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Obstinate Canadians Scenario#: HS29 Date: 2/26/1945 Location: Ebben, Germany Company D, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry had recently made an unsupported night attack to capture a patch of woods that had been the staging area for many counterattacks by the 116th “Greyhound” Panzer Division. Given the importance of the woods line… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 2 - Operation Veritable
Oklahoma Wildcat Scenario#: E10 Date: 21 Jan 1945 Location: Kurtzenhausen, Germany In January the Germans launched a counter-offensive from the Gambsheim-Herrlisheim pocket, aimed at retaking Strasbourg. As they broke through the infantry screen of the 2nd Battalion of the 143rd regiment in woods in front of Kurtzenhausen and into… Band of Brothers — Extras
Old Friends Scenario#: J178 Date: 3/26/1945 Location: Gahlen, Germany For the American 30th Infantry Division, Operation PLUNDER commenced on 24 March with a relatively quiet crossing of the Rhine. The division’s first main objective, the village of Spellen, was quickly taken by two of its regiments which attacked the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11
On the Hoss' Side Scenario#: J014 Date: 4/10/1945 Location: Kakazu Ridge, Okinawa After advancing to the top of the smaller of the two summits along Kakazu Ridge, L Company developed a bit of a problem. It was sitting in the open above a Japanese underground complex specially prepared for just such a situation... Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2
One Last Blitz for Old Time's Sake Scenario#: AP08 Date: 02/09/1945 Location: Kuestrin, Poland Marshall Zhukov's drive to Berlin had been very successful. By the end of January Russian forces were only 60 miles from the Nazi capitol. Units of the 1St Belorussian Front had bypassed German resistance within the fortress city of Kuestrin, … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Alpha
One Smart Bastard Scenario#: WO40 Date: 02/28/1945 Location: Iwo Jima, Pacific Lt. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, one of the few realists among high-ranking Japanese Officers had adopted a radical defensive policy. Forgoing the water's edge tactics and the Banzai attacks of previous battles, he chose an inland defensive policy.… Advanced Squad Leader — Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2022
Operation “Morning Watch" Scenario#: 7 Date: March 7, 1945 Location: Siofok, Hungary Operation Morning Watch ‘Fruhlingserwachen’ was Hitler's plan to relieve the IX SS Mountain Corps which was trapped in the besieged city of Budapest. Often called the "Ardennes of the East', this operation was to be the German's last attempt to … Panzer (YAQ) — Panzer: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat on the Eastern Front, 1941-1945
Operation Amherst Scenario#: 6369 Date: 4/8/1945 Location: Groningen, Holland The Third Reich is in its final throes. But Netherlands is still under the iron grip of the German forces, following the disaster of Operation Market-Garden. Heading North toward the heart of the Reich, the Canadian tanks and Polish artillery … Memoir '44 — Breakthrough
Operation Herring Scenario#: 17120 Date: 4/20/1945 Location: Poggio Rusco, Italy In April 1945, the last Allied offensive was to break through the German Gothic Line in order to reach the north of Italy and the borders with Austria and Yugoslavia. To support this offensive the Allied Command decided a small … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2016
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
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
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
Out of Luck Scenario#: S028 Date: 4/26/1945 Location: Baruth, Germany The Ninth Army was trapped and encircled between the two Soviet Fronts which were competing to take the ultimate prize – Berlin. Having convinced Hitler that he could link up with the Twelfth Army and drive to the defense of Berlin, the Ninth’s… Advanced Squad Leader — Operations #51
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
Pavlov's House Scenario#: TS2 Date: 20-Oct-42 Location: Stalingrad, Russia At the end of September, units of Rodimtsev's 13th Guards were ordered to seize buildings on Lenin Square and form strongpoints. A damaged apartment building was attacked and occupied by Sgt. Jacob Pavlov and his men, who formed a defensive … Squad Leader — The General #19,5
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
Po Valley Scenario#: 3740 Date: 4/18/1945 Location: Mount Montello, Italy In the last months of the war, between February and April 1945, the Wehrmacht built a fortified defensive system, along the Gothic Line's last limit ("The Green Line II"), near Montese. It was organized around Mount Montello (919 meters over … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Prelude to Dying Scenario#: 230 Date: 5/8/1945 Location: Celje, Slovenia After months of anti-partisan operation east of Zagreb, the 1st Light Infantry Parachute Battalion had finally returned to its home barracks in the Zagreb neighborhood of Maksimir. The writing had been on the wall for a while, but word had finally… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion (2nd Edition)
Protesting the Speculative Scenario#: HS31 Date: 2/27/1945 Location: Hockwald Gap, Germany General Simonds, commander of the 2nd Canadian Corps, had insisted that he have a supply road with which to maintain the momentum of his attack and planned to use the Goch-Xanten railroad bed for this purpose. The raised track was flanked on both… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 2 - Operation Veritable
Prussia in Flames Scenario#: J111 Date: 1/28/1945 Location: Elbing, East Prussia On January 14th, Rokossovskiy's 2nd Byelorussian Front attacked north and nortwest from the Narew bridgehead. The aim was to reach the debouch of Weischel and Danzig. On the 20th Stavka suddenly ordered Rokossovskiy to change the attack in a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #7
Pursuing Kobayashi Scenario#: OB14 Date: 5/27/1945 Location: Wawa Dam, Luzon The next priority for General Krueger's XIV Corp after the retaking of Manila was to secure the dams and reservoirs notheast of the city that provided the metropolitan area with water for all puposes. The high ground surrounding the Ipo and Wawa dams… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Bunker
Pushing Back Scenario#: BP03 Date: 01/15/1945 Location: Noville, Belgium Easy Company had been put in reserve after taking the town of Foy: the beginning of the Allies counteroffensive in the Ardennes. Now, they were tasked with taking the hotly contested town of Noville. On the 14th of January they … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Bravo
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
Ragnarök Scenario#: J146 Date: 5/2/1945 Location: Berlin, Germany Ragnarök (the Norse Armageddon) was upon the SS Division Nordland. The Reichstag had fallen, and most of Berlin was at the mercy of the Red Army. The remains of Nordland seemed doomed, and Hauptsturmführer Hans-Gösta Pehrsson gave his last order as… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9
Raid On Hammelburg Scenario#: 31-6 Date: March 26-28, 1945 Location: Hammelburg, Germany Elements of 37th Tank Battalion and the 10th Armored lnfanry are sent 60 miles behind enemy lines to rescue an expected 300 Allied officers held as prisoners of war. Panzer (AH/MMP) — The General #31.6
Red Banner Days Scenario#: FB18 Date: 1/26/1945 Location: Budapest, Hungary With the arrival of the 297th Rifle Division to their south, the regiments of the Soviet 108th Guards Rifle Division were able to shorten the width of their front lines in order to bring additional pressure on the Axis units defending the blocks on… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #10
Red Storm Scenario#: AP009 Date: 4/16/1945 Location: Alt Langsow, Germany The battle for the Seelow Heights on the outskirts of Berlin would be the battle upon which the fate of the capital would rest. On 16 April at 0300 hours, a massive array of Soviet artillery opened fore along the front. Searchlights were switched on… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #2
Reichswald Scenario#: 24380 Date: February 09, 1945 Location: Kleve, Germany The Reichswald is the 5-mile gap between the Maas and Rhine and the natural advance route from the German-Dutch border to the Ruhr. After amassing troops to get a numerical advantage near Groesbeek, the allies advanced towards Kleve. The German … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2022
Reichswald & Nutterden Scenario#: 16304 Date: 2/8/1945 Location: Nutterden, Germany Operation Veritable was intended to eliminate all German forces west of the Rhine river and set the stage for Allied forces to eventually cross that great barrier. However, General Schlemm, the German commander of the First Parachute Army defending… Memoir '44 — VE-Day
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
Resignation Supermen Scenario#: J179 Date: 4/10/1945 Location: Heilbronn, Germany The final weeks of the war in Europe saw deep penetrations by the forces of General Alexander Patch’s Seventh Army, which rolled over most resistance in its path. Crossing the Neckar River proved to be one of the first true obstacles encountered by… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11
Resistance at Chabrehez Scenario#: 25 Date: 10-May-40 Location: Chabrehez, Belgium As the Germans pushed through the Ardennes the lightly armed Belgian troops were easily dealt with. But at Chabrehez a small group of the Belgian 3rd Regiment of Chasseurs Ardennais stood in good position blocking the way of Rommel's 7th … Squad Leader — Crescendo of Doom
Return of the Black Company Scenario#: FB10 Date: 2/3/1945 Location: Budapest, Hungary The men of SS-Kavallerie-Division 8 “Florian Geyer” were scrambling for their lives as two and a half months of near continuous fighting had reduced the unit to a shadow of its former self. By 3 February, the troops which had been holding out for the… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
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
Rush to Contact Scenario#: 9 Date: 6-Apr-45 Location: Outskirts of Hitdorf, Germany After crossing the Rhine, leading elements of Company A, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Regiment found themselves met by elements of the 62nd Volksgrenadier Division on the road to Hitdorf. Both sides reported contact and immediately called for… Combat Commander — CC: Europe
Schwammenauel Dam Scenario#: 1422 Date: 2/4/1945 Location: Schwammenauel Dam, Germany Before Operation 'Veritable' and 'Grenade' could begin, there was a matter of the Roer dams to consider. These dams were located in an area of steep gorges, small mountains and narrow roads. Earlier attempts to capture the dams had failed … Memoir '44 — Terrain Pack
Schwammenauel Dam Scenario#: 3713 Date: 2/9/1945 Location: Schwammenauel Dam, Germany Before Operation 'Veritable' and 'Grenade' could begin, there was a matter of the Roer dams to consider. These dams were located in an area of steep gorges, small mountains and narrow roads. Earlier attempts to capture the dams had failed … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Sealing Their Fate Scenario#: WO20 Date: 2/15/1945 Location: Chojnice, Poland As the Soviet offensive to secure the right flank of the drive on Berlin, a 50 kilometer gap still existed between two of the German divisions defending Pomerania. The Soviet 70th Army, which included the 1st Guards Tank Corps and the 96th Rifle… Advanced Squad Leader — Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2016
Second Thoughts Scenario#: BOF11 Date: 1/4/1945 Location: Wingen-sur-Moder, France The first objective of Operation Nordwind, Hitler's last major offensive in the west, was to secure a path through the Low Vosges mountains to the Alsatian plains. One possible path ran through Wingen-sur-Moder. Kampfgruppe Wingen was tasked to seize… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends
Seelow Heights Scenario#: 16295 Date: 4/16/1945 Location: Seelow Heights, Germany On 16 April, the battle of Berlin started with a massive Soviet artillery barrage against General Theodor Busse’s 9th German Army, which numbered around 200,000 men and equipment. Zhukov’s Red Army, on the other hand, was a juggernaut of over … Memoir '44 — VE-Day
Semper Paratus Scenario#: J Date: 27-Sep-44 Location: Oorderen, Holland Lieutenant C.P .J. Des Groseillers urged his straining men to push again. D Company had found a German 75mm antitank gun in the ruins of Oorderen. The breech had been hidden and the weapon had been left in the town … Squad Leader — The General #18.2
Shattering the Line Scenario#: OA15 Date: 4/16/1945 Location: Seelow, Germany The German Ninth Army had dug in atop the Seelow Heights, blocking the main Kustrin-Berlin road, and from there, inflicted terrible punishment on the attacking Russians. The Russians attempted a series of savage flank attacks in hopes of shattering… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Attic
Shouting Into The Storm Scenario#: AP062 Date: 2/8/1945 Location: Klein-Silber, Germany In early February, following the Red Army’s breakthrough and rapid advance in Poland, the northern flank of Zhukov’s 1st Belorussian Front in Pomerania was fluid. His worn-out and thinly spread troops pushed northward in an attempt to keep the enemy… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #6 A Decade of War
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
Siesta Time Scenario#: FB05 Date: 1/29/1945 Location: Budapest, Hungary By 26 January, the Soviet 297th Tank Rifle Division had finally pushed the Hungarian Vannay Battalion out of the Városmajor. One building that still remained firmly in Hungarian hands was the Siesta Sanatorium located on Városmajor utca just to the… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
Silesian Interlude Scenario#: J063 Date: 3/19/1945 Location: Oppeln, Upper Silesia Marshall Koniev’s 1st Ukrainian Front attacked to seize the Upper Silesia all the way to the Czechoslovakian frontier. Elements of the Hermann Göring Parachute-Panzer Division were hurriedly transported by rail to the area. They were immediately… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3
Skrimish in Austria Scenario#: D6 Date: 6-Mar-45 Location: Austria After passing through Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, the Red Army smashed into Austria. A mixed group of Yugoslavs, Bulgarians and Russians met elements of the German force occupying Austria in a night melee. Squad Leader — The Dragon Vol. V, No. 7
Smertniki Scenario#: 59 Date: 8/13/1945 Location: Mutanchiang, Manchukuo The surprise Soviet blitzkrieg across the eastern border of Manchukuo did not necessarily seal the fate of the Japanese 5th Army. The key was the quick capture of a great railroad bridge spanning the Mutan River north of the strategic city of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 8 - Code of Bushido
Smoking Cobras Scenario#: 55 Date: 18 Feb 1945 Location: Monte Castello, Italy In February 1945, after a static defense for nine weeks due to lack of ammunition, bad weather, and heavy losses - Brazil 's FEB would get another chance to prove their worth as assault troops in Italy. “Operation Encore”, a … Tide of Iron — Designer Series
Something to Prove Scenario#: AP051 Date: 1/18/1945 Location: Sid, Yugoslavia In an attempt to re-open lines to Panzer-Armee 2, Armeekorps XXXIV conducted a major attack along the Syrmien front south of the Danube. Opposing this assault were six divisions of Tito’s “partisan” army. Dug in like the Russians who had trained them… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #5 East Front