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Sonnenwende Scenario#: 112     Date: Feb-45     Location: Arnswalde, Germany The Soviet invasion of Eastern Germany revealed the determination that SS and Conscript units would go to defend the Fatherland. One such example was the defense of Arnswalde, Pomerania where elite Soviet assault units attacked elements of the 11th… Combat Commander — C3I Magazine #24
Stalingrad Redux Scenario#: FB17     Date: 2/9/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary By 9 February, Soviet forces had succeeded inc capturing their primary objective wets of Castle Hill, the Budapest Railway Terminal. The next day, the Soviets continued their march toward the case of Castle Hill by crossing over the marshalling… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
Strasbourg Scenario#: 28     Date: 1/11/1945     Location: Strasbourg, France On the 7th of January 1945, the German Nineteen Army initiated an attack south of Strasbourg against the First French Army. Code-named 'Sonnenwende' ("Winter Solstice"), the operation led by the 198th Volksgrenadier Division and 106th Panzer Brigade… Memoir '44 — Game Trade Magazine #58
Strasbourg Scenario#: 3683     Date: 1/11/1945     Location: Strasbourg, France On the 7th of January 1945, the German Nineteen Army initiated an attack south of Strasbourg against the First French Army. Code-named 'Sonnenwende' ("Winter Solstice"), the operation led by the 198th Volksgrenadier Division, the 106th Panzer Brigade… Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Strayer's Strays Scenario#: O     Date: 6-Jun-44     Location: Saint-Germain-de-Varreville, France By dawn, Lt. Colonel R.L. Strayer had pieced together a unit composed of men of the 502nd, 506th and 508th Parachute Regiments. Front lines and flanks were meaningless. The officers and men didn't know one another. Radio contact with HQ … Squad Leader — The General #20.4
Sugar Loaf and Half Moon Scenario#: 1518     Date: 5/13/1945     Location: Sugar Loaf, Okinawa The Japanese units defending the western flank of the Shuri line were in a strong defensive position. Entrenched in tunnels with interlocking fields of fire between Sugar Loaf, Half Moon and the surrounding hills, they were able to hold off … Memoir '44 — Pacific Theater
Sugar Loaf and Half Moon Scenario#: 3730     Date: 5/19/1945     Location: Half Moon, Okinawa The Japanese units defending the western flank of the Shuri line were in a strong defensive position. Entrenched in tunnels with interlocking fields of fire between Sugar Loaf, Half Moon and the surrounding hills, they were able to hold off … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Sugarloaf Hill Scenario#: H13     Date: May 17, 1945     Location: Okinawa, Pacific Sugarloaf Hill was not large, but it was an anchor of the Shuri Line of Japanese defenses. It was heavily fortified and would see some of the fiercest fighting of the campaign. Units of the 6th Marine Division were brought … Old School Tactical — Hell Bent Pacific
Sweep For Bordj Toum Bridge Scenario#: 39     Date: 10-Dec-42     Location: Bordj Toum Station, Tunisia As the Allies paused to gather their breath and resources for their attack on Tunis, the Germans struck first. The Fifth Panzer Army in an effort to expand its position around Tunis, sent the 86th Panzer Grenadier Regiment supported by … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory
That Damned Hill Scenario#: HotP11     Date: 1945-04-09     Location: Okinawa, Japan Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of the Pacific
The 1,000-Yard Attack Scenario#: BoEC13     Date: 1945-01-02     Location: Bastogne, Belgium Lock 'n Load Tactical — Battles of Easy Company
The Agony of Doom Scenario#: 136     Date: 4/19/1945     Location: Muncheberg, Germany With the Third Reich in its death throes, the Soviet juggernaut began to pick up speed. The German defense line on the Oder had been broken; one town after another fell to the Russian armies as they advanced on Berlin. Hitler was determined not to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
The Attempt to Relieve Peiper Scenario#: H     Date: 21-Dec-44     Location: the Ardennes, Belgium The key to the German Ardennes Offensive Jay with a quick breakthrough and deep penetration. In the north the success of a breakthrough rested heavily with Colonel Peiper's Kampfgruppe from the 1st SS Division. But the quick victories which had … Squad Leader — The General #17.2
The Awakening of Spring Scenario#: G33     Date: 3/14/1945     Location: Lake Balaton, Hungary SPRING With the Soviet Army firmly established on the Oder River and threatening Berlin, Hitler was still obsessed with taking the offensive elsewhere. Hitler decided to launch an attack to create a buffer zone between the Soviet forces near the Danube… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #31.1
The Bend Scenario#: AP173     Date: 1/16/1945     Location: Hatten, France A war of attrition had descended upon the villages of Hatten and Rittershoffen in the French province of Alsace. German attempts to break through this sector and into the open plains beyond as part of Operation NORDWIND had been halted through the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under
The Bitche Salient Scenario#: J     Date: 1/14/1945     Location: Bitche, Germany Elements of the 29th Infantry Division had been ordered to continue closing the ring around German forces trapped near Bitche. However, due to poor radio security, the Germans were quite aware of this latest development and had planned a flanking… Advanced Squad Leader — Classic ASL
The Black Ravens are Flying Scenario#: FB12     Date: 2/5/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary By February 5, the Soviets had reached the area around Királyhágo tét. Strongly opposed by a mix of German and Hungarian forces, the Soviets would be forced to fight for every building. In addition to their military strengths, the Soviets had… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
The Breaking Wave Scenario#: W97     Date: 19-Dec-44     Location: Dom Butengenbach, Belgium The German efforts to press their Wacht am Rhein offensive were falling behind schedule. After rapid deliberation German General Staff decided that the best way to speed the assault was to increase the maneuver area for the attacking elements. They … Squad Leader — Wargamers Pack 2
The capture of Biesheim Scenario#: 6592     Date: 2/3/1945     Location: Biesheim, France In Alsace, combats are drawing to an end; the Colmar pocket is being reduced by the 1st French Army, and the troops of the German XIX.Armee, decimated and demoralized. are withdrawing toward Chalampé bridge over the Rhine in a bid … Memoir '44 — Audie Murphy's Campaign
The Coconut Plantation Scenario#: J101     Date: 6/9/1945     Location: Bougainville Island, New Guinea The Japanese forces holding out on northern Bougainville had established a last line of defense across the Bonis Peninsula. To the north lay Buka Island and its airstrip – a key objecive in the Allied push towards Rabaul. A plan was devised to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #6
The Deadly Line Scenario#: J181     Date: 8/11/1945     Location: Mo Dao Shi, China The Soviet Union declared war on the Japanese Empire on 10 August. Depleted by the dispatch of its units to the Pacific theater, the Japanese Kwantung Army was seemingly helpless to resist the Soviet steamroller. Nevertheless, the Japanese commenced… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11
The Devil's Free to Have a Try Scenario#: FB02     Date: 1/19/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary After the initial assault by the Soviet 108th Guards Rifle Division failed to capture the Városmajor on January 1, the 320th Rifle Division, supported by a half dozen armored vehicles, was ordered to try to seize the City Park. The main defenders of… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
The Dinant Bridgehead Scenario#: 27     Date: 13-May-40     Location: Houx, Belgium The Meuse River was the last major obstacle preventing a major armored breakout from the Ardennes. It was imperative that the Germans establish a number of viable crossings before the Allies could regroup. One of three such crossings on the … Squad Leader — Crescendo of Doom
The Duel Scenario#: U13     Date: 3/15/1945     Location: Pfaffenheck, Germany German General Hoehme had to buy time. Every day the way was clear allowed additional isolated units to filter back towards the Rhine. At a time of frightful manpower shortages, he decided to commit two of his remaining combat effective units to… Advanced Squad Leader — G.I.s Dozen
The Elbe River Blues Scenario#: E03     Date: 1945-05-01     Location: Else River, Germany As Germany neared collapse a few elite formations continued to deliver punitive blows against the Red Army while the bulk of German forces fell back in disarray. The Soviets, often … Tank Leader — Eastern Front
The Final Battle Scenario#: DASL10     Date: 4/28/1945     Location: Berlin, Germany The battle for the center of Berlin, above all for the Reichstag—the final battle—had begun. This blackened ruin was to be the focal point of Soviet attacks for five days, and every formation in the Red Army from Front to regiment was determined to… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
The Forgotten Front Scenario#: G03     Date: 2/9/1945     Location: Hennebont, France The 66th Infantry Division was typical of many raised from draftees in preparation for the invasion of Europe. Yet when the “Panthermen” arrived, they found themselves relegated to a relative backwater – containing the isolated German pockets around… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #23.6
The Fugitives Scenario#: 8     Date: 5/3/1945     Location: Berlin, Germany High quality Russians hold the canal bridges against rag-tag remnants of the Muencheberg Panzer Division, fleeing Berlin in the last days of the war. Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
The Good Shepherd Scenario#: HS30     Date: 2/26/1945     Location: Kepplen, Germany The North Shore Regiment had been ordered to advance toward the Rhine. Its Commander, Lt. Col. John Rowley, was known as the Good Shepherd for the long walking staff he usually carried. The regiment closed on Kepplen with the two lead companies… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 2 - Operation Veritable
The Gorge Scenario#: J013     Date: 4/9/1945     Location: Kakazu Ridge, Okinawa The 3rd Battalion had been given the task of pushing onto Kakazu Ridge by advancing through the series of stream beds that lay in front of the hill. The Japanese had placed some defenses in the approaches to the ridge.. Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2
The Hell of Grussenheim Scenario#: 7044     Date: 1/28/1945     Location: Grussenheim, France Attached for a while to the 2nd French Army Corps under the command of general de Monsabert, the 2nd French Armored Division was involved in the reduction of the Colmar's pocket. GT"V" (Combat Command of colonel de Guillebon) took part … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2012
The Hour Zero Scenario#: J180     Date: 5/8/1945     Location: Forst Segeberg, Germany Men of the 8th Parachute Division were called upon to neutralize a group of die hard SS and German Partisan's (Werewolf units) in the first days of May 1945. They dug themselves in within a forest called Forst Segeberg in Northern Germany. They were… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11
The Liberators Scenario#: G34     Date: 4/2/1945     Location: Wiener Neustadt, Austria Following the collapse of Hitler's Awakening of Spring, on March 16th, Marshall Tolbuhkin's 3rd Ukrainian Front went over to the attack. The 6th Guards Tank Army was placed at his disposal to deal with the stiff resistance. On April 2nd, having… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #31.1
The Mad Minute Scenario#: 24     Date: 1/3/1945     Location: Longchamps, Belgium Dug into the snow along the edge of the village of Longchamps, weary Americans watched as an armored force deployed from Compogne in the fields to the north. Orders went out to the gun crews to engage the armor as soon as it was in range. Within… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 3 - Yanks
The Meat Grinder Scenario#: 1483     Date: 2/26/1945     Location: Iwo Jima, Pacific On February 26, 1945 the Marines of the 4th Division found themselves facing a formidable complex of defensive positions on Iwo Jima. Hill 382, The Amphitheater, Turkey Knob and the village of Minami, were to become collectively known as the … Memoir '44 — Pacific Theater
The Meat Grinder Scenario#: 3731     Date: 3/6/1945     Location: Iwo Jima, Pacific On February 26, 1945 the Marines of the 4th Division found themselves facing a formidable complex of defensive positions on Iwo Jima. Hill 382, The Amphitheater, Turkey Knob and the village of Minami, were to become collectively known as the … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
The Pinnacle Scenario#: J018     Date: 4/21/1945     Location: Ie Shima, Okinawa The Iegusugu Pinnacle was the nerve center of the Japanese defenses on the island of Ie Shima. After fighting their way through the town of Ie, the 306th was ready to attack the final Japanese bastion on Ie Shima. Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2
The Rag Tag Circus Scenario#: U48     Date: 4/12/1945     Location: Barby on the Elbe, Germany GIs of the 83rd Infantry Division took particular pride in their use of captured German vehicles. So extensive was their “used car lot” appearance that the news correspondents nicknamed this unit the “Rag Tag Circus”. The Americans had a chance to… Advanced Squad Leader — Rivers to the Reich
The Riley Shuffle Scenario#: OA32     Date: 2/24/1945     Location: Irsch, Germany The 5th Ranger Battalion was tasked with penetrating the front and operating behind enemy lines. They were to soften up the defenses in anticipation of a later breakthrough attempt. During the raid, one of the platoons under Lt. Gambosi became… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Attic #2
The Ring Scenario#: AP001     Date: 4/20/1945     Location: Niesky, Germany With the final Soviet offensive pushing into the German capital, the war in the east was drawing to its conclusion. Soviet attacks in other sectors along the front were designed to keep German units pinned down, preventing them from reinforcing the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #1
The Roer Bridgehead Scenario#: U43     Date: 2/23/1945     Location: Koerrenzig, Germany The GIs had been poised before the Roer for days. German engineers had skillfully blown the upriver dam floodgates so that the Roer had run fierce and wide. Now, with the river still in flood but navigable, the concentrated might of the US Army would… Advanced Squad Leader — Rivers to the Reich
The Shooting Gallery Scenario#: FB09     Date: 2/2/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary By the end of January, remaining Axis force had retreated across the Danube from the Pest side of the city where they formed a bridgehead centered on Castle Hill. One of the Wehrmacht’s finest units, Panzer-Division 13, was with the defenders of… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
The Slaughterhouse Scenario#: J033     Date: 2/22/1945     Location: Graudenz, East Prussia The bridgehead position at Graudenz. was declared a fortress on 27 January 1945. The fortress defense was manned by the remaining elements of Division Hermann Gbring, as well as various other Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe, Police, and Fortress units... Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2
The St. Goar Assault Scenario#: O     Date: 3/24/1945     Location: Saint Goar, Germany Germany’s army was beaten. The Rhine River had been crossed at Remagen and elsewhere. As more and more of the Allied forces closed in on the Rhine, there was a growing tendency to simply take it “on the run” rather than shift to an existing… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #26.1
The Taking of Object 59 Scenario#: FB15     Date: 2/7/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary By 6 February, the loss of Sas-hegy placed the German troops holding the Austrian built Citadelia atop the Gellert-hegy in imminent danger of being overrun from the south by the Soviet 83rd Marine Brigade. Further to the north the Soviet 297th Rifle… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
The Terror of the Castle Scenario#: FB07     Date: 1/31/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary One partial success in penetrating the Axis main line of resistance was achieved by the Soviets on 30 January when an assault group swiftly stormed across the Vermezo from the intersection of Bors utca and Krisztina Korut and seized the primary… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
The Whirlwind Scenario#: S     Date: 4/18/1945     Location: Aschaffenburg, Germany On the night of 17th of April, elements of a recon troop of the American 26th Infantry Division occupied a tiny village on the outskirts of Aschaffenburg without opposition. Based on civilian reports of the presence by the enemy, the staff of the… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #28.4
Three for the Third Scenario#: J144     Date: 4/18/1945     Location: Nüremberg, Germany As the Third Infantry Division approached the center of Nuremberg, the battle developed into the type of fighting the US had hoped to avoid. Slow, costly advances through the rubble-strewn streets deprived the XV Corps of their mobility advantage,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9
Thrust and Parry Scenario#: U11     Date: 3/15/1945     Location: Pfaffenheck, Germany Between the Moselle and the Rhine rivers, the US Army ground forward on a broad front. The Germans struggled to hold open escape routes to the Rhine. General Hoehne launched two simultaneous counterattacks. The first, by newly arrived SS troops, was… Advanced Squad Leader — G.I.s Dozen
Tickling the Ivories Scenario#: HS24     Date: 2/19/1945     Location: Goch, Germany The Canadians dug in immediately upon capturing the Schwanenhof farm. German fallschirmjager counterattacked soon after but were repulsed. Major Kennedy, the wounded commander of B Company, barked out orders from his cellar command post, directing… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 2 - Operation Veritable