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X Corps Landing Scenario#: 21688 Date: October 20, 1944 Location: Leyte Beach, Phillipines After four hours of heavy naval gunfire on 20 October, called 'A-day', the X Army Corps landed on the beach on the east coast of Leyte. The X Army Corps took Tacloban and the airport as soon as possible, both … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2020
Attack on Hill B&C Scenario#: 21690 Date: October 25, 1944 Location: Palo, Phillipines After securing Palo the Americans wanted to advance inland into Leyte Valley along highway 2. But the two hills overlooking highway 2, Hill B and Hill C were firmly in Japanese hands. After an initial skirmish for Hill Nan by … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2020
Breakneck Ridge Scenario#: 21692 Date: November 07, 1944 Location: Ormoc Valley, Phillipines After reaching Carigara through the Leyte valley, Leyte is divided in two. The Japanese army was still able to provide reinforcements via Ormoc, so it was necessary to pierce the mountains as soon as possible to occupy Ormoc. Japanese troops … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2020
Shoestring Ridge Scenario#: 21689 Date: November 23, 1944 Location: Damulaan, Phillipines The arrival of the 11th Airborne Division on 22 November 1944 allowed Gen. Hodge to move the rest of the 7th Division to the west, in the direction of Ormoc. The Japanese had to stop this advance to secure the … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2020
Battle for the Airstrips Scenario#: 21676 Date: December 05, 1944 Location: Burauen, Phillipines The Japanese high command fears the growing air superiority of the US and comes up with a bold plan. Paratroopers of the 3th and 4th Airborne regiment will be dropped at the Burauen airstrips. During the night they will destroy … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2020
Jaws of the 6th Army Scenario#: 21687 Date: December 14, 1944 Location: Limon, Phillipines The Allies start their advance on December 5 from the vicinity of Limon. They encountered very determined resistance from the Japanese south of the Leyte River bridge. The enemy defences around Limon and Hill 1525 consisted of numerous foxholes and … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2020
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
First battle for Schmidt Scenario#: 24378 Date: October 06, 1944 Location: Germeter, Germany Hürtgen Forest is a rugged area between the Ruhr and Aachen. The German defenders had numerous bunkers in the area, mostly belonging to the deep defences of the Siegfried Line. The dense forest allowed infiltration and flanking attacks, and it … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2022
Hill 400 Scenario#: 24374 Date: December 07, 1944 Location: Bergstein, Germany Hill 400 is the name given by Allied forces during World War II to a 400 metres high hill located east of the centre of Bergstein, a village in the Eifel region of Germany. This small mountain provides a view … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2022
Saarlautern Bridgehead Scenario#: 24364 Date: December 04, 1944 Location: Saarlautern, Germany After the capture of the main Saarlautern bridge the previous day, the 95th division managed to form a bridgehead on the other side of the river. The main effort of these troops went into pushing forward towards Fraulautern and to … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2022
Clearing of the Echternach Bulge Scenario#: 24370 Date: February 06, 1945 Location: Echternach, Germany The battle of the Bulge finished in January 1945. The 417th Infantry Division and the 5th Armored Division had to cross the Sauer between Bollendorf and Echternach to take the first hill mass, not quite a mile beyond the Sauer. … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2022
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
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
Bug River Scenario#: 1311 Date: 6/22/1941 Location: Matykaky, Belarus On June 22, 1941, the 18th Panzer Division made an unusual assault across the Bug River. The first wave of infantry in Sturmboot assault craft was followed by anti-tank and artillery on decked inflatable rafts. Even more remarkable, were the … Memoir '44 — Eastern Front
Gates of Moscow Scenario#: 1325 Date: 10/18/1941 Location: Moscow, Russia In October, the German High Command launched the final offensive of 1941 - Operation Typhoon. The initial German success on the Eastern Front had put them deep into the Soviet Union on all fronts, but the advance slowed before they … Memoir '44 — Eastern Front
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
Red Barricades Factory Scenario#: 1407 Date: 10/22/1942 Location: Stalingrad, Russia By mid October the fighting amidst the rubble of the Red Barricades Factory Complex in the northern section of Stalingrad had drawn in more and more of the German 6th Army's forces. On the 22nd the 79th Infantry division, supported … Memoir '44 — Eastern Front
Suomussalmi Scenario#: 1409 Date: 12/16/1939 Location: Suomussalmi, Finland The Soviet Army crossed the border into Finland in the last days of November, 1939. On December 8th, they reached the lightly defended village of Suomussalmi. The next day, Colonel Hjalmar Siilasvuo, a veteran of WWI, brought in reinforcements and … Memoir '44 — Eastern Front
Breakout at Klin Scenario#: 1433 Date: 12/7/1941 Location: Nekrasino, Russia When the German offensive against Moscow came to a halt on December 6, 1941, the 1st Panzer Division was ordered to Klin with the mission of keeping the town open for the withdrawal of other German formations. It succeeded in … Memoir '44 — Eastern Front
Breakout to Lisyanka Scenario#: 1434 Date: 2/16/1944 Location: Komarovka, Russia In January, 1944 a large pocket of 6 German divisions with over 56,000 troops had been cut-off by the Soviet Army's 1st and 2nd Ukrainian Front troops. For days the Russians continued the attack in an attempt to split up … Memoir '44 — Eastern Front
Operation Seydlitz Scenario#: 1408 Date: 7/2/1942 Location: Kholm–Zhirkovsky, Russia Having survived the Soviet winter offensive, the Germans set about eradicating enemy forces far in their rear. Assembling a formidable collection of Infantry, Armor and Mounted units near the River Luchesa, they opened the attack with an intense… Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack
Battle of Nezuet Ghirba Scenario#: 4178 Date: 6/16/1940 Location: Nezuet Ghirba, Egypt Mussolini declared war on France and Britain on June 10, 1940. In Egypt, British frontier forces were immediately ordered to infiltrate the border and attack the Italian forts of Maddalena and Capuzzo. By June 14th, both outposts had fallen. Two … Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack
Le Havre Scenario#: 5871 Date: 9/10/1944 Location: Le Havre, France Major General "Bubbles" Barker's Polar Bears have assembled the biggest collection of Hobart's Funnies ever seen in one place in preparation for an assault on the German-held Channel port of Le Havre. These 'Funnies' were specialist armored vehicles… Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack
Battle of Celles Scenario#: 7218 Date: 12/25/1944 Location: Celles, Belgium During the first week of the German offensive in the Ardennes, Field Marshal Montgomery moved the XXX British Corps along the Meuse river to prevent enemy forces from crossing over. The 29th Armored Brigade, reinforced by the 8th Battalion … Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack
Offensive on Saint-Lô Scenario#: 7406 Date: 7/11/1944 Location: Saint-Lo, France By July 1944, the Norman "bocage" (hedgerows) had caused many casualties in the American ranks, their personnel little use to this peculiar terrain's features. Aware of the risks of getting bogged down, General Bradley prepared Operation Cobra as a… Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack
The Maginot Four à Chaux Scenario#: 8660 Date: 6/19/1940 Location: Ouvrage Four-à-Chaux, France On the 17th of June 1940, with the Battle of France definitively lost, Maréchal Pétain awkwardly announced to the French people a cease fire. The German army took advantage of this by attacking the last standing French fortification: the … Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack
Panzer attack on Hill 140 Scenario#: 8730 Date: 8/9/1944 Location: Mazieres, France By August 9, 1944, Operation Totalize had lost its momentum in the face of stiff Resistance from German troops, now busy establishing a new defensive line on the Laizon river. Then tragedy struck for the British: lost in darkness, Worthington … Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack
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
The Bourbourg - Brouckerque Line Scenario#: 10908 Date: 5/30/1940 Location: Spycker, France In an effort to bring German artillery into range of Dunkirk, elements of Panzergruppe von Kleist pushed their light tanks toward Spycker, on May 30, 1940. After a preliminary bombardment of perimeter defenses, the Germans slowly moved forward. But… Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack
Canal de la Haute Colme Scenario#: 10909 Date: 5/30/1940 Location: Canal de la Haute Colme, France In conjunction with an evening attack by the 11 Schützen, the SS-Regiment "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler" moved forward to try and break the French line around Dunkirk, splitting the 225th and 341th Regiments. But crossing the Canal de la Haute Colme … Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack
Winter fight at Kuhmo Scenario#: 10922 Date: 11/30/1939 Location: Kuhmo, Finland On November 30, 1939, the Soviet Union broke off diplomatic relations with Finland and attacked by air and land without declaring war. Ordered to repel the Russian 54th Rifle Division in the North, elements of the 13th Finish Reinforced Battalion … Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack
Fire action at Singling Scenario#: 10924 Date: 12/6/1944 Location: Singling, France The US 4th Armor Division, under the direction of Col. Creighton Abrams, had been broken into two Combat teams. On December 6, 1944, its lead elements came under heavy fire in the Lorraine Sector, when approaching the village of Singling. … Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack
Out of Kemi Scenario#: 10925 Date: 10/3/1944 Location: Kemi, Finland Following the Moscow Armistice, Finnish troops began to boot their erstwhile German ally against the Soviet Union out of Lapland. In a bid to speed up the Germans' retreat toward Northern Norway, the troops of General Hjalmar Siilasvuo devised an … Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack
Twin Battles at Warnach & Bigonville Scenario#: 10932 Date: 12/23/1944 Location: Warnach, Belgium On the afternoon of December 23, 1944, American engineers completed setting up a bridge south of Warnach. General Earnest's men, led by the 35th Tank Battalion, rapidly advanced towards Warnach, but were soon pushed back. On their right, Colonel… Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack
High Stakes at Bruyères Scenario#: 10937 Date: 10/17/1944 Location: Bruyeres, France In the heavily wooded valleys of the Vosges Mountains, a bitter battle pitched the US 36th and 45th Infantry Divisions against the German 338th Volksgrenadier and 198th Infantry Divisions, in October 1944. The Allies had been ordered to move forward… Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack
Operation Epsom Scenario#: 10962 Date: 6/27/1944 Location: Tourmauville, France Operation Epsom was General Montgomery's plan to outflank and seize the German-occupied city of Caen. VIIIth British Corps' main objective was to break through the German lines by crossing the Odon River and driving for Hill 112. On June 26, … Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack
Italian Diversion at Gazala Scenario#: 4229 Date: 5/26/1942 Location: Gazala, Libya In late 1941, the Eighth Army drove the Axis out of Cyrenaica but British lines got so stretched that, by January '42, Rommel was back on the offensive and pressing towards Tobruk. Concentrating their forces near Gazala, the British : … Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack Bonus
Saint Roche Station Scenario#: 4460 Date: 5/20/1940 Location: Saint Roche, France Foiiowlng some disastrous fights during the Battle of France. the British Expeditionary Force found itself cut-off from the rest of the French army and surrounded in the port-city of Dunkirk. Remains of the British army engaged in some desperate… Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack Bonus
Cavalry Charge at Chebotarevsky Scenario#: 10903 Date: 8/24/1942 Location: Chebotarevsky, Russia In the clash between Soviet and German forces during the summer of 1942, the Italian Cavalry Regiments of Colonel Bettoni were tasked with defending the Don River. On August 20, the Soviets attacked; their initial assault on the left flank … Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack Bonus
Operation Little Saturn Scenario#: 10913 Date: 12/16/1942 Location: Mamon, Russia Operation Uranus was a complete success for the Soviets, trapping the German 6th Arrny and 4th Panzer Army in Stalingrad. To exploit this victory, the Soviet general staff planned a winter campaign. Soviet forces consolidated their positions around… Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack Bonus
Yasnaya Polyana Scenario#: 10920 Date: 8/12/1941 Location: Yasnaya Polyana, Russia In July of 1941, Mussolini sent Italian troops to take part in Operation Barbarossa. These men were pooled together with German troops to form the 9‘“ Pasubio. As the Axis rolled into Russia, this unit's advance guard was ordered to … Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack Bonus
French Stand near Arras Scenario#: 10921 Date: 5/20/1940 Location: Arras, France During the fall of the Dunkirk pocket, several French and British launched desperate attacks to slow the German advance, allowing the B.E.F. to evacuate by sea. On May 20, near Arras, the French 3rd DLI (Light Motorized Division), placed under … Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack Bonus
Vetko Village Scenario#: 10923 Date: 1/12/1940 Location: Vetko, Finland In January 1940, during the Winter War, Stalin ordered the 2nd Soviet Ski Brigade, under the command of Colonel Konstan Dolin, to relieve the 54th Rifle Division who the Finns had encircled and cut off. Dolin, moved into Finland toward … Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack Bonus
Torbung Scenario#: 10927 Date: 5/16/1944 Location: Torbung, Burma In March of 1944, the Japanese launched an offensive in Burma against the British 14th Army. After a month of hard fighting, their attack, plagued by poor supply lines, began to falter. Seeing an opportunity to counter-attack, General "Punch" Cowan … Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack Bonus