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Midday's Counterattack Scenario#: DJ06     Date: 1943-07-12     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia Just after 1:00 PM. on July 12th, the German 1st SS Panzergrenadier Division LAH was attacked from the east by a Soviet mixed infantry/tank force from the 29th Tank Corps, yet another attempt to halt the Nazi advance to Prokhorovka. … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Dark July 43
Sting of the Cactus Scenario#: 21     Date: 1 May 1943     Location: Tunis, Tunisia The British 8th army and their American allies have squeezed the remnants of the once powerful Afrika Korps into an ever shrinking pocket in Tunisia. The Allies are on the verge of breaking out of the hills and onto the … Tide of Iron — Days of the Fox
Back To School Scenario#: DASL24     Date: 2/4/1943     Location: Stanichka, Russia With the German occupation of Sevastopol and Novorossiysk in 1942, the Soviet Black Sea Fleet had lost its primary naval bases. Its operations were shifted farther down the southeast coast to the city of Poti, whose port facilities were small and… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
Sicilian Midnight Scenario#: DASL25     Date: 7/16/1943     Location: Favara, Sicily Under direct orders from Patton himself, the 3rd Ranger Battalion stepped off at dusk on the 15th to seize Porto Empedocle. Marching in a column of companies, the Rangers made good time across the Sicilian hills. But just after midnight, scouts… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
Draconian Measures Scenario#: DASL06     Date: 8/13/1943     Location: Kharkov, Russia Kharkov was again becoming the focal point for a major battle for the fourth and last time as the rampaging Red armies of Vatutin and Konev converged on the city—the site of huge German supply dumps. The first Soviets to reach the city belonged to an… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
With Flame and Shell Scenario#: DASL07     Date: 7/5/1943     Location: Cherkasskoye, Russia Kursk, the greatest tank battle in history, had opened badly for the Germans. The offensive that Hitler thought would win the war had suffered enormous losses as it assaulted the deep, wellprepared Russian defensive positions. The new miracle tanks… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
The Schoolhouse Scenario#: DASL08     Date: 7/9/1943     Location: Ponyri, Russia It was a nondescript, strung-out village but it was situated in the Kursk salient and it was destined to become the scene of the most intense street fighting since Stalingrad. The school, the water tower, the tractor station, the railway embankment,… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
Sidi Bou Zid Scenario#: D05     Date: 1943-02-14     Location: Sidi Bou Zid, Tunisia At 0630, 14 February 1943, St. Valentine's Day, the 10th Panzer Division rolled through the Faid Pass on its way towards Sidi Bou Zid. In its way lay Lessouda Force: a group of U.S. ínfantry, tanks, tank destroyers and armored … Tank Leader — Desert Steel
Kasserine Pass Scenario#: D15     Date: 1943-02-22     Location: Kasserine, Tunisia In early 1943, Rommel planned to outflank the Allied armies in Tunisia from the south in order to cut off their supplies in three major thrusts: 21 Panzer Division ranging through Sbiba Gap, 10 Panzer assaulting the eastern reaches of … Tank Leader — Desert Steel
Gela Beachhead Scenario#: 59     Date: 11 July 1943     Location: Gela, Sicily Elements of the American 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division are holding a perimeter for the beachhead on Sicily near Gela created by parts of the U.S. Army’s 16th Regiment (1st Infantry Division) and 180th Regiment … Tide of Iron — Designer Series
Crisis at Kasserine Scenario#: 64     Date: 19 Feb 1943     Location: Kasserine, Tunisia On February 19, 1943, German reconnaissance and the elite assault infantry troops of Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps attacked Kasserine Pass, attempting to rush through the pass to the main Allied supply dump at Tebessa. To stay on schedule, the German … Tide of Iron — Designer Series
Gela Landing Scenario#: 18494     Date: 7/10/1943     Location: Gela, Sicily The landing at Gela was the opening engagement of the US portion of the Allied Invasion of Sicily. US troops landed along the eastern end of the south coast of Sicily. They withstood attacks by Luftwaffe and Regia Aeronautica aircraft … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2017
Battle of Ortona Scenario#: 19080     Date: 12/20/1943     Location: Ortona, Italy In December 1943, after taking heavy casualties when crossing the Moro River, Allied Canadian forces led by Major General Chris Vokes have formed a small beachhead into the city of Ortona. The Canadians, stuck in their advance, were met with … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2017
Tobacco factory Scenario#: 19081     Date: 9/13/1943     Location: Albanella, Italy Tobacco Factory13 sept 1943: Around the Salerno beachhead, many desperate battles were fought. The fighting over the tobacco factory symbolizes the intensity of this fighting. Consisting of five large, red, fortress-like stone buildings, the tobacco… Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2017
Troina Scenario#: 20072     Date: 7/31/1943     Location: Troina, Sicily While British forces were unable to break through in the east of Sicily, American forces swarmed across the west of the island. The pursuit of German forces halted at the Etna line. Here, German forces had dug in to cover … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2017
San Pietro Scenario#: 20073     Date: 12/10/1943     Location: San Pietro, Italy The Allied objective in Italy was the capture of Rome. They needed to follow Highway 6, passing Monte Cassino through the Winter line to get there. To reach the Winter line Allied Forces needed to capture San Pietro Infine. This … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2017
Operation Ladbroke Scenario#: 20077     Date: 7/9/1943     Location: Syracuse, Sicily Operation Ladbroke, July 9 1943At 18.00h, a total of 144 gliders with 2075 men of the British 1st Airlanding Brigade, South Staffordshire Regiment depart Tunisia. Their mission is to capture the Ponte Grande Bridge and knock out a coastal battery. … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2017
Von Manstein's Castling Scenario#: 23903     Date: February 19, 1943     Location: Kharkov, Russia At the start of 1943, the German Wehrmacht faced a crisis. A Soviet attack crossing the Donets River liberated the cities of Kursk, Belgorod and Kharkov. It threatened to cut off the entire German Army Group South. Erich von Manstein … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2021
Attack on Ponyri  Scenario#: 23883     Date: July 07, 1943     Location: Ponyri, Russia In the opening moves of Operation “Zitadelle”, the German 9th Army crashed into the defensive lines of the Soviet 13th Army on the northern face of the Kursk Salient. The advance was barred by a cluster of fortified towns and … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2021
Advance on Oboyan Scenario#: 23882     Date: July 05, 1943     Location: Oboyan, Russia Tthe German attack commenced with a preliminary bombardment. The main attack was delivered by General Hoth's 4th SS Panzer Army. Opposing was the Soviet 6th Guards Army. The Soviets had constructed some fortified defensive belts called the Voronezh… Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2021
Counter attack at Prokhorovka Scenario#: 23880     Date: July 12, 1943     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia On 12th of July at 8.30h in the morning the Russian radios "shouted" Stal, Stal, Stal (steel, steel, steel) which was the code for an all-out attack. 500 tanks and self-propelled guns of the 5th Guards Tank Army supported by … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2021
Kutuzov Scenario#: 23904     Date: July 12, 1943     Location: Bolkhov, Russia After the successful counterattack near Prokhorovka, to the south of Kursk, the Soviet troops also attacked north of Kursk. The aim of this operation was to encircle and destroy the troops around Orel. The Soviets attacked in three spearheads: the … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2021
Belgorod - Kharkov Scenario#: 23908     Date: August 17, 1943     Location: Belgorod, Russia The battle is usually referred to as the Belgorod–Kharkov Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviets and the 4th Battle of Kharkov by the Germans. At the beginning of August the Soviets, delivering powerful sledgehammer blows from the North and… Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2021
Ponyri Scenario#: 1365     Date: 7/5/1943     Location: Ponyri, Russia The village of Ponyri was the focal point of General Walther Model's planned breakthrough in the area north of Kursk. Three German infantry division were ordered to assault the village, while elements of two Panzer divisions supported the attack.… Memoir '44 — Eastern Front
Prokhorovka Overlord Scenario#: 1367     Date: 7/12/1943     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia The tank battle of Prokhorovka was a clash between two immense armored forces. As the SS Panzer Corps started its advance, the Soviet artillery erupted and soon after the 5th Guards Tank Army under Gen. Pavel Rotmistrov accelerated toward the … Memoir '44 — Eastern Front
Prokhorovka Scenario#: E01     Date: 1943-07-07     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia In the early morning hours of July 7th, 1943, units of the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich and the Soviet 5th Guards Tank Army became intermingled in darkness and dense fog. As the sun rose and the fog began … Tank Leader — Eastern Front
Steppe Patrol Scenario#: E02     Date: 1943-03-10     Location: Kharkov, Russia The 120th Panzezgrenadier Division was ordered to provide flank security for the 4th Panzer Army in the Kharkov Area. The 1st Recon Battalion made a reconnaissance in force east of … Tank Leader — Eastern Front
Bridgehead on the Astrika Scenario#: E11     Date: 1943-08-30     Location: Kratschew, Russia For five days the soldiers of 73rd Rifle Regiment had struggled to establish a bridgehead over the Astrika at Kratschew. Kampgrumppe Sturm had repulsed each attempt in short order. On the sixth day, however, an emergency compelled German high command… Tank Leader — Eastern Front
A Midsummer Day's Dream Scenario#: E13     Date: 1943-07-05     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia In the summer of 1943 Hitler launched what was to be his last gasp in the east. Citadel, as the Germans called it, was designed to collapse the Kursk salient at its base and pocket the Soviet Central Front. The … Tank Leader — Eastern Front
Action at Zaporozhie Scenario#: 10754     Date: 10/13/1943     Location: Zaporozhie, Ukraine In 1943, anticipating a massive Soviet offensive in Ukraine, German troops began to build a defensive "Panther-Wotan" line along the Dniepr river. By September, with the Soviets in hot pursuit, they had retreated to the west bank, Von Manstein… Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack
3rd Mechanized Corps Operations Scenario#: 11     Date: August 1943     Location: Kharkov, Ukraine Bloodied in action the against the German Panzergrenadier Division 'Grossdeutschland' during the decisive Kursk offensive, the Soviet 3rd Mechanized Corps remained an element of the Soviet 1st Tank Army. When that unit the assumed the offensive… Panzer (GMT) — Exp. #1 The Shape Of Battle On The Eastern Front
Battle of Ponyri Scenario#: 12     Date: 9 July 1943     Location: Kursk, Russia In a critical battle of the Soviet Central Front, the German 9th Army dashed with the Soviet 2nd Tank Army at the junction of the Northern Kursk Salient. Elements of the German 9th Panzer Division, along with attached Elefants and … Panzer (GMT) — Exp. #1 The Shape Of Battle On The Eastern Front
3rd Mechanized Corps Operations Scenario#: 14     Date: 10 July 1943     Location: Kursk, Russia By the close of the day on 9 July, the German 4th Panzer Army's XLVIII Panzer Corps reached the northernmost point of the offensive in the southern of the Kursk Salient. The next day found the German 3rd Panzer Division … Panzer (GMT) — Exp. #1 The Shape Of Battle On The Eastern Front
The Turning Tide Scenario#: 15     Date: Late 1943     Location: Poltava, Ukraine After the German defeat at Kursk, the focus shifted south to the Dnepr River. There, the Germans constructed a fortified line dubbed the "Eastern Rampart". Boasting the Dnepr would flow backwards before the Soviets could overcome this position, the… Panzer (GMT) — Exp. #1 The Shape Of Battle On The Eastern Front
Southern Exposure Scenario#: 16     Date: 12 July 1943     Location: Kursk, Russia As the mist cleared in the early morning Of 12 July, the 600 tanks and assault guns of the II SS Panzer Corps jumped off into what would become the largest tank battle of the war. The three SS Divisions … Panzer (GMT) — Exp. #1 The Shape Of Battle On The Eastern Front
Beginning of the End Scenario#: 18     Date: 12 July 1943     Location: Kursk, Russia After rolling over the Soviet 6th Tank Corps, the 3rd Panzer Division moved into a defensive position on the western flank of the Grossdeutsch/and Panzergrenadier Division. At the same time, the Soviet 1st Tank and 6th Guards Armies were advancing … Panzer (GMT) — Exp. #2 The Final Forces On The Eastern Front
Pakfront Scenario#: 21     Date: 5 July 1943     Location: Kursk, Russia As the German 9th Army's XXIII Corps' 78th and 216th Infantry Divisions launched a diversionary attack along the eastern flank, at 0530 hours both the XLI and XLVII Panzer Corps moved forward with the main attack in the Podolyan-Alexandrovka sectors… Panzer (GMT) — Exp. #2 The Final Forces On The Eastern Front
Ferdinand's Folly Scenario#: E12     Date: 7 July 1943     Location: Ponyri, Russia Operation Zitadelle’s northern pincer ground to a halt in a series of pitched battles around the seemingly insignificant settlement of Ponyri. Having finally penetrated the second defense belt of the Russian defenses at great cost, the 86th… Band of Brothers — Extras
Tiger Paw Scenario#: E5     Date: 12 Jan 1943     Location: Leningrad, Russia Throughout the winter of '42-’43, the Soviets launched repeated attacks to relieve the siege of Leningrad. The hard-pressed Germans rebuffed one attack after another, but in so doing their lines became progressively thinner. Finally the Germans had… Band of Brothers — Extras
Hitler Meets Churchill Scenario#: E6     Date: 12 July 1943     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia The main attack on the southern face of the Kursk salient was to be delivered by Hoth’s 4th Panzer Army. After a week of fighting, the exhausted troops of Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler around Hill 252.2 prepared to advance on Prokhorovka … Band of Brothers — Extras
Hi-Wire Jinx Scenario#: E8     Date: 14 Sept 1943     Location: Altavilla, Italy Hill 424, overlooking the Salerno beachhead, was taken by the 36th but they were then forced to retreat by German counterattacks. The Allied forces made their stand along the La Cosa Creek between the Calore River and Altavilla. In the … Band of Brothers — Extras
Tank fight at Prokhorovka Scenario#: 34     Date: 6 July 1943     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia In the spring of 1943, the Germans planned to regain the initiative on their Eastern F ront. A large bulge in the area around the city of Kursk made a tempting target, and the Germans expected their armored spearheads to … Tide of Iron — Fury of the Bear
Counterattack at Orel Scenario#: 35     Date: 12 July 1943     Location: Orel, Russia The Soviet victory in their defense of the Kursk salient was the first time a major German offensive was stopped with only minimal gains. But what made the 1943 summer campaign exceptional was the counterattack that the Soviets planned before … Tide of Iron — Fury of the Bear
Paradrop at Kanev Scenario#: 36     Date: 25 Sept 1943     Location: Kanev, Russia The Soviet offensive operations that began at Orel-Kursk in the summer of 1943 continued relentlessly through the end of that pivotal year. A bold use of Red Army paratroopers was planned as part of the attempt to form a bridgehead … Tide of Iron — Fury of the Bear
Armoured Maelstrom Scenario#: 37     Date: 12 July 1943     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia While the II SS Panzer Corps was still trying to push north at Prokhorovka, the regular army panzer grenadier division “Grossdeutschland" was to join in the final push and break the stalemate at Kursk. Instead, the elite “GD” had to … Tide of Iron — Fury of the Bear
The Back of my Hand Scenario#: 29     Date: 28 Feb 1943     Location: Barvenkovo, Russia By February 1943, the Germans were in big trouble. The encirclement of the 6th Army at Stalingrad was followed by Soviet offenses in January that shattered the Hungarian 2nd Army and the German 2nd Army. The Germans were left over-extended … Band of Brothers — Ghost Panzer
Start of a Death Ride Scenario#: 30     Date: 5 July 1943     Location: Butowo, Russia Manstein argued for an immediate attack once the mud period ended. He wanted to take advantage of the Russians who he felt were still smarting from the Backhand Blow. Hitler, however, preferred to wait for the arrival of the new … Band of Brothers — Ghost Panzer
Obian Alone Scenario#: 31     Date: 12 July 1943     Location: Obian, Russia The first days following the initial attack of the Kursk offensive would see good progress made by the 11th Panzer. However, gains would come slower and slower as the division began to wear down. Eventually, the Gross Deutschland was turned … Band of Brothers — Ghost Panzer
A Belated Christmas Scenario#: 33     Date: 27-Dec-44     Location: Bastogne, Belgium The 101st Airborne was isolated, surviving by desperation and courage alone. But even the best troops cannot fight without ammunition, and by Christmas day supplies of all types were dwindling. A desperate plan to attempt resupply of the pocket was … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory
The French Decide to Fight Scenario#: 35     Date: 10-Nov-42     Location: Port-Lyautey, Morocco The first phase of Operation Torch included amphibious landings along the Atlantic coast. Many of the primary objectives included the securing of French airdromes in these areas for use in the second phase: the advance into Tunisia. One such field … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory