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Cornered Cats Scenario#: E25     Date: July 15, 1944     Location: Brody, Russia Operation Bagration pushes West with a fury. Units from the 14th SS and 1st Panzer Divisions are isolated in a section of Brody. The Germans are battle hardened but are running low on supplies. The Russian 4th Tank … Old School Tactical — Volume 1 Eastern Front
501st Heavy Scenario#: E24     Date: June 23, 1944     Location: Orsha, Russia The Russians launch Operation Bagration seeking the destruction of Army Group Center. Tanks of the 5th Army push westward. The 501st Heavy Panzer Battalion rolls into action against enemy forces near Orsha. A heavy armor shield to blunt the Russian … Old School Tactical — Volume 1 Eastern Front
Push Back Scenario#: E23     Date: January 3, 1942     Location: Rzhev, Russia Operation Typhoon exhausted the German army at the gates of Moscow. The Soviets immediately launch a counteroffensive to push back the invaders. Near Rzhev, the worn out troops of Army Group Center steady themselves. They must hold these buildings or… Old School Tactical — Volume 1 Eastern Front
The Guards Scenario#: E22     Date: December 18, 1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia The Russian Guards were elite units of the Soviet Union. They distinguished themselves against their foe. The German 4th Panzer Army pushes to relieve the trapped forces at Stalingrad. Initially surprised, the Russians recover and the 2nd Guards Army… Old School Tactical — Volume 1 Eastern Front
The Last Minute Scenario#: E21     Date: December 19, 1941     Location: Tula, Russia The Germans are now struggling to survive the freezing winter temperatures and the Russian winter offensive. Near Tula, Captain Straus and his men absorb the opening blow and try to hold on until reinforcements arrive. Old School Tactical — Volume 1 Eastern Front
Steiner’s Stand Scenario#: E20     Date: March 2, 1942     Location: Demyansk, Russia Sergeant Steiner and his men have been pulling back for a week. With the cold and the Russians at their heels, the platoon has had enough. When they meet up with an AT unit, Sgt Steiner picks his spot to make a stand. They will retreat no further. Old School Tactical — Volume 1 Eastern Front
A Pair of Eights Scenario#: E19     Date: February 3, 1942     Location: Leningrad, Russia The Russians attempt to break the encirclement of Leningrad and the 2nd Shock Army leads the charge. The German 58th Infantry Division has dug in on high ground and do not intend to let the Russians pass. The pair … Old School Tactical — Volume 1 Eastern Front
Lucky Ivan Scenario#: E18     Date: December 21, 1941     Location: Smolensk, Russia Captain 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
Frozen Scenario#: E17     Date: February 20, 1942     Location: Demjansk, Russia The German 16th Army is trapped in a pocket around Demjansk and five Soviet armies are trying desperately to crush it. At dawn, units of the Russian 34th Army launch another assault with armor support. Lieutenant Hauke of the 30th … Old School Tactical — Volume 1 Eastern Front
Cut Off Scenario#: E16     Date: January 16, 1942     Location: Peskovatka, Russia A German platoon from the 34th Infantry Regiment has found itself behind enemy lines after a confusing night of battle. Under cover of a heavy snowfall, Sgt. Ritter attempts to lead his troops back to the division. Old School Tactical — Volume 1 Eastern Front
Chekov’s Bridge Scenario#: E15     Date: January 8, 1942     Location: Rzhev, Russia The Russian winter campaign was taking its toll on the cold German soldiers. A German rear guard on the road to haev must destroy a key bridge to stall the enemy. Lt. Grigory Chekov and troops of the 183rd Rifle … Old School Tactical — Volume 1 Eastern Front
Chaos Reigns Scenario#: E14     Date: January 21, 1942     Location: Rzhev, Russia The Russian winter offensive pushes West of Rzhev. A mechanized group breaks into open ground. It crests a hill and surprises a German convoy on the road. The light tanks rush forward and unleash Hell upon the invaders. Old School Tactical — Volume 1 Eastern Front
Wake Up Call Scenario#: E13     Date: December 16, 1941     Location: Stalingrad, Russia Russian troops overpower the German sentries standing watch and launch a surprise attack. When the alarm is sounded, the Germans awake to a swarm of Russian troops entering the village. Old School Tactical — Volume 1 Eastern Front
Shattered Scenario#: E12     Date: 6/26/1941     Location: Brody, Russia In the opening phase of Operation Barbarossa, some of the most intense fighting happened near the town of Brody. Army Group South’s 1st Panzer Group clashed with five Soviet mechanized corps. German Stukas buzzed over the battlefield like angry bees.… Old School Tactical — Volume 1 Eastern Front
The Wolf's Hook Scenario#: E11     Date: July 3, 1941     Location: Berezina, Russia As Barbarossa unfolds, 2nd SS ‘Das Reich’ is at the tip of Guderian’s spear. They have crossed the Berezina and press on. Timoshenko now commands the Soviet Western From and moves to stiffen its defense. Units of the 13th Army … Old School Tactical — Volume 1 Eastern Front
Crossroads Scenario#: E10     Date: August 1, 1942     Location: Kotelnikovo, Russia Case Blue is in motion. The tanks and troops of the 4th Panzer Army surge towards Kotelnikovo. Armor of the Russian 4th Tank Army moves forward to put up a fight. Old School Tactical — Volume 1 Eastern Front
No Man’s Land Scenario#: E09     Date: July 2, 1942     Location: Voronezh, Russia On the approach to Voronezh, a hill sits with a commanding view that both sides want. The Germans and Russians both rush forward to claim it, no matter the cost. Old School Tactical — Volume 1 Eastern Front
Bring Up the Guns Scenario#: E08     Date: September 28, 1941     Location: Velikiye Luki, Russia It was said that the men in Assault gun platoons led short, eventful lives. A tank heavy Soviet force pressures the German lines North of Velikiye Luki. Assault guns are moved up to bolster the troops and heat … Old School Tactical — Volume 1 Eastern Front
The Salient Scenario#: E07     Date: September 2, 1941     Location: Yelnya, Russia The Grossdeutschland Regiment has seen heavy fighting near Yelnya and is low on ammo. With mortar support, its units try to hold the line. The Russian 107th Rifle pushes in to crush the weary Germans and break through their thin … Old School Tactical — Volume 1 Eastern Front
The Gingerbread House Scenario#: E06     Date: August, 15, 1941     Location: Gomel, Belarus A large ornate house, nicknamed the 'Gingerbread House’, dominates the outskirts of a small village. The German commander sends in assault troops and pioneers to take the house and gain entry to the rest of the village. Old School Tactical — Volume 1 Eastern Front
Partisan Payback Scenario#: E05     Date: August 2, 1941     Location: Demyansk, Russia As 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
Sitting Ducks Scenario#: E04     Date: June 28, 1941     Location: Bialystok, Poland The lightning speed of the German Blitzkrieg opened many gaps in the supply line. South of Bialystok, tanks of the 3rd Panzer Division have run out of petrol and sit waiting for the supply trucks to arrive. Sensing opportunity, Lieutenant … Old School Tactical — Volume 1 Eastern Front
The Commisar Order Scenario#: E03     Date: June 29, 1941     Location: Volyn Oblast, Ukraine By Hitler’s order, all political officers captured by the German army were to be treated severely, normally shot on sight. A Commisar and some NKVD units have been trapped by the advancing Germans. Dorokhov steels his comrades for the … Old School Tactical — Volume 1 Eastern Front
A Deadly Race Scenario#: E02     Date: June 27, 1941     Location: Berezina River, Belarus In the initial stages of Barbarossa, many Russian units were in disarray and struggled to get back home. Retreating East to the Berezina River, a group of Russians emerge from a forest and encounter a German recon unit. A … Old School Tactical — Volume 1 Eastern Front
Brandenburgers Scenario#: E01     Date: Aug 5, 1941     Location: Dünaburg, Latvia German special forces from the 1st Company of the Brandenburg Regiment move ahead of the main advance to wreak havoc with the Soviet command structure. The commandos dress in Soviet NKVD uniforms to create confusion and fear in the … Old School Tactical — Volume 1 Eastern Front
Strong defense at Vinovka Scenario#: 24282     Date: 08/23/1942     Location: Vinovka, Russia On the 23rd of August 1942, the 16.Panzer-Division, head of the XIV.Panzer-Korps, crossed the Don River and advanced toward the Volga River until they reached Rynok, north of Stalingrad, that evening. General Hube, commander of the division, received… Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios
Stalingrad: 1st assault Scenario#: 12721     Date: 09/14/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia When German troops arrived in front of Stalingrad in early September 1942, they noticed that the long, straight city hugging the Volga River did not allow them to use their usual tactic, the pincer movement. They would have to make a frontal… Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios
Voronezh Scenario#: 24171     Date: July 4-13, 1942     Location: Voronezh, Russia At the beginning of Operation Fall Blau, the 4th Panzer Army of General Hoth advanced towards Voronezh to cross the Don River and then turn South to encircle Soviet troops west of the river. The capture of the city was … Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios
Operation Trappenjagd Scenario#: 24416     Date: May 8-10, 1942     Location: Sevastopol, Crimea As 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
Hill 693 Scenario#: 16624     Date: March 24, 1942     Location: Volkhov, Russia After the Soviet 2nd Shock Army failed to break the siege of Leningrad during the Volkhov battle, German forces encircled them on March 19th, 1942. In a desperate bid to escape, the Soviet troops turned to attack the Axis units … Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios
Dorogobuzh Scenario#: 4836     Date: January 8, 1942     Location: Vyazma, Russia In January 1942, the German offensive on the doorstep of Moscow failed. With the help of “General Winter”, Russian forces counter-attacked en masse. German troops lost ground and took refuge in villages and towns. In the wooded area of Viazma, … Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios
Defensive Battle at Sasselie Scenario#: 23425     Date: August 15, 1941     Location: Sasselie, Ukraine In August 1941, SS division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler advanced in Ukraine between the cities of Vojnessensk and Nikolaïev. The Reconnaissance Group, under command of Kurt Meyer alias “Panzermeyer”, reached Sasselie, an isolated village located in… Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios
Soviet Raid on Grigorevka Scenario#: 18261     Date: September 22, 1941     Location: Grigorevka, Ukraine September 1941, the city of Odessa was on the front line, surrounded by the Romanian army and under heavy fire from the artillery batteries of the 15th Romanian division positioned near Grigorevka. In order to help the defenders of the … Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios
Tula, Road to Moscow Scenario#: 23745     Date: October 29, 1941     Location: Tula, Russia In October 1941, Axis forces launched Operation Typhoon, a large offensive against Moscow. In late October, a German vanguard was nearing the city of Tula, about 200 kilometers south of the Soviet Union capital. With limited armor support, due to … Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios
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
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
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
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
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
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
Counterattack at Karatin Scenario#: 20533     Date: 7/15/1941     Location: Karatin, Ukraine After the Battle of Brody (June 23-30, 1941) in Western Ukraine, which was one of the biggest and most destructive armored conflicts during Operation Barbarossa, the Soviet army was withdrawing. In an attempt to slow the German advance and buy … Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios
Soviet KV-2 Tanks at Lutsk Scenario#: 20561     Date: 6/25/1941     Location: Lutsk, Russia During the night of June 24-25, additional elements from the Soviet 22nd Mechanized Corps, which included a number of Red Army KV-2 heavy tanks, took up positions alongside the remains of the 19th Tank Division in Lutsk. At dawn the … Memoir '44 — New Flight Plan
West of Lutsk Scenario#: 20560     Date: 6/24/1941     Location: Lutsk, Poland Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of Soviet Union by Germany, was launched on June 22nd, 1941. On June 24th, a German panzer division threatened Lutsk, a former Polish city that was part of the territories annexed by the USSR in 1939. … Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios
Raid de la Luftwaffe Scenario#: 20537     Date: 6/23/1941     Location: Lutsk, Ukraine On 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
The Death Valley Scenario#: 20336     Date: 10/25/1944     Location: Kapisova, Slovakia After the battle of the Dukla Pass on the Slovak border, the Red Army was stopped by a new German defense line. At that time the Soviet command decided to bypass this Resistance by taking the valley of Kapisova. On … Memoir '44 — Online Only
Varvarovka Roadblock Scenario#: 20327     Date: 1/23/1943     Location: Varvarovka, Russia After Operation Little Saturn, the Soviet command launched the Ostrogojsk-Rossoch offensive against the 2nd Hungarian Army. Threatened of surroundings by the breaking of the Hungarian front, the Italian Alpine Corps began to withdraw in the snowy… Memoir '44 — Online Only
Battle of Wytyczno Scenario#: 20308     Date: 10/1/1939     Location: Wytyczno, Poland This was the end of the battle for Poland, Polish troops of the "Korpus Ochrany Pogranicza" (KOP - border defense corps) were withdrawing because of the Soviet invasion in the East of Poland. Near the village of Wytyczno, Polish soldiers … Memoir '44 — Online Only
Battle of Tolvajarvi Scenario#: 20285     Date: 12/12/1939     Location: Tolvajarvi, Finland At the beginning of the Winter War, north to Ladoga Lake, Soviets had deployed the 139th Rifle Division which advanced along the road to Tolvajarvi. To counter this threat, Finnish Command had formed the Talvela Group with some different units … Memoir '44 — Online Only
Battle of Raseiniai Scenario#: 20243     Date: 6/24/1941     Location: Raseiniai, Lithuania On the 22nd of June 1941,Operation Barbarossa, the German attack of Soviet Union began. The objective for Army Group "Nord" was to destroy all Soviet forces in in the Baltic countries and then to advance to Leningrad. Panzer-Gruppe 4 was … Memoir '44 — Online Only
Battle of the Grain Elevator Scenario#: 20228     Date: 9/16/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia The attack of the city of Stalingrad by the German 6 Armee began on September 13th. The southern part of the city was attacked by four divisions of the 48 PanzerKorps under the command of General Kempf. On September 16th, … Memoir '44 — New Flight Plan