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Bridgehead on the Rhine Scenario#: U45 Date: 3/24/1945 Location: Speldrop, Germany During the night of 23 March, the Allied 21st Army Group began the long-awaited Rhine crossing. The first division to cross was the British 51st Highland Division mounted in Buffaloes of the 4th Royal Tank and Northamptonshire Yeomanry of the special… Advanced Squad Leader — Rivers to the Reich
Operation Varsity Scenario#: U44 Date: 3/24/1945 Location: Hamminkeln, Germany The airborne phase of the Allies' Northern Rhine crossing was to be the last airborne assault of the war. Artillery units and fighter-bombers pounded the German gun positions in the vicinity of the drop zones so severely that the first wave of… Advanced Squad Leader — Rivers to the Reich
Raff's Rules Scenario#: J193 Date: 3/24/1945 Location: Diersfordt, Germany Lead elements of the 507th PIR crossed the river Rhine at around 0950 and made the first combat jump in the history of the 17th Airborne Division. Colonel Edson Raff gathered his staff and available men after landing. It took some time before he… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #12
Coup de Main at Hamminkeln Scenario#: J177 Date: 3/24/1945 Location: Hamminkeln Station, Germany Though neither wide nor deep, the Issel stream had steep banks which formed a natural tank barrier, a fact which caused major concern among the Allied command. The seizure of every intact bridge over the Issel was considered vital to the success of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11
Hunters from the Sky Scenario#: 201 Date: 3/24/1945 Location: Hamminkeln, Germany “Operation Varsity”, the airborne phase of the Allies’ northern Rhine crossing, was to be the last airborne assault of the war. The 17th Airborne Division’s first regiment to drop had little problem from ground fire, arriving so close behind the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 3a Yanks (2nd Edition)
Hunters from the Sky Scenario#: I Date: 24-Mar-45 Location: Rhine River, Germany "Operation Varsity," the airborne phase of the Allies' Northern Rhine crossing, was to be the last airborne assault of the war. Artillery units and fighter-bombers pounded the German gun positions in the vicinity of the drop zones lifting just prior… Squad Leader — The General #17.2
Operation Varsity Scenario#: 46 Date: 24-Mar-45 Location: Hamminkeln, Germany The airborne phase of the Allies' Northern Rhine crossing was to be the last airborne assault of the war. Artillery units and fighter-bombers pounded the German gun positions in the vicinity of the drop zones so severely that the first … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory
Bridgehead on the Rhine Scenario#: 42 Date: 24-Mar-45 Location: Speldrop, Germany During the night of March 23rd, the Allied 21st Army Group began the long awaited Rhine crossing. The first division to cross was the British 51 st Highland Division mounted in Buffaloes of the 4th Royal Tanks and Northamptonshire Yeomanry … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory
The St. Goar Assault Scenario#: 11 Date: 24-Mar-45 Location: St Goar, Germany Germany's army was beaten. The Rhine had been crossed at Remagen and elsewhere. As more and more of the Allies closed in on the Rhine, there was a growing tendency to simply take it "o n the run" rather than … Squad Leader — Squad Leader
Big Boys Scenario#: PD05 Date: March 24, 1945 Location: Remagen, Germany The Germans threw everything that they had at the Remagen bridgehead. The Arado Ar234 Blitz jet bomber, massive artillery barrages, V2 rockets (their only tactical use in WW2), and frogmen. However, a well-coordinated, crushing ground assault never… Old School Tactical — Phantom Division
Varsity Blues Scenario#: 103 Date: 24-Mar-45 Location: Diersfordt, Germany As Field Marshal Montgomery prepares his 21st Army for the crossing of the Rhine, Operation Varsity, the largest airborne assault of the war, is launched by the US 17th Airborne and the British 6th Airborne Divisions. The parachute assault’s aim … Combat Commander — C3I Magazine #19
Fallschirmjäger Requiem Scenario#: Comp22 Date: 1945-03-23 Location: Wesel, Germany As a prelude to Operation Varsity, British and Canadian commandos were tasked with launching an amphibious assault across the Rhine to take the town of Wesel. As the commandos were ferried across, the RAF and attached artillery units pounded the town… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 3
Fallschirmjäger Requiem Scenario#: AP10 Date: 03/23/1945 Location: Wesel, Germany As a prelude to Operation Varsity, British and Canadian commandos were tasked with launching an amphibious assault across the Rhine to take the town of Wesel. As the commandos were ferried across, the RAF and attached artillery units pounded the … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Alpha
Day 291 US 12th Army Group Situation Map for 1945-03-23, Start of Operation Plunder. World War II - Western Front
Germany - Crossing of the Rhine - Operations 22-28 March 1945 World War II - Western Front
Rhine Crossings in the South 22-28 March 1945 World War II - Western Front
Day 290 US 12th Army Group Situation Map for 1945-03-22, Third Army crosses the Rhine World War II - Western Front
Day 289 US 12th Army Group Situation Map for 1945-03-21 World War II - Western Front
Heavy Hitters Scenario#: W11 Date: March 21, 1945 Location: Ruhr, Germany The M36 Jackson was an upgunned tank destroyer that gave the Americans a gun that could tangle with the powerful German tanks. In the Ruhr, armored infantry of the 9th move forward to clear a village and secure the roads. … Old School Tactical — Volume 2 Western Front
Day 288 US 12th Army Group Situation Map for 1945-03-20 World War II - Western Front
Siegfried Idyll Scenario#: 44 Date: 20 March 1945 Location: Wissembourg, Germany The 36th finally entered Germany between Wissembourg and Altenstadt, but were now coming under fire from the fortified belt of the ‘Siegfried Line’. On the 20th of March, just five days after the initial move at Haguenau, the 141st Regiment … Band of Brothers — Texas Arrows
Day 287 US 12th Army Group Situation Map for 1945-03-19 World War II - Western Front
Day 286 US 12th Army Group Situation Map for 1945-03-18 World War II - Western Front
Day 285 US 12th Army Group Situation Map for 1945-03-17, Ludendorff Bridge finally collapses. World War II - Western Front
Khaki Storm Rising Scenario#: W01 Date: 1945-03-16 Location: Pfaffenheck, Germany British armored units fanned across the North German plain following the crossing of the Rhine in March. Resistance, initially stiff, weakened as the Germans ran low on fuel and ammunition. The 4th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment, was advancing on the… Tank Leader — Western Front
Day 284 US 12th Army Group Situation Map for 1945-03-16 World War II - Western Front
Day 283 US 12th Army Group Situation Map for 1945-03-15 World War II - Western Front
The Duel Scenario#: U13 Date: 3/15/1945 Location: Pfaffenheck, Germany German General Hoehme had to buy time. Every day the way was clear allowed additional isolated units to filter back towards the Rhine. At a time of frightful manpower shortages, he decided to commit two of his remaining combat effective units to… Advanced Squad Leader — G.I.s Dozen
Riposte Scenario#: U12 Date: 3/15/1945 Location: Pfaffenheck, Germany At the same time that the SS mountain troopers were striking one flank of the U.S. 357th Regiment, the Wehrmacht’s 159th Division struck the other. Every effort was to be made to prevent the Americans from establishing an artillery OP in the large… Advanced Squad Leader — G.I.s Dozen
Thrust and Parry Scenario#: U11 Date: 3/15/1945 Location: Pfaffenheck, Germany Between the Moselle and the Rhine rivers, the US Army ground forward on a broad front. The Germans struggled to hold open escape routes to the Rhine. General Hoehne launched two simultaneous counterattacks. The first, by newly arrived SS troops, was… Advanced Squad Leader — G.I.s Dozen
The Duel Scenario#: 305 Date: 15-Mar-45 Location: Pfaffenheck, Germany German General Hoehne, LXXXIX Corps commander, had to buy time. Every day the way was clear allowed additional isolated units to filter back towards the Rhine. At a time of frightful manpower shortages, he decided to commit two of his … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory (Addon)
Riposte Scenario#: 304 Date: 15-Mar-45 Location: Pfaffenheck, Germany At the same time that the SS mountain troopers were striking one flank of the US 357th Regiment, the Wehrmacht's 159th Division struck the other. Every effort was to be made to prevent the Americans from establishing an artillery OP … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory (Addon)
Thrust and Parry Scenario#: 303 Date: 15-Mar-45 Location: Pfaffenheck, Germany Between the Moselle and Rhine rivers, the US Army ground forward on a broad front. The Germans struggled desperately to hold open escape routes to the Rhine. After unsuccessful attempts to slow the American advance, General Hoehne launched two… Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory (Addon)
Day 282 US 12th Army Group Situation Map for 1945-03-14 World War II - Western Front
Day 281 US 12th Army Group Situation Map for 1945-03-13 World War II - Western Front
Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright Scenario#: 43 Date: 13 March 1945 Location: Haguenau, Germany The 36th had captured most of Haguenau and the Germans held only the northern outskirts across the Moder River. The river was crossable by infantry but an obstacle to American vehicles. The small four-house bridgehead was expanded on the 13th … Band of Brothers — Texas Arrows
Day 280 US 12th Army Group Situation Map for 1945-03-12 World War II - Western Front
West Central Germany - The Rhineland Campaign - Operations 11-21 March 1945 World War II - Western Front
Day 279 US 12th Army Group Situation Map for 1945-03-11 World War II - Western Front
Operation Lumberjack Scenario#: W02 Date: 1945-03-10 Location: Eifel, Germany The U.S. Third Army under George S. Patton launched operation LUMBERJACK as Phase II of the Allied advance to the Rhine. Third Army's objective was Coblenz. Patton advanced through the Moselle river valley, south of The Eiffel. Units of the … Tank Leader — Western Front
Day 278 US 12th Army Group Situation Map for 1945-03-10 World War II - Western Front
Over the Rhine Scenario#: W15 Date: March 10, 1945 Location: Remagen, Germany The Americans couldn’t believe their luck when they came upon the Ludendorff Bridge still intact. They rushed to capture it and pushed as many troops as they could across the Rhine. The Germans scrambled to mount a counter attack. They … Old School Tactical — Volume 2 Western Front
Day 277 US 12th Army Group Situation Map for 1945-03-09 World War II - Western Front
Operation Undertone Scenario#: 24368 Date: March 08, 1945 Location: Kaiserslautern, Germany Operation Undertone, also known as the Saar-Palatinate Offensive, was a large assault by the U.S. Seventh, Third and French First Armies of the U.S. Sixth and Twelfth Army Groups as a part of the Allied invasion of Germany in March … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2022
Day 276 US 12th Army Group Situation Map for 1945-03-08 World War II - Western Front
The Remagen Bridgehead 7-24 March 1945 World War II - Western Front
Day 275 US 12th Army Group Situation Map for 1945-03-07, Capture of the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine at Remagen. World War II - Western Front
Remagen Bridge Scenario#: 20 Date: March 7, 1945 Location: Remagen, Germany Elements of the U.S. 9th Armored Division try to surprise the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen, defended by a mixed German garrison force. Panzer (AH/MMP) — Panzer Leader
We Can Try This Scenario#: PD04 Date: March 7, 1945 Location: Remagen, Germany After breaking through the Siegfried Line, the 9th Armored Division raced into Germany. On the afternoon of March 7th, C Troop of the 89th Reconnaissance Squadron, which was part of Task Force Engemann, rolled onto a ridge overlooking the small … Old School Tactical — Phantom Division
West Central Germany and Belgium - The Rhineland Campaign - Operations 6-10 March 1945 World War II - Western Front