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The Hell of Grussenheim Scenario#: 7044     Date: 1/28/1945     Location: Grussenheim, France Attached for a while to the 2nd French Army Corps under the command of general de Monsabert, the 2nd French Armored Division was involved in the reduction of the Colmar's pocket. GT"V" (Combat Command of colonel de Guillebon) took part … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2012
The Oath of Kufra Scenario#: 7004     Date: 2/18/1941     Location: Kufra, Libya Philippe de Hauteclocque, alias Colonel Leclerc, arrived in Chad in November 1940 with the aim to launch offensive operations against Italian troops. Immediately, he wanted to strike a decisive blow by the capture of the oasis of Kufra in south-east… Memoir '44 — Open de France 2012
Capture of Vire Scenario#: 6977     Date: 8/5/1944     Location: Vire, France After the success of Operation Cobra and the breakthrough at Avranches, the 3rd US Army advanced out of Normandy. Meanwhile the 1st US Army continued to fight against German 7.Armee. The CCA of 2nd US Armoured Division failed to take … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2011
Battle on Martinville Ridge Scenario#: 6969     Date: 7/12/1944     Location: Martinville, France On the 1th of July 1944, 116th US Infantry Regiment was advancing with difficulty on the Martinville Ridge, repelling the Germans entrenched in numerous hedgerows. With the support of tanks equipped with "Culin" system, US infantrymen advanced… Memoir '44 — Open de France 2011
Bretel wood Scenario#: 6923     Date: 7/11/1944     Location: Bellefontaine, France After a long static period in the bocage, the 29th US Infantry Division was ready to advance toward Saint-Lô. But, in the night 10th to 11th of July, a strengthened company of German paratroopers of the 3.Fallschirmjäger Division attacked the … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2011
Crossing of Elle river Scenario#: 6831     Date: 6/12/1944     Location: Saint-Clair-sur-Elle, France After the crossing of the swampy area of Aure river, the soldiers of 29th US Infantry Division who advanced towards Saint-Lô, entered in the normand bocage (hedgerow). On the Elle river, the German defense was stronger. Units of the German … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2011
Omaha Beach Exit D1 Scenario#: 6817     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Vacqueville, France Dog Green/Charlie Red sector. Landing Craft of Able Company of 116th RCT (Regimental Combat Team, 29th Infantry Division) landed on Dog Green sector while LCAs of Charlie Company of 2nd Rangers Battalion arrived on Charlie Red sector. US soldiers… Memoir '44 — Open de France 2011
Vaumicel Manor Scenario#: 6678     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Vacqueville, France Omaha Beach at the end of the morning, US units which have survived to the hell of the beach began to reach the plateau. Companies of 116th Infantry Rgt, 115th Infantry Rgt, 2nd and 5th Rangers and tanks of 743rd … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2011
Solotvyn Scenario#: 6365     Date: 12/24/1943     Location: Solotvyn, Russia On December 24, 1943, Soviet General Vatutine opens the first Ukrainian Front towards Zhitomir and Berdichev. The 48th German Panzer rushes to the front to stem the Soviet advance. On December 30, the SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler (1st SS … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2010
Deir el Shein - Act 1 Scenario#: 5866     Date: 7/1/1942     Location: Rouweizat Ridge, Egypt After the battle of Mersa Matrouh, Rommel led his troops back to Alexandria. They arrived at El Alamein June 29, exhausted. Without waiting for all its units to regroup, Rommel launches his Afrika Korps into an attack on the center … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2010
Counter-attack at Holtzwihr Scenario#: 5797     Date: 1/26/1945     Location: Holtzwihr, France During the Battle for the Colmar Pocket, the 3rd U.S. Infantry Division, attached to the 1st French Army for the occasion, bravely inched through the snow-covered plains of Alsace despite the bitter cold. The 15th U.S. Infantry Regiment had just … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2010
Battle of Kalatch Scenario#: 5783     Date: 7/23/1942     Location: Kalatch, Russia On July 23, 1942, General Paulus launches his plan to surround the loop of the Don river in a bid to ensnare the 62nd Soviet Army. The XIV Panzer Corps in the north, will form the left wing of these … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2010
Guam - Landing on Yellow Beach Scenario#: 5735     Date: 7/21/1944     Location: Agat, Guam On July 21, 1944, the Marines set foot on Guam, as part of Operation Forager. The 3rd Marine Division lands on Asan Beach, north of the Orote peninsula, while the 1st Marine Division lands south, opposite the town of Agat. … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2010
Crucifix Hill Scenario#: 5675     Date: 10/8/1944     Location: Haaren, Germany The US Army nears Aachen. Rather than heading straight for the town, General Hodges opts for an encircling maneuver. The 30th Infantry Division, north of Aachen, marches South, while the 1st Infantry Division skirts the suburbs via the South-East. … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2010
Holding the Fort at Clervaux Scenario#: 5523     Date: 12/17/1944     Location: Clervaus, Belgium Colonel Fuller, commander of the 110th Infantry Regiment, is waiting for the enemy in Clervaux : defenses have been laid everywhere, even in the old castle. The German Panzers are closing in so Colonel Fuller decides to send a Sherman … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2009
Gap at Antelat Scenario#: 5522     Date: 1/23/1942     Location: Saùnnu, Libya During the second battle for Cyrenaica, Rommel's AfrikaKorps attacks and soon manages to cut off the 1st British Armoured Division from its rear with the help from Kampfgruppe Marcks' advance toward Saunnu. But on January 23, Kampfgruppe Marcks… Memoir '44 — Open de France 2009
Battle for Hill 178 Scenario#: 5521     Date: 6/23/1944     Location: Bois du Mont du Roc, France After weeks of tough battles, Major General J. Lawton Collins, commander of VII Corps, is eager to put an end to the battle for Cherbourg and orders three Infantry Divisions to attack the "Festung" (fortress). 9th US Infantry Division … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2009
Battle of Piva Forks Scenario#: 5520     Date: 11/19/1943     Location: Bougainville Island, New Guinea After landing in Empress Augusta Bay during Operation Cherry Blossom, the 3rd Marine Division ventures into the Bougainville Jungle. On November 19, the Marines reach River Piva and a crossroads where the Numa Numa trail meets the East-West one.… Memoir '44 — Open de France 2009
Counter-Attack at Sverchkovo Scenario#: 5519     Date: 11/24/1941     Location: Sverchkovo, Russia Despite the cold, Operation Typhoon is in full gear: the Germans are trudging through snow toward Moscow. On November 23, they capture the towns of Klin and Solnechnogorsk. For the Russians, the situation is becoming catastrophic - … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2009
Camel Blue Scenario#: 5518     Date: 8/15/1944     Location: Provence, France On August 15, 1944, three Infantry Divisions from VI Corps under the command of the Seventh Army landed on the beaches of Provence. The 36th US Infantry Division landed on three beaches: Camel Red in St-Raphaël, Camel Green on Dramont … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2009
The Death Valley Scenario#: 20336     Date: 10/25/1944     Location: Kapisova, Slovakia After the battle of the Dukla Pass on the Slovak border, the Red Army was stopped by a new German defense line. At that time the Soviet command decided to bypass this Resistance by taking the valley of Kapisova. On … Memoir '44 — Online Only
Varvarovka Roadblock Scenario#: 20327     Date: 1/23/1943     Location: Varvarovka, Russia After Operation Little Saturn, the Soviet command launched the Ostrogojsk-Rossoch offensive against the 2nd Hungarian Army. Threatened of surroundings by the breaking of the Hungarian front, the Italian Alpine Corps began to withdraw in the snowy… Memoir '44 — Online Only
Battle of Wytyczno Scenario#: 20308     Date: 10/1/1939     Location: Wytyczno, Poland This was the end of the battle for Poland, Polish troops of the "Korpus Ochrany Pogranicza" (KOP - border defense corps) were withdrawing because of the Soviet invasion in the East of Poland. Near the village of Wytyczno, Polish soldiers … Memoir '44 — Online Only
Battle of Tolvajarvi Scenario#: 20285     Date: 12/12/1939     Location: Tolvajarvi, Finland At the beginning of the Winter War, north to Ladoga Lake, Soviets had deployed the 139th Rifle Division which advanced along the road to Tolvajarvi. To counter this threat, Finnish Command had formed the Talvela Group with some different units … Memoir '44 — Online Only
Landing at Port-Toro Scenario#: 20273     Date: 8/16/1945     Location: Port-Toro, Sakhalin island After the war declaration to the Japan Empire on the 8th of August 1945, Soviet troops attacked in Manchuria and in South Sakhalin. The 16th of August, 365th Marine Battalion and the 2nd Battalion of 113rd Infantry Brigade landed on … Memoir '44 — Online Only
Battle of Raseiniai Scenario#: 20243     Date: 6/24/1941     Location: Raseiniai, Lithuania On the 22nd of June 1941,Operation Barbarossa, the German attack of Soviet Union began. The objective for Army Group "Nord" was to destroy all Soviet forces in in the Baltic countries and then to advance to Leningrad. Panzer-Gruppe 4 was … Memoir '44 — Online Only
Counter-attack on Mortain Scenario#: 13757     Date: 8/7/1944     Location: Mortain, France "We must strike like lightning!" - Adolf Hitler to Field Marshall Von Kluge 'Operation Luttich' began shortly before midnight on the evening of August 3rd. Under direct orders from Hitler, four armored divisions launched a counterattack westward… Memoir '44 — Online Only
Firefight in Neffe Scenario#: 6780     Date: 12/19/1944     Location: Neffe, Belgium Lt Col. Ewell's column advanced along the frozen stream toward Neffe, when his column was suddenly fired on by a machine gun breaking the silence of the early morning fog of December 19, 1944. The first burst did little damage … Memoir '44 — Online Only
Six Days Run Scenario#: 4769     Date: 8/30/1942     Location: Alam el Halfa, Egypt El Alamein, mid-August 1942 ? With British reinforcements on the way, Rommel knows waiting is no longer an option. His plan is to concentrate his entire mobile forces on the southern flank of the enemy, between Qaret el Abd and … Memoir '44 — Online Only
Rzhev Scenario#: 4670     Date: 1/26/1942     Location: Rzhev, Russia The Soviet counter-offensive in December 1941 sent the German Wehrmacht reeling back from the outskirts of Moscow. In a pincer move on the Northern front near Rzhev, the Soviets bludgeoned their way through the Ninth Army, leaving the Germans in … Memoir '44 — Online Only
Rzhev Overlord Scenario#: 4669     Date: 1/26/1942     Location: Rzhev, Russia The Soviet counter-offensive in December 1941 sent the German Wehrmacht reeling back from the outskirts of Moscow. In a pincer move on the Northern front, near Rzhev, the Soviets bludgeoned their way through Ninth Army, leaving the Germans in… Memoir '44 — Online Only
The Battle of Hong Kong Scenario#: 1638     Date: 12/18/1941     Location: Hong Kong, China The Japanese attack on Hong Kong began on the mainland shortly after 8am on December 8, 1941, less than eight hours after their surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. The British, Canadian and Indian forces of Major-General Christopher Michael Maltby,… Memoir '44 — Online Only
Moyland Wood Overlord Scenario#: 1341     Date: 2/17/1945     Location: Moyland Wood, Germany On the afternoon of February 16th, 1945, the Royal Winnipeg Rifles, supported by 3rd Armor Battalion Scots Guards, was ordered to take the hilly ground around Louisendorf; on its left, the Royal Regina Rifles, with tank support, was to clear … Memoir '44 — Online Only
Longvilly Trap Scenario#: 1310     Date: 12/19/1944     Location: Longvilly, Belgium Six days before Christmas: German armor has come to within a few miles of the city of Bastogne. Unwilling to give up this important traffic center, the Americans organize a defense perimeter around the town. In the late afternoon, Combat … Memoir '44 — Online Only
Counter-Attack at Arras Scenario#: 1290     Date: 5/21/1940     Location: Agny, France Thanks to the unfolding success of their Blitz, the Germans rapidly pushed the Allied armies back, forcing the British Expeditionary Force to seize the town of Arras and dig-in, to try and hold the German tide there. But these forces … Memoir '44 — Online Only
Across the Meuse Scenario#: 1287     Date: 5/13/1940     Location: Dinant, Belgium In 1940, the German plan was for Army Group B to overrun Holland and then move more slowly into Belgium to lure the bulk of the Allied armies in the Low Countries. Army Group A would then drive through the … Memoir '44 — Online Only
Bastogne Overlord Scenario#: 1254     Date: 12/30/1944     Location: Bastogne, Belgium On December 30th German High Command's plan to capture Bastogne called for a push from the west simultaneously with another from the east. The object of these two forces was to pinch the corridor at Assenois south of the town. … Memoir '44 — Online Only
Carentan Scenario#: 1222     Date: 6/13/1944     Location: Carentan, France The town of Carentan was the key to the American drive west to cut off the base of the Cotentin Peninsula. After two days of fighting and desperately short of ammunition, the Germans pulled their forces out of Carentan and … Memoir '44 — Online Only
Sword Beach Overlord Scenario#: 34     Date: 6/6/1944     Location: Sword Beach, France The landings on Sword Beach according to the assault plan had the DD tanks of the 13th and 18th Hussars land just before the British infantry units. But as on the other beaches this day, heavy seas slowed the approach … Memoir '44 — Online Only
Mabatang Scenario#: 3468     Date: 1/11/1942     Location: Mabatang, Phillipines The first major battle of the "Fighting Retreat" occurred south of Calaguiman River. Supported by artillery, the 57th Infantry, set up a line of defense extending from Manila Bay through Mabatang across open ground. The Japanese 65th Brigade and 9th… Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules
Po Valley Scenario#: 1879     Date: 4/14/1945     Location: Mount Montello, Italy In the last months of the World War II, between February and April 1945, the Wehrmacht built, not so far from Montese, along the Gothic Line's last limit ("The Green Line II"), a fortified defensive system. It was organized around … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules
Kasserine Pass Scenario#: 1584     Date: 2/15/1943     Location: Kasserine Pass, Tunisia After the Anglo-American landings in North Africa on November 8, 1942, the Americans remained optimistic about their ability to fight an opponent like Rommel and the Afrika Korps. Although in headlong retreat after the Battle of El Alamein, Rommel… Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules
Battle of the Bridgehead Scenario#: 1583     Date: 6/7/1944     Location: Carpiquet, France On D-Day +1 the Canadians sought to achieve their final D-Day objectives and push through to the airfields at Carpiquet. Elements of the 9th Brigade consisting of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders and armour provided by the Sherbrooke Fusiliers… Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules
Beda Fomm Scenario#: 1513     Date: 2/5/1941     Location: Beda Fomm, Libya On February 4th O'Connor with armored cars leading the way followed by 4 Armd Bde, move out to trap the Italians. The going was bad and a fast-wheeled vanguard was dispatched under the command of Lt-Col Combe to set up … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules
Battle for Rostov Scenario#: 1492     Date: 11/26/1941     Location: Rostov, Russia The Battle for Rostov was a seesaw battle. Army Group South, with Ewald von Kleist's 1st Panzer Army in the vanguard, had taken the city by November 21st. But the German lines were over-extended and no longer in position … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules
Sea of Azov Scenario#: 1491     Date: 9/26/1941     Location: Melitopol, Russia On September 26, 1941, Soviet units from the 9th and 18th Army attack the northern flank of the German 11th Army. The 1st Mountain Division and the "LSSAH" Motorized Division are rushed into position to bolster the German lines. Although … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules
Russian Breakout Scenario#: 1490     Date: 7/21/1941     Location: Monastyryshche, Russia By late July the Russian 6th and 12th Armies are in full retreat, trying desperately to avoid encirclement by the German Seventeenth Army. General Tyulenev, the southern front commander, orders Musychenenko (6th Army) and Ponedelin (12th Army) to… Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules
Moyland Wood Scenario#: 1337     Date: 2/17/1945     Location: Moyland Wood, Germany On the afternoon of the 16th the Royal Winnipeg Rifles supported by the 3rd Armor Battalion Scots Guards was ordered to take the hilly ground around Louisendorf. On its left the Regina Rifle Regiment with tank support was to clear … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules
Yellow Beach Scenario#: 1327     Date: 8/19/1942     Location: Dieppe, France The 23rd British Assault Craft force heading toward the Yellow Beaches sailed into the path of a German convoy. The German ships opened fire and after a brisk engagement, the British commanders agreed that the landings at Yellow Beaches should … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules
Tunisia Scenario#: 1326     Date: 12/1/1942     Location: Tebourba, Tunisia On November 29th and 30th it was tough going for the still largely green Allied Combat Command. The Allies had launched two unsuccessful attacks to take the town of Djedeida and clear a path for the march on Tunis. Then … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules