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Rabaul Rousers Scenario#: M1     Date: 23-Jan-42     Location: Rabaul, New Britain, New Guinea The Australian men of Lt. W. G. Grant’s platoon of Coy. A, 2/22 Bn. were the forward elements defending the beachhead on the northern slopes of Mt. Vulcan. Grant's view across Simpson Bay showed the city of Rabaul and its … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #4: New Guinea
Race for Rescue Scenario#: Guad08     Date: September 27th, 1942     Location: Guadalcanal With the knowledge that the Japanese were more organized than initially thought, Maj Gen Vandegrift has committed the 5th Marines (now commanded by the recently promoted Edson) and Griffith’s 1st Raiders to support the 7th Marines after their fight… Conflict of Heroes — Guadalcanal
Race to the River Scenario#: SF01     Date: 1945-02-05     Location: Manila, Philippines Flames from a huge fire in the Tondo District forced the Americans to alter their path of advance towards the Pasig River east into the Binondo District in Manila. To slow the American advance, the Japanese set up roadblocks at key intersections… Advanced Squad Leader — Sword and Fire: Manila
Raid on Makin Atoll Scenario#: GuadAE2     Date: August 17th, 1942     Location: Makin Atoll Makin Atoll is a Japanese sea plane base in the Gilbert Islands and is garrisoned by 71 men of the Japanese 62nd Garrison Force led by Warrant Officer Kyuzaburo Kanemitsu. The 200 strong Marine 2nd Raiders have traveled secretly to … Conflict of Heroes — Guadalcanal
Raid on Taivu Scenario#: HotP01     Date: 1942-09-08     Location: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of the Pacific
Raider Ridge Scenario#: OA30     Date: 6/29/1943     Location: Choi River, New Georgia The Marine 4th Raider Battalion was assigned the mission of clearing Viru Harbor. P and O Companies landed in the night at Regi, and fought a pair of rearguard actions as it marched towards Viru Harbor. On the 29th, Lt Devillo Brown was sent down a… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Attic #2
Raiders Scenario#: P01     Date: August 5, 1942     Location: Guadalcanal, Soloman Islands Leading up to Operation Watchtower, Marine Raiders carried out missions to gather intelligence and wreak havoc on Japanese lines of communication. At dawn, the Raiders deploy from their boats. Their orders, find and destroy the enemy radio tower. Old School Tactical — Volume 3 Pacific
Rain of Death Scenario#: Guad10     Date: October 23rd, 1942     Location: Guadalcanal It is clear to Vandegrift that the Japanese are intent on attacking Henderson Field from the west along the coast. With the Japanese removed from their positions east of the Matanikau, the Marines have extended their perimeter to guard the … Conflict of Heroes — Guadalcanal
Rampage Scenario#: H04     Date: June 26, 1944     Location: Saipan, Mariana Islands A large number of Japanese soldiers had been cutoff and trapped near Nafutan Point when the US offensive pressed North. On this night, a number of these units break free with orders to rejoin the main army and cause as … Old School Tactical — Hell Bent Pacific
Ramsey's Charge Scenario#: 148     Date: 1/16/1942     Location: Morong, Philippines The village of Morong, situated on a good river defensive line, had been inexplicably abandoned by the Philippine 1st Division. An advance guard was needed to reconnoiter and secure the town. The task fell to the ragged troopers and bony horses of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 13 - Rising Sun
Rebel Yell Scenario#: HFO05     Date: 1943-05-21     Location: Attu Island, Usa Lock 'n Load Tactical — Hell Frozen Over
Rebuked at Rabi Scenario#: M3     Date: 3-Sep-42     Location: Milne Bay, New Guinea The Japanese attempt to seize the allied airfields in the vicinity of Rabi (Operation Re) encountered unexpected stiff Resistance from the defending Australians of Milne Force. After initial gains the 5th Kure Special Naval Landing Force was driven… Combat Commander — Battle Pack #4: New Guinea
Red Beach Scenario#: H02     Date: November 20, 1943     Location: Betio Island, Tarawa The Japanese had worked on fortifying Betio Island for almost a year before the Marines arrived. Rear Admiral Keiji Shibazaki boasted to his troops that it would take ”one million men one hundred years” to conquer Tarawa. As the Marines … Old School Tactical — Hell Bent Pacific
Red Beach, Red Scenario#: HotP04     Date: 1943-11-20     Location: Tarawa, Gilbert Islands Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of the Pacific
Red Star, Red Sun Scenario#: 65     Date: 7/5/1939     Location: Nomonhan, Mongolia In May 1939, a dispute broke out over the boundary between Soviet-controlled Outer Mongolia and Japanese-held Manchuria. After a Soviet and Mongolian combined-arms force virtually annihilated a Japanese recon party, the heavily reinforced 23rd… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 8 - Code of Bushido
Restoration Scenario#: HS05     Date: 9/13/1942     Location: Lunga Ridge, Guadalcanal On the night of September 12th, leading elements of Major General Kiyotaki Kawaguchi's 35th Infantry Brigade attacked the positions of the Raiders to the west of Lunga Ridge, overrunning C Company's positions. By the morning the Raiders were forced… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 1 - Operation Watchtower
Rikusentai Scenario#: BRT04     Date: 11/23/1943     Location: Betio Island, Tarawa One objective the Marines should have captured by D+2 was the junction between Red Beach One and Red Beach Two. But Commander Sugai, second in command on Betio and commander of the Sasebo 7th Rikusentai, had made the area - dubbed the "Pocket" by the… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 5 - Blood Reef: Tarawa
Roi Landings Scenario#: 3585     Date: 2/1/1944     Location: Roi-Namur, Marshall Islands The assault on Roi-Namur started with the USS Tennessee shelling the blockhouse on eastern side of the islands, near the sand spit connecting Roi to Namur. Tanks of the 1st Armored Amphibian Tractor Battalion landed first on Roi near Wendy … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Roi Namur Landings Scenario#: 3589     Date: 2/1/1944     Location: Roi-Namur, Marshall Islands Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands - Eager to set up forward air bases capable of supporting operations across the mid-Pacific and into Japan, the U.S. desperately needed to take the Marianas Islands. But this archipelago of volcanic mountains was so… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Ryan's Orphans Scenario#: BRT03     Date: 11/22/1943     Location: Betio Island, Tarawa D-Day for the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines called for K and I Companies to land in the initial assault wave, followed by L Company under Major Michael Ryan. K and I Companies were pinned down by enfilading fire from the re-entrant beach. Like everyone… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 5 - Blood Reef: Tarawa
Samurai Sunset Scenario#: HC3     Date: 10/8/1942     Location: Matanikau Village, Guadalcanal As part of a larger offensive designed to drive Japanese forces away from the Matanikau valley, two battalions from the 5th Marines and elements of the 1st Raider Battalion attacked west from the Lunga perimeter on October 7, forcing an infantry… Advanced Squad Leader — Operations Special Issue #3
Sat Sri Akal! Scenario#: AP058     Date: 1/2/1942     Location: Kampar, Malaya As the veteran troops of the Japanese 5th Infantry Division pushed down the Malay peninsula, the 11th Indian Division opposing it was forced to amalgamate several units from the battered 6th Brigade into the 15th Brigade, creating the composite… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #6 A Decade of War
Scarlet Beach Scenario#: M12     Date: 17-Oct-43     Location: Song River, New Guinea As the Allies progressed up the New Guinea coast. General Adachi’s XVIII Army desperately counterattacked. To support a 20th Division thrust into the Allied perimeter around Finschhafen, Adachi dispatched barges loaded with remnants of 1st Lt.… Combat Commander — Battle Pack #4: New Guinea
Sea of Tranquility Scenario#: 72     Date: 10/7/1944     Location: Peleliu, Palau Islands Although the island of Peleliu had been declared secure on September 30th, about a thousand Japanese remained in an area some 900 yards long by 400 yards wide. In some of the fiercest fighting of the entire Pacific campaign they had repelled in… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 9 - Gung Ho!
Shanghai in Flames Scenario#: 145     Date: 10/27/1937     Location: Shanghai, China After two months of heavy fighting in and around Shanghai, the Chinese Army was forced to retreat to the south bank of Suzhou Creek. Covering the retreat was the 524th Regiment of the Chinese 88th Division led by Lt.-Col. Hsieh Chin-yuan. The… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 13 - Rising Sun
Shattered Bobdubi Scenario#: M11     Date: 30-Jun-43     Location: Bobdubi Ridge, New Guinea Following the Allied victory at Buna, Australian infantry pushed northwest toward the next enemy coastal base in a war of small-unit actions across the jungle tracks and kunai-grass heights of the interior. As a pincer with a US landing near … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #4: New Guinea
Shoestring Ridge Scenario#: 61     Date: 11/24/1944     Location: Damulaan, Leyte On Leyte in the Philippines, the U.S. 32nd Infantry Regiment seized the town of Dumulaan with ease. Several days later they received news that a large Japanese force was moving toward them. One battalion supported by artillery was to hold the point… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 8 - Code of Bushido
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
Shoji’s Escape Scenario#: GuadAE3     Date: November 9th, 1942     Location: Koli Point, Guadalcanal The Japanese have suffered a crushing defeat at Henderson Field, and Colonel Shoji was ordered to divert his forces towards Koli Point, about 13 miles east of the Lunga River. The Japanese have sent multiple destroyers loaded with fresh troops, … Conflict of Heroes — Guadalcanal
Shot For Shot Scenario#: P15     Date: July 8, 1944     Location: Biak, New Guinea Once the airfields had been captured by the Americans, the battle for Biak became a slow, grinding affair. The terrain kept most engagements to a small scale. Squads and platoons fighting over small patches of land which meant nothing at … Old School Tactical — Volume 3 Pacific
Shotgun Shuffle Scenario#: WO39     Date: 06/15/1944     Location: Afetna Point, Saipan After the ineffective Naval bombardment of Afetna, the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines landed about 600 meters north of the point. They were to clear the trenches and bunkers held by the 47th Independent Mixed Brigade. The Marines had been issued… Advanced Squad Leader — Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2022
Siam Sambal Scenario#: 248     Date: 1/16/1941     Location: Yang Dang Khum, Cambodia On 5 January 1941, following the report of a French attack on the Thai border town of Aranyaprathet, the Thai Burapha and Isan Armies launched an offensive on Laos and Cambodia. French response was instantaneous, but many units were simply swept… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
Silent and Swift Scenario#: P13     Date: January 3, 1944     Location: Cape Gloucester, New Britian After a heartbreaking day at Suicide Creek, a weapons platoon pulls back and start digging in for the night. Seen by no one, a group of Japanese have moved silently across the river at dusk. With their long bayonets fixed, … Old School Tactical — Volume 3 Pacific
Sims Ridge Scenario#: HS16     Date: 1/13/1943     Location: Galloping Horse, Guadalcanal The 27th Infantry Regiment had been attacking the 900-foot-high hill called Galloping Horse for three days. Only Hill 523, the head of the horse-shaped mass, was left. F Company would advance through the jungle on the right flank. E Company would… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 1 - Operation Watchtower
Singapore Scenario#: 6089     Date: 2/9/1942     Location: Singapore, Singapore With his troops' morale crumbling, and believing he faced 5 Japanese divisions and 300 tanks, Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival made the decision to withdraw to Singapore. General Bennett paid a final visit to his friend the Sultan of Johore and… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Slicing the Throat Scenario#: AP085     Date: 1/19/1942     Location: Tavoy, Burma Men of the 3rd and 6th Burma Rifles were about to experience their baptism of fire. The Japanese were coming. They were coming not from the south, but from the east. British plans for the defence of Burma and Malaya were partly predicated on the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #9 To the Bridge!
Slim River Scenario#: 6051     Date: 1/7/1941     Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Successive outflanking maneuvers down the west coast of Malaya by the Japanese, forced General Percival to create a new defense line to the south in Johore state. Percival urged Lieutenant-General Lewis "Piggy" Heath, commander of III Indian Corps,… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2
Slopes of Hell Scenario#: L     Date: 4-Sep-42     Location: Kokoda Trail, New Guinea The 2/16th Battalion (Australian 21st Brigade) had fallen back from Templeton's Crossing and finally reached the positions of the battered 2/14th Battalion, which in turn dropped back to the mountain village of Myola. Meanwhile, the Koiwai Battalion… Combat Commander — CC: Pacific
Slopes of Mount Austen Scenario#: 1413     Date: 1/10/1943     Location: Mount Austen, Guadalcanal At the close of the year, Maj. Gen. Millard Harmon, commanding U.S. Army Forces in the South Pacific concluded that Mount Austen, the high ground that dominated American positions around Henderson Field, had to be taken in order to secure … Memoir '44 — Pacific Theater
Slopes of Mount Austen Scenario#: 3727     Date: 1/22/1943     Location: Mount Austen, Guadalcanal At the close of the year, Major General Millard Harmon, commanding U.S. Army Forces in the South Pacific concluded that Mount Austen, the high ground that dominated American positions around Henderson Field, had to be taken in order to secure … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Slow and Steady Scenario#: J007     Date: 3/5/1944     Location: Hukawng Valley, Burma None. Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #1
Smashing the Hook Scenario#: AP090     Date: 2/18/1942     Location: Danyingon, Burma The British were desperate to cover the Salween River crossings; the Japanese were juts as anxious to secure them. Aggressive moves by both sides led to a particularly active fight for control of the Yinon crossing. Having beaten back an attack on… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #9 To the Bridge!
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
Smith & Weston Scenario#: 155     Date: 3/26/1944     Location: Warong, Burma Two American platoons, Lt. Logan Weston's Intelligence and Recon platoon and Lt. Warren Smith's rifle platoon of the 3rd Battalion, had been left in place to block the trails leading east to Auche, thus covering the withdrawal of "Merrill's… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 13 - Rising Sun
Soviet Infiltration Scenario#: 17872     Date: 7/7/1939     Location: Khalkh River, Mongolia As the Japanese recovered from their failed offensive from early July, Zhukov planned a Soviet infiltration. A Soviet faint would hold the enemy in position in the south while his real plan unfolded. On July 7th a combined force of … Memoir '44 — Battle Maps Series 2 - Battles of Khalkhin-Gol
Sparrow Force Scenario#: AP164     Date: 2/22/1942     Location: Oesau, West Timor Following Pearl Harbor. the Japanese attacked key locations in Asia, including Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore. The islands of Java and Sumatra contained key raw materials and bases and also formed part of the Japanese expansion plans. Leading the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under
Spring and Summer Scenario#: S080     Date: 8/27/1942     Location: Isurava, New Guinea The Japanese had landed on the northwest corner of Papua New Guinea on 21 July and began their trek towards Port Moresby. The Australian Army moved to prevent the Japanese intentions, and the first clash along the Kokoda Trail occurred two days later… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Starter Kit Expansion Pack #2
Squeeze Play Scenario#: J151     Date: 5/25/1944     Location: Marbam, Burma Following a heavy downpour, the temporary command for the battle of Imphal called WOODFORCE, decided to launch a new assault on the village of Marbam. The 10th Baluch Regiment would be sent in to clear Marbam and the ridge to the west, both of which… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #10
Stalemate Scenario#: F     Date: 20-Sep-44     Location: Peleliu, Palau The Japanese unveiled a new defensive approach on Peleliu using well-entrenched positions, extensive caves, and natural barriers across the island. This was developed by Colonel Nakagawa, commander of the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the 14th Infantry… Combat Commander — CC: Pacific
Starvation Island Scenario#: P07     Date: January 16, 1943     Location: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Nearing the end of the Guadalcanal campaign, Japanese forces on the island were on the brink of collapse. The IJA and IJN would evacuate and save as many as they could. To protect and buy time for the evacuation, fresh … Old School Tactical — Volume 3 Pacific