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- Item Type: Scenarios
Counterattack at BeekScenario#: 15 Date: 1944-09-20 Location: Beek, HollandThree days into Operation Market Garden, and the 82nd Airborne Division is knee-deep in vicious fighting in and around the Dutch city of Nijmegen. While the 504th and 505th PIRs battle for control of the Waal road bridge, the 508th … Last Hundred Yards — Airborne over Europe |
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Devil’s HillScenario#: 16 Date: 1944-09-19 Location: Beek, HollandGroesbeek Heights, Holland. By the second day of Market Garden, the German High Command was desperately calling for counterattacks by any forces available. Near the small town of Beek, scattered units from the 82nd Airborne had captured a wooded hill… Last Hundred Yards — Airborne over Europe |
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It’s Gonna be a Long DayScenario#: 17 Date: 1944-09-17 Location: Grave, HollandCaptain Kappel’s Company H orders were clear and sobering. They were to parachute, in broad daylight, into enemy territory, assemble their scattered troops, capture the Grave bridges, and eliminate all enemy resistance in your area. “We felt the… Last Hundred Yards — Airborne over Europe |
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All AmericanScenario#: 18 Date: 1944-06-06 Location: Chef Du Pont, FranceLt. Colonel Maloney gathered his marsh-soaked stragglers from the hodgepodge of formations of the 82nd Airborne. The bridges over the Mederet River and the town of Chef-du-Pont were to be their primary objectives. They were mission-critical for the… Last Hundred Yards — Airborne over Europe |
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Currahee!Scenario#: 19 Date: 1944-06-06 Location: Ste. Marie-du-Mont, FranceAfter a badly scattered night drop northwest of its objective, Lt. Winters led a remnant of Easy Company (506th PIR) towards the village of Ste. Marie-du-Mont. When finally there, they were tasked with taking out a German 105 battery at … Last Hundred Yards — Airborne over Europe |
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Bloody GulchScenario#: 20 Date: 1944-06-13 Location: Carentan, FranceThis mission covers Easy Company’s (506th PIR) defense of the heights about one mile southwest of Carentan against a determined early-morning attack by elements of the 6th FJ and 17th SS Divisions. Flanked on the north and south by flooded … Last Hundred Yards — Airborne over Europe |
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Black FridayScenario#: 21 Date: 1944-09-24 Location: Son, HollandSix days into Operation Market Garden and the situation was still chaotic for both Allied and German commands alike. Hell's Highway, a long narrow strip of road, was the only lifeline supplying the beleaguered American and British paratroopers.… Last Hundred Yards — Airborne over Europe |
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Geronimo!Scenario#: 22 Date: 1944-06-06 Location: Sainte Mere Eglise, FranceOne of the few units of the 82nd Airborne that didn’t scatter badly that morning was Col. Sink’s 505th PIR. They were tasked with taking the village of Ste. Mere-Eglise and its nearby vital crossroads to the west. But they … Last Hundred Yards — Airborne over Europe |
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Morgan’s StandScenario#: 30 Date: September 11, 1944 Location: Bar-le-Duc, FranceLt. Allen Morgan’s 2nd Platoon (as well as the rest of the 53rd Battlion) had orders to hold an important crossroads west of the Moselle River. On September 10th the Germans counterattacked the junction, but were repulsed in a furious … Panzer (YAQ) — Armor: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat in Western Europe, 1944-1945 |
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Last Act In LorraineScenario#: 31 Date: December 6, 1944 Location: Singling, FranceFor nearly a month the US 4th Armored Division had been fighting in difficult terrain to clear Lorraine. On 6 December, in an attempt to take Bining and Rohrbach and reach the River Sarre and the German border, Lt. Col. … Panzer (YAQ) — Armor: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat in Western Europe, 1944-1945 |
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Action At KommerscheidtScenario#: 32 Date: November 4, 1944 Location: Kommerscheidt, GermanyBy October, 1944 the American Army had ripped two large holes in the Siegfried Line at Aachen and Roetgen. The next step called for a limited flanking operation in the Huertgen Forest. The 28th Division was ordered to carry out … Panzer (YAQ) — Armor: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat in Western Europe, 1944-1945 |
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A Small Town In GermanyScenario#: 33 Date: April 8, 1945 Location: Friesoythe, GermanyThe occupation of the Groningen bulge made it possible for the British Second Army to drive into northern Germany. The Allied advance did not go smoothly. Small “stay-behind” forces resisted bitterly. One example occurred when the Canadian 4th… Panzer (YAQ) — Armor: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat in Western Europe, 1944-1945 |
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Shoot-N-ScootScenario#: 34 Date: December 18, 1944 Location: Rocherath, BelgiumThe American 2nd and 99th Infantry Divisions, one tire and battered, the other inexperienced, were entrenched in the twin villages of Rocherath-Krinkelt. As the 12th SS Panzer Division began the assault on Rocheracth on the 18th, American artillery… Panzer (YAQ) — Armor: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat in Western Europe, 1944-1945 |
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Last RoundupScenario#: 35 Date: April 11, 1945 Location: Erfurt, GermanyThe US 12th Army Group was using the Erfurt-Leipzig axis as their main line of advanceinto the heart of Germany. The industrial city of Erfurt was at the edge of the area which the Wehrmacht’s 11th Army was attempting to … Panzer (YAQ) — Armor: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat in Western Europe, 1944-1945 |
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The Battle for RomeScenario#: 36 Date: September 10, 1942 Location: Rome, ItalyAs the German 2nd Parachute Division advanced on Rome, several Italian formations, including the elite 21st “Grenadiers of Sardinia” Division, set up blocking positions and attempted to halt it. Slowly but inexorably the paratroopers pushed closer… Panzer (YAQ) — Armor: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat in Western Europe, 1944-1945 |
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Parker’s CrossroadsScenario#: 37 Date: December 23, 1944 Location: Baraque de Fraiture, BelgiumRoute N15 is the major road from Liege to Bastogne. U.S. Major Arthur C. Parker, withdrawing with remnants of his 598th Field Artillery Battalion, realized the value of the crossroads at Baraque de Fraiture, decided to dig in and make … Panzer (YAQ) — Armor: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat in Western Europe, 1944-1945 |
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Hill of DeathScenario#: 38 Date: July 11, 1944 Location: Hill 112, FranceHill 112 has a commanding view over the surrounding fields and several small villages, which made it a key position. After the British took the hill, it was subjected to as many as 14 German attacks, all of which were … Panzer (YAQ) — Armor: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat in Western Europe, 1944-1945 |
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Strangers in a Strange LandScenario#: 75 Date: 5/13/1940 Location: Elvegardsmoen, NorwayIn the arctic twilight, the 13th Demi-Brigade of the French Foreign Legion and five Hotchkiss tanks were successfully put ashore by British landing craft northeast of Narvik. One legion battalion and two tanks were sent to retake the supply center of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre |
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End of the NinthScenario#: 76 Date: 5/18/1940 Location: Le Catelet, FranceThe French command reacted slowly to Rommel’s breakthrough at Avesnes. Taking advantage of the sluggish French reaction, the Germans refueled and rearmed their Panzers and on May 18th they advanced toward Le Catelet. Colonel Veron, given the task of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre |
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Le HérissonScenario#: 77 Date: 6/5/1940 Location: Hangest, FranceRommel’s 7th Panzer Division had established a small bridgehead across the Somme, but the construction of a pontoon bridge was prevented by interdicting fire from the nearby town of Hangest. Self-propelled howitzers were brought forward to bombard… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre |
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Encounter at CornimontScenario#: 78 Date: 6/20/1940 Location: Cornimont, FranceIn the area of the French 8th Army in the Vosges mountains, scattered defending forces were committed piecemeal in an effort to slow down the swift German advances. In Cornimont, the 158th Engineer Battalion received orders to defend the town. A… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre |
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Bridge of the Seven PlanetsScenario#: 79 Date: 6/3/1940 Location: Les Sept-Planètes, FranceThe defense of the bridges along the stretch of the Bergues canal south of Dunkirk was entrusted to the heavy weapons company of the French 1st Battalion, 224th Infantry Regiment, supported by miscellaneous troops including several mobile 155mm… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre |
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For Honor AloneScenario#: 82 Date: 6/20/1940 Location: Saumur, FranceAngered and dismayed by a call on June 17th for an armistice, the officers and cadets of the Cavalry School had vowed to fight for their own honor and that of France. Southeast of Saumur, lay the Aunis Farm, a French command post and staging area.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre |
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Swan SongScenario#: 242 Date: 5/29/1940 Location: Villers-sur-Mareuil, FranceDe Gaulle’s 4th Armored Division, called upon to eliminate the German bridgehead across the Somme at Abbeville, attacked on the 28th and succeeded in pushing the Germans back some four kilometers before halting for the night. The morale of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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Counterstroke at StonneScenario#: 234 Date: 5/15/1940 Location: Stonne, FranceThe Grossdeutschland Regiment, after some hard fighting and a harder march north, had finally taken the village of Stonne, the pivot of the German flank movement from Sedan. Exhausted, the German infantry were now the target for one of the few… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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Chateau de QuesnoyScenario#: 244 Date: 6/5/1940 Location: Condé-Folie, FranceNorthern France had fallen and General Weygand was desperately attempting to form a long along the Somme. Lacking sufficient forces for a continuous front, he decided on a series of combined-arms hedgehogs which he hoped could thwart the German… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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In Front of the StormScenario#: 231 Date: 5/10/1940 Location: Aessan, FranceThe blitzkrieg in the West had begun. German forces were pouring into France at breakneck speeds. Bridges on the Moselle had been captured undamaged and the advance elements of the 34th infantry Division started to cross as soon as the obstacles… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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Last Defense LineScenario#: 235 Date: 5/15/1940 Location: Bouvellemont, FranceBy dusk on the 14th, the Germans had established three bridgeheads across the Meuse River. The 15th brought the next stage: the breaking of the last major elements which stood between them and the great plains of France. One point of the last line of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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In Rommel's WakeScenario#: 236 Date: 5/17/1940 Location: On the Meuse, FranceIn the confusion following the 7th Panzer Division’s breakout, isolated French units still held crossings across the Meuse while the German infantry struggled to catch up. Now elements of XIV Panzergrenadier Korps, on the basis of Fieseler Storch… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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Sudden DeathScenario#: 237 Date: 5/27/1940 Location: Orneset, NorwayAllies re-took Narvik only to find it largely abandoned by the Germans. The beachhead was still covered by crews from destroyed German naval destroyers. After an intense naval bombardment, these Germans saw French Foreign Legion troops bearing down… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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Audacity!Scenario#: 238 Date: 5/28/1940 Location: Ankenes, NorwayBy the end of May 1940, the catastrophic unfolding of the battle for France caused the Allies to evacuate Norway. Nevertheless, it was decided to take Narvik in order to close the campaign on a victory and lessen the earlier humiliations. On the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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The Last RoadblockScenario#: 240 Date: 5/28/1940 Location: Orneset, NorwayOn 24 May, faced with the deteriorating situation in France, the Allies decided to evacuate Norway. However, before the evacuation, the Anglo-French commanders wanted to retake Narvik. For that operation, the main attack would come from the north and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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Chance d'une AffaireScenario#: 232 Date: 5/14/1940 Location: Chéhéry, FranceOn the morning of the 14th, a French counterattack was ordered against the breach at Sedan in an effort to contain General Guderian's bridgehead on the river Meuse. The attack was to be comprised of two tank battalions, each supported by an infantry… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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Triumph atop TaraldsvikfjellScenario#: 241 Date: 5/28/1940 Location: Taraldsvikfjell, NorwayDespite an incredible number of command mistakes, a series of flanking attacks had put the Allies in position to cut off and destroy the isolated Germans who had captured Narvik. The defending German force was a mixed batch of excellent Gebirgsjager… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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Fighting at World's EdgeScenario#: 239 Date: 5/28/1940 Location: Taraldsvikfjell, NorwayWith the disastrous situation around Dunkerque entering its final stages, the Allied High Command decided that the operation around Narvik would have to be halted, though the city itself was taken in order to cover the evacuation and to ensure… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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The French PerimeterScenario#: 243 Date: 6/2/1940 Location: Spyckar, FranceAs the last days and hours of the Dunkirk defense passed and the perimeter shrank to within four miles of the city, the British turned their remaining positions over to the French forces. On the western side of the perimeter the Grossdeutschland… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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Failure to CommunicateScenario#: 233 Date: 5/14/1940 Location: Onhaye, BelgiumIn the early hours of May 13, Rommel pushed units of his Panzer-Division 7 across the Meuse River in the vicinity of Dinant, where they clung to a shaky foothold. While infantry were able to cross on boats, Rommel's tanks would have to cross on a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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Prelude: ChabrehezScenario#: DN01 Date: 5/11/1940 Location: Chabrehez, BelgiumAs the leading elements of Panzer-Division 7 moved through the valley east of Chabrehea at 1800 on 10 May, they encountered two platoons of Belgian Chasseurs d'Ardennais dug in on the slopes in front of the town. The Germans hastily deployed the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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Chasseurs at YvoirScenario#: DN02 Date: 5/12/1940 Location: Yvoir, BelgiumAs the German blitzkrieg moved through the Ardennes, the Belgian Chasseurs d'Arrdgennais fought a series of delaying actions. They were pressured from every side, until they finally reached the Meuse. There they were forced to move northward to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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Rommel at the MeuseScenario#: DN03 Date: 5/13/1940 Location: Dinant, BelgiumAfter fighting its way through the Ardennes, Panzer-Division 7 found itself on the banks of the Meuse. The towering cliffs provided a majestic and frightening back drop for the job of crossing the river. The questions on every trooper's mind were:… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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Chateau de MeezScenario#: DN04 Date: 5/13/1940 Location: Chateau de Meez, BelgiumAfter the initial crossings of the Meuse, Panzer-Division 7 began to expand the bridgehead west of the river. Darkness approached, and Rommel ordered a company to begin scaling the cliffs and move through the woods surrounding the Chateau de Meez.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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Grande Ferme de MeezScenario#: DN05 Date: 5/13/1940 Location: Ferme de Meez, BelgiumAs more and more Germans crossed the river near Bouvignes, they pushed hard against the scattered French troops who were falling back into the northern reentrant -- the gap between the cliffs. Fighting escalated as the gap narrowed, and soon the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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Clearing the HeightsScenario#: DN06 Date: 5/13/1940 Location: Dinant, BelgiumAs evening fell, the German crossing began to accelerate. Rommel's direction was the added impetus needed to ensure success. The immediate task was to clear the French from atop the cliffs overlooking the river, where they had artillery spotters… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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Saint-Médard After DarkScenario#: DN07 Date: 5/13/1940 Location: Saint-Medard, BelgiumAs night fell at Dinant, Panzer-Division 7 had crossed the river against stiff French resistance. But their bridgehead was not yet secure. The French defenders had fallen back from the cliffs and were reorganizing in the farms and villages behind the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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Probing the BridgeheadScenario#: DN08 Date: 5/13/1940 Location: Dinant, BelgiumHaving lost contact with the forces in and around Dinant, the French Command ordered 1ère DLC to ascertain where and in what strength the Germans were across the Meuse. A scratch force was hastily thrown together to assess the situation, and a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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The Road to OnhayeScenario#: DN09 Date: 5/14/1940 Location: Dinant, BelgiumAfter securing the crossing area, Rommel ordered his reconnaissance units to begin moving along N936 toward Onhaye. As the light armor and cycles moved out in the darkness, they ran into a series of French positions along the road. Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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Finale: OnhayeScenario#: DN10 Date: 5/14/1940 Location: Onhaye, BelgiumWhile overseeing the construction of a pontoon bridge, as well as the continued ferrying of troops across the Meuse, Rommel learned of a message received at 4.Armee headquarters reading "Bismarck encircled at Onhaye." All further communication was… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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The Almost MenScenario#: DN11 Date: 12/22/1944 Location: Dinant, BelgiumAt midnight, the calm of the town of Dinant was shattered by explosions, as a Jeep loaded with Germans is American uniforms from Otto Skorzeny's SS-Panzer-Brigade 150 tried to infiltrate through the American and British positions. They were… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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Good Night, Sweet PrinceScenario#: 87 Date: 4/9/1940 Location: Haderslev, DenmarkStrong German motorized forces crossed the Danish border early in the morning of April 9th. Several German armored cars were damaged or destroyed, and the Germans learned to fear the 20mm guns mounted on the Nimbus motorcycles poised for ambush at… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions |
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Art NouveauScenario#: 88 Date: 5/10/1940 Location: Mont-Le-Ban, BelgiumRommel’s 7th Panzer Division on a bypass bumped into units protecting the Belgian southern flank. This lightly-held part of the Belgian defense was occupied by units of the 10th Motorcycle Company, which had been scattered into three different… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions |