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Seize and Hold Scenario#: 48     Date: 23 Dec 1944     Location: Regne, Belgium Stunned by the sudden German offensive into Belgium and Luxembourg, US forces hurriedly threw together a hasty defensive line to slow the German advance. Ordered from its base in France, the US 82nd Airborne Division moved out the next day … Band of Brothers — Battle Pack 1
Peiper's Last Gasp Scenario#: KGP10     Date: 12/22/1944     Location: La Gleize, Belgium In a desperate bid to break out of the ever-tightening American stranglehold, Peiper decided to mount an attack toward Borgoumont, using the remainder of his precious fuel to give renewed mobility to several of his panzers. Before dawn, SS… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 3 - Kampfgruppe Peiper II
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
The Almost Men Scenario#: DN11     Date: 12/22/1944     Location: Dinant, Belgium At midnight, the calm of the town of Dinant was shattered by explosions, as a Jeep loaded with Germans is American uniforms from Otto Skorzeny's SS-Panzer-Brigade 150 tried to infiltrate through the American and British positions. They were… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
Rocket's Red Glare Scenario#: 195     Date: 12/22/1944     Location: Cheneux, Belgium Colonel Reuben Tucker personally appealed to General Gavin to allow his 504th Regiment to attack Cheneux. Friendly civilians had reported a large column of German vehicles, including tanks, encamped there. Normally an American infantry regiment would… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 3a Yanks (2nd Edition)
Relief of Peiper Scenario#: 3684     Date: 12/22/1944     Location: Trois Ponts, Belgium Ordered to move to the relief of Kampfgruppe 'Peiper', Max Hansen on December 21st started probing with his battlegroup between Trois-Ponts and Grand-Halleux. The 505th Parachute Regiment had established a defensive front to defend or blow the… Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Saint-Vith Scenario#: 3678     Date: 12/22/1944     Location: Saint-Vith, Belgium As early as August 1944, Adolf Hitler began formulating plans for what would become the Ardennes offensive. While too ambitious for the available resources and terrain, the plan was deemed by the German High Command as having more chances of … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
The MLR Scenario#: BoEC11     Date: 1944-12-21     Location: Bastogne, Belgium Lock 'n Load Tactical — Battles of Easy Company
Poteau Party Scenario#: WO17     Date: 12/21/1944     Location: Poteau, Belgium The road from St. Vith to Vielsalm ran straight through the railroad junction of Poteau, which had become vitally important to the Germans as their offensive bogged down in both the north and south. To keep the attack moving forward somewhere,… Advanced Squad Leader — Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2015
The Bridge at Cheneux Scenario#: KGP07     Date: 12/21/1944     Location: Cheneux, Belgium By the afternoon of the 21st, Col. Tucker had ordered the 3rd Battalion of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment to assist the 1st Battalion in its attempt to capture Cheneux and the bridge over the Ambleve. Company G entered the western end of the… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 3 - Kampfgruppe Peiper II
Chapelle Ste. Anne Scenario#: KGP04     Date: 12/21/1944     Location: Stoumont, Belgium As the third prong of the concentric American attack planned for 21 December against Peiper's Stoumont defenses, major Hal McCown's 2/119th Infantry was to move south through the Bois de Bassenge and cut the N.33 between La Gleize and Stoumont, then… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 2 - Kampfgruppe Peiper I
Panthers in the Mist Scenario#: KGP03     Date: 12/21/1944     Location: Stoumont, Belgium Early on the morning of 20 December, Task Force Jordan of Combat Command B, 3rd Armored Division, had set out from Theux. Its destination was the German defenses at Stoumont, some ten miles to the south. As its point vehicles, proceeding down the… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 2 - Kampfgruppe Peiper I
Festung St. Edouard Scenario#: KGP02     Date: 12/21/1944     Location: Stoumont, Belgium The American plan of attack against Stoumont for the morning of December 21st was ambitious. The depleted 1/119th Infantry was to push east and seize the sanatorium. Upon its capture, the even weaker 3/119th was to attack southward in conjunction… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 2 - Kampfgruppe Peiper I
Penny Packets Scenario#: J142     Date: 12/21/1944     Location: Senonchamps, Belgium By the fifth day of the German attack, the race for Bastogne was over. The German units that weren’t able to bypass the strategic town would lay siege to it instead. Two of the best Wehrmacht formations in the Western Front were… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9
Rage Against the Machine Scenario#: J157     Date: 12/21/1944     Location: Courland Pocket, Latvia For nearly one month, heavy rain and mud had prevented further Russian offensives against the German army trapped in the Courland pocket. When a sudden heavy frost returned the roads to passable conditions in mid-December, a forbidding atmosphere of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #10
The Attempt to Relieve Peiper Scenario#: 194     Date: 12/21/1944     Location: Trois Ponts, Belgium During the German Ardennes offensive, Colonel Peiper’s kampfgruppe from the 1st SS Panzer Division had quick victories which had taken them close to the Meuse River bridges but they had completely run out of fuel. The remaining assault elements of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 3a Yanks (2nd Edition)
The Shell Begins to Crack Scenario#: PD03     Date: December 21, 1944     Location: St. Vith, Belgium After several days of battle, the goose egg that was the American’s St. Vith perimeter began to crack. Early in the morning of 21 December, a mixed force of German infantry and AFVs overran elements of the 27th Armored Infantry … Old School Tactical — Phantom Division
Stand at St. Vith Scenario#: G07     Date: December 21, 1944     Location: St. Vith, Belgium As the Ardennes offensive plunged forward, a defensive position developed in St. Vith by the Americans. Elements of many different units retreated to, or moved with purpose to the town and did their best to stop or slow the Germans. … Old School Tactical — Ghost Front
Relief of Peiper Scenario#: 1242     Date: 12/21/1944     Location: Trois Ponts, Belgium Ordered to move to the relief of Kampfgruppe 'Peiper', Max Hansen on December 21st started probing with his battlegroup between Trois Ponts and Grand Halleux. The 505th Parachute Regiment had established a defensive front to defend or blow the… Memoir '44 — Fire & Movement Magazine #137
Let's Hubba-Hubba Scenario#: 15     Date: 21 Dec 1944     Location: Bois Jacques, Belgium As American troops initially moved into the area around Bastogne, part of a Volksgrenadier battalion was pinched off behind the perimeter and dug in a wooded area. The 1st Battalion of the 506th, withdrawn from the fighting in Noville had … Band of Brothers — Band of Brothers
Closing the Sack Scenario#: NBO06     Date: 12/20/1944     Location: Noville, Belgium In the morning, the extent of the German build up became apparent. Noville was threatened by possible encirclement. HQ decided to evacuate the town and fall back to Foy. Will the American forces manage to break through the tightening ring … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Noville - Bastogne's Outpost
Insanity At the Sanatorium Scenario#: BP11     Date: 12/20/1944     Location: Stoumont, Belgium The Americans were slowly encirc/ing and cutting off supply to Kampfgruppe Peiper, an elite SS taskforce of the 1st SS Panzer Abteilung that had deeply penetrated the northern flank of the Bulge. One American objective was to block a Kampfgruppe … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Bravo
Tiger in the Pen Scenario#: 6     Date: 1944-12-20     Location: La Gleize, Belgium Four days into the Ardennes Offensive, Kampfgruppe Peiper had split its forces and was pushing desperately towards Stoumont and Cheneux. Peiper had left a garrison behind in La Gleize to protect his rear and cover the crucial road back to … Last Hundred Yards — Last Hundred Yards
Germany's Last Gasp Scenario#: W15     Date: 1944-12-20     Location: Bastonge, Belgium Units of the 5th Fallschimrjaeger Division driving west on the Arlon-Bastogne road encountered scattered resistance as they established defensive positions to cover the advance of 5th Panzer Army during the Ardennes offensive. Units of the U.S.10th… Tank Leader — Western Front
Hell for the Holidays Scenario#: WO07     Date: 12/20/1944     Location: Marvie, Belgium The roadblocks along the Wiltz road had not been established in vain. Even the disaster at Wardin bought time for the 101st Airborne to move into position around Bastogne. Just as Lt. Colonel Roy Inman's 2nd Battalion of the 327th Glider Infantry… Advanced Squad Leader — Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2012
Carnage in the Night Scenario#: KGP09     Date: 12/20/1944     Location: La Gleize, Belgium The American paratroopers of Companies B and C of the 504th PIR, having neither artillery nor armor support available, had failed during the daylight to make any headway against the Germans defending Cheneux. Nevertheless, they were ordered by the… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 3 - Kampfgruppe Peiper II
Probing the Villas Scenario#: KGP06     Date: 12/20/1944     Location: La Gleize, Belgium Task Force McGeorge departed the Spa area at about 0800 on the 20th, its mission to proceed to La Gleize. Moving south, it arrived at Borgoumont around noon, where it linked up with Company K of the 117th Infantry and the 1st and 2nd Platoons of… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 3 - Kampfgruppe Peiper II
Marechal's Mill Scenario#: KGP05     Date: 12/20/1944     Location: La Gleize, Belgium A small German group comprised of only a King Tiger, a Pz IV, a Puma armored car, one halftrack and fifteen men with a Panzerschreck, drew back to an old mill known as the Moulin Marechal to cover the southern approach to La Gleize. In the late… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 3 - Kampfgruppe Peiper II
Shadows of Death Scenario#: KGP01     Date: 12/20/1944     Location: Stoumont, Belgium The initial objective of Task Force Harrison was the recapture of the St. Edouard Sanatorium, a large brick building dominating the heights on the northwestern outskirts of Stoumont. At twilight, partially concealed by a dense mist, the GIs attacked… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 2 - Kampfgruppe Peiper I
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
Dom Butgenbach Scenario#: G06     Date: December 20, 1944     Location: Moderscheid, Belgium The ’Big Red One’ had been in constant combat since the D-Day landings. They were in the Ardennes area for rest and refit when the German offensive launched. These hardy veterans were rushed forward to plug any gaps in the … Old School Tactical — Ghost Front
Noville to Foy Scenario#: 6380     Date: 12/20/1944     Location: Noville, Belgium Battle of the Bulge, morning of December 20, 1944 - Noville is already under attack, but the enemy seems to be groping, rather than making a concentrated attack. Fog and snow have hampered the action and the beleaguered Americans can … Memoir '44 — Breakthrough
Baraque de Fraiture (Parkers Crossroads) Scenario#: 1363     Date: 12/20/1944     Location: Fraiture, Belgium Under orders from command to "hold at all costs", Major Arthur C. Parker of the 589th Field Artillery unit assembled a makeshift force of glider and parachute infantry, armored infantry, a few anti-tank guns and some Sherman tanks at the … Memoir '44 — 2007 Xmas Card
St Vith, Ardennes Scenario#: 20     Date: 12/20/1944     Location: St Vith, Belgium As early as August 1944, Adolf Hitler began formulating plans for what would become the Ardennes offensive. While too ambitious for the available resources and terrain, the plan was deemed by the German High Command as having more chances of … Memoir '44 — Memoir 44
Roadblocks! Scenario#: NBO05     Date: 12/19/1944     Location: Noville, Belgium When Team Desobry arrived at the small crossroads settlement of Noville their task was clear: stop the German advance on Bastogne. The men of Combat Command B (CCB), of which the team was a part of, had barely enough ñrepower … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Noville - Bastogne's Outpost
One Hell of a Night Scenario#: NBO04     Date: 12/19/1944     Location: Noville, Belgium All through the night the Pares held against probing attacks of ever-mounting intensity. It was a nightmare of violent firefights, clanking tank tracks, and confusion, but the Pares gave as … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Noville - Bastogne's Outpost
Here Comes the Sun Scenario#: NBO03     Date: 12/19/1944     Location: Noville, Belgium Suddenly the mist lifted, as if drawn aside by an invisible hand, and Noville's defenders saw that they were surrounded by Panthers, Tigers, Panzer IVs and groups of advancing German infantry. But what could well have been a disastrous defeat … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Noville - Bastogne's Outpost
Tigers in the Mist Scenario#: NBO02     Date: 12/19/1944     Location: Noville, Belgium In the morning the men had to fall back to Noville proper. But the day's fighting had just begun. Out of the almost impenetrable mist came threatening noises: Tigers were … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Noville - Bastogne's Outpost
A Counterattack Countered Scenario#: NBO01     Date: 12/19/1944     Location: Noville, Belgium His forces bolstered by the hardy Paras of the 1st Battalion, 506th PIR, Maj. Desobry felt confident. He immediately ordered a counterattack to take the high ground around Noville. The German Volksgrenadiers and Panzers had other ideas, however. - … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Noville - Bastogne's Outpost
Mageret Mixer Scenario#: J156     Date: 12/19/1944     Location: Mageret, Belgium Fearing a counterattack, Lehr commander Bayerlein pulled back his tanks and let Volksgrenadier-Division 26 secure Mageret during the night of 18-19 December. Combat Command R, 9th Armored Division the next morning launched an attack to reopen the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #10
Desobry Defiant Scenario#: AP061     Date: 12/19/1944     Location: Noville, Belgium Early on the morning of 19 December, near Noville in a dense fog, advance units of the 2nd Panzer Division stumbled into elements of Combat Command B of the 10th Armored Division. After several probes, the Germans deployed to attack. As the moved out… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #6 A Decade of War
Abandon Ship! Scenario#: 193     Date: 12/19/1944     Location: Wardin, Belgium In an effort to determine the strength and location of the Germans before Bastogne, Company I of the 501st Parachute Infantry was ordered into the town of Wardin. Upon reaching the village a roadblock was found, astride the Wardin-Bastogne road. A… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 3a Yanks (2nd Edition)
Bastogne Prelude Scenario#: 16     Location: Bastogne, Belgium Elements of the American 101st Airborne Division, with support units from CCR 9th Armored Division, engage elements of the German Panzer Lehr Division probing east of Bastogne. Panzer (AH/MMP) — Panzer Leader
Highway to Hell Scenario#: PB3     Date: December 19, 1944     Location: Noville, Belgium Of course, the Tigers weren’t the only bad news. The mist had finally lifted and Desobry’s men realized that they were damn near surrounded. Old School Tactical — Pocket Battles
The Bigger They Come Scenario#: PB2     Date: December 19, 1944     Location: Noville, Belgium The initial attack drove Desobry’s men back to Noville proper. There they waited, hoping against hope that the Germans were through with them. They would have no such luck. Shortly after resetting the defense, the Americans once again heard engines … Old School Tactical — Pocket Battles
At Dawn’s Early Light Scenario#: PB1     Date: December 19, 1944     Location: Noville, Belgium On December 19th, the Wehrmacht continued to advance towards the vital crossroads town of Bastogne. Sent to delay them were the men of Team Desobry. The two forces met outside of a town named Noville. Old School Tactical — Pocket Battles
Daredevil Tankers Scenario#: G10     Date: December 19, 1944     Location: Stoumont, Belgium Arriving in Belgium without their tanks, the men of the 740th Tank Battalion scraped together what armor they could at a depot enroute to the front. The men cobbled together some bastard tanks and rushed forward to meet Kampfgruppe Peiper. … Old School Tactical — Ghost Front
Greif II Scenario#: G05     Date: December 19, 1944     Location: Moderscheid, Belgium The alarm has been raised. US soldiers with armor backup move to eliminate the saboteurs in their lines. The German commandos have nowhere to run. They will make their final stand at these crossroads. Old School Tactical — Ghost Front
Greif I Scenario#: G04     Date: December 19, 1944     Location: Moderscheid, Belgium Hitler’s commando, Otto Skorzeny, formed a volunteer unit of English speaking troops to infiltrate American positions. Wearing US uniforms, these soldiers were to sow confusion in the enemy ranks and create chaos. Here a unit of these troops approach… Old School Tactical — Ghost Front
Peiper at Stoumont Scenario#: 6792     Date: 12/19/1944     Location: Stoumont, Belgium Ordered to throw a defensive line together and block Kampfgrupper Peiper for 24 hours, Colonel Roy Fitzgerald was the first to reach Stoumont. As he deployed his forces around the village, he was surprised to find Battery C from the … Memoir '44 — Winter Wars