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Age-Old Foes Scenario#: 50 Date: 9/27/1939 Location: Przemysl, Poland With the Soviet Union now in the war against them, those Polish units still in the field had only two alternatives: surrender to the Germans or Russians, or flight into the neighboring neutrals of Rumania or Hungary. Just miles north of the Hungarian… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 6 - The Last Hurrah
The Taking of Takrouna Scenario#: 51 Date: 4/20/1943 Location: Takrouna, Tunisia As part of 8th Army’s first attempt to crack the Enfidaville Line, the 5th New Zealand Brigade was ordered to capture the key observation point of Takrouna – a small village crowned by a group of tightly clustered buildings surrounded by cliffs, all… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 7 - Hollow Legions (2nd Edition)
Too Little, Too Late Scenario#: 52 Date: 9/9/1943 Location: Parma, Italy Late on 8 September, the same day the armistice between Italy and the Allies was announced, elements of the 433rd Medium Tank Battalion in Fidenza were ordered to move east to Parma. There, in an attempt to keep the Germans from occupying key… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 7 - Hollow Legions (2nd Edition)
A High Price to Pay Scenario#: 53 Date: 7/10/1943 Location: Syracuse, Sicily Under the codename Operation Ladbroke, the British 1st Airlanding Brigade was to capture the Ponte Grande bridge spanning the Anapo River in eastern Sicily to allow for a quick march on Syracuse by the 5th Infantry Division. 144 gliders set off from… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 7 - Hollow Legions (2nd Edition)
Bridge to Nowhere Scenario#: 54 Date: 8/12/1941 Location: Yasnaya Polyana, Ukraine In 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)
Retribution Scenario#: 55 Date: 7/11/1943 Location: Palma di Montechiaro, Sicily Early on the morning of 11 July, Lt.Col. John Heintges’ 3rd Battalion of the 7th Infantry Regiment crossed the Palma River and advanced westward along Highway 115. As the GIs approached Palma di Montechiaro where Italian forces were know to be, white… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 7 - Hollow Legions (2nd Edition)
Half a Chance Scenario#: 56 Date: 11/19/1941 Location: Bir el Gubi, Libya The 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)
The Battle for Rome Scenario#: 57 Date: 9/10/1943 Location: Rome, Italy Days after the armistice with Italy was signed, the German 2nd Parachute Division advanced toward Rome from the south. Several Italian formations, including the elite 21st “Grenadiers of Sardinia” Division, set up blocking positions and attempted to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 7 - Hollow Legions (2nd Edition)
Ci Arrendiamo Scenario#: 58 Date: 2/7/1941 Location: Agedabia, Libya "We Surrender" - In an attempt to halt the Italian 10th Army which was retreating south from Benghazi, Combeforce – a motor infantry battalion reinforced with artillery and armored cars – was dispatched ahead of the pursuing British 7th Armored… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 7 - Hollow Legions (2nd Edition)
Smertniki Scenario#: 59 Date: 8/13/1945 Location: Mutanchiang, Manchukuo The surprise Soviet blitzkrieg across the eastern border of Manchukuo did not necessarily seal the fate of the Japanese 5th Army. The key was the quick capture of a great railroad bridge spanning the Mutan River north of the strategic city of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 8 - Code of Bushido
On the Kokoda Trail Scenario#: 60 Date: 8/9/1942 Location: Deniki, Papua New Guinea On New Guinea, the Japanese had been slowly advancing on the Kokoda Trail. The Allies’ Maroubra Force had been forced back to prepared positions at Deniki. The Australian militiamen preformed a three-company counterattack which recaptured Kokoda and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 8 - Code of Bushido
Shoestring Ridge Scenario#: 61 Date: 11/24/1944 Location: Damulaan, Leyte On Leyte in the Philippines, the U.S. 32nd Infantry Regiment seized the town of Dumulaan with ease. Several days later they received news that a large Japanese force was moving toward them. One battalion supported by artillery was to hold the point… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 8 - Code of Bushido
Bungle in the Jungle Scenario#: 62 Date: 3/6/1942 Location: Payagyi, Burma Following the disaster at the Sittang River in February, the troops defending Burma against the Japanese invasion fell back toward Rangoon. And from there the 7th Armoured Brigade was rushed to the rapidly collapsing front. The experienced "Desert… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 8 - Code of Bushido
The Eastern Gate Scenario#: 63 Date: 2/7/1944 Location: Maungdaw, Burma In a series of concentric flanking movements, the Japanese 55th Infantry Division enveloped the forward divisions of the XV Indian Corp, cutting off their supplies and communications. A defensive “box” was formed around the 7th Indian Division’s… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 8 - Code of Bushido
Hazardous Occupation Scenario#: 64 Date: 9/12/1942 Location: Mindanao, Philippines In their occupation of the Philippines, the Japanese created an atmosphere of escalating anger and resentment. On Mindanao, outside the village of Tamparan, a band of Muslims equipped with discarded U.S. rifles as well as their own kris and bolo… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 8 - Code of Bushido
Red Star, Red Sun Scenario#: 65 Date: 7/5/1939 Location: Nomonhan, Mongolia In May 1939, a dispute broke out over the boundary between Soviet-controlled Outer Mongolia and Japanese-held Manchuria. After a Soviet and Mongolian combined-arms force virtually annihilated a Japanese recon party, the heavily reinforced 23rd… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 8 - Code of Bushido
The Bushmasters Scenario#: 66 Date: 5/24/1944 Location: Sarmi, New Guinea The 158th Regimental Combat Team landed at Arare on the north coast of New Guinea with orders to capture Sarmi and its valuable airfields. Attacking westward, the RCT made modest gains against stiffer than anticipated resistance. The plan for the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 8 - Code of Bushido
Cibik's Ridge Scenario#: 67 Date: 11/22/1943 Location: Bougainville Island, New Guinea As elements of the 3rd Marine Division pushed eastward to expand its beachhead on Bouganville, 1st Lt. Steve Cibik’s reinforced platoon was ordered to occupy a small knoll with a commanding view of Empress Augusta Bay. Shortly after arriving, the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 9 - Gung Ho!
The Rock Scenario#: 68 Date: 5/6/1942 Location: Corregidor, Philippines After the fall of Bataan, the Japanese turned the full weight of their artillery and air force onto the island fortress of Corregidor. For nearly a month, massive guns up to 14 inches in caliber salvoed back and forth across the North Channel of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 9 - Gung Ho!
Today We Attack Scenario#: 69 Date: 3/29/1942 Location: Toungoo, Burma Generalissimo Jiang Kai-shek had committed some of his best divisions to aid the British defense of Burma. One of them, the 200th, was fighting valiantly to hold the walled city of Toungoo, now nearly encircled by the Japanese. Major-General “Vinegar… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 9 - Gung Ho!
KP 167 Scenario#: 70 Date: 1/22/1942 Location: Mauban, Bataan On the 18th of January 1942, a battalion of the Japanese 16th Division began infiltrating across the slopes of Mt. Silanganan, where the terrain so rugged and densely forested that I Corps had been unable to form a continuous defensive line. On the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 9 - Gung Ho!
Jungle Citadel Scenario#: 71 Date: 12/9/1944 Location: Bhamo, Burma As part of the multi-pronged drive to re-open the northern end of the Burma Road, the Chinese New 1st Army had pushed south to the river port of Bhamo, the terminus of navigation on the Irrawaddy. The Japanese had spent some six months turning it… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 9 - Gung Ho!
Sea of Tranquility Scenario#: 72 Date: 10/7/1944 Location: Peleliu, Palau Islands Although the island of Peleliu had been declared secure on September 30th, about a thousand Japanese remained in an area some 900 yards long by 400 yards wide. In some of the fiercest fighting of the entire Pacific campaign they had repelled in… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 9 - Gung Ho!
Hell or High Water Scenario#: 73 Date: 11/1/1943 Location: Cape Torokina, Bougainville The obvious invasion sites on Bougainville were avoided in favor of a landing around Cape Torokina in Empress Augusta Bay. The usual prolonged naval bombardment was rejected in order to maximize the element of surprise. At 0710 the first wave of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 9 - Gung Ho!
Bloody Red Beach Scenario#: 74 Date: 7/21/1944 Location: Asan, Guam As part of Operation Stevedore, the veteran 3rd Marine Division was to land on four beaches between Asan and Adelup Points on the west coast of Guam. However, Lt.-Gen. Takashina had correctly guessed the landing spots and had shifted infantry and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 9 - Gung Ho!
The Ring Scenario#: AP001 Date: 4/20/1945 Location: Niesky, Germany With the final Soviet offensive pushing into the German capital, the war in the east was drawing to its conclusion. Soviet attacks in other sectors along the front were designed to keep German units pinned down, preventing them from reinforcing the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #1
Storm of Steel Scenario#: AP002 Date: 7/5/1943 Location: Maloarkhangelsk, Russia The opening of Operation Citadel came as no surprise since both sides had been building up their forces for weeks. The first task facing the German assault was to break through the heavily defended Soviet lines. The Soviet positions, containing six… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #1
Invisible Foes Scenario#: AP005 Date: 5/4/1945 Location: Davo City, Philippines As the Okinawa campaign was in full swing, the Philippine campaign was winding down.Only the southern islands remained to be retaken from the Japanese. Mindanaowas the largest of these, and it was defended by the Japanese 100th and 30thDivisions. The… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #1
Savannah Rain Scenario#: AP006 Date: 7/11/1943 Location: Gela, Sicily On July 10th, the Allies landed in Sicily — theAmerican VII Corps in the Licata and Gela area and the British at Pozzalo, eastof Syracuse. In Gela, Darby’s Rangers successfully fought off a counterattack by the 10-ton French tanks of Gruppo Mobile… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #1
Directive Number Three Scenario#: AP007 Date: 6/27/1941 Location: Dubno, Russia On June 22nd, “Barbarossa” struck the Soviet Union. Unlike the other Army Groups, Army Group South would have to fight through solid defenses held by troops skillfully led and determined to fight. By the 23rd, a breach of the front between the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #1
A Bloody Harvest Scenario#: AP008 Date: 9/7/1939 Location: Pabianice District, Poland From the very beginning of the invasion, Polish defenses had proven to be woefully unprepared for the German onslaught. The blitzkrieg tactics employed by the German armored columns allowed great territorial gains in just a few short days. As the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #1
Best Think Again Scenario#: AP093 Date: 6/24/1941 Location: Saudininkai, Lithuania The first encounter with Soviet heavy tanks proved to be a shock for German panzer crews, whose rounds simply bounced off the Soviet behemoths. Even the Germans’ high-density AP rounds were of little use against the KV tanks. To break out of their… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #10
Show of Force Scenario#: AP094 Date: 3/12/1943 Location: Graiworon, Russia Following the disastrous loss of Stalingrad, German High Command faced another threat in northern Russia. After Russian breakthroughs at several points on the Don River, the Germans were in danger of losing three Heeresgruppes – in total, more men… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #10
Operation Kutuzov Scenario#: AP095 Date: 7/19/1943 Location: Otrada, Russia Although Soviet counterblows after CITADEL were both swift and potent, they had not come as much of a surprise to the Germans. Feldmarschall Walter Model had kept all of Panzer-Armee 2 in reserve to help protect the operation’s northern pincer. On… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #10
Food Fight Scenario#: AP096 Date: 4/29/1944 Location: Hrabivka, Ukraine Throughout most of the Second World War, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) was engaged in partisan warfare, first against the Germans, then against the Soviets. The UPA tended to avoid conflict with the Soviet Army, instead focusing their efforts on… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #10
Strike Up the Band Scenario#: AP097 Date: 8/9/1944 Location: Lesquern, France By mid-summer, Third Army’s drive across northern France was moving so quickly that it outran its supply sources, and not enough trucks were available to transport supplies to every front line unit. On Patton’s orders, supplies were dumped at the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #10
Last Laurels Scenario#: AP098 Date: 10/12/1944 Location: Mihaly, Hungary After a week of constant pressure, the German 6th and Hungarian 2nd Army defenses around Debrecen began to crack. With so many factors in his favor, General Andrei Kravchenko pressed home the assault on Hungary’s “second city”. He wanted to take… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #10
Bare Foot Beating Scenario#: AP099 Date: 11/10/1944 Location: Momauk, Burma The Chinese 38th Division, tasked with capturing Bhamo, advanced its three regiments south towards the Taping River. The 113th Regiment brushed aside Japanese patrols along its north bank, but found the south to be more heavily defended. 38th… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #10
Coal in Their Stockings Scenario#: AP100 Date: 12/25/1944 Location: Foy-Notre-Dame, Belgium By Christmas Eve, PanzerArmee 5’s attack had lost steam. Christmas morning dawned clear and bright, and ensuing Allied air activity restricted German ability to reinforce units that had made the deepest penetrations toward the Meuse River.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #10
When I Call Roll Scenario#: AP101 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Vierville-Sur-Mer, France The “Great Crusade” was underway, but even the lowliest private on Omaha Beach at H-Hour could tell all had not gone according to plan. The Germans manning the Atlantic Wall were not the espected second rate troops, and there were many more of them… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #11 29 Lets Go!
Better Late Than Never Scenario#: AP102 Date: 6/8/1944 Location: Pointe-du-Hoc, France Companies D, E and F of the 2nd Rangers Battalion – having scaled the cliffs and accomplished their D-Day goals – were under heavy attack. That night, expected German attacks knocked the Rangers out of their forward positions along the coastal road,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #11 29 Lets Go!
That Damn Bridge Scenario#: AP103 Date: 6/8/1944 Location: Grandcamp-Les-Bains, France Immediately after the relief of Pointe-du-Hoc, Col. Canham, C.O. of the 116th Infantry Regiment, turned his attention to Grandcamp-les-Bains and its small but important harbor. 5th Rangers were ordered down the coastal road over a small, flooded… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #11 29 Lets Go!
Linkup Scenario#: AP104 Date: 6/9/1944 Location: Auville-Sur-La-Vey, France The 175th Infantry Regiment landed on June 7 and, aided by the 747th Tank Battalion, spent all the next day and into the night fighting through Ost Bataillon 621 into a rubbled Isigny to secure its bridge over the Aure. As 9 June dawned, most of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #11 29 Lets Go!
Cota's Last Stand? Scenario#: AP105 Date: 6/12/1944 Location: Montmartin-en-Graignes, France With the paratroopers of the 101st Airborne fully engaged outside Carentan, the 29th was ordered to conduct a reconnaissance in force west of the Vire to test the German forces and to capture two important bridges. At the last moment, General Norman… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #11 29 Lets Go!
Helluva Patrol Leader Scenario#: AP106 Date: 6/12/1944 Location: Montmartin-en-Graignes, France Brigadier General Norman Cota had decided to tag along on a mission to capture two bridges that the Germans might use to sever the tie between US forces in Carentan and Omaha Beach. After crossing the Vire River, the two companies encountered heavy… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #11 29 Lets Go!
Better Fields Of Fire Scenario#: AP107 Date: 9/8/1944 Location: Brest, France In addition to breaking into the stronghold at Kerrognant, US forces also needed to capture Fort Penfield – an old five-sided fort constructed of thick earthen embankments encase in masonry wall and very typical of the numerous pre-twentieth century… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #11 29 Lets Go!
Yes Sir! Scenario#: AP108 Date: 9/8/1944 Location: Brest, France The 29th Infantry Division was fighting on the Brittany peninsula with orders to crack the German fortress of Brest, home to U-boat pens that housed returning German submarines and – potentially – a massive supply point for the Allies if captured… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #11 29 Lets Go!
Not Bad For A Lone Croc Scenario#: AP109 Date: 9/14/1944 Location: Fort Montbarey, France The 29th Infantry Division cuold feel that the campaign for Brest was reaching a climax but there was still a significant amount of frustration at divisional headquarters with the slow progress and general attrition of trained fighting men from… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #11 29 Lets Go!
Display Of Enthusiasm Scenario#: AP110 Date: 10/4/1944 Location: Breberen, Germany The overstretched 175th Infantry Regiment had finally crossed Saeffler Creek and was being relieved by the 113th Cavalry Squadron when the Germans, in Major General Charles Gerhardt’s peculiar vernacular, started to display “a little enthusiasm” in… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #11 29 Lets Go!
The Katanas Come Out at Night Scenario#: AP111 Date: 7/31/1938 Location: Changkufeng Hill, Russia The Soviet, Chinese and Japanese governments had a long running disagreement over the KoreanSoviet/Chinese border. The dispute was pushed to the brink when the Soviets occupied the heights of Changkufeng Hill which overlooked the Korean port of Rajin… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #12 Oktoberfest XXX