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Retreat to SphakiaScenario#: 7621 Date: 5/27/1941 Location: Sfakia, CreteLess than a month after launching Operation Marita, mainland Greece was under Axis control. Hitler then shifted his focus to Crete where the Allies had retreated. On May 20th, the largest airborne assault in history was launched on the northern … Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios |
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Relief of TobrukScenario#: 23748 Date: November 23, 1941 Location: Tobruk, LibyaAs part of the drive to relieve the besieged city of Tobruk, the 6th New Zealand Brigade and 8th Royal Tank Regiment assaulted a German position simply known as Point 175. Overconfident by recent success against Italian forces, they were … Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios |
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Released from the EastScenario#: S006 Date: 12/11/1941 Location: Istra, RussiaAs the drive on Moscow slowed due to supply problems and general winter, STAVKA was given time to deploy fresh troops from other fronts. The 78th Infantry, Siberian veterans of the Mongolian frontier, were transferred 6000 miles to use skillful… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit #1 |
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Rehearsal for CreteScenario#: U23 Date: 4/26/1941 Location: Argos, PeloponnesusThe issue in Greece was no longer in doubt; the last units of the Greek Army had surrendered the day before. W Force was attempting to withdraw to evacuation points along the south coast of Greece. This greatly increased the importance of the narrow… Advanced Squad Leader — Turning the Tide |
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Red PacketsScenario#: 6 Date: 6/22/1941 Location: Zhabinki, RussiaThe German invasion was crushing Russian initial defenses everywhere. After considerable delay, Timoshenko gave the orders to open the “red packets”. The instructions in these cover plans were to be obeyed. The 42nd Rifle Division’s independent… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition) |
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RaseiniaiScenario#: 4073 Date: 6/23/1941 Location: Raseiniai, RussiaThe Northwest Soviet Front under Colonel-General Kuznetsov fell back on Barbarossatag (the first day of Unternehmen Barbarossa) before the onslaught of Army Group North under von Leeb. The Germans interpreted this as a general retreat, but Kutznesov… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1 |
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Ras El MadauarScenario#: 20913 Date: 5/1/1941 Location: Tobruk, LibyaGermans passed Tobruk during their advance and the Australian 9th division was left behind to defend the city and it's defensive perimeter. As Rommel is in desperate need to shorten it's supply lines he needs the seaport of Tobruk. Both … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2019 |
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Raid de la LuftwaffeScenario#: 20537 Date: 6/23/1941 Location: Lutsk, UkraineOn June 22, 1941, Panzer Group 1 stormed into the northwestern corner of Ukraine. Although not the best country for tanks, it was in this countryside that Operation Barbarossa was launched. The German operational plans called for a rapid advance … Memoir '44 — New Flight Plan |
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PruzanaScenario#: 4155 Date: 6/30/1941 Location: Pruzana, RussiaOn June 30, 1941, German Panzer forces broke through all along the front and in this sector advanced toward the town of Pruzana. However, air reconnaissance reported a Russian infantry detachment from General Oborin's XIV Mechanized Corps had… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1 |
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Probing LayforceScenario#: 99 Date: 5/28/1941 Location: Babali Hani, CreteOn Crete, once again the British forces had suffered defeat and were in retreat, streaming towards the beaches at Sfakia and evacuation by the Royal Navy. The pursuing German mountain troops were pressing hard, and had to be checked. The commandos of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5a - For King and Country |
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Prison ValleyScenario#: 7618 Date: 5/20/1941 Location: Galatos, CreteThe first wave of gliders from Gruppe Mitte's (Center Group) 3rd Fallschirmjäger Regiment had a number of bold objectives: Hauptmann Altmann's men were tasked with silencing a dangerous anti-aircraft battery in the Akrotiri peninsula, while the men… Memoir '44 — The Invasion of Crete |
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Pripet MarshScenario#: 4149 Date: 7/16/1941 Location: Pripet Marsh, RussiaOperation Barbarossa in July was well under way. Such was the success and speed of the German advance that the supply lines were severely overstretched. Many of the previously bypassed Soviet units began to coordinate limited counter-attacks on Axis… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1 |
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Priority TargetScenario#: S013 Date: 4/26/1941 Location: Korinthos, GreeceThe British, Australian, New Zealand, and Greek troops of “W Force” were retreating down the Balkans, slowing the Germans at every pass and strongpoint, heading toward a “mini-Dunkirk” evacuation on southern Greece. But an important bridge ahead was… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit #2 |
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Prelude to BreakoutScenario#: 44 Date: 7-Jul-44 Location: Vire et Taute Canal, FranceThe Germans had frustrated the Allied attempt to breakout of the Normandy peninsula, and Eisenhower now tried shifting pressure from the British sector in the east to the Americans on the west. One location where a breakthrough was to be … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory |
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Point of No ReturnScenario#: 42 Date: 11/23/1941 Location: Sidi Rezegh, LibyaAs part of the drive to open a corridor to Tobruk, the 2nd New Zealand Division was ordered to seize the heights dominating the eastern approaches to Ed Duda. Resistance was surprisingly feeble, as most Germans surrendered rather quickly. In their… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5 - West of Alamein |
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PlataniasScenario#: 7619 Date: 5/23/1941 Location: Modi, CreteBy late morning on May 23rd, the Fallschirmjägers of Oberst Ramcke had set up a defensive position on the Platanias River bridge near the coast. Inland, Oberst Utz moved to take the village of Modi. Defended by New Zealanders, the … Memoir '44 — The Invasion of Crete |
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Partisan PaybackScenario#: E05 Date: August 2, 1941 Location: Demyansk, RussiaAs the front lines pushed deeper into Russia, partisans rose up behind them. Anti-partisan operations became a necessity and SS units were often deployed. A platoon from the 3rd SS Tokenkopf finds itself isolated and moves West to link … Old School Tactical — Volume 1 Eastern Front |
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Over the BorderScenario#: 2E01 Date: June 22, 1941 Location: RussiaOperation Barbarossa is launched. Explosive clashes happen all along the front. This is one small dash' of troops just over the border. A German recon unit looks to take a small farmhouse from the Bolsheviks. Old School Tactical — Volume 1 Eastern Front 2nd Ed. |
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Out of CowardiceScenario#: 112 Date: 4/13/1941 Location: Senta, YugoslaviaImmediately after Yugoslavian regent Prince Paul signed the Tripartite Pact to join with Germany and Italy, military leaders overthrew the regime, rescinding the agreement. Hitler then launched Operation Punishment as a lesson on the costs of defying… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion |
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Our Goose is CookedScenario#: 22 Date: 21 July 1941 Location: Uman, RussiaAfter another month of hard fighting, the 11th Panzer Division was heading towards Uman in an attempt to help encircle a couple of Soviet armies. 5th Company of the 15th Panzer Regiment had, on the 20th, intercepted and destroyed a … Band of Brothers — Ghost Panzer |
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Operation VarsityScenario#: 46 Date: 24-Mar-45 Location: Hamminkeln, GermanyThe 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 |
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Operation TyphoonScenario#: 24 Date: October 1941 Location: Bryansk, RussiaMoscow was one of Germany's primary military objects in their invasion of the Soviet Union. It was probably driven more by a political imperative than the strategic measures it offered. Operation Typhoon was Germany's offensive to capture Moscow.… Panzer (GMT) — Exp. #2 The Final Forces On The Eastern Front |
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Operation MercuryScenario#: TBP09 Date: 20 May 1941 Location: Rethymnon, Crete“Expecting a seaborne invasion, little did the defenders of Rethymnon concern themselves with an airborne invasion.” Combat Commander — Tournament Battle Pack |
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Operation CRUSADERScenario#: 8D0 Date: 1941-11-19 Location: Sidi Rezegh, LibyaThe British winter offensive began on 19 November 1941 with the seattering of Eígth Army's armored forces: 7th Armoured Brigade drove on the escarpment at Sidi Rezeg, 22nd Armoured bogged down attacking the well dug-in Ariete Division at Bir el … Tank Leader — Desert Steel |
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Operation CrusaderScenario#: 14 Date: Nov 1941 Location: Sidi Rezegh, LibyaBy November of 1941, the British had heavily reinforced the 8th Army and launched attacks with their new Crusader tanks. Confusing, see-saw armor battles raged between the 7th Armored Division ( “Desert Rats ”) and Rommel's Panzergruppe Afrika.… Tide of Iron — Days of the Fox |
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Operation CrusaderScenario#: 3129 Date: 11/19/1941 Location: Sidi Rezegh, LibyaThe Marmaric Desert, November 19, 1941 - General Auchinleck orders General Cunningham, to launch the British Eighth Army into a massive offensive into Libya in a bid to destroy the Italo-German armored divisions and free up the garrison in Tobruk. … Memoir '44 — Breakthrough |
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Operation BATTLEAXEScenario#: D02 Date: 1941-06-16 Location: Fort Capuzzo, LibyaThe Tiger convoy of May 1941 reached Alexandria laden with 238 of the latest British tanks and 43 Hurricanes for the R.A.F. These Tiger cubs had been rushed through the Straights of Gibraltar in the hopes of an early Allied … Tank Leader — Desert Steel |
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On the Road to MoscowScenario#: E06 Date: 1941-09-02 Location: Odrino, RrussiaGuderian's panzers defeated the Soviet armies near Kiev and were driving ever deeper into Soviet Russia. Threatened by advanced German elements, and desperate, the commander of the Soviet 6th Tank Brigade in Odrino recalled his battalions to defend… Tank Leader — Eastern Front |
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On Silent WingsScenario#: 98 Date: 5/20/1941 Location: Canea, CreteLieutenant Alfred Genz’s 1st Company had two objectives in the airborne assault on Crete. First, to neutralize the anti-aircraft battery located south of Canea and, second, to capture a nearby wireless station. Most of his gliders touched down near… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5a - For King and Country |
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Nocturnal AttritionScenario#: J030 Date: 11/26/1941 Location: Sidi Rezegh, LibyaOperation Crusader was boiling around the Sidi Rezeg area, and General Freyberg's New Zealand 6th Brigade was dangerously exposed. The Kiwis were perched on the Sidi Rezeg ridge and airfield, sandwiched between the German 155th Infantry Regiment on… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2 |
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No Hope But GloryScenario#: H01 Date: December 23, 1941 Location: Wake Island, PacificPearl Harbor was just the beginning. The Japanese offensive spread throughout the Pacific. The American outpost on tiny Wake Island was in their path. Initially rebuffed on December 8th, the Japanese task force reinforced and layed siege to the tiny… Old School Tactical — Hell Bent Pacific |
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Nach Moskau!Scenario#: 4717 Date: 11/23/1941 Location: Kimki, RussiaBy November, Operation Typhoon is in full swing. The Wermacht is at the gates of Moscow. Up North, Klin has fallen and XXXX. Panzer Korps is rumbling towards the Soviet capital. But the Russians are hanging on somehow, with ?General … Memoir '44 — Breakthrough |
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Mountain-Top DramaScenario#: HoNA06 Date: 1941-02-05 Location: Keren, EritreaLock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of North Africa |
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Mountain Comes to MohammedScenario#: G24 Date: 8/25/1941 Location: Qasr Shaikh, IranDuring the Anglo-Soviet invasion of neutral Iran, British forces attempt to take a strongpoint in the desert held by a battalion of the elite Pahlavi Guards Regiment, devout Muslims pledged to defend the Shah, and armed with modern Czech weapons. Advanced Squad Leader — The General #29.5 |
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Monastery HillScenario#: A014 Date: 3/9/1941 Location: Scialesi, AlbaniaMussolini's bid to dominate Greece had been a fiasco of the first magnitude; by mid-February 1941, the war which had begun in November amid much posturing had taken the lives of 500 Italian officers and over 5000 other ranks. The Greeks had gone on… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 90 |
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Metaxas SeasonScenario#: 19 Date: 7-Apr-41 Location: Kilkis, GreeceThe Metaxas Line was a 90 mile chain of fortifications built by the Greeks in the 1930's along their border with Bulgaria. In the spring of I941, it fell to the German XVIII Corps to assault the Metaxas Line at … Combat Commander — CC: Mediterranean |
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Men of the MountainsScenario#: J034 Date: 7/13/1941 Location: Ceyinje, MontenegroOn 13 July 1941, in Italian-occupied Montenegro, Montenegrin separatist Sekula Drljević proclaimed an Independent State of Montenegro under Italian protectorate, upon which a nationwide rebellion escalated raised by Partisans, Yugoslav Royal officers… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2 |
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MechiliScenario#: 20958 Date: 6/6/1941 Location: Mechili, LibyaIn February 1941 the new formed Axis Afrika Korps under Command of General Rommel begun there offensive . Rommel ordered his 15nd Armour Division in 3 waves to engage the Allies around the old Spanish Fort of Mechili. The Fort … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2019 |
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Mechanized SacrificeScenario#: AP122 Date: 6/24/1941 Location: Lutsk, UkraineAt the end of the first day of the war, General Kiponos was ordered to counterattack toward Vladimir-Volynski, destroying all German forces in his path. As unrealistic as this was, Kirponos had no choice but to obey. The five mechanized corps… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #13 Oktoberfest XXXII |
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Maximum AggressionScenario#: J166 Date: 12/19/1941 Location: Sumpitan Village, MalayaOn 19 December the Scottish 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders received its next task, the defense of Kuala Kangsar. Success here would both deny the main north-south road junction to the Japanese and allow the 11th Indian Division to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11 |
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Maleme AirfieldScenario#: 7615 Date: 5/20/1941 Location: Maleme, CreteAt 08:00 on May 20, 1941, German Fallschirmjägers jumped over Crete in the first major airborne invasion of the War, landing near Maleme airfield with the goal of securing the runways to facilitate a larger glider-borne invasion. But three New … Memoir '44 — The Invasion of Crete |
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Lunch in LugaScenario#: AP124 Date: 8/24/1941 Location: Luga, RussiaIn order to complete the encirclement of Leningrad, the so-called “Luga Line” had to be broken first. The Germans began their assault on 22 August with Infanterie-Division 269 fighting its way slowly to the west from Luga into the river bend to the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #13 Oktoberfest XXXII |
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Luga BridgesScenario#: 4081 Date: 7/1/1941 Location: Ivanovskoye, RussiaAfter crossing the Velikaya river, the forests and marshes ahead of Army Group North became ever more dense. Kampfgruppe Raus pushed ahead of the 6th Panzer Division to capture a bridge over the Luga river at the town of Ivanovskoye. … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1 |
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Lucky IvanScenario#: E18 Date: December 21, 1941 Location: Smolensk, RussiaCaptain Ivan Sokolov has brought his men through many rough battles, including the cauldron of Smolensk. The nickname “Lucky Ivan' was conferred upon him by his superiors as well as his men. Sokolov and his men are cut off once … Old School Tactical — Volume 1 Eastern Front |
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LipovecScenario#: 3733 Date: 7/22/1941 Location: Lipovec, UkraineOperating in central Ukraine as part of the 17th German Army, a Slovakian motorized brigade, named after its commander, Brigadier General Rudolf Pilfousek, was ordered on July 22nd to capture the town of Lipovec. Made up of mechanized armor, infantry… Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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LipovecScenario#: 1312 Date: 7/22/1941 Location: Lipovec, UkraineOperating in central Ukraine as part of the 17th German Army, a Slovakian motorized brigade, named after its commander, Brig. General Rudolf Pilfousek, was ordered on July 22nd to capture the town of Lipovec. Made up of mechanized armor, infantry … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules |
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Libyan Taxi ServiceScenario#: NA07 Date: 1941/06/11 Location: Kambut, LibyaWhile based in Kufra, the LRDG conducted deep reconnaissance missions and reported on the activities of Rommel’s forces. It was during this time that the LRDG was nicknamed the Libyan Taxi Service, as they helped to ferry equipment and personnel, … Undaunted — Undaunted: North Africa |
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Liberating BessarabiaScenario#: 113 Date: 7/5/1941 Location: Branzeni, RomaniaAt the onset of Barbarossa, Romania's primary goal was recapturing from the Russians its lost lands in Bessarabia and northern Bukovina. Although the Russians successfully resisted the initial assaults in the area, by the end of June the Axis had… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion |
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Lenin's SonsScenario#: J103 Date: 10/14/1941 Location: Yudinki, RussiaTo the south of Borodino, the SS Das Reich was committed to several actions aimed at breaking the Soviet lines in order to rush towards the east. The Der Fuhrer Regiment, fighting on the southern flank of the Division, had regrouped and was to seize… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #7 |
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Le PeradisScenario#: W84 Date: 26-May-40 Location: Le Paradis, FranceThe Germans were pushing north of the La Bussee canal against the southern defensive positions of the B.E.F. North of Betune the British were holding the village of Le paradis as the enemy launched another assault. Squad Leader — Wargamers Pack 1 |