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Black Cat Blues Scenario#: 8 Date: 1944-08-27 Location: Allen, France Captain Cole’s L Company of the 3rd Battalion found themselves on the outskirts of the small village of Allan in Southern France. The rest of the 3rd Battalion was still 5 miles back and just now passing through Bois des … Last Hundred Yards — Last Hundred Yards
Black Friday Scenario#: 8 Date: 22 Sept 1944 Location: Veghel, Holland There were many attacks over a number of days against the town of Veghel, but the people of Veghel remember the 22nd as “Black Friday”. The 107th Panzer Brigade, having failed to take Son, moved under cover of darkness toward … Band of Brothers — Band of Brothers
Black Friday Scenario#: 21 Date: 1944-09-24 Location: Son, Holland Six days into Operation Market Garden and the situation was still chaotic for both Allied and German commands alike. Hell's Highway, a long narrow strip of road, was the only lifeline supplying the beleaguered American and British paratroopers.… Last Hundred Yards — Airborne over Europe
Block at Ville-Sur-Illon Scenario#: OB12 Date: 9/13/1944 Location: Ville-Sur-Illon, France On September 11, 1944, Wade Haislip's XV Corps of Patton's 3rd Army began moving forward to push the weakened German 64th Corps back over the Moselle. While the U.S. 79th Division pinned the German 16th Infantry Division via frontal attack, the… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Bunker
Block Busting in Bokruisk Scenario#: 133 Date: 6/29/1944 Location: Bokruisk, Russia During the destruction of Army Group Center, many of Hitler’s “Fortified Localities” were cut off and surrounded by the Russian advance. Bokruisk was just such a city. The city had become a fortress with pillboxes and old tank turrets being used… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
Blockbusters Scenario#: A115 Date: 3/31/1944 Location: Nhpum Ga, Burma On the fourth day of fighting at Nhpum Ga, elements of the Japanese 114th and 55th Regiments were able to completely surround the 2nd Battalion of Merrill's Marauders. The Japanese established a block on the trail just north of Nhpum Ga, severing… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 97
Blocking Action at Lipki Scenario#: 101 Date: 3-Jul-41 Location: Borisov, Belarus During the opening stages of Barbarossa the first great pincer movement on the Central Front occurred between the cities of Bialystok and Minsk. As a result of the encirclement of four Soviet Armies in the Bialystok-Minsk Pocket, the Soviet Command … Squad Leader — Cross of Iron (Addon)
Bloedbeek Scenario#: 16246 Date: 10/16/1944 Location: Loobeek, Holland After Liberating Overloon the British have to push through the forest where they are met by Falschirmjäger, mines and grenades. At the End of the day they reach the edge of the forest and the British are at the Loobeek. … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2015
Bloody Bois Jacques Scenario#: J122 Date: 12/22/1944 Location: Bastogne, Belgium In an attempt to assault Bastogne from the east, the 26th Volksgrenadier Division infiltrated along the Bourcy-Bastogne rail line through a forested area known as the Bois Jacques (Jack’s Woods). This area marked the boundary between the US 501st and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #8
Bloody Crossroad Scenario#: BP09 Date: 06/07/1944 Location: W Of Ste Mere L'eglise, France On D-Day+ 1, the 82nd Airborne Division attempted to secure the Sainte-Mére-Eglíse zone by establishing roadblocks and patrolling the surrounding area. Simultaneously, the Germans prepared counterattacks. Here elements of the German 1058th Infanterie… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Bravo
Bloody Gulch Scenario#: 3708 Date: 6/13/1944 Location: Carentan, France The town of Carentan was the key to the American drive west to cut off the base of the Cotentin Peninsula. After two days of fighting and desperately short of ammunition, the Germans pulled their forces out of Carentan and … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Bloody Gulch Scenario#: 20 Date: 1944-06-13 Location: Carentan, France This mission covers Easy Company’s (506th PIR) defense of the heights about one mile southwest of Carentan against a determined early-morning attack by elements of the 6th FJ and 17th SS Divisions. Flanked on the north and south by flooded … Last Hundred Yards — Airborne over Europe
Bloody Lindern Scenario#: 49 Date: 29 Nov 1944 Location: Lindern, Germany This was the 84th Division’s baptism of fire, and they had to push forward against stiff German Resistance in terrible weather. Not only did the rains ground the Allied air force, they reduced the farm fields and dirt roads to … Tide of Iron — Designer Series
Bloody Nose Ridge Scenario#: H09 Date: November 2, 1944 Location: Peleliu, Palau After being severely mauled by the Japanese defenders, the Marines were pulled back. Eliminating the pockets of enemy soldiers holed upin the Umbrogol hills was now the job of the US Army. The Wildcats, of the 81st infantry Division, would … Old School Tactical — Hell Bent Pacific
Bloody Omaha Scenario#: 26 Date: 6 June 1944 Location: Omaha Beach, France The D-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, was the largest sea invasion in history, but overwhelming numbers did not guarantee success. The 116th Regiment of the American 29th Infantry Division landed in the area designated “Omaha Beach” along … Tide of Iron — Normandy
Bloody Red Beach Scenario#: 74 Date: 7/21/1944 Location: Asan, Guam As part of Operation Stevedore, the veteran 3rd Marine Division was to land on four beaches between Asan and Adelup Points on the west coast of Guam. However, Lt.-Gen. Takashina had correctly guessed the landing spots and had shifted infantry and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 9 - Gung Ho!
Blue Beach Scenario#: E9 Date: 15 Aug 1944 Location: St Raphael, France After pursuing the retreating Germans as far up the Italian peninsula as Piombino, the 36th were withdrawn to prepare for a special mission. They were to lead the amphibious invasion of Southern France codenamed ’Operation Dragoon’, under their new… Band of Brothers — Extras
Blue Spaders Over the See Scenario#: 28 Date: 1944-07-31 Location: Brecey, France On the 31st, as part of Operation Cobra, the 1st Division had reached Brecey, about 10 miles east of Avranches. A few miles to the south is the river See which flows into the Atlantic just west of Avranches. The 1st Division’s 26th Inf Regl, the… Last Hundred Yards — Mission Pack 1
Bob's Farm Scenario#: SB12 Date: 06/06/1944 Location: Normandy, France The 3rd Para Brigade continued to take heavy casualties while aggressively defending the northeastern sector of the invasion bridgehead. The 5th Brigade, who had been placed in reserve after their courageous stand around the canal bridges during the… Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Swift and Bold
Bob's Farm Scenario#: HoN21 Date: 1944-06-06 Location: Normandy, France The 3rd Para Brigade continued to take heavy casualties while aggressively defending the northeastern sector of the invasion bridgehead. The 5th Brigade, who had been placed in reserve after their courageous stand around the canal bridges during the… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of Normandy
Bocage Blockage Scenario#: AP034 Date: 6/17/1944 Location: Trevieres, France After ten days of heavy fighting in the close country, the Germans still held the Villers-Fossard salient, the tip of which extended to within four miles of Omaha Beach. Time and time again American infantry assaulted the German lines, but somehow… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #4 Normandy 1944
Bogged Down Scenario#: DASL13 Date: 7/15/1944 Location: La Luzerne, France Three days after the enemy counterattack and bloody American advance to Dufayel, the 115th Infantry Regiment had been rejuvenated with an influx of replacements. That "black but victorious 11th of July" was forgotten; in spite of having so many… Advanced Squad Leader — Deluxe Advanced Squad Leader
Bone of Contention Scenario#: G15 Date: 8/31/1944 Location: Rouen, France After their epic 20-day stand at Hill 112 and the breakout from the Falaise pocket, the men of SS-Panzer Detachment 102 were afoot when they reached Rouen. The surviving crewmen and mechanics had abandoned their last Tigers on the banks of the Seine… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #28.4
Bourbon for Bravery Scenario#: W12 Date: October 8, 1944 Location: Aachen, Germany The West Wall fortifications stood between the Allies and the German homeland. They would make the enemy pay dearly for each step into Germany. Near the old city of Aachen, American soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division, the ’Big Red … Old School Tactical — Volume 2 Western Front
Breaking Out Scenario#: PB4 Date: December 20, 1944 Location: Noville, Belgium Morning dawned and it became obvious that there was no defeating and no more delaying the German advance. Team Desobry’s only chance was to break out and link up with the forces in Bastogne. Old School Tactical — Pocket Battles
Breaking the Panzers Scenario#: S037 Date: 7/1/1944 Location: Rauray, France By 30 June, the British Operation EPSOM reached its conclusion as something of a draw. The British attack created a salient which pushed into German-held territory as far south as Gavrus and Hill 112. In preparation for the inevitable German… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 1
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
Breakout Scenario#: AD06 Date: 6/29/1944 Location: Bokruisk, Russia In what was to become known as the "Destruction of Army Group Centre", the city of Bobruisk was one of the primary objectives for the Soviet summer offensive. The Soviet 65th and 3rd Armies linked up west of Bobruisk, trapping some 100,000 German… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 90
Breakout Through St. Lo Scenario#: 28 Date: 18 July 1944 Location: Saint-Lo, France Six weeks after Dday, the 29th infantry Division was still fighting in the hedgerows of Normandy, apposed by the German 352nd Infantry Division. The vital crossroads town Saint Lo was a key objective to the breakout of Normandy. On … Tide of Iron — Normandy
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
Breakout to Lisyanka Scenario#: 3720 Date: 2/17/1944 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 — Air Pack
Breakthrough at Mortain Scenario#: 6433 Date: 8/7/1944 Location: Saint Barthélémy, France While Patton's tanks roll through Brittany, threatening France's center, Hitler orders Field Marshal Von Kluge to launch an armored counter-attack to cut the Avranches corridor. The Germans struggle to regroup 150 tanks from the remnants of four… Memoir '44 — Breakthrough
Breakthrough to the Beach Scenario#: 6541 Date: 6/6/1944 Location: Luc-sur-Mer, France Sword Beach - 07:20, June 6, 1944 - The DD tanks of 13/18 Hussars and Flails of 22 Dragoons land, followed by the men of 2nd East Yorkshire Rgt on Queen Red and those of 1st South Lancashire Rgt on … Memoir '44 — Breakthrough
Brécourt Manor Scenario#: LOF03 Date: 06/06/1944 Location: Normandy, France After being dropped far from their designated DZ, Lt. Winters and a number of Easy men finally found their way to the battalion rally point at Le Grand Chemin, about three miles west of Utah Beach. There, Lt. Col. Strayer … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Line of Fire #02
Brécourt Manor - Final Episode Scenario#: BoEC02 Date: 1944-06-06 Location: Brécourt Manor, France Lock 'n Load Tactical — Battles of Easy Company
Brécourt Manor - FSJ Variant Scenario#: BoEC16 Date: 1944-06-06 Location: Brécourt Manor, France Lock 'n Load Tactical — Battles of Easy Company
Brécourt Manor - Revised Scenario#: BoEC01 Date: 1944-06-06 Location: Brécourt Manor, France Lock 'n Load Tactical — Battles of Easy Company
Bretel wood Scenario#: 6923 Date: 7/11/1944 Location: Bellefontaine, France After a long static period in the bocage, the 29th US Infantry Division was ready to advance toward Saint-Lô. But, in the night 10th to 11th of July, a strengthened company of German paratroopers of the 3.Fallschirmjäger Division attacked the … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2011
Bridge 10 Scenario#: 13 Date: 1944-09-18 Location: Grave, Holland The 82nd Airborne had indeed achieved a major surprise on that bright September Sunday afternoon in 1944. Shortly after the paratroops had landed, a swift aggressive assault scattered the unprepared German defenders at the Grave crossing. With this… Last Hundred Yards — Airborne over Europe
Bridge Too Far, The Scenario#: TBP04 Date: 18 Sep 1944 Location: Arnhem, Holland Col. Frost's 2nd Bn, 1st Airborne lnfantry is cut off at Arnhem Bridge. Bittrich's Panzergrenadiers move in to eliminate the airborne pocket. “. . .what, you didn't really think the enemy was made up of Old Men and Young Boys, … Combat Commander — Tournament Battle Pack
Bridgehead Across the Drut Scenario#: KS02 Date: June 1944 Location: Drut River, Belarus After breaking through German lines at the beginning of Operation Bagration in June 1944, the Soviet spearheads often had to cross rivers by assault to create bridgeheads on the opposite bank. Tide of Iron — 1A Kickstarter
Bridgehead at Cauquigny Scenario#: BP07 Date: 06/06/1944 Location: Cauquigny, France After capturing the manor at La Fiére, a small bridgehead was established in Cauquigny, a hamlet located at the other end of the causeway, west of the bridge over the Merderet. There, only a dozen men were left under Lieutenant … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Bravo
Bridges over Troubled Waters Scenario#: X06 Date: 6 June 1944 Location: Saint-Come-du-Mont, France The primary mission of the 101st Airborne Division on D-Day was to secure the exits from UTAH Beach. Its secondary mission was to establish a bridgehead over the Douve River in order to provide a springboard for a drive on … Tide of Iron — 1A Kickstarter
Brief Breakfast Scenario#: OA13 Date: 12/23/1944 Location: Fraiture Village, Belgium While the 3rd Battalion, 4th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment attacked elements of the 643rd Tank Destroyer Battalion from the west, elements of the 2nd Battalion attacked the village of Fraiture from the east. The paratroopers of the 325th Glider… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Attic
Broken Bamboo Scenario#: 156 Date: 3/29/1944 Location: Maelu, Burma After Brigadier J. M. Calvert’s 77th Indian Infantry Brigade had successfully blockaded the railway leading out of Mawlu, combat between the Chindit and Japanese forces intensified. In order to expand the Allied area of control, Calvert launched an… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 13 - Rising Sun
Broken Wings Scenario#: O07 Date: 1/17/1944 Location: Ropsha, Russia Luftwaffe "field divisions" were the brainchildren of Hermann Goring. Only half the size of a regular Heer division even at full strength, several Luftwaffe field divisions were stretched along the lines of Army Group North during the siege of… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 4
Brothers in Arms Scenario#: BOH04 Date: 06/06/1944 Location: Neuville, France Lieutenant Turner Turnbull was a Native American, half Cherokee in fact, something that would have made him a second class citizen in mid 20th century America, but mattered not to his brothers in arms. On June 6th, his battalion, the … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Band of Heroes
Brothers in Arms Scenario#: HoN05 Date: 1944-06-06 Location: Neuville, France Lieutenant Turner Turnbull was a Native American, half Cherokee in fact, something that would have made him a second class citizen in mid 20th century America, but mattered not to his brothers in arms. On June 6th, his battalion, the 2nd of the… Lock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of Normandy
Buchholz Station Scenario#: 191 Date: 12/16/1944 Location: Buchholz, Belgium The original German opening for the Battle of the Bulge was somewhat subdued. German infantry, with little armor support, was to seize key road junctions early so the armored formations could quickly pass through and exploit a breakthrough. One such… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 3a Yanks (2nd Edition)
Buckley's Block Scenario#: J189 Date: 1/13/1944 Location: Cape Gloucester, New Britian The Marines had solidly established their presence on Cape Glouchester, secured their initial objectives, and continued to push south and east. A major campaign objective was Hill 660. Confident that Hill 660 would be taken a detachment from the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #12