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Anchoring the Line Scenario#: RB14     Date: 12/31/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia Since the 19th of November the tide in Stalingrad had begun its fateful turn. For on that day to the north and south of the city, the Soviet Army launched a massive two-pronged counterattack, on a 200-kilometer front, with 10 infantry divisions,… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL10a - Red Factories
Sandbanks of the Volga Scenario#: RB13     Date: 11/11/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia The objective for Major Braun and his men was to capture the fuel tank complex and penetrate to the shoreline of the Volga itself. Though Major Braun and his men had briefly reached the fuel tanks on 2nd November, they had been ousted by a… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL10a - Red Factories
The 138 of the 138th Scenario#: RB12     Date: 11/17/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia On the 11th of November the Germans launched an offensive in the Barrikady district with elements of two infantry divisions, backed up by five especially formed pioneer battalions, armed with satchel charges and flamethrowers. In addition two assault… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL10a - Red Factories
Ghosts in the Rubble Scenario#: RB09     Date: 10/31/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia The last ferry-landing across the Volga was under German machinegun fire and the Russians were barely holding their positions in the rubble around Krasny Oktyabr and the Barrikady. Rather than waiting passively for the final blow, the Soviet “Army… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL10a - Red Factories
Stone Age Caves Scenario#: RO7     Date: 12/26/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia One month had passed since the German 6th Army had been surrounded by the Soviet counteroffensive of 19 November, but periodic spurts of fighting still erupted in the cold ruins of the Red October factory. A Russian war correspondent wrote that the… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL10a - Red Factories
The Playing Field Scenario#: RO6     Date: 12/15/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia By the end of the second week in December the former defenders of Stalingrad were finally ready to take the initiative and begin their bid to recapture the ruined city. In the southern end of the Red October factory complex, two of those structures… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL10a - Red Factories
Men of Steel Scenario#: RO5     Date: 11/11/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia Operation HUBERTUS would be the Germans’ final bid to capture Stalingrad’s devastated factory district, one last attempt to secure the prize on the Volga that Hitler so dearly craved. The better part of three bloodied but still effective German… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL10a - Red Factories
The Martinofen Scenario#: RO4     Date: 11/11/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia Dominating the Krasny Oktyabr factory complex, the mammoth Hall 4 was the lynchpin of the Soviet defense. The enterprising Soviets had turned the factory’s 14 recessed “Martin Ovens” into a series of impregnable fortresses, interconnected with… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL10a - Red Factories
Defenders of Stalingrad Scenario#: RO3     Date: 10/25/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia German control of the southern half of the Krasny Oktyabr factory complex was tenuous. Dug-in troops of Guriev’s 39th Guards Rifle Division were able to pour “unbelievable machine gun fire” from the Martin Shop on all the nearby roads and trenches,… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL10a - Red Factories
Second Step Scenario#: RO2     Date: 10/23/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia By 0930 the Germans’ first objective, the north-south railroad embankment west of the factory, had been reached. The attack plan then called for a brief interlude to allow fresh troops of the second wave to come up and for continued bombardment of… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL10a - Red Factories
Blood on the Tracks Scenario#: RO1     Date: 10/23/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia By 23 October the German 6th Army had secured Stalingrad’s tractor factory and gained a solid foothold in the Barrikady gun factory. Their conquest of the southernmost of the three factory complexes, the Krasny Oktyabr steel factory had not yet… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL10a - Red Factories
Oh Joy! Scenario#: RB11     Date: 10/28/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia Although desperate to buy time to allow the 45th Division to be ferried across the Volga at night, the Russians had no more reserves. During the 27th, the shattered 118th Rifle Regiment had a bit of luck. To their surprise, they recovered three tanks… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL10a - Red Factories
Fire on the Volga Scenario#: RB08     Date: 10/27/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia For the Russians, this was rapidly becoming yet another critical day in the defense of their ruined city. Elements of the German 79th Infantry Division had pushed toward the Krasny Oktyabr steel mill, bringing the HQ of Guryev’s 39th Guards Division… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL10a - Red Factories
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
Crossing the Bloody Meadow Scenario#: FB16     Date: 2/8/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary By February, elements from the Soviet 297th Rifle Division had successfully fought their way toward the Southern Railway Station. After two days of heavy fighting, infantry aided by Soviet armored units had isolated the area around the station and… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
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
At The Narrow Passage Scenario#: FB14     Date: 2/7/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary FB14 is the first “official” three-player scenarios. One player plays the Germans, and the second player plays the Soviets. However, the third player plays the Hungarians that are fighting along BOTH sides. The scenario thus has four player turns… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
Don't Economize Scenario#: FB13     Date: 2/7/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary As the last German gliders had landed on the Vermezo on 5 February, the availability of ammunition and fuel for Axis units had become severely limited. Conversely, Soviet units were extremely well supplied, to the extent that the Russians had begun… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
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
Boy Soldier Scenario#: FB11     Date: 2/4/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary Although the Soviets did succeed in capturing several buildings at the base of the Várhegy, they were evicted after a fierce counterattack by the men of Lt. Col. Veresváry’s Budapest Watch Battalion. On 4 February, Soviet infantry form the 297th… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
Return of the Black Company Scenario#: FB10     Date: 2/3/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary The men of SS-Kavallerie-Division 8 “Florian Geyer” were scrambling for their lives as two and a half months of near continuous fighting had reduced the unit to a shadow of its former self. By 3 February, the troops which had been holding out for the… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
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
For Want of Either Crust or Crumb Scenario#: FB08     Date: 2/1/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary Axis defenders suffered a serious blow on 26 December when the Soviets captured one of Budapest’s largest supply depots, resulting in the loss of approximately 300,000 daily rations and 450 tons of ammunition. To complicate matters, the main airport… 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
Came Tumbling After Scenario#: FB06     Date: 1/29/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary With the fall of the Kis-Svábhegy on 24 January, the security of the Axis positions east of Castle Hill was seriously compromised as Soviet observers now had a dominating position from which to direct their artillery. On 29 January, the commander of… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
Siesta Time Scenario#: FB05     Date: 1/29/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary By 26 January, the Soviet 297th Tank Rifle Division had finally pushed the Hungarian Vannay Battalion out of the Városmajor. One building that still remained firmly in Hungarian hands was the Siesta Sanatorium located on Városmajor utca just to the… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
HKL 259 Scenario#: FB04     Date: 1/24/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary Since the beginning of the siege on 25 December, German and Hungarian forces on the Buda side of the Danube had built their defenses around a series of hills located a few kilometers west of the river. By the middle of January, several of the… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
Furor Hungaricus Scenario#: FB03     Date: 1/20/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary Unwilling to accept the 19 January loss of the Városmajor to the Soviets, Major Lázlo Vannay quickly regrouped his men for an assault at 0500 the next morning, having secured the support of two Zrinyi IIs from the 10th Assault Gun Brigade and… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
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
Uncles and Pups Scenario#: FB01     Date: 1/1/1945     Location: Budapest, Hungary By 26 December 1944, Soviet forces were finally able to complete the outer encirclement of Budapest when lead units of the 18th Tank Corps linked up with forward elements of the 6th Guards Tank Army northwest of the city near Estergom. Beginning on… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 8 - Festung Budapest
On the Verge of Extinction Scenario#: VOTG17     Date: 1/30/1943     Location: Stalingrad, Russia On 10 January, thousands of Russian guns heralded the start of Operation Koltso, and the armies of the Stalingrad Front began to attack den Kessel (the cauldron). Gradually the perimeter shrank, and finally the German Army was split into several… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
Under Murderous Fire Scenario#: VOTG16     Date: 11/24/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia On 24 November, sappers arrived to deactivate the minefield surrounding "Pavlov's House", which they accomplished without being fired on. Shortly thereafter, Sgt. Pavlov received orders to attack a building that was about one hundred yards across the… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
Perfected in Battle Scenario#: VOTG15     Date: 10/24/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia The nature of the close quarter fighting dictated the development of new tactics. The Soviet 62nd Army formed small shock units termed "Storm Groups" - assault groups equipped with grenades and tommy-guns, which would first attack the objective, with… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
Escape from Komsomol Park Scenario#: VOTG13     Date: 9/24/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia Since 14 September, elements of the 272nd NKVD Regiment were defending the area around Komsomol Park. The NKVD Regiment became cut off and surrounded in the park. The trapped units included the regimental staff, along with 17 seamen from Batrakov's… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
Siberian Shockwave Scenario#: VOTG12     Date: 9/23/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia General Chuikov desperately wanted to gain complete control of the main ferry landings, which had fallen into German hands, and were prefect locations for the Germans to interdict reinforcements crossing the Volga. Help was on the way in the form of… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
A Dangerous Possibility Scenario#: VOTG11     Date: 9/22/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia It was at the flanks of the 34th Guards Regiment where the Germans directed particularly heavy attacks. One thrust penetrated the Dolgyi Gully and came out in the rear along the riverbank. Another ttack broke through along Tambovskaya Street,… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
The Darkest Day Scenario#: VOTG10     Date: 9/21/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia On 20 September, a civilian informed Lt. Dragan that a massive German buildup was taking place. Fortifications and street barricades were prepared as well as detachments of men armed with anti-tank rifles and molotov cocktails to combat tanks. The… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
Eviction Notice Scenario#: VOTG09     Date: 9/18/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia A group of German tommy-gunners had seized some buildings at the intersection of Respublikanskaya and Kievskaya streets, and to evict them General Chuikov organized an immediate counterattack. A platoon of tanks that was positioned near the slopes of… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
Hammer and Nail Scenario#: VOTG08     Date: 9/16/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia The Germans had managed to seize a building on the station square to the rear of the Guards position, where they were reported to be assembling to attack the station building from behind. Lt. Fedesyev ordered Lt. Dragan to organize a counterattack to… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
Storming the Station Scenario#: VOTG07     Date: 9/16/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia The past couple of days had seen horrific fighting at the Stalingrad-1 Rail Station. On the morning of 16 September, the 1st Battalion of the 42nd Guards Regiment turned away an attack by twelve self-propelled guns with supporting infantry. Not long… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
Enter Dragan Scenario#: VOTG06     Date: 9/15/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia One of Rodimtsev's junior officers, Lieutenant Anton Kuzmich Dragan was personally ordered by Chuikov to hold a key railroad station in downtown Stalingrad against an impending German assault. Dragan proceeded to gather a platoon of less than fifty… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
The Specialists' House Scenario#: VOTG05     Date: 9/14/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia The German 71st Infantry Division had broken through the weak Russian defenses in downtown Stalingrad and seized several tall buildings along the bank of the Volga. A group of Germans wielding submachine-guns and supported by tanks had captured the… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
The Last Fifteen Scenario#: VOTG04     Date: 9/15/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia The German 3rd Battalion, Infanterie Regiment 194 fought through Stalingrad’s suburbs, the Main Railway Station, Red Square, and finally to within sight of the Volga. Their rapid advance across the cratered landscape and the fierce resistance the… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
Khopka's Crossing Scenario#: VOTG03     Date: 9/14/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia The Russian 62nd Army was desperately trying to keep the German 71st Division from breaking through to the main ferry landing. All General Chuikov had to accomplish this were two lightly armed regiments and militia of Sarayev’s 10th NKVD Division,… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
Russe! Drown in the Wolga! Scenario#: VOTG02     Date: 9/14/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia The defense of downtown Stalingrad rested mainly with two lightly-armed regiments of thes 10th NKVD Divisions. The Germans had broken through and seized several key buildings near the riverbank. From the upper floors of the Brewery, the State Bank,… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
The First Bid Scenario#: VOTG01     Date: 9/14/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia Since early morning the German 71st Infantry Division had been attacking towards the downtown district with the capture of the main ferry landing as its goal. Led by Lt. Col. Roske’s 194th Regiment, good progress was made through the residential… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
Pavlov's House Scenario#: VOTG14     Date: 10/15/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia Finally, the historical version of this famous action. A bunch of fanatical Russians try to keep the Germans out of a three storey building as they rush from all sides. A bloody battle with lots of very tall stacks. Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 7 - Valor of the Guards
The Red House Scenario#: RB07     Date: 12/5/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia The German 6th Army had been surrounded for almost two weeks. Still, it in turn had trapped the Soviet 138th Rifle Division in a pie-shaped piece of land behind the Barrikady. The 138th launched nightly forays against the eastern edge of der Kessel,… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 1 - Red Barricades
Turned Away Scenario#: RB06     Date: 11/15/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia Despite failing to achieve its main objective, Operation Hubertus had severely mauled the remaining Soviet formations. One of these, the redoubtable 138th Rifle Division, now found itself isolated along the Volga on a 400m x 700m strip of land. Of… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 1 - Red Barricades
The Last Bid Scenario#: RB05     Date: 11/11/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia Hoping that one last great push might be enough to finally shatter all organized resistance in the city, German assault troops prepared for a final onslaught. In the meantime, fresh Pioniere battalions specially trained in urban warfare were flown… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 1 - Red Barricades