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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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River of BloodScenario#: HiD15 Date: 1940-05-20 Location: Landrecies, FranceAround the Mormal Forest, remnants of several disorganized French divisions attempted to counterattack the 5th and 7th Panzer Divisions, the spearhead of the German Army. During five deadly days. an almost uninterrupted series of brutal and chaotic… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance |
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River of BloodScenario#: HB08 Date: 05/20/1940 Location: Landrecies, FranceAround the Mormal Forest, remnants of several disorganized French divisions attempted to counterattack the 5th and 7th Panzer Divisions, the spearhead of the German Army. During five deadly days. an almost uninterrupted series of brutal and chaotic… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg |
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Riding to the RescueScenario#: J161 Date: 5/24/1940 Location: Picquigny, FranceOn May 22, German tanks reached Boulogne and split the Allied armies at the Somme River. The British 1st Armoured Division, in France for less than four days, was ordered to retake three river crossings with the support of lorry-borne Territorials… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11 |
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Resistance in La HorgneScenario#: 3509 Date: 5/15/1940 Location: Bouvellemont, FranceIn an effort to slow down Guderian's Panzers after the French defeat at Sedan, many French units chose to hold their positions instead of retreating. Among those who chose to stay were the 3rd brigade of Spahis in La Horgne, … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1 |
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Resistance in GemblouxScenario#: 3418 Date: 5/15/1940 Location: Ernage, BelgiumWhile the "Prioux" cavalry corps fought the Panzer Divisions of the German XVI Motorized Corps in the battle of Hannut, infantry divisions of General Blanchard's 1st Army reached the "LPR" (Ligne Principale de Défense), which was the main line of … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1 |
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Resistance at ChabrehezScenario#: U17 Date: 5/10/1940 Location: The Ardennes, BelgiumThe Chasseurs Ardennais were involved in notable actions on the Tenth of May, 1940. The first, at Chabrehez, by a company of the 3rd Regiment, against the advanced guard of Rommel’s 7th Panzer Division. The Chasseurs, under Lieutenant Lejeune and his… Advanced Squad Leader — Turning the Tide |
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Rescue AttemptScenario#: 89 Date: 5/13/1940 Location: Wulmerson, BelgiumOn May 12th, the 7th Squadron of the 4th Lanciers and the 5th of the 3rd were hurriedly placed along the railway Tirlemont-Liege to fill the gap between the Belgian 2nd Cavalry and the French 12th Cuirassiers, west of Goosoncourt airfield. On the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions |
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Rear Area DefendersScenario#: OA05 Date: 5/27/1940 Location: Hazebrouck, FranceThe 229th Field Artillery Battalion had heard bad news. The Germans had turned the flank of the French line and the gunners would soon find themselves face to face with the German panzers. No longer was the artillery position behind the lines – now… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Attic |
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Pynda AvengedScenario#: WO29 Date: 11/19/1940 Location: Agios Kosmas, GreeceGreek High Command planned a large scale offensive operation to expel the Italians from the Pindus mountain region and push the Italians back across the Albanian border. Reserve forces were moved up to the front in preparation for the attack, which… Advanced Squad Leader — Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2019 |
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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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Pride and JoyScenario#: 90 Date: 11/17/1940 Location: Koritsa, GreeceThe Italian Army erupted across the Greek border in an attempt to add Greece to the New Roman Empire and show Hitler that Italy, too, could launch a blitzkrieg attack. Mussolini’s tactically-bankrupt command had not anticipated the tenacity of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions |
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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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PonenteScenario#: HoNA04 Date: 1940-12-10 Location: Sidi Barrani, EgyptLock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of North Africa |
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Pommerville: Attack On CambraiScenario#: 45 Date: May 18, 1940 Location: Camprai, FranceThe 7th Panzer Division attacks elements of the 3rd DLM and 4th North African Division near Cambrai. Panzer (AH/MMP) — The General #22.3 |
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Police ActionScenario#: A105 Date: 4/1/1940 Location: Kamienna, PolandDuring the occupation of Poland, SS Cavalry brigades rounded up straggler Polish soldiers, stockpiled munitions and "criminals". But soon they were engaging larger bands of partisans. Then came word of an ex-Polish army captain forming a large band… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 97 |
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Poker Trick in MartelangeScenario#: HiD05 Date: 1940-05-10 Location: Martelange, BelgiumIn the morning, the 1st Panzer Division crossed Luxembourg, and its advanced guards were ready to enter Belgium as soon as possible. On the border, in Martelange, the Chasseurs Ardennais were ready to fight, and hosted their defenses. Bridges had … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance |
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Poker Trick in MartelangeScenario#: HB09 Date: 05/10/1940 Location: Martelange, BelgiumIn the morning, the 1st Panzer Division crossed Luxembourg, and its advanced guards were ready to enter Belgium as soon as possible. On the border, in Martelange, the Chasseurs Ardennais were ready to fight, and hosted their defenses. Bridges had … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg |
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Point 247Scenario#: OB02 Date: 5/13/1940 Location: Sedan, FranceThe mission ordered by General Guderian for Infantry Regiment Grossdeutschland could not be more crucial: to cross the Meuse River under fire, establish a bridgehead, capture the high ground and punch a hole in the Maginot Line so the 10th Panzer… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Bunker |
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Piercing the PeelScenario#: 49 Date: 5/10/1940 Location: Gennap, HollandIt was vital for the German 6th and 18th Armies to get across the River Maas and the Dutch defensive line just beyond it swiftly. The Dutch defensive line – the so-called “Peel Line” – was composed of MG bunkers and artillery casemates fronted by an… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 6 - The Last Hurrah |
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Phoney WarScenario#: HiD02 Date: 1940-01-01 Location: Forbach, FranceDuring the period preceding the German offensive both the French and the Germans kept their positions along the border. France had invaded the Saar "country but retreated after the Polish capitulation. War was then an affair of recon patrols, brutal… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance |
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Phoney WarScenario#: HB01 Date: 01/01/1940 Location: Forbach, FranceDuring the period preceding the German offensive both the French and the Germans kept their positions along the border. France had invaded the Saar "country but retreated after the Polish capitulation. War was then an affair of recon patrols, brutal… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg |
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Philippenville, Rommel AttacksScenario#: 43 Date: May 15, 1940 Location: Philippenville, FranceRommel advances westward from the Meuse River, encounteríng elements of the French 1st Armored and 4th North African Divisions near Philippenville. Panzer (AH/MMP) — The General #22.3 |
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Paper ArmyScenario#: S010 Date: 11/3/1940 Location: Sarandoporo, GreeceDetermined to present Hitler with a fait accompli in the Balkans, Mussolini launched another ill-advised, ill-planned and ill-informed campaign, this time from Albania into the mountains of Epirus, Pindus, and Macedonia, just in time for winter. The… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit #2 |
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Panzers Forward!Scenario#: OA17 Date: 5/17/1940 Location: Guise, FranceBy the evening of 15 May, advance elements of Reinhardt's 6th Panzer Division had more the made up for the three days' waiting at the Meuse; they were farther west than any other German units, having raced a record-breaking 40 miles in one day. It… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Attic #2 |
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Oranje CrushScenario#: HiD07 Date: 1940-05-11 Location: W Of Wageningen, HollandOn the morning of May 11th German stormtroopers of the SS Standarte der Fuhrer attacked central Holland. The Grebheline was an outer Dutch defensive position extending from the Ijsselmeer, an artificial lake in the north, south to the rehbeberg, … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance |
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Oranje CrushScenario#: DD03 Date: 05/11/1940 Location: W Of Wageningen, HollandOn the morning of May 11th German stormtroopers of the SS Standarte der Fuhrer attacked central Holland. The Grebheline was an outer Dutch defensive position extending from the Ijsselmeer, an artificial lake in the north, south to the rehbeberg, … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance |
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Operation NIWIScenario#: S060 Date: 5/10/1940 Location: Bodange, BelgiumAs part of the opening German offensive in the west called FALL GELB, the 400 men of Bataillon II, Infanterie-Regiment "Gorssdeutschland" were selected to land by 98 Fieseler Storch planes in the area of Nives and Witry, near the Belgain fort at… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 7 |
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Operation FrankforceScenario#: 1665 Date: 6/1/1940 Location: Arras, FranceAs the Germans advanced rapidly towards the French coast in May 1940, the area around the town of Arras was reinforced with British Expeditionary Force (BEF) troops. By 20 May 1940, Arras itself was surrounded but still holding out. Viscount … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2 |
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One-Eyed JacquesScenario#: WO33 Date: 5/24/1940 Location: Boulogne-sur-Mer, FranceBy the fourth week of May, the Germans had all but swept Allied forces from Flanders and northeastern France, leaving the Channel ports of Boulogne, Calais, and Dunkerque as their sole foothold on this corner of the continent. For its part, Boulogne… Advanced Squad Leader — Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2020 |
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One Last Steak DinnerScenario#: HiD30 Date: 1940-06-11 Location: St. Pierre-le-viger, FranceThe British 51st Highland Division was being squeezed into a small pocket around the town of Dieppe by Erwin Rommel and his 7th Panzer Division. Rommel was doing his best to capture the division before it could escape across the … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance |
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One Last Steak DinnerScenario#: DD14 Date: 06/11/1940 Location: St. Pierre-le-viger, FranceThe British 51st Highland Division was being squeezed into a small pocket around the town of Dieppe by Erwin Rommel and his 7th Panzer Division. Rommel was doing his best to capture the division before it could escape across the … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance |
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On the RunScenario#: HoNA03 Date: 1940-08-17 Location: Barkasan, British SomalilandLock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of North Africa |
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On the Road to AndalsnesScenario#: 142 Date: 4/24/1940 Location: Dombaas, NorwayWith the sudden Allied landings at Namsos and Andalsnes, the strategic and political importance of Trondheim was brought into sharp focus. Quickly implementing alternative plans, von Falkenhorst ordered the 196th Infantry Division to clear several… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions (3rd Edition) |
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Off to OsloScenario#: S083 Date: 4/9/1940 Location: Fornebu, NorwayOperation WESERÜBUNG called for a prompt seizure of political institutions and assets in both Demark and Norway. Seizure of two Norwegian airports-Fornebu and Sosa-by paratroops was the key to this goal and a prompt buildup of German forces. Although… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit Bonus Pack #2 |
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Nothing But CourageScenario#: 165 Date: 2/26/1940 Location: Honkaniemi, FinlandWhen the weary Finnish troops took up positions in the Mannerheim Line, with the Soviets right on their heels, the defense ran into trouble right away. After a week of battle, the Soviets managed to breach the line in several places, including at the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle! |
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Norwegian EdelweissScenario#: AP150 Date: 5/17/1940 Location: Stein, NorwayOperation Wildente had pushed the Allied troops all the way up to Mo I Rana. Brigadier Fraser was ordered to hold that area for as long as possible. The forces at his disposal were the Scots Guards, five Independent Companies, a few platoons of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #15 Swedish Volunteers |
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Normandie and JulienScenario#: HiD09 Date: 1940-05-12 Location: Normandy, FranceLock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance |
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Noise in the FogScenario#: HiD32 Date: 1940-06-18 Location: Heming, FranceOn the day General DeGaulle issued his call from London, one day after Pétain called for ceasefire and Armistice, the French Army fought one last battle. The men who were charged with defending the Maginot Line now had to defend … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance |
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Noise in the FogScenario#: HB13 Date: 06/18/1940 Location: Heming, FranceOn the day General DeGaulle issued his call from London, one day after Pétain called for ceasefire and Armistice, the French Army fought one last battle. The men who were charged with defending the Maginot Line now had to defend … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg |
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No Wine for the BochesScenario#: LOF14 Date: 08/28/1940 Location: Les Mesnil-sur-oger, France“To be a Frenchman means to fight for your country and its wine," said Claude Terrail, owner of the famous Parisian restaurant La Tour d'Argent. Under orders from Field Marshal Hermann Góring, a large quantity of the famed 1928 … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Line of Fire #10 |
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NaykkijarviScenario#: F-5 Date: 2/26/40 Location: Naykkijarvi, FinlandThe Finnish 4th Detached Tank Company and 3rd lnfantry Battalion attempt to retake Russian hilltop position. Panzer (AH/MMP) — The Grenadier Panssari Salama |
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Montcornet: De Gaulle AttacksScenario#: 25 Location: Montcornet, FranceDe Gaulle's 4th DCR attacks the flank of the 1st Panzer Division. Panzer (AH/MMP) — Panzer Leader 1940 |
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Moerdijk, HollandScenario#: 32 Date: May 9, 1940 Location: Moerdijk, HollandFallschirmjaeger units assault a vital bridge needed for the advancing armored spearhead. Panzer (AH/MMP) — Panzer Leader Para-Leader |
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Moerdijk BridgesScenario#: 3359 Date: 5/10/1940 Location: Moerdijk, HollandGerman paratroopers of the 1st Fallschirmjäger Regiment were dropped near Moerdijk and Dordrecht in order to take the bridges that were the gateway to Rotterdam and "Fortress Holland". The operation in Moerdijk was a success as the paratroopers… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1 |
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Might Makes RightScenario#: J040 Date: 5/11/1940 Location: Finneid, NorwayThe German operation codenamed “Wildente” used surprise to catch the Anglo-Norwegian units off-guard by barring their way south of Ranfjord. A steamer sailed up the fjord and landed 300 men and two guns in the small port of Hemnesberget. They could… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3 |
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Messervy's MenScenario#: J127 Date: 11/6/1940 Location: Tamanau Gap, EritreaAs part of the British invasion of Eritrea, Colonel F.W. Messervy’s “Gazelle Force”, a motorized commando unit comprised of three machine gun companies, a filed gun battery and a mechanized cavalry unit, was established with the mission of creating… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9 |
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Maleme, CreteScenario#: 34 Date: May 20, 1941 Location: Maleme, CreteElements of the German 11th Air Corps assaults New Zealand defenders of the key Maleme airport. Panzer (AH/MMP) — Panzer Leader Para-Leader |
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Lions and Tin MenScenario#: AP149 Date: 5/2/1940 Location: Os, NorwayIn early May, the defenses in central Norway, much like the snow on the ground, were reduced to minor patches. In the district of Röros, a handful of soldiers struggled to keep communications with Sweden open. To secure this, they needed to ensure… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #15 Swedish Volunteers |
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Lined in ChalkScenario#: 95 Date: 25-Dec-40 Location: Dover, EnglandThe Siege of London had been broken and the invader driven across the Medway. A furious Hitler ordered the 16th Army to cross the channel under the cover of the Luftwaffe and seize what they could of southeast England and … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #6: Sea Lion |