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Storming the Station Scenario#: VOTG07     Date: 9/16/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia The past couple of days had seen horrific fighting at the Stalingrad-1 Rail Station. On the morning of 16 September, the 1st Battalion of the 42nd Guards Regiment turned away an attack by twelve self-propelled guns with supporting infantry. Not long… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
Hammer and Nail Scenario#: VOTG08     Date: 9/16/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia The Germans had managed to seize a building on the station square to the rear of the Guards position, where they were reported to be assembling to attack the station building from behind. Lt. Fedesyev ordered Lt. Dragan to organize a counterattack to… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
Eviction Notice Scenario#: VOTG09     Date: 9/18/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia A group of German tommy-gunners had seized some buildings at the intersection of Respublikanskaya and Kievskaya streets, and to evict them General Chuikov organized an immediate counterattack. A platoon of tanks that was positioned near the slopes of… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
The Darkest Day Scenario#: VOTG10     Date: 9/21/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia On 20 September, a civilian informed Lt. Dragan that a massive German buildup was taking place. Fortifications and street barricades were prepared as well as detachments of men armed with anti-tank rifles and molotov cocktails to combat tanks. The… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
A Dangerous Possibility Scenario#: VOTG11     Date: 9/22/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia It was at the flanks of the 34th Guards Regiment where the Germans directed particularly heavy attacks. One thrust penetrated the Dolgyi Gully and came out in the rear along the riverbank. Another ttack broke through along Tambovskaya Street,… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
Siberian Shockwave Scenario#: VOTG12     Date: 9/23/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia General Chuikov desperately wanted to gain complete control of the main ferry landings, which had fallen into German hands, and were prefect locations for the Germans to interdict reinforcements crossing the Volga. Help was on the way in the form of… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
Escape from Komsomol Park Scenario#: VOTG13     Date: 9/24/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia Since 14 September, elements of the 272nd NKVD Regiment were defending the area around Komsomol Park. The NKVD Regiment became cut off and surrounded in the park. The trapped units included the regimental staff, along with 17 seamen from Batrakov's… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
Perfected in Battle Scenario#: VOTG15     Date: 10/24/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia The nature of the close quarter fighting dictated the development of new tactics. The Soviet 62nd Army formed small shock units termed "Storm Groups" - assault groups equipped with grenades and tommy-guns, which would first attack the objective, with… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
Under Murderous Fire Scenario#: VOTG16     Date: 11/24/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia On 24 November, sappers arrived to deactivate the minefield surrounding "Pavlov's House", which they accomplished without being fired on. Shortly thereafter, Sgt. Pavlov received orders to attack a building that was about one hundred yards across the… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
On the Verge of Extinction Scenario#: VOTG17     Date: 1/30/1943     Location: Stalingrad, Russia On 10 January, thousands of Russian guns heralded the start of Operation Koltso, and the armies of the Stalingrad Front began to attack den Kessel (the cauldron). Gradually the perimeter shrank, and finally the German Army was split into several… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
Uncles and Pups Scenario#: FB01     Date: 1/1/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary By 26 December 1944, Soviet forces were finally able to complete the outer encirclement of Budapest when lead units of the 18th Tank Corps linked up with forward elements of the 6th Guards Tank Army northwest of the city near Estergom. Beginning on… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
The Devil's Free to Have a Try Scenario#: FB02     Date: 1/19/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary After the initial assault by the Soviet 108th Guards Rifle Division failed to capture the Városmajor on January 1, the 320th Rifle Division, supported by a half dozen armored vehicles, was ordered to try to seize the City Park. The main defenders of… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
Furor Hungaricus Scenario#: FB03     Date: 1/20/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary Unwilling to accept the 19 January loss of the Városmajor to the Soviets, Major Lázlo Vannay quickly regrouped his men for an assault at 0500 the next morning, having secured the support of two Zrinyi IIs from the 10th Assault Gun Brigade and… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
HKL 259 Scenario#: FB04     Date: 1/24/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary Since the beginning of the siege on 25 December, German and Hungarian forces on the Buda side of the Danube had built their defenses around a series of hills located a few kilometers west of the river. By the middle of January, several of the… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
Siesta Time Scenario#: FB05     Date: 1/29/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary By 26 January, the Soviet 297th Tank Rifle Division had finally pushed the Hungarian Vannay Battalion out of the Városmajor. One building that still remained firmly in Hungarian hands was the Siesta Sanatorium located on Városmajor utca just to the… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
Came Tumbling After Scenario#: FB06     Date: 1/29/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary With the fall of the Kis-Svábhegy on 24 January, the security of the Axis positions east of Castle Hill was seriously compromised as Soviet observers now had a dominating position from which to direct their artillery. On 29 January, the commander of… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
The Terror of the Castle Scenario#: FB07     Date: 1/31/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary One partial success in penetrating the Axis main line of resistance was achieved by the Soviets on 30 January when an assault group swiftly stormed across the Vermezo from the intersection of Bors utca and Krisztina Korut and seized the primary… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
For Want of Either Crust or Crumb Scenario#: FB08     Date: 2/1/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary Axis defenders suffered a serious blow on 26 December when the Soviets captured one of Budapest’s largest supply depots, resulting in the loss of approximately 300,000 daily rations and 450 tons of ammunition. To complicate matters, the main airport… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
The Shooting Gallery Scenario#: FB09     Date: 2/2/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary By the end of January, remaining Axis force had retreated across the Danube from the Pest side of the city where they formed a bridgehead centered on Castle Hill. One of the Wehrmacht’s finest units, Panzer-Division 13, was with the defenders of… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
Return of the Black Company Scenario#: FB10     Date: 2/3/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary The men of SS-Kavallerie-Division 8 “Florian Geyer” were scrambling for their lives as two and a half months of near continuous fighting had reduced the unit to a shadow of its former self. By 3 February, the troops which had been holding out for the… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
Boy Soldier Scenario#: FB11     Date: 2/4/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary Although the Soviets did succeed in capturing several buildings at the base of the Várhegy, they were evicted after a fierce counterattack by the men of Lt. Col. Veresváry’s Budapest Watch Battalion. On 4 February, Soviet infantry form the 297th… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
The Black Ravens are Flying Scenario#: FB12     Date: 2/5/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary By February 5, the Soviets had reached the area around Királyhágo tét. Strongly opposed by a mix of German and Hungarian forces, the Soviets would be forced to fight for every building. In addition to their military strengths, the Soviets had… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
Don't Economize Scenario#: FB13     Date: 2/7/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary As the last German gliders had landed on the Vermezo on 5 February, the availability of ammunition and fuel for Axis units had become severely limited. Conversely, Soviet units were extremely well supplied, to the extent that the Russians had begun… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
At The Narrow Passage Scenario#: FB14     Date: 2/7/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary FB14 is the first “official” three-player scenarios. One player plays the Germans, and the second player plays the Soviets. However, the third player plays the Hungarians that are fighting along BOTH sides. The scenario thus has four player turns… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
The Taking of Object 59 Scenario#: FB15     Date: 2/7/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary By 6 February, the loss of Sas-hegy placed the German troops holding the Austrian built Citadelia atop the Gellert-hegy in imminent danger of being overrun from the south by the Soviet 83rd Marine Brigade. Further to the north the Soviet 297th Rifle… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
Crossing the Bloody Meadow Scenario#: FB16     Date: 2/8/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary By February, elements from the Soviet 297th Rifle Division had successfully fought their way toward the Southern Railway Station. After two days of heavy fighting, infantry aided by Soviet armored units had isolated the area around the station and… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
Stalingrad Redux Scenario#: FB17     Date: 2/9/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary By 9 February, Soviet forces had succeeded inc capturing their primary objective wets of Castle Hill, the Budapest Railway Terminal. The next day, the Soviets continued their march toward the case of Castle Hill by crossing over the marshalling… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
Black Day in Hatten Scenario#: HF1     Date: 1/9/1945     Location: Hatten, France In early January 1945, the Battle of the Bulge had run its course, and numerous Allied units were drawn northward to stem the German tide. Taking advantage of this situation, OKW launched a second, less well-known western front offensive codenamed… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 9 - Hatten in Flames
Bertoldo the Brave Scenario#: HF2     Date: 1/9/1945     Location: Hatten, France Operation NORDWIND, the German offensive in France’s Alsace province, enjoyed only limited success in its first week. German fortunes changed, however, with the penetration by Panzer-Korps XXXIX of the American Maginot Line positions during a… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 9 - Hatten in Flames
First Timers Scenario#: HF3     Date: 1/9/1945     Location: Hatten, France A breakthrough in the village of Hatten became the key focus of the German offensive codenamed Operation NORDWIND. By early afternoon of 9 January, units from Panzergrenadier-Division 25 had captured most of Hatten. The Americans responded… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 9 - Hatten in Flames
Liehr Launches First Scenario#: HF4     Date: 1/10/1945     Location: Hatten, France Dawn of 10 January held up hope for OKW that their stalled NORDWIND offensive was being reinvigorated. Hatten was largely theirs, and the neighboring village of Rittershoffen appeared lightly defended. Beyond those villages, the terrain was more… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 9 - Hatten in Flames
Graveyard Shift Scenario#: HF5     Date: 1/10/1945     Location: Hatten, France For the remainder of 10 January, the Germans focused their efforts on securing defensive positions while aligning themselves for an assault on Rittershoffen via a sunken road originating from the northwest of Hatten. The American counterattack… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 9 - Hatten in Flames
Jackpot Jones Scenario#: HF6     Date: 1/11/1945     Location: Hatten, France Lieutenant Colonel Holton had three experienced companies available to him from the 2nd Battalion, 315th Infantry Regiment, for the defense of Hatten. They were supported by a platoon of M18 Hellcats, ably led by Lieutenant Robert Jones. The Germans,… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 9 - Hatten in Flames
Gotta Get Out Scenario#: HF7     Date: 1/13/1945     Location: Hatten, France Four days into the battle, the 14th Armored Division, supported by infantry from two battalions of the 315th Infantry Regiment, had managed to temporarily halt the momentum of Panzer-Korps XXXIX. Switching to the offensive, American tankers sought to… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 9 - Hatten in Flames
Fahrenheit 352 Scenario#: HF8     Date: 1/14/1945     Location: Hatten, France After five days of fighting, both Hatten and Rittershoffen had largely been split in two, with the Germans holding slightly more of the most prominent positions. Many buildings had been rubbled, burned to the ground or suffered significant structural… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 9 - Hatten in Flames
The 138 of the 138th Scenario#: RB12     Date: 11/17/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia On the 11th of November the Germans launched an offensive in the Barrikady district with elements of two infantry divisions, backed up by five especially formed pioneer battalions, armed with satchel charges and flamethrowers. In addition two assault… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL10a - Red Factories
Sandbanks of the Volga Scenario#: RB13     Date: 11/11/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia The objective for Major Braun and his men was to capture the fuel tank complex and penetrate to the shoreline of the Volga itself. Though Major Braun and his men had briefly reached the fuel tanks on 2nd November, they had been ousted by a… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL10a - Red Factories
Anchoring the Line Scenario#: RB14     Date: 12/31/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia Since the 19th of November the tide in Stalingrad had begun its fateful turn. For on that day to the north and south of the city, the Soviet Army launched a massive two-pronged counterattack, on a 200-kilometer front, with 10 infantry divisions,… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL10a - Red Factories
War Without Quarter Scenario#: HS02     Date: 8/21/1942     Location: Tenaru River, Guadalcanal Colonel Ichiki's men were practically wiped out the night before in wave after wave of banzai attacks across the Tenaru into the well-prepared Marine defenses. Canister, machine-gun fire, and courage had broken Ichiki's back. As dawn rose above the… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 1 - Operation Watchtower
High Water Mark Scenario#: HS04     Date: 9/13/1942     Location: Lunga Ridge, Guadalcanal The Japanese under Colonel Kawaguchi were pressing hard to take the Lunga Ridge from Edson's Raiders. The Marines bent, but had not yet broken, and were making a last stand on the final defensive obstacle between the Japanese and Henderson Field.… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 1 - Operation Watchtower
Restoration Scenario#: HS05     Date: 9/13/1942     Location: Lunga Ridge, Guadalcanal On the night of September 12th, leading elements of Major General Kiyotaki Kawaguchi's 35th Infantry Brigade attacked the positions of the Raiders to the west of Lunga Ridge, overrunning C Company's positions. By the morning the Raiders were forced… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 1 - Operation Watchtower
Just Fighting Through Scenario#: HS06     Date: 9/14/1942     Location: Lunga Ridge, Guadalcanal The defense on Lunga Ridge had been severely stretched, but it had not broken and had extracted a heavy toll on the attacking Japanese troops. General Vandergrift committed the Marine reserves and ordered a counterattack to disrupt Japanese efforts… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 1 - Operation Watchtower
We Know Where They Are Scenario#: HS07     Date: 9/14/1942     Location: Lunga Point, Guadalcanal On the night of September 13th, elements of Major Mizumo's Kuma Battalion attacked the positions held by Marines of the 3rd Battalion on the eastern flank of the American perimeter. At dawn, the Marines sent a platoon of light tanks on patrol to see… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 1 - Operation Watchtower
Government Property Scenario#: HS10     Date: 10/12/1942     Location: Matanikau River, Guadalcanal Marine offensive operation in the area near the Matanikau River were scaled back due to reports of a massive Japanese attack on the main Henderson Field defensive perimeter. A large supply of mortar shells had been transferred to the front for use… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 1 - Operation Watchtower
Chesty's Turn Scenario#: HS12     Date: 10/24/1942     Location: Lunga Ridge, Guadalcanal The Marines, anxious to take the fight to the Japanese, mounted an ambitious plan to surround and destroy the majority of the Japanese forces at the mouth of the Matanikau River. A three-pronged attack, each prong depending on the others succeeding,… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 1 - Operation Watchtower
The Ravine Scenario#: HS13     Date: 11/24/1942     Location: Hill 81, Guadalcanal The Japanese began to fortify their positions, particularly in the hills west of the Matanikau. The westward U.S. advance threatened supply routes leading to inland positions. Using reverse slope positions that could not be hit by artillery, the… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 1 - Operation Watchtower
The Christmas Gifu Scenario#: HS14     Date: 12/25/1942     Location: Gifu, Guadalcanal Army troops, having taken over for most of the Marine formations, were eager to prove their mettle on the assault. Their first task on the long list of objectives required to clear the island was a strongpoint called the Gifu. This particularly nasty… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 1 - Operation Watchtower
Hill 27 Scenario#: HS15     Date: 1/2/1943     Location: Hill 27, Guadalcanal Hill 27 was a separate rocky elevation, 920 feet high, just east of the Gifu. The leading assault troops of the 2nd Battalion gained the summit of the hill at 0907 without firing a shot. By 1130 hours the entire assault force had reached the summit,… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 1 - Operation Watchtower
Sims Ridge Scenario#: HS16     Date: 1/13/1943     Location: Galloping Horse, Guadalcanal The 27th Infantry Regiment had been attacking the 900-foot-high hill called Galloping Horse for three days. Only Hill 523, the head of the horse-shaped mass, was left. F Company would advance through the jungle on the right flank. E Company would… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 1 - Operation Watchtower
Water Foul Scenario#: HS17     Date: 2/9/1945     Location: Niel, Germany Operation Veritable kicked off in the early morning of the 8th, and progress throughout the day was better than expected. Plans called for several units to wait to attack after darkness had fallen, and some of these had the unenviable task of… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 2 - Operation Veritable