … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back |
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The Road to AstrachanScenario#: AP01 Date: 09/13/1942 Location: Elista, RussiaHitler's Army Group A had driven deep into the southern steppes of Russia. So far and so fast, in fact, that maps were of limited use and intelligence of the opposition even less. The Germans decided to equip a long … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Alpha |
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Enter the GuardsScenario#: NOSB02 Date: 09/01/1942 Location: Stalingrad, RussiaFor months the Germans had pushed the Soviets across the steppes. The Soviet's victories of the previous winter were but a bad dream, long forgotten. German Panzers ruled the plains, Bf-109s ruled the sky, and all was right with the … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Not One Step Back |
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No Wine for the BochesScenario#: LOF14 Date: 08/28/1940 Location: Les Mesnil-sur-oger, France“To be a Frenchman means to fight for your country and its wine," said Claude Terrail, owner of the famous Parisian restaurant La Tour d'Argent. Under orders from Field Marshal Hermann Góring, a large quantity of the famed 1928 … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Line of Fire #10 |
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Noise in the FogScenario#: HB13 Date: 06/18/1940 Location: Heming, FranceOn the day General DeGaulle issued his call from London, one day after Pétain called for ceasefire and Armistice, the French Army fought one last battle. The men who were charged with defending the Maginot Line now had to defend … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg |
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One Last Steak DinnerScenario#: DD14 Date: 06/11/1940 Location: St. Pierre-le-viger, FranceThe British 51st Highland Division was being squeezed into a small pocket around the town of Dieppe by Erwin Rommel and his 7th Panzer Division. Rommel was doing his best to capture the division before it could escape across the … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance |
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The Rescue: Leclerc Rides InScenario#: HB07 Date: 06/10/1940 Location: Perthes, FranceOn June 9th, the Germans crossed the Aisne River near Bethel. But they needed to increase the bridgehead to allow all their tanks to cross the Aisne. While the 1st and 2nd Panzer Divisions strengthened the Aisne bridgehead, the 17th … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg |
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Desperadoes and a BridgeScenario#: LOF08 Date: 06/07/1940 Location: Douville Sur Andelle, FranceBy the end of May 1940, the French were learning, a bit late, the lessons of the Blitzkrieg. They had been building Up several small armored combat teams to oppose the Germans' powerful panzer divisions. These new units, comprised of … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Line of Fire #06 |
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Airaines: The HellScenario#: HB02 Date: 06/07/1940 Location: Airaines, FranceDunkirk had fallen, the Belgian Army had surrendered, and the British had left. The best French divisions were trapped in the north and the east. The situation was desperate. Behind the Somme River. every village was hastily fortified in hopes … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg |
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Fighting the HedgehogsScenario#: HB03 Date: 06/05/1940 Location: Peronne, FranceAfter the defeat in the Belgian plains and the reduction of the pocket of Dunkirk, the German Army launched Fall Rot. the second stage of the 1940 Western Campaign. On the 360 km long front of the Somme and Aisne … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg |
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Beneath the ScytheScenario#: DD13 Date: 06/04/1940 Location: S Of Abbeville, FranceThe German blitzkrieg cut across northern France to the Englidh Channel like a scythe, with the Somme River forming its lower edge. In an effort to retake the German-held bridgeheads along the Somme, a combined British-Prench attack northward along… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance |
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Bring on the NightScenario#: DD12 Date: 05/28/1940 Location: Woesten, BelgiumAs the British 3rd Infanty Division attempted to withdraw to prepared positions at dusk, the Germans attacked the remaining rear-guard elements. Hand-to-hand fighting broke out as the Irishmen of the Royal Ulster Rifies made a desperate stand to… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance |
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The Price of ArroganceScenario#: DD11 Date: 05/28/1940 Location: Wormhout, FranceThe noose was tightening on the beleaguered allied forces. Curiously,Hitler had ordered a halt to the blitzkrieg. Sepp Deitrich, Commander SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, on his own initiative, decided to push the attack. British troops were assigned… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance |
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En Route to AbbevilleScenario#: HB04 Date: 05/28/1940 Location: Huppy, FranceOn May 21st the Germans created a bridgehead over the Somme at Abbeville. General De Gaulle and his brand new 4th OCR (Armored Division) was ordered to stop the enemy advance. The Germans had fortified an area adjacent to the … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg |
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Kick 'em OutScenario#: DD10 Date: 05/27/1940 Location: La Bassée, FranceGerman infantry of the 7th Panzer division had infiltrated the La Bassee Canal defense line and had established a small bridgehead. As German engineers were building a pontoon bridge over the canal for reinforcements, a combined Allied infantry-armor… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance |
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Squeezing LimeysScenario#: DD09 Date: 05/25/1940 Location: Calais, FranceThe Allies were determined to hold onto all of the major seaports as long as they could. Calais had traditionally been a crucial strongpoint in channel crossings. Most of the city was made into a makeshift fortress. The 1st Panzer … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance |
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The CanalScenario#: DD08 Date: 05/25/1940 Location: Avalette, FranceAn allied defense line using the Brasse canal had been successful in stopping the relentless advance of the German Army. The British were so stubborn that General Rommel went to … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance |
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The CastleScenario#: BM3 Date: 05/25/1940 Location: Boulogne Sur Mer, FranceGerman forces attadr Boulogne, in order to clear the way to Dunkirk. The battle will last four bloody days. On the 25th, the situation is more than critical for the French Remnants of the french forces are surrounded near the … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battles Magazine #2 |
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Going CoastalScenario#: DD07 Date: 05/24/1940 Location: E Of Calais, FranceThe Allies had collapsed into a defensive pocket around the Channel ports. In order for 360,000 rations for the BEF to be brought from Calais to Dunkirk, the road between the two cities had to be reconnoitered and secured. An … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance |
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I'll Take the Low RoadScenario#: DD06 Date: 05/22/1940 Location: Outrea, FranceThe 2nd Panzer Division had the port of Boulogne as its final objective. Resistance had been stubborn on the southern approaches. Aerial reconnaissance revealed that the low road by the village of Outrea would be the most advantageous route into … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance |
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Into the Dragon's LairScenario#: HB15 Date: 05/22/1940 Location: Mont St Eloi, FranceAs the German Panzers raced toward the sea. the capacity for the French to re-establish a continuous front appeared impossible. The remnants of the Allied forces were reduced to counterattacking the base of the German bulge. West of Arras, which … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg |
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Death's Head at ArrasScenario#: DD05 Date: 05/21/1940 Location: Near Warlus, FranceThe Allied counterattack near Arras had started splendidly. The German defenses were no match for the slow but heavily armored Matilda n tanks. Combined infantry and armored elements were assigned to take a series of villages west of Arras. They … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance |
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River of BloodScenario#: HB08 Date: 05/20/1940 Location: Landrecies, FranceAround the Mormal Forest, remnants of several disorganized French divisions attempted to counterattack the 5th and 7th Panzer Divisions, the spearhead of the German Army. During five deadly days. an almost uninterrupted series of brutal and chaotic… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg |
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