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Bitter 1sthmus Scenario#: 80 Date: 14-May-40 Location: Montherme, France German forces pressed across the Meuse in the face of a French company led by the aggressive Lieutenant Barbaste (KIA), during the afternoon and evening of the 13th. The second line of defense across the narrow portion of the peninsula … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #5: The Fall of the West
Bitter Defense At Otta Scenario#: 203 Date: 28-Apr-40 Location: Gudbrandsal valley, Norway As the fight in southern Norway moved into the highlands, the German tactics developed into somewhat of a uniform pattern. Largely restricted by the surrounding terrain and weather conditions any line of advance had to parallel the existing road… Squad Leader — Crescendo of Doom (Addon)
Bitter Defense at Otta Scenario#: J038 Date: 4/28/1940 Location: Gudbrandsdal Valley, Norway In southern Norway, any Axis line of advance had to parallel the existing road system due to terrain and weather. Taking advantage of these restrictions, the Allies based their defense on a series of roadblocks supported by flanking fire from… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3
Bizory Loves Company Scenario#: J005 Date: 1/3/1945 Location: Bizory, Belgium Company E of the 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment had been repulsing repeated German attacks on their dug-in position in the woods near the small city of Bizory. Mid-morning on January 3rd, found them under attack by elements of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #1
Black Cat Blues Scenario#: 8 Date: 1944-08-27 Location: Allen, France Captain Cole’s L Company of the 3rd Battalion found themselves on the outskirts of the small village of Allan in Southern France. The rest of the 3rd Battalion was still 5 miles back and just now passing through Bois des … Last Hundred Yards — Last Hundred Yards
Black Day in Hatten Scenario#: HF1 Date: 1/9/1945 Location: Hatten, France In early January 1945, the Battle of the Bulge had run its course, and numerous Allied units were drawn northward to stem the German tide. Taking advantage of this situation, OKW launched a second, less well-known western front offensive codenamed… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 9 - Hatten in Flames
Black Friday Scenario#: 8 Date: 22 Sept 1944 Location: Veghel, Holland There were many attacks over a number of days against the town of Veghel, but the people of Veghel remember the 22nd as “Black Friday”. The 107th Panzer Brigade, having failed to take Son, moved under cover of darkness toward … Band of Brothers — Band of Brothers
Black Friday Scenario#: 21 Date: 1944-09-24 Location: Son, Holland Six days into Operation Market Garden and the situation was still chaotic for both Allied and German commands alike. Hell's Highway, a long narrow strip of road, was the only lifeline supplying the beleaguered American and British paratroopers.… Last Hundred Yards — Airborne over Europe
Blizzard Baptism Scenario#: 31 Date: 4-Jan-45 Location: Flamierge, Belgium The US 17th Airborne Division was new to the European Theater of Operations, having just arrived in the Reims area in France on the 25th of December. The division was attached to General Patton's 3rd Army. One of its initial … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #1: Paratroopers
Block at Ville-Sur-Illon Scenario#: OB12 Date: 9/13/1944 Location: Ville-Sur-Illon, France On September 11, 1944, Wade Haislip's XV Corps of Patton's 3rd Army began moving forward to push the weakened German 64th Corps back over the Moselle. While the U.S. 79th Division pinned the German 16th Infantry Division via frontal attack, the… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Bunker
Bloedbeek Scenario#: 16246 Date: 10/16/1944 Location: Loobeek, Holland After Liberating Overloon the British have to push through the forest where they are met by Falschirmjäger, mines and grenades. At the End of the day they reach the edge of the forest and the British are at the Loobeek. … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2015
Blood Stained Bocage Scenario#: BttR02 Date: 1944-07-11 Location: W Of Charlemenerie, France As part of the effort to stop the Allied forces from capturing the city of Saint Lo, the Panzer Lehr Division had been rushed to the area. On one of the fi rst days in the area, the Panzer-Lehr launched a counterattack against elements of the… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Battles to the Rhine
Bloody Bois Jacques Scenario#: J122 Date: 12/22/1944 Location: Bastogne, Belgium In an attempt to assault Bastogne from the east, the 26th Volksgrenadier Division infiltrated along the Bourcy-Bastogne rail line through a forested area known as the Bois Jacques (Jack’s Woods). This area marked the boundary between the US 501st and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #8
Bloody Crossroad Scenario#: BP09 Date: 06/07/1944 Location: W Of Ste Mere L'eglise, France On D-Day+ 1, the 82nd Airborne Division attempted to secure the Sainte-Mére-Eglíse zone by establishing roadblocks and patrolling the surrounding area. Simultaneously, the Germans prepared counterattacks. Here elements of the German 1058th Infanterie… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Bravo
Bloody Crossroad Scenario#: Comp08 Date: 1944-06-07 Location: W Of Ste Mere L'eglise, France On D-Day+ 1, the 82nd Airborne Division attempted to secure the Sainte-Mére-Eglíse zone by establishing roadblocks and patrolling the surrounding area. Simultaneously, the Germans prepared counterattacks. Here elements of the German 1058th Infanterie… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 3
Bloody Gulch Scenario#: 3708 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 — Air Pack
Bloody Gulch Scenario#: 20 Date: 1944-06-13 Location: Carentan, France This mission covers Easy Company’s (506th PIR) defense of the heights about one mile southwest of Carentan against a determined early-morning attack by elements of the 6th FJ and 17th SS Divisions. Flanked on the north and south by flooded … Last Hundred Yards — Airborne over Europe
Bloody Lindern Scenario#: 49 Date: 29 Nov 1944 Location: Lindern, Germany This was the 84th Division’s baptism of fire, and they had to push forward against stiff German Resistance in terrible weather. Not only did the rains ground the Allied air force, they reduced the farm fields and dirt roads to … Tide of Iron — Designer Series
Bloody Omaha Scenario#: 26 Date: 6 June 1944 Location: Omaha Beach, France The D-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, was the largest sea invasion in history, but overwhelming numbers did not guarantee success. The 116th Regiment of the American 29th Infantry Division landed in the area designated “Omaha Beach” along … Tide of Iron — Normandy
Bloody Valley Scenario#: HB05 Date: 11/01/1939 Location: Schwarzenbach, Germany In No-man's Land, French recon patrols identified a German presence near the road crossing at the Winsbach Forest. Elements of the 5th Colonial lnfantry Regiment were ordered to clear the area, in a coordinated assault with the 15th Chasseurs Alpins… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg
Bloody Valley Scenario#: HiD01 Date: 1939-11-01 Location: Schwarzenbach, Germany In No-man's Land, French recon patrols identified a German presence near the road crossing at the Winsbach Forest. Elements of the 5th Colonial lnfantry Regiment were ordered to clear the area, in a coordinated assault with the 15th Chasseurs Alpins… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance
Blue Beach Scenario#: E9 Date: 15 Aug 1944 Location: St Raphael, France After pursuing the retreating Germans as far up the Italian peninsula as Piombino, the 36th were withdrawn to prepare for a special mission. They were to lead the amphibious invasion of Southern France codenamed ’Operation Dragoon’, under their new… Band of Brothers — Extras
Blue Spaders Over the See Scenario#: 28 Date: 1944-07-31 Location: Brecey, France On the 31st, as part of Operation Cobra, the 1st Division had reached Brecey, about 10 miles east of Avranches. A few miles to the south is the river See which flows into the Atlantic just west of Avranches. The 1st Division’s 26th Inf Regl, the… Last Hundred Yards — Mission Pack 1
Bob's Farm Scenario#: SB12 Date: 06/06/1944 Location: Normandy, France The 3rd Para Brigade continued to take heavy casualties while aggressively defending the northeastern sector of the invasion bridgehead. The 5th Brigade, who had been placed in reserve after their courageous stand around the canal bridges during the… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Swift and Bold
Bob's Farm Scenario#: HoN21 Date: 1944-06-06 Location: Normandy, France The 3rd Para Brigade continued to take heavy casualties while aggressively defending the northeastern sector of the invasion bridgehead. The 5th Brigade, who had been placed in reserve after their courageous stand around the canal bridges during the… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of Normandy
Bocage Blockage Scenario#: AP034 Date: 6/17/1944 Location: Trevieres, France After ten days of heavy fighting in the close country, the Germans still held the Villers-Fossard salient, the tip of which extended to within four miles of Omaha Beach. Time and time again American infantry assaulted the German lines, but somehow… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #4 Normandy 1944
Bodange Scenario#: 4321 Date: 5/10/1940 Location: Bodange, Belgium After they had crossed the Belgian border, German units of the 1st and 2nd Panzer Divisions ran up against the defensive positions of the 1st Division of Chasseurs Ardennais. Commandant Bricart's 5th Company was ordered to resist at all costs … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Bogged Down Scenario#: DASL13 Date: 7/15/1944 Location: La Luzerne, France Three days after the enemy counterattack and bloody American advance to Dufayel, the 115th Infantry Regiment had been rejuvenated with an influx of replacements. That "black but victorious 11th of July" was forgotten; in spite of having so many… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
Bone of Contention Scenario#: G15 Date: 8/31/1944 Location: Rouen, France After their epic 20-day stand at Hill 112 and the breakout from the Falaise pocket, the men of SS-Panzer Detachment 102 were afoot when they reached Rouen. The surviving crewmen and mechanics had abandoned their last Tigers on the banks of the Seine… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #28.4
Bourbon for Bravery Scenario#: W12 Date: October 8, 1944 Location: Aachen, Germany The West Wall fortifications stood between the Allies and the German homeland. They would make the enemy pay dearly for each step into Germany. Near the old city of Aachen, American soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division, the ’Big Red … Old School Tactical — Volume 2 Western Front
Bouvellemont: The Thin French Line Scenario#: 24 Location: Bouvellemont, France The 1st Panzer Division attacks elements of the French 14th Infantry Division and the 3rd Brigade of Spahis, the last barrier between Guderian's forces and the open, defenseless French plains. Panzer (AH/MMP) — Panzer Leader 1940
Bouvignes Bridgehead Scenario#: 4322 Date: 5/13/1940 Location: Bouvignes, France General Rommel's 7th Panzer Division arrived at the river Meuse on May 13. On the island of Houx, soldiers of the 7th Motorcycle Battalion discovered locks that the infantry could use to cross the canal. The first bridgehead was set … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1
Brasche Encounter Scenario#: OB03 Date: 6/11/1940 Location: Homyly, France As the drive through France continued, the crossing of the Seine River was a major objective to accomplish. Four squads of the Pionier detachment of the 93rd Motorized Infantry Regiment's II. Bataillon were ordered to take the bridge at Homyly. They… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Bunker
Breaking Out Scenario#: PB4 Date: December 20, 1944 Location: Noville, Belgium Morning dawned and it became obvious that there was no defeating and no more delaying the German advance. Team Desobry’s only chance was to break out and link up with the forces in Bastogne. Old School Tactical — Pocket Battles
Breaking the Panzers Scenario#: S037 Date: 7/1/1944 Location: Rauray, France By 30 June, the British Operation EPSOM reached its conclusion as something of a draw. The British attack created a salient which pushed into German-held territory as far south as Gavrus and Hill 112. In preparation for the inevitable German… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 1
Breakout and Pursuit - 12th Army Group Plan 8 August 1944 World War II - Western Front
Breakout and Pursuit - Argentan-Falaise Pocket 12-16 August 1944 World War II - Western Front
Breakout and Pursuit - Battle for Brest 25 August to 18 September 1944 World War II - Western Front
Breakout and Pursuit - Battle of St. Lo 11-18 July 1944 World War II - Western Front
Breakout and Pursuit - Breakout into Brittany 1-12 August 1944 World War II - Western Front
Breakout and Pursuit - Breakthrough 25-27 July 1944 World War II - Western Front
Breakout and Pursuit - Breakthrough and Advance to the Seine 25 July to 25 August 1944 World War II - Western Front
Breakout and Pursuit - Closing the Argentan-Falaise Pocket 17-19 August 1944 World War II - Western Front
Breakout and Pursuit - Drive to the Seine River 16-25 August 1944 World War II - Western Front
Breakout and Pursuit - Enlarging the Breach 28-29 July 1944 World War II - Western Front
Breakout and Pursuit - Exploitation 30-31 July 1944 World War II - Western Front
Breakout and Pursuit - First Army Front West of the Vire River 8-15 July 1944 World War II - Western Front
Breakout and Pursuit - First US Army 1-6 August 1944 World War II - Western Front
Breakout and Pursuit - German Counterattack at Mortain 7 August 1944 World War II - Western Front
Breakout and Pursuit - German Troop Dispositions prior to Operation Cobra Night of 24-25 July 1944 World War II - Western Front