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Broich BashScenario#: 200 Date: 3/2/1945 Location: Broich, GermanyFollowing the conclusion of the Ardennes offensive, the VII Corps was returned to the location in Germany which it had occupied prior to the battle. The Corp’s next mission was to attack across the Ruhr and advance northeast, covering the Ninth… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 3a Yanks (2nd Edition) |
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Came Tumbling AfterScenario#: FB06 Date: 1/29/1945 Location: Budapest, HungaryWith 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 |
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Capital PunishmentScenario#: BOF22 Date: 4/16/1945 Location: Neu Glietzen, GermanyIn mid-April 1945, the time had come for the Red Army to cross the last major natural obstacle before Berlin - the Oder river. One of the many planned crossings was the 61st Army's effort to get the 8th Penal Battalion across to the south side of a… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends 2 |
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Capture of MeiktilaScenario#: 17598 Date: 3/1/1945 Location: Meiktila, BurmaThe attack of Meiktila was conducted by the 17th Indian Infantry Division under the command of Major General Cowan. He ordered the 63th Brigade to attack the city from the west, while the 48th Brigade engaged from the north and … Memoir '44 — New Flight Plan |
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Castle ItterScenario#: N13 Date: 1945/05/05 Location: Itter, AustriaThe Battle for Castle Itter was fought near the Austrian village of Itter on 5 May 1945, in the last days of the War in Europe. US soldiers joined forces with Wehrmacht infantrymen, an SS officer, an Austrian Resistance fighter, … Undaunted — Undaunted: Normandy |
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Circle of DoomScenario#: J143 Date: 4/16/1945 Location: Nüremberg, GermanyNuremberg – “the most German of German cities” – would be defended by the 13th SS Corps of the First Army, and the 15,000 fanatic Nazis under General Max Simon were prepared to defend the old city “to the last bullet”. By April 15, they would get… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9 |
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Clark FieldScenario#: H11 Date: January 24, 1945 Location: Luzon, PhillipinesAfter landing, one of MacArthur’s priorities was capturing this airfield to use in the campaign. Japanese units of the Kembu Group stiffened their defense as the Americans approached. With armor support, it was up to the ’Buckeyes' of the 37th … Old School Tactical — Hell Bent Pacific |
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Clearing Action in the RuhrScenario#: W10 Date: 1945-04-05 Location: Ruhr, GermanyFollowing the Rhine crossings in the U.S. First Army and Third Army sectors, German resistance in the Ruhr completely disintegraled. American armored divisions sprinted through weak forces, establishíng a bridgehead as deep as 60 miles in only seven… Tank Leader — Western Front |
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Clearing KakazuScenario#: J017 Date: 4/24/1945 Location: Kakazu Ridge, OkinawaDuring the night of April 23 and early morning of April 24, a heavy Japanese bombardment masked the withdrawal of most of the remaining defenders of the Kakazu pocket. Several small units were left behind to delay the American pursuit. At the same… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2 |
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Clearing of the Echternach BulgeScenario#: 24370 Date: February 06, 1945 Location: Echternach, GermanyThe battle of the Bulge finished in January 1945. The 417th Infantry Division and the 5th Armored Division had to cross the Sauer between Bollendorf and Echternach to take the first hill mass, not quite a mile beyond the Sauer. … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2022 |
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Cold CrocodilesScenario#: A025 Date: 1/20/1945 Location: Saint Joost, HollandOperation Blackcock's plan was for 12th Corps to clear the German 176th and 183rd Infantry Divisions, well dug in with anti-tank guns, from a triangle formed by the rivers Roer, Wurm and Maas. The Division was on the left bank with 131st Brigade… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 90 |
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Colditz CastleScenario#: BP04 Date: 02/10/1945 Location: Colditz, GermanyBy far the most renowned German prison camp of World War Two was the Colditz Castle. lt was where Allied prisoners who couldn't be kept anywhere else were housed. Allied High Command feared the Germans would execute their prisoners as … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Bravo |
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Counter-attack at HoltzwihrScenario#: 5797 Date: 1/26/1945 Location: Holtzwihr, FranceDuring the Battle for the Colmar Pocket, the 3rd U.S. Infantry Division, attached to the 1st French Army for the occasion, bravely inched through the snow-covered plains of Alsace despite the bitter cold. The 15th U.S. Infantry Regiment had just … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2010 |
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Counter-offensive on OkinawaScenario#: 1521 Date: 5/4/1945 Location: Tanabaru, OkinawaThe Japanese began their counter-offensive on the night of May 3rd, 1945. The 24th Division, supported by the Japanese 27th Tank Regiment, decided to push forward in six separate thrusts. Their main objective was to break through the US Army … Memoir '44 — Campaign Book Vol 2 |
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Counterattack at HattenScenario#: 5 Date: 1945-01-09 Location: HattenBy December 21st, the German High Command had realized that the Ardennes Offensive was not going to reach its objectives. A sudden attack on the southern Allied front might damage the gap that Patton’s Third Army had left on its … Last Hundred Yards — Last Hundred Yards |
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Coup de Main at HamminkelnScenario#: J177 Date: 3/24/1945 Location: Hamminkeln Station, GermanyThough neither wide nor deep, the Issel stream had steep banks which formed a natural tank barrier, a fact which caused major concern among the Allied command. The seizure of every intact bridge over the Issel was considered vital to the success of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11 |
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Crickets in SpringScenario#: AP131 Date: 3/7/1945 Location: Aranyos-Puszta, HungaryThe Lake Balaton offensive, code named FRUHLINGSERWACHEN (Spring Awakening) began on 6 March. The “Hitlerjugend” division launched its part of the attack at 0400. The first day was disappointing as the division made little progress against the Soviet… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #13 Oktoberfest XXXII |
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Crocodile RockScenario#: OA11 Date: 3/27/1945 Location: Bergen, GermanyAfter crossing the Rhine, most actions consisted of mopping up pockets of scattered and demoralized Germans. One such pocket was the village of Bergen, held by the 117th Replacement Panzergrenadier Battalion. A troop of Churchill Crocodile… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Attic |
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Crossing the Bloody MeadowScenario#: FB16 Date: 2/8/1945 Location: Budapest, HungaryBy 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 |
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Deadly AssumptionScenario#: J176 Date: 3/4/1945 Location: Rheinberg, GermanyThe most appealing objectives in the Wesel bridgehead were two still-intact bridges, which offered the promise of a dry crossing of the Rhine by Allied forces. Because the Americans had encountered so little resistance in the days after Operation… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11 |
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Defense of MeiktilaScenario#: 1639 Date: 3/14/1945 Location: Meiktila, BurmaBy early March of 1945, the 17th Indian Division in Burma, under the command of British Major-General David Tennent "Punch" Cowan captured the city of Meiktila, taking just 4 days to defeat the nearly 4000 Japanese who held it. The … Memoir '44 — Game Trade Magazine #96 |
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Delaying ActionScenario#: D Date: 30-Oct-44 Location: Western Lithuania, LithuaniaAfter failing to halt the onslaught of Bagramyan's 1st Baltic Front, scattered units of the Gross Deutschland Division were ordered to fall back to the northwest and regroup?. One evening during the course of this retreat some three hundred of … Squad Leader — The General #15.6 |
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Dog Plus EightScenario#: H Date: 27-Feb-45 Location: Hill 382, Iwo Jima, JapanEight days after the initial landing on the island and four days after the American flag had been raised on Mount Suribachi, the 3rd Marine Division found itself dug in on the barren stone plateau north of the airfields. The … Combat Commander — CC: Pacific |
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Don't EconomizeScenario#: FB13 Date: 2/7/1945 Location: Budapest, HungaryAs 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 |
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Down on the FarmScenario#: HS33 Date: 2/19/1945 Location: Goch, GermanyIn front of A and C Companies of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, B Company, under the command of Major Duncan Kennedy, was attacking the Schwanenhof farmstead, located a few hundred yards past the Goch-Kalkar road. The Kangaoos dropped the men… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11 |
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Dying for DanzigScenario#: BOF21 Date: 3/27/1945 Location: Gdansk, PolandBefore the outbreak of the war, some French groups questioned why France would go to war with Germany over Poland and "die for Danzig". However, any French reluctance to fight did not prevent the outbreak of the war. In March 1945 the front lines ran… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends 2 |
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Encircling The RuhrScenario#: U46 Date: 3/30/1945 Location: Ruhr, GermanyAs the 12th Army wheeled its way north under overcast skies to join the 9th Army in encircling the Ruhr, they drew upon the 3rd Armored Division to lead the way. A task force built around a medium tank battalion which included a few of the new… Advanced Squad Leader — Rivers to the Reich |
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End Station BudapestScenario#: 121 Date: 1/15/1945 Location: Budapest, HungaryThe 2nd Ukrainian Front, augmented by the allied 7th Romanian Corps, had reached the Danube. Hitler ordered that beautiful Budapest be made a “fortress city” even as the 3rd Ukrainian Front encircled it. The Romanians, ill equipped for city fighting,… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion |
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Everything Is LostScenario#: J125 Date: 4/30/1945 Location: Berlin, GermanyAs the frontage of the various Russian corps's shortened because they were getting nearer to the center of Berlin, field artillery was incorporated into direct assault formations. The typical tactic (after a few days of figuring things out) was to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #8 |
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Fahrenheit 352Scenario#: HF8 Date: 1/14/1945 Location: Hatten, FranceAfter five days of fighting, both Hatten and Rittershoffen had largely been split in two, with the Germans holding slightly more of the most prominent positions. Many buildings had been rubbled, burned to the ground or suffered significant structural… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 9 - Hatten in Flames |
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Fallschirmjäger RequiemScenario#: AP10 Date: 03/23/1945 Location: Wesel, GermanyAs a prelude to Operation Varsity, British and Canadian commandos were tasked with launching an amphibious assault across the Rhine to take the town of Wesel. As the commandos were ferried across, the RAF and attached artillery units pounded the … Lock 'n Load: Band of Heroes — Battle Pack Alpha |
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First TimersScenario#: HF3 Date: 1/9/1945 Location: Hatten, FranceA breakthrough in the village of Hatten became the key focus of the German offensive codenamed Operation NORDWIND. By early afternoon of 9 January, units from Panzergrenadier-Division 25 had captured most of Hatten. The Americans responded… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 9 - Hatten in Flames |
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Foggy BottomScenario#: W04 Date: 1945-04-25 Location: Harz, GermanyThe U.S. 1st Army under Hodges encountered little resistance as it advanced on the Mulde river. Only in the Harz mountains was serious opposition encountered. Wenck's ínfamous 11th Army launched numerous small attacks against the encircling… Tank Leader — Western Front |
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Fools Rush InScenario#: H12 Date: April 19, 1945 Location: Okinawa, PacificIn supporting attacks of the 27th Infantry Division, the tanks of the 193rd Tank Battalion found themselves isolated. To make matters worse, they ran into an ambush by the Japanese 22nd independent Anti-Tank Battalion. The Japanese fell upon the… Old School Tactical — Hell Bent Pacific |
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For A Few Rounds MoreScenario#: J100 Date: 3/30/1945 Location: Menden, GermanyAs March 30th dawned, the U.S. 5th Infantry Division and the 3rd Armored Division advanced on the village of Menden in an effort to seal the encirclement of the Ruhr pocket. In front of the village, the 737th Tank Battalion found itself engaged by… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #6 |
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For Pride's SakeScenario#: WO14 Date: 1/16/1945 Location: Santa Maria, LuzonGeneral Yamashita's plans for the defense of northern Luzon included fighting withdrawals and a gradual retreat to the mountains and the Cagayan valley. Needing to move the 2nd Tank Division -- his main mobile reserve -- and pestered by subordinate… Advanced Squad Leader — Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2014 |
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For Want of Either Crust or CrumbScenario#: FB08 Date: 2/1/1945 Location: Budapest, HungaryAxis 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 |
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Forest GummScenario#: AP174 Date: 1/19/1945 Location: Weyersheim, FranceTowards the latter part of Operation NORDWIND in the Alsace province of eastern France, the Germans shifted their focus to the Rhine River. ln response, the inexperienced American 12th Armored Division had tried to take the initiative against the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under |
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Forging SpetsnazScenario#: BOF12 Date: 8/13/1945 Location: Chongjin, KoreaOn 9 August 1945 the Russians unleashed a massive offensive aiming to destroy the Japanese Kwantung Army in Manchuria. Russian naval forces would capture the vital port of Chongjin and cut the Japanese supply route. Led by twice-Hero of the Soviet… Advanced Squad Leader — Best of Friends |
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Forth BridgeScenario#: G37 Date: 4/11/1945 Location: Fuhrberg, GermanyAfter three days of rest and refit, the Churchills of the Scots Guards arrived from Munster and linked up with the troops of the 227th Infantry Brigade's Gordon Highlanders, with orders to advance on Celle. The Germans had taken advantage of the… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #31.3 |
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Fortress BreslauScenario#: AP09 Date: 02/17/1945 Location: Breslau, PolandHitler 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 |
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FoyScenario#: BoEC14 Date: 1945-01-13 Location: Foy, BelgiumLock 'n Load Tactical — Battles of Easy Company |
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Furor HungaricusScenario#: FB03 Date: 1/20/1945 Location: Budapest, HungaryUnwilling 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 |
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Goch YaScenario#: HS22 Date: 2/18/1945 Location: Goch, GermanyWith the civilians evacuated and the town fortified by two anti-tank ditches, the defenders of the town of Goch waited patiently for the inevitable Allied assault. For the Allies, the plan was for a dual assault by two Scottish Divisions via a set… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 2 - Operation Veritable |
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Golden PheasantsScenario#: J145 Date: 4/19/1945 Location: Nüremberg, GermanyOnly the truly fanatic remained in the old town by 19 April. General Simon now commanded only isolated bands of SS men or Luftwaffe troops here and there. Nazi political officers – known jokingly as “golden pheasants” for their love of fancy but… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9 |
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Got Milk?Scenario#: HS26 Date: 2/19/1945 Location: Goch, GermanyDuring Operation Veritable, the Canadian 4th Infantry Brigade and attached formations were to capture a vital stretch of roadway that connected Goch and Kalkar. The Goch-Kalkar road was a fairly ordinary paved two-lane market road surrounded by… Advanced Squad Leader — HSASL 2 - Operation Veritable |
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Gotta Get OutScenario#: HF7 Date: 1/13/1945 Location: Hatten, FranceFour days into the battle, the 14th Armored Division, supported by infantry from two battalions of the 315th Infantry Regiment, had managed to temporarily halt the momentum of Panzer-Korps XXXIX. Switching to the offensive, American tankers sought to… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 9 - Hatten in Flames |
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GOYAScenario#: G18 Date: 1/7/1945 Location: Rochelinval, BelgiumThe 551st Parachute Infantry Battalion was a veteran airborne unit, whose distinctive patch was emblazoned with the acronym “GOYA” (for “Get Off Your Ass”). From the 21st of December through the 6th of January, the men of the battalion weathered “no… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #29.2 |
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Grassy KnollScenario#: A Date: 7-May-45 Location: Mindanao Island, PhilippinesAfter capturing Libby Airfield with the aid of Filipino guerrillas, the US 24th Infantry Division found the assault toward Davao becoming exceedingly slow and ponderous. Exacerbating the issue was the preponderance of hemp fields in the area, now… Combat Commander — CC: Pacific |
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Graveyard ShiftScenario#: HF5 Date: 1/10/1945 Location: Hatten, FranceFor the remainder of 10 January, the Germans focused their efforts on securing defensive positions while aligning themselves for an assault on Rittershoffen via a sunken road originating from the northwest of Hatten. The American counterattack… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 9 - Hatten in Flames |