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Where are all the Others?Scenario#: HiD06 Date: 1940-05-10 Location: Bodange, BelgiumThe 1st Panzer Division entered Belgium without difficulty. The Germans hoped to take Neufcháteau on the same day and then rush to the west. but most of the bridges over the Sure River had been destroyed and, at first, only … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance |
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Where are all the Others?Scenario#: HB12 Date: 05/10/1940 Location: Bodange, BelgiumThe 1st Panzer Division entered Belgium without difficulty. The Germans hoped to take Neufcháteau on the same day and then rush to the west. but most of the bridges over the Sure River had been destroyed and, at first, only … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg |
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Vogt's RitterkreuzScenario#: OA26 Date: 5/10/1940 Location: Hatert, HollandAs Operation Yellow opened, the recon battalion of the SS Verfugungs Truppen (or “V Division”) was detailed to Kampfgruppe Grave. This battle group was assigned the task of seizing bridges across the Waal River at Nijmegen, Neersbosch, Hatert, Malden… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Attic #2 |
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Vetko VillageScenario#: 10923 Date: 1/12/1940 Location: Vetko, FinlandIn 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 |
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Valkenburg AirfieldScenario#: 3358 Date: 5/10/1940 Location: Valkenburg, HollandThe invasion of the Netherlands was launched with a large German airborne operation. Paratroopers of the 7th Flieger Division were tasked with taking several bridges to open the way for motorized units. The plans also called for them to secure … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1 |
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Unternehmen NiwiScenario#: 3365 Date: 5/10/1940 Location: Nives, BelgiumTo carry out the "Sickle-Cut" plan that would split the Allied forces in half, the Panzers of Gruppe Von Kleist had to cross the Ardennes. The key of the operation was the speed of the assault: for the Panzers, the … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1 |
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Unlucky ThirteenthScenario#: J068 Date: 5/25/1940 Location: Avalette, FranceFor four long days, the 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers had held the line of the Canal de la Bassee. So tenacious was their stand that Generalmajor Rommel visited the scene to see for himself what was holding up 7th Panzer Division. Detached… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #4 |
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Under Cover Of DarknessScenario#: 202 Date: 12-Sep-39 Location: Gdynia, PolandAs the German attack in the northern Corridor made steady progress to capture the Polish ports, Resistance finally began to stiffen as Polish naval units were committed to a ground combat role. One by one the surrounding ports fell to … Squad Leader — Crescendo of Doom (Addon) |
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Ugly FacesScenario#: J126 Date: 5/28/1940 Location: Nieuport, BelgiumThe Belgian town of Nieuport was to anchor the east end of a perimeter to keep the Germans from Dunkirk for as long as possible. Belgian forces had been expected to contribute to the defense,, but King Leopold, without consulting the allies,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9 |
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Triumph atop TaraldsvikfjellScenario#: 241 Date: 5/28/1940 Location: Taraldsvikfjell, NorwayDespite an incredible number of command mistakes, a series of flanking attacks had put the Allies in position to cut off and destroy the isolated Germans who had captured Narvik. The defending German force was a mixed batch of excellent Gebirgsjager… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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Tretten in FlamesScenario#: J037 Date: 4/23/1940 Location: Tretten, NorwayThe first Allied land operations conducted in April 1940 to stop the German invasion of Norway had been a complete failure. The Allies suffered defeat after defeat. Nonetheless, at Tretten, they made one last attempt to stem the German advance. Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #3 |
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Toujours L'AudaceScenario#: 48 Date: 5/10/1940 Location: Witry, Belgium400 men of Infantry Regiment “Deutschland” landed by light plane to seize crossroads near the villages of Nives and Witry deep in the Ardennes. Lt.-Col. Garski’s command, landing in fields east of his target, was informed of the presence of Belgian… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 6 - The Last Hurrah |
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Torment at TormuaScenario#: 164 Date: 1/11/1940 Location: Tormua, FinlandFinnish Group Wolf was directed to attack those remnants of the 163rd Ukrainian Division that had managed to escape from the Soumussalmi pocket. The Soviets were dug in at Juntusanta, 5 kilometers south of Tormua. All three battalions of Wolf would… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle! |
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TobrukScenario#: D07 Date: 1940-04-30 Location: Tobruk, LibyaAfter destroying the British 2nd Armoured Division at El Agheila, Rommel prepared to assault the Australian 7th Division, which had fallen back upon the port of Tobruk. Realizing the strategic nature of the town, Rommel could not bypass it,… Tank Leader — Desert Steel |
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To Lose A BattleScenario#: W82 Date: 16-May-40 Location: Clairfayts, FranceAs Rommel and his 7th Panzer Division crossed the French frontier headed into what he expected was the "Maginot Line", he found instead a shallow belt of anti-tank obstacles and pillboxes manned by remnants of the French XI Corps. By … Squad Leader — Wargamers Pack 1 |
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To Crécy-sur-SerreScenario#: 3521 Date: 5/19/1940 Location: Crécy-sur-Serre, FranceAfter the attack of May 17 against Montcornet, Colonel De Gaulle launched a new drive towards Crécy-sur-Serre. Three armored groups took part in the offensive of the 4th Reserve Armored Division: the 6th Demi-brigade with B1-bis heavy tanks… Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 1 |
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Thrust in the DustScenario#: 83 Date: 15-Jun-40 Location: Ernage, BelgiumAfter the initial attack in and around Gembloux on the 14th was blunted, the German forces redoubled their efforts on the 15th, from the air and with armor. French artillery fire was noted as particularly intense and accurate against the … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #5: The Fall of the West |
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Then Things Got WorseScenario#: A113 Date: 5/15/1940 Location: Denée, FranceActual events: The 3/37e BCC is blocked by a deep stream and moves more north to join the main road at Denée. But Denée is already hold by the 8. ID with the Artillerie Abteilung 8 (a dozen 10.5cm leFH guns), the 14th company of the Infanterie… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 97 |
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The Train From HellScenario#: HiD31 Date: 1940-06-15 Location: Near Meuse, FranceLock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance |
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The Tonbridge TwoScenario#: 94 Date: 11-Dec-40 Location: Tonbridge Wells, EnglandIn the immediate aftermath of the invasion the recently formed Special Operations Executive (SDE) began recruiting officers for the creation of a British Resistance movement to disrupt the German rear areas. Two such operatives were paradropped… Combat Commander — Battle Pack #6: Sea Lion |
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The Time of HumiliationsScenario#: 245 Date: 9/24/1940 Location: Mai Pha, French IndochinaThe Japanese had invaded Tonkin and using available dense terrain undertook a vast maneuver of encirclement on either side of the fortified city of Lansgson, threatening to isolate it by cutting Colonial Road 1. The 11th Company, 3rd Battalion of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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The Swedish Voluntary CorpsScenario#: AP145 Date: 3/2/1940 Location: Märkäjärvi, FinlandIn November 1939, the Soviet Union attacked Finland. Sweden dared not engage in full scale war with its age-old enemy, but allowed volunteer bureaus to be set up. Among the first in the Swedish Voluntary Corps to see action was the 4:e… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #15 Swedish Volunteers |
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The Striking HammerScenario#: 85 Date: 10-Jun-40 Location: Perthes, South of Rethel, FranceA final French armored counterattack near Rethel on the 10th was led by two formations of the formidable Renault B1bis, so highly regarded that each was individually named. General De Lattre declared that "they were the striking hammer." During the … Combat Commander — Battle Pack #5: The Fall of the West |
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The Road to OnhayeScenario#: DN09 Date: 5/14/1940 Location: Dinant, BelgiumAfter securing the crossing area, Rommel ordered his reconnaissance units to begin moving along N936 toward Onhaye. As the light armor and cycles moved out in the darkness, they ran into a series of French positions along the road. Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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The Road to Hill 311Scenario#: HiD14 Date: 1940-05-18 Location: Between Olizy And La Ferté, FranceFollowing the Panzer Divisions through the Ardennes breach. the German infantry turned to the fortified sectors of the Maginot Line that flanked the breakihrough. Soon, the French casemates of the Montmedy sectors on Hill 311 were under attack, and… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance |
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The Road to Hill 311Scenario#: HB16 Date: 05/18/1940 Location: Between Olizy And La Ferté, FranceFollowing the Panzer Divisions through the Ardennes breach. the German infantry turned to the fortified sectors of the Maginot Line that flanked the breakihrough. Soon, the French casemates of the Montmedy sectors on Hill 311 were under attack, and… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg |
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The Rescue: Leclerc Rides InScenario#: HiD29 Date: 1940-06-10 Location: Perthes, FranceOn June 9th, the Germans crossed the Aisne River near Bethel. But they needed to increase the bridgehead to allow all their tanks to cross the Aisne. While the 1st and 2nd Panzer Divisions strengthened the Aisne bridgehead, the 17th … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance |
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The Rescue: Leclerc Rides InScenario#: HB07 Date: 06/10/1940 Location: Perthes, FranceOn June 9th, the Germans crossed the Aisne River near Bethel. But they needed to increase the bridgehead to allow all their tanks to cross the Aisne. While the 1st and 2nd Panzer Divisions strengthened the Aisne bridgehead, the 17th … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg |
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The Price of ArroganceScenario#: HiD24 Date: 1940-05-28 Location: Wormhout, FranceThe noose was tightening on the beleaguered allied forces. Curiously,Hitler had ordered a halt to the blitzkrieg. Sepp Deitrich, Commander SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, on his own initiative, decided to push the attack. British troops were assigned… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance |
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The Price of ArroganceScenario#: DD11 Date: 05/28/1940 Location: Wormhout, FranceThe noose was tightening on the beleaguered allied forces. Curiously,Hitler had ordered a halt to the blitzkrieg. Sepp Deitrich, Commander SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, on his own initiative, decided to push the attack. British troops were assigned… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance |
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The Paw of the TigerScenario#: 14 Date: 12-Jan-43 Location: Leningrad, RussiaThroughout the winter of '42-43, the Soviets launched repeated attacks to relieve the siege of Leningrad. The hard-pressed Germans rebuffed one attack after another, but in so doing, their lines became progressively thinner. Finally, the Germans had… Squad Leader — Cross of Iron |
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The Marketplace at WormhoudtScenario#: J114 Date: 5/28/1940 Location: Wormhoudt, FranceAs the brief reprieve the Allies received when Hitler ordered the Panzers to halt at the Channel coast ended, the Leibstandarte was ordered to support the 20th Infanterie (Mot.) Division in the general offensive to crack the Dunkirk perimeter. The… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #8 |
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The Man Who Would Be KingScenario#: 90 Date: 28-Oct-40 Location: Holloway Prison, London, EnglandGerman plans for the period following a successful invasion of Britain called for the establishment of a puppet government with Oswald Mosley, aristocratic leader of the British Union of Fascists (BUF) at it's head. Unfortunately for the Germans, at… Combat Commander — Battle Pack #6: Sea Lion |
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The Mailed FistScenario#: DASL19 Date: 5/13/1940 Location: Jandrain, BelgiumOne of the Western Allies’ plans in the event of a German attack, Plan “D” – based upon the belief that the Germans would push through the lowlands of Belgium as they had in the previous war – called for the BEF and various French divisions to rush… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader |
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The Maginot Four à ChauxScenario#: 8660 Date: 6/19/1940 Location: Ouvrage Four-à-Chaux, FranceOn 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 |
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The Lawless RoadsScenario#: J067 Date: 5/24/1940 Location: le Beau Marais, FranceAs the British troops in Calais were preparing to defend the town, the Rifle Brigade received orders to escort a column of ten-ton lorries loaded with rations for the British at Dunkirk. A composite force of infantry and tanks was made up to handle… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #4 |
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The Last RoadblockScenario#: 240 Date: 5/28/1940 Location: Orneset, NorwayOn 24 May, faced with the deteriorating situation in France, the Allies decided to evacuate Norway. However, before the evacuation, the Anglo-French commanders wanted to retake Narvik. For that operation, the main attack would come from the north and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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The Last Charge of the SpahisScenario#: HiD12 Date: 1940-05-15 Location: La Horgne, FranceAfter successfully crossing the Mouse River. Guderian's Panzer Korps broke away from the Sedan bridgehead. ln front of them remained only scattered units. One of them, the 3rd Brigade of Spahis, North African Cavalry, was ordered to hold the road … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance |
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The Last Charge of the SpahisScenario#: HB06 Date: 05/15/1940 Location: La Horgne, FranceAfter successfully crossing the Mouse River. Guderian's Panzer Korps broke away from the Sedan bridgehead. ln front of them remained only scattered units. One of them, the 3rd Brigade of Spahis, North African Cavalry, was ordered to hold the road … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Heroes of the Blitzkrieg |
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The Heart of the MatterScenario#: HiD10 Date: 1940-05-13 Location: Rotterdam, HollandThe Willemsbrug Bridge over the Nieuwe Maas in central Rotterdam was fiercely contested since the Blitzkrieg began on the 10th. The Germans clung to a bridgehead on the north side, but were unable to extend it, with most of their … Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes in Defiance |
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The Heart of the MatterScenario#: DD04 Date: 05/13/1940 Location: Rotterdam, HollandThe Willemsbrug Bridge over the Nieuwe Maas in central Rotterdam was fiercely contested since the Blitzkrieg began on the 10th. The Germans clung to a bridgehead on the north side, but were unable to extend it, with most of their … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — In Defeat Defiance |
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The GauntletScenario#: 44 Date: 4/9/1940 Location: Hamar-Elverum Road, NorwayDuring the early stages of the German invasion of Norway, two companies of paratroopers that had landed at Fornebu Airport three hours earlier than planned, loaded on buses with hopes of raiding the Norwegian army headquarters at Hamar and capture… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 6 - The Last Hurrah |
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The French PerimeterScenario#: 243 Date: 6/2/1940 Location: Spyckar, FranceAs the last days and hours of the Dunkirk defense passed and the perimeter shrank to within four miles of the city, the British turned their remaining positions over to the French forces. On the western side of the perimeter the Grossdeutschland… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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The Final AttemptScenario#: W83 Date: 22-May-40 Location: Cambrai, FranceDuring the latter stages of the Allies retreat to the coast and Dunkirk the British and French tried several times to pierce the infantry held flanks of the "Panzer Corridor" Across France . One such attack took place at Cambrai … Squad Leader — Wargamers Pack 1 |
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The Dinant BridgeheadScenario#: A065 Date: 5/13/1940 Location: Houx, BelgiumThe River Meuse was the last major natural obstacle preventing an armored breakout from the Ardennes. It was imperative for the Germans that a number of viable crossings be established before the Allies could re-group. One of three such crossings on… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 93b |
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The Crux of CalaisScenario#: 96 Date: 5/25/1940 Location: Calais, FranceCalais, and all the troops in it, was doomed to fall – it was only a question of time. The 2nd KRR was given the task of holding the three bridges over the Marck Canal. It had a handful of light tanks and scout cars for support. … Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5a - For King and Country |
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The Crucible of FireScenario#: 77 Date: 21-May-40 Location: Petegem, BelgiumDespite Armee Group A's, rapid advance toward the English Channel, the BEF and Belgian Army had effectively conducted tactical withdrawals utilizing terrain and space to slow the advance of Army Group B's 31st lnfantry Division. One such defensive… Combat Commander — Battle Pack #5: The Fall of the West |
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The CastleScenario#: BM3 Date: 05/25/1940 Location: Boulogne Sur Mer, FranceGerman forces attadr Boulogne, in order to clear the way to Dunkirk. The battle will last four bloody days. On the 25th, the situation is more than critical for the French Remnants of the french forces are surrounded near the … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battles Magazine #2 |
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The Capture of StonneScenario#: 40 Date: 15 May 1940 Location: Stonne, FranceThe village of Stonne. positioned at the top of a height mass, could be used as an excellent starting point for a French counterattack against the Sedan bridgehead in the Meuse Valley. General der Panzertruppe Guderian. knowing that the bridgehead … Panzer (GMT) — Exp. #4 The German Invasion Of France, 1940 |
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The Capture of BaltaScenario#: 13 Date: 3-Aug-41 Location: Balta, UkraineThe 11th Army, advancing on the right side of Army Group South, skirted the Rumanian border with the Black Sea port of Odessa as its primary objective. The small town of Balta, located 120 miles northwest of Odessa, had changed … Squad Leader — Cross of Iron |