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Midday's Counterattack Scenario#: DJ06     Date: 07/12/1943     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia Just after 1:00 PM. on July 12th, the German 1st SS Panzergrenadier Division LAH was attacked from the east by a Soviet mixed infantry/tank force from the 29th Tank Corps, yet another attempt to halt the Nazi advance to Prokhorovka. … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43
Road to Prokhorovka Scenario#: DJ05     Date: 07/12/1943     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia At 6:00 A.M. on the morning of July 12, the leading elements of the 1St SS Panzergrenadier Division LAH were gatheríng for an advance toward Prokhorovka. Meanwhile, remnants of the 26th Guards Airborne Regiment was preparing a last defense line … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43
Secure the Oktiabrskii State Farm Scenario#: DJ04     Date: 07/11/1943     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia Fierce fighting had been raging all morning, and by 1:00 p.m. the Soviet forces had taken up well-defended positions at the Oktiabrskii State Farm. The LAH needed to capture the farm to secure the left flank of its advance towards … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43
Clear the Ditches Scenario#: DJ03     Date: 07/11/1943     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia At: 10:15 A.M. elements of the 1St SS Panzergrenadier Division LAH were ordered to advance and take the anti-tank ditches to the east of Hill 252.2. The attack was launched in an attempt to clear out the anti-tank ditches and … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43
Assault on Hill 252.2 Scenario#: DJ02     Date: 07/11/1943     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia On July 10, 1943, after a long and violent fight, Hill 241.1 had finally been taken. Farther to the east, some units from the Aufklarung Abteilung had reached the outskirts of the Oktiabrskii State Farm and reported that the Soviets … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43
Front Porsche Scenario#: DJ01     Date: 07/09/1943     Location: Ponyri, Russia On the north side of the Kursk salient, General Model's Ninth Army pushed south. A key objective was the town of Ponyri, and there the fighting raged. The city was contested so fiercely that veterans named it the Stalingrad of … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Dark July 43
Hommage to the Guard Scenario#: BM2     Date: 10/06/1942     Location: Stalingrad, Russia For many many of us, the first time we played a squad level wargame, it was a scenario about the Russian Guards fighting in the hell of Stalingrad. For many many of us, this scenario was the hook. It was … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battles Magazine #1
Fortress Breslau Scenario#: AP09     Date: 02/17/1945     Location: Breslau, Poland Hitler ordered 80,000 German soldiers to stand their ground in the strategically vital, yet regally beautiful, city of Breslau. As Russian divisions encircled the ancient town, the Germans dug in. On February 16th, the Russians attacked the southern… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Alpha
One Last Blitz for Old Time's Sake Scenario#: AP08     Date: 02/09/1945     Location: Kuestrin, Poland Marshall Zhukov's drive to Berlin had been very successful. By the end of January Russian forces were only 60 miles from the Nazi capitol. Units of the 1St Belorussian Front had bypassed German resistance within the fortress city of Kuestrin, … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Alpha
In the Ghetto Scenario#: AP02     Date: 04/19/1943     Location: Warsaw, Poland Members of various resistance groups had been resisting Nazi efforts to clear the ghetto of its interred inhabitants since January of 1943. In April, SS commander Jurgen Stroop launched a full scale assault on the starving tenants. Under the… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Alpha
The Road to Astrachan Scenario#: AP01     Date: 09/13/1942     Location: Elista, Russia Hitler's Army Group A had driven deep into the southern steppes of Russia. So far and so fast, in fact, that maps were of limited use and intelligence of the opposition even less. The Germans decided to equip a long … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Alpha
Fortress Breslau Scenario#: Comp21     Date: 1945-02-17     Location: Breslau, Poland Hitler ordered 80,000 German soldiers to stand their ground in the strategically vital, yet regally beautiful, city of Breslau. As Russian divisions encircled the ancient town, the Germans dug in. On February 16th, the Russians attacked the southern… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 3
One Last Blitz for Old Time's Sake Scenario#: Comp20     Date: 1945-02-09     Location: Kuestrin, Poland Marshall Zhukov's drive to Berlin had been very successful. By the end of January Russian forces were only 60 miles from the Nazi capitol. Units of the 1St Belorussian Front had bypassed German resistance within the fortress city of Kuestrin, and had… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 3
In the Ghetto Scenario#: Comp04     Date: 1943-04-19     Location: Warsaw, Poland Members of various resistance groups had been resisting Nazi efforts to clear the ghetto of its interred inhabitants since January of 1943. In April, SS commander Jurgen Stroop launched a full scale assault on the starving tenants. Under the… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 3
The Road to Astrachan Scenario#: Comp03     Date: 1942-09-13     Location: Elista, Russia Hitler's Army Group A had driven deep into the southern steppes of Russia. So far and so fast, in fact, that maps were of limited use and intelligence of the opposition even less. The Germans decided to equip a long range reconnaissance force to… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Compendium 3
Midday's Counterattack Scenario#: DJ06     Date: 1943-07-12     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia Just after 1:00 PM. on July 12th, the German 1st SS Panzergrenadier Division LAH was attacked from the east by a Soviet mixed infantry/tank force from the 29th Tank Corps, yet another attempt to halt the Nazi advance to Prokhorovka. … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Dark July 43
Road to Prokhorovka Scenario#: DJ05     Date: 1943-07-12     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia At 6:00 A.M. on the morning of July 12, the leading elements of the 1St SS Panzergrenadier Division LAH were gatheríng for an advance toward Prokhorovka. Meanwhile, remnants of the 26th Guards Airborne Regiment was preparing a last defense line… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Dark July 43
Secure the Oktiabrskii State Farm Scenario#: DJ04     Date: 1943-07-11     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia Fierce fighting had been raging all morning, and by 1:00 p.m. the Soviet forces had taken up well-defended positions at the Oktiabrskii State Farm. The LAH needed to capture the farm to secure the left flank of its advance towards Prokhorovka. The… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Dark July 43
Clear the Ditches Scenario#: DJ03     Date: 1943-07-11     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia At: 10:15 A.M. elements of the 1St SS Panzergrenadier Division LAH were ordered to advance and take the anti-tank ditches to the east of Hill 252.2. The attack was launched in an attempt to clear out the anti-tank ditches and the surrounding area to… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Dark July 43
Assault on Hill 252.2 Scenario#: DJ02     Date: 1943-07-11     Location: Prokhorovka, Russia On July 10, 1943, after a long and violent fight, Hill 241.1 had finally been taken. Farther to the east, some units from the Aufklarung Abteilung had reached the outskirts of the Oktiabrskii State Farm and reported that the Soviets had set up a… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Dark July 43
Front Porsche Scenario#: DJ01     Date: 1943-07-09     Location: Ponyri, Russia On the north side of the Kursk salient, General Model's Ninth Army pushed south. A key objective was the town of Ponyri, and there the fighting raged. The city was contested so fiercely that veterans named it the Stalingrad of the Kursk salient. Not… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Dark July 43
Crossing the Myshkova Scenario#: HotM17     Date: 1942-12-16     Location: Sw Of Stalingrad, Russia Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of the Motherland
Counterattack at Verkhne-Kumsky Scenario#: HotM16     Date: 1942-12-15     Location: Verkhne-kumsky, Russia Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of the Motherland
The Drive North Scenario#: HotM15     Date: 1942-12-14     Location: Sw Of Stalingrad, Russia Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of the Motherland
Taking Verkhne-Kumsky Scenario#: HotM14     Date: 1942-12-13     Location: Verkhne-kumsky, Russia Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of the Motherland
The Bridgehead Scenario#: HotM13     Date: 1942-12-13     Location: Sw Of Stalingrad, Russia Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of the Motherland
Big Cats at Twilight Scenario#: HotM12     Date: 1945-02-22     Location: Budapest, Hungary Hitler's Operation Spring Awakening, using six Waffen SS divisions to counterattack and relieve entrapped units in Budapest, was off to a slow start. Mud and dogged Russian defiance once again were the culprits, denying quick rnaneuver and advance.… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of the Motherland
Keeping the Door Open Scenario#: HotM11     Date: 1944-02-16     Location: Lysyanka, Russia Once again, the Soviet armies had encircled German forces on the tenuous and dynamic Ost Front. The encircled this time were six German Divisions that had been holding defensive positions along the Dnepr River in the Korsun Pocket. German High… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of the Motherland
Prochorovka Scenario#: HotM10     Date: 1943-07-12     Location: Prochorovka, Russia Right after 5 a.m., on July 12th, hundreds of Soviet tanks and assault guns rolled out of Prochorovka and slammed into the German SS Leibstandarte Division, which had stalled just west of the town. Streams of T-34 and T-70 tanks, loaded with… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of the Motherland
Room at the Inn Scenario#: HotM09     Date: 1943-01-12     Location: S Of Livny, Russia The Soviet winter offensive of 1943 threw the Germans back along the breadth of the Eastern Front, frequently creating ruptures in the Wehrmacht's line, both large and small. In this fictitious scenario, a small German reconnaissance group, probing… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of the Motherland
A Bitter Holiday Scenario#: HotM08     Date: 1942-12-31     Location: Stalingrad, Russia Operation Uranus had been a success for Soviet command. They had effectively encircled the German 6th Army at Stalingrad. The Germans formed a defensive perimeter (nicknamed, The Cauldron) and dug in, still hoping they would soon be relieved. The… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of the Motherland
State Farm is There Scenario#: HotM07     Date: 1942-12-08     Location: Nw Of Verchne Solonovski, Russia German High Command launched a counter offensive to attempt to relieve the encircled 6th Army at Stalingrad, and made steady progress, approaching within 25 miles of the 6th Anny lines before the Soviets retaliated. After some initial success, the… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of the Motherland
Kalach Bridge Scenario#: HotM06     Date: 1942-11-22     Location: Kalach, Russia The Final objective for Russia's Operation Uranus was to seal off any escape for the embattled 6th Army by taking the bridge over the Don River at Kalach. Using a handful of captured tanks, Lieutenant-Colonel Filippov drove right through cheering… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of the Motherland
Pavlov's House Scenario#: HotM05     Date: 1942-10-01     Location: Stalingrad, Russia On the 26th of September, 1942, Y.F. Pavlov and three other Soviet Soldiers of the 13th Guards Rifle Division, searched and secured a large apartment house on the edge of the 9 January Square known as the House of Soviets No.4. Pavlov and a mix-match… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of the Motherland
Bridge over the River Dnepr Scenario#: HotM04     Date: 1942-10-01     Location: Bryansk Forest, Russia Partisan forces became better organized as the war in the east entered its second year. There was exceptionally strong partisan activity in the Bryansk forest of modern day Belorus. From the forest, thousands of partisans and clandestine Russian… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of the Motherland
Rattenkrieg Scenario#: HotM03     Date: 1942-10-30     Location: Stalingrad, Russia The 14th Panzer Division had been given the task of clearing the southern area of the city known as the Bread Factory and getting to the Volga River. Suffering horrendous casualties, the Germans took the Bread Factory and were just 50 meters from the… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of the Motherland
Enter the Guards Scenario#: HotM02     Date: 1942-09-01     Location: Stalingrad, Russia For months the Germans had pushed the Soviets across the steppes. The Soviet's victories of the previous winter were but a bad dream, long forgotten. German Panzers ruled the plains, Bf-109s ruled the sky, and all was right with the world. It was,… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of the Motherland
Tough as Nails Scenario#: HotM01     Date: 1942-09-21     Location: Stalingrad, Russia After a few initial set hacks, German forces were making steady progress towards clearíng the city of Soviet troops. On September 20th, a German infantry assault was repulsed around the building known as the Nail Factory by stalwart elements of the… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of the Motherland
The Long Road Scenario#: 41     Date: 1944-07-13     Location: Southern Ukraine The morning brought a flurry of activity along German Rgt. 337’s front. Soviet infantry had infiltrated the Regiment’s forward positions in numerous places, and units had to be rapidly organized to expunge the Soviets and seal the line. By late … Last Hundred Yards — The Russian Front
Duel Scenario#: 20     Date: 8 January 1944     Location: Lozovatka, Ukraine General Koniev's 2nd Ukrainian Front launched a major offen sive in December of 1943. with the aim to break through the German lines in the Kirovograd area. Multiple attacks were launched and Soviet troops were pouring through. The Panzergrenadier… Fighting Formations — Grossdeutschland Division's Battle for Kharkov
A Change Of Orders Scenario#: 19     Date: 7 January 1944     Location: Muchartovka, Ukraine The Soviets 2nd Ukrainian Front launched a major offensive in late December of 1943 in southern Russia. The attacks began in earnest on 5 January 1944 with the goal of breaking through the German lines in the Kirovograd area. These … Fighting Formations — Grossdeutschland Division's Battle for Kharkov
Who's Who? Scenario#: 18     Date: 4 November 1943     Location: Krasny Orlik, near Kharkov, Ukraine In late 1943 the Grossdeutschland Division was heavily engaged in multiple defensive battles east of Krivoi-Rog. It was here the division earned the nickname "The Fire Brigade." One such encounter occurred when the German 9th Panzer Division was… Fighting Formations — Grossdeutschland Division's Battle for Kharkov
Can We Hold? Scenario#: 17     Date: 17 March 1943     Location: Borisovka, Ukraine Manstein's counterattack had gone well, with the Germans pushing north and attacking on a wide front. They had retaken the city of Kharkov with Grossdeutschland Division to the northwest intercepting retreating Soviet units. GD had pushed the Soviet… Fighting Formations — Grossdeutschland Division's Battle for Kharkov
Tigers Scenario#: 16     Date: 9 March 1943     Location: Bogodukhov, Ukraine In early March the momentum in the area around the city of Kharkov was turning towards the Germans. Manstein's counterattack was pushing the Soviets back and gaining ground on all sides. Gaps were developing between the Soviet 40th and 69th … Fighting Formations — Grossdeutschland Division's Battle for Kharkov
Charge Scenario#: 15     Date: 9 March 1943     Location: Alexandrovka, Ukraine As part of the Third Battle of Kharkov the Grossdeutschland Panzergrenadier Division drove north from southwest of Kharkov. Manstein’s attack had taken the Soviets by surprise as they neared the limits of their army's strength by early March. During… Fighting Formations — Grossdeutschland Division's Battle for Kharkov
Overrun Scenario#: 14     Date: 18 February 1943     Location: Ljubotin, Ukraine Kharkov had just fallen to rhe Soviets and a realignment of the German defensive line was formed to its south. The Grossdeutschland Division's Fusilier Regiment was given the assignment of defending a section of road leading to the west out … Fighting Formations — Grossdeutschland Division's Battle for Kharkov
Cut Off Scenario#: 13     Date: 11 February 1943     Location: Kharkov, Ukraine Operation "Star” was underway for the Soviet armies. The 40th Army was to advance to secure Belgorod and then envelope Kharkov from the northwest and west in an effort to try to link up with the 3rd Tank Army. Its … Fighting Formations — Grossdeutschland Division's Battle for Kharkov
Just In Time Scenario#: 12     Date: 10 February 1943     Location: Veseloye, Ukraine The Soviet Voronezh Front had three armies poised to attack towards Kharkov in early February as part of Operation Star. Their forces had taken the city of Belgorod as this progressed and they were continuing to push southward to achieve … Fighting Formations — Grossdeutschland Division's Battle for Kharkov
Welcome To Kharkov Scenario#: 11     Date: 21 January, 1943     Location: Volokonovka, Ukraine Reports from the Soviet Voronezh Front were that they had broken through the Hungarian army's positions and were advancing into the Novy Oskol area northwest of Kharkov. The Oskol river was being breached and preparations were in progress for further… Fighting Formations — Grossdeutschland Division's Battle for Kharkov
The Expected Counterattack Scenario#: 10     Date: 22-23 September 1942     Location: Cemetary Hill, Russia Following the taking of the so-called ‘cemetery hill,’ III Battalion/I.R. GD 1 was called forward to relieve the two Pionier companies which had carried out the assault. By 1900 hours III Bn began consolidating their new positions in anticipation of… Fighting Formations — Grossdeutschland Motorized Infantry Division