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One Smart BastardScenario#: WO40 Date: 02/28/1945 Location: Iwo Jima, PacificLt. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, one of the few realists among high-ranking Japanese Officers had adopted a radical defensive policy. Forgoing the water's edge tactics and the Banzai attacks of previous battles, he chose an inland defensive policy.… Advanced Squad Leader — Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2022 |
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Heroes' DayScenario#: WO35 Date: 10/10/1945 Location: Surabaya, IndonesiaThe Japanese surrender in August 1945 created a sudden power vacuum in the largely ignored Dutch East Indies. The Dutch were in no position to reclaim administrative duties over such a large area, so the British were tasked with restoring civil… Advanced Squad Leader — Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2020 |
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Sealing Their FateScenario#: WO20 Date: 2/15/1945 Location: Chojnice, PolandAs the Soviet offensive to secure the right flank of the drive on Berlin, a 50 kilometer gap still existed between two of the German divisions defending Pomerania. The Soviet 70th Army, which included the 1st Guards Tank Corps and the 96th Rifle… Advanced Squad Leader — Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2016 |
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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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Across the IsselScenario#: WO11 Date: 3/26/1945 Location: Loikum, GermanyEarly on the second day of Operation PLUNDER, units of 15th (Scottish) Division crossed the unfinished Autobahn to their front. Resistance from scattered German units was light, so a recon section of two armored cars was sent to scout the Royal Scots… Advanced Squad Leader — Winter Offensive Bonus Pack 2013 |
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Between a Rock and a Hard PlaceScenario#: W14 Date: 1945-03-25 Location: Oppenheim, GermanyFollowing the Rhine crossing at Oppenheim by the American Third Army, confused fighting developed between Dannstadt and the Main River as retreating and defending German units mixed with the American armored spearheads. Most opposition was quickly… Tank Leader — Western Front |
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Assault on SalinesScenario#: W12 Date: 1945-01-30 Location: Salines, GermanyAfter the failed Ardennes Offensive. Understrength German ínfantry divisions were left holding much of the line. Crucial towns containing road and rail junctions were held at all costs to delay … Tank Leader — Western Front |
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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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Meat GrinderScenario#: W08 Date: 1945-02-25 Location: Wadgassen, GermanyThe U.S. Third Army pressed attacks across the Saar river in the late winter of 1945. Heavily fortified German positions made these assaults costly. Despite control of the air and overwhelming artillery support, ínfantry still had to make the… Tank Leader — Western Front |
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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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Operation LumberjackScenario#: W02 Date: 1945-03-10 Location: Eifel, GermanyThe U.S. Third Army under George S. Patton launched operation LUMBERJACK as Phase II of the Allied advance to the Rhine. Third Army's objective was Coblenz. Patton advanced through the Moselle river valley, south of The Eiffel. Units of the … Tank Leader — Western Front |
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Khaki Storm RisingScenario#: W01 Date: 1945-03-16 Location: Pfaffenheck, GermanyBritish armored units fanned across the North German plain following the crossing of the Rhine in March. Resistance, initially stiff, weakened as the Germans ran low on fuel and ammunition. The 4th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment, was advancing on the… Tank Leader — Western Front |
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Night AssaultScenario#: W98 Date: 26-Mar-45 Location: Kirchhellen, GermanyAfter dispersing an attack by the Wehrmacht 116th Panzer Division, the American infantrymen of 120th Regiment were able to advance to positions near Kirchhellen Airfield. The Gls watched helplessly as the airfield's powerful flak guns, mounted high… Squad Leader — Wargamers Pack 2 |
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The Breaking WaveScenario#: W97 Date: 19-Dec-44 Location: Dom Butengenbach, BelgiumThe German efforts to press their Wacht am Rhein offensive were falling behind schedule. After rapid deliberation German General Staff decided that the best way to speed the assault was to increase the maneuver area for the attacking elements. They … Squad Leader — Wargamers Pack 2 |
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Vistula River LineScenario#: 17 Date: '01/13/45 Location: Vistula River, PolandWith the start of the Russian offensive on January 12. 1945, breakthroughs were achieved all along the vistula River with the aid of massive artillery barrages. Intact defending units, as in all overwhelming ofiensives, often found themselves in… Panzer (AH/MMP) — Wargamer's Guide to PanzerBlitz |
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Won’t They Ever Give Up SpringScenario#: WS2 Date: Spring, 1945 Location: Rhine River, GermanyIt had been a long war, but then again, any war is a long war. We were supposed to be home by Christmas, but Hitler had other ideas, and those other ideas damn near worked. Driving us almost to the … Old School Tactical — Volume 2 Western Front |
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Over the RhineScenario#: W15 Date: March 10, 1945 Location: Remagen, GermanyThe Americans couldn’t believe their luck when they came upon the Ludendorff Bridge still intact. They rushed to capture it and pushed as many troops as they could across the Rhine. The Germans scrambled to mount a counter attack. They … Old School Tactical — Volume 2 Western Front |
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Heavy HittersScenario#: W11 Date: March 21, 1945 Location: Ruhr, GermanyThe M36 Jackson was an upgunned tank destroyer that gave the Americans a gun that could tangle with the powerful German tanks. In the Ruhr, armored infantry of the 9th move forward to clear a village and secure the roads. … Old School Tactical — Volume 2 Western Front |
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Hunting the HuntersScenario#: W06 Date: April 2, 1945 Location: Ruhr, GermanyThe Jagdpanzer 38 was nicknamed Hetzer, or hunter by the German troops. But lately the hunters had become the hunted. The two tank destroyers sat waiting to ambush, concealed in their camouflage. The war was almost over for the Americans, … Old School Tactical — Volume 2 Western Front |
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Reichswald & NutterdenScenario#: 16304 Date: 2/8/1945 Location: Nutterden, GermanyOperation Veritable was intended to eliminate all German forces west of the Rhine river and set the stage for Allied forces to eventually cross that great barrier. However, General Schlemm, the German commander of the First Parachute Army defending… Memoir '44 — VE-Day |
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Hatten & RittershoffenScenario#: 16303 Date: 1/16/1945 Location: Rittershoffen, GermanyUnternehmen Nordwind (Northwind), the drive to Strasbourg, was the last major German offensive on the Western Front. Launched on January 1, 1945, it was initially successful as the Axis forces broke through the thinly stretched U.S. 7th Army line and… Memoir '44 — VE-Day |
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HitdorfScenario#: 16300 Date: 4/6/1945 Location: Hitdorf, GermanyOn 6 April 1945, the first wave of the 82nd Airborne Division crossed the Rhine in boats and immediately made contact with the enemy. Under heavy fire and faced with a minefield, the troopers fought toward their assigned objectives and … Memoir '44 — VE-Day |
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Seelow HeightsScenario#: 16295 Date: 4/16/1945 Location: Seelow Heights, GermanyOn 16 April, the battle of Berlin started with a massive Soviet artillery barrage against General Theodor Busse’s 9th German Army, which numbered around 200,000 men and equipment. Zhukov’s Red Army, on the other hand, was a juggernaut of over … Memoir '44 — VE-Day |
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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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Raid On HammelburgScenario#: 31-6 Date: March 26-28, 1945 Location: Hammelburg, GermanyElements of 37th Tank Battalion and the 10th Armored lnfanry are sent 60 miles behind enemy lines to rescue an expected 300 Allied officers held as prisoners of war. Panzer (AH/MMP) — The General #31.6 |
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Auld Lang SyneScenario#: V Date: 1/1/1945 Location: Gerimont, FranceIn the Ardennes sector, the U.S. 87th Division was given the assignment of taking Gerimont. The opening of the assault went well but while pausing to regroup in the outskirts of the town, the Americans were hit by a strong local counterattack. The… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #31.3 |
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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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The LiberatorsScenario#: G34 Date: 4/2/1945 Location: Wiener Neustadt, AustriaFollowing the collapse of Hitler's Awakening of Spring, on March 16th, Marshall Tolbuhkin's 3rd Ukrainian Front went over to the attack. The 6th Guards Tank Army was placed at his disposal to deal with the stiff resistance. On April 2nd, having… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #31.1 |
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The Awakening of SpringScenario#: G33 Date: 3/14/1945 Location: Lake Balaton, Hungary SPRINGWith the Soviet Army firmly established on the Oder River and threatening Berlin, Hitler was still obsessed with taking the offensive elsewhere. Hitler decided to launch an attack to create a buffer zone between the Soviet forces near the Danube… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #31.1 |
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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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The WhirlwindScenario#: S Date: 4/18/1945 Location: Aschaffenburg, GermanyOn the night of 17th of April, elements of a recon troop of the American 26th Infantry Division occupied a tiny village on the outskirts of Aschaffenburg without opposition. Based on civilian reports of the presence by the enemy, the staff of the… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #28.4 |
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Battle Of KustrinScenario#: 28-3.6 Date: '22/3/45 Location: Kustrin, RussiaA Russian Guards Tank Corps from the 5th Shock Army launches an attack along the Kustrin-Berlin Highway. ln their path, a hastlly assembled kampfgruppe of no name or number prepares to make a last stand. Panzer (AH/MMP) — The General #28.3 |
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A View from the TopScenario#: G13 Date: 2/23/1945 Location: Bologna, ItalyIt was vital that “Riva Ridge”, a series of four peaks dominating Route 64 between Vergati and the city of Bologna, be cleared. Following successes on Mount Belvedere and Mount Gorgolesco, taken by coup-de-main on the 18th and 19th, the U.S. 10th… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #27.5 |
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The St. Goar AssaultScenario#: O Date: 3/24/1945 Location: Saint Goar, GermanyGermany’s army was beaten. The Rhine River had been crossed at Remagen and elsewhere. As more and more of the Allied forces closed in on the Rhine, there was a growing tendency to simply take it “on the run” rather than shift to an existing… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #26.1 |
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The Forgotten FrontScenario#: G03 Date: 2/9/1945 Location: Hennebont, FranceThe 66th Infantry Division was typical of many raised from draftees in preparation for the invasion of Europe. Yet when the “Panthermen” arrived, they found themselves relegated to a relative backwater – containing the isolated German pockets around… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #23.6 |
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Aachen's PallScenario#: P Date: 25-Oct-44 Location: Aachen, GermanyThe American hand had closed about Aachen. The city fell slowly. Street by street, then house by house the Gls squeezed out the Germans. Finally the Wehrmacht headquarters in the Hotel Quillenhof was in sight. The massive hotel structure proved … Squad Leader — The General #21.2 |
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Strayer's StraysScenario#: O Date: 6-Jun-44 Location: Saint-Germain-de-Varreville, FranceBy dawn, Lt. Colonel R.L. Strayer had pieced together a unit composed of men of the 502nd, 506th and 508th Parachute Regiments. Front lines and flanks were meaningless. The officers and men didn't know one another. Radio contact with HQ … Squad Leader — The General #20.4 |
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Land LeviathansScenario#: TS3 Date: 3-Jul-41 Location: Lipki, RussiaUnder pressure from Stalin to hold Smolensk, Yeremenko was desperate to halt the German offensive. On I July, he committed his sole armored reserve: the 1st Moscow Motorized Rifle Division under Major General LG. Kreyzer. It was a crack unit, … Squad Leader — The General #19,5 |
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Pavlov's HouseScenario#: TS2 Date: 20-Oct-42 Location: Stalingrad, RussiaAt the end of September, units of Rodimtsev's 13th Guards were ordered to seize buildings on Lenin Square and form strongpoints. A damaged apartment building was attacked and occupied by Sgt. Jacob Pavlov and his men, who formed a defensive … Squad Leader — The General #19,5 |
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Semper ParatusScenario#: J Date: 27-Sep-44 Location: Oorderen, HollandLieutenant C.P .J. Des Groseillers urged his straining men to push again. D Company had found a German 75mm antitank gun in the ruins of Oorderen. The breech had been hidden and the weapon had been left in the town … Squad Leader — The General #18.2 |
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Hunters from the SkyScenario#: I Date: 24-Mar-45 Location: Rhine River, Germany"Operation Varsity," the airborne phase of the Allies' Northern Rhine crossing, was to be the last airborne assault of the war. Artillery units and fighter-bombers pounded the German gun positions in the vicinity of the drop zones lifting just prior… Squad Leader — The General #17.2 |
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The Attempt to Relieve PeiperScenario#: H Date: 21-Dec-44 Location: the Ardennes, BelgiumThe key to the German Ardennes Offensive Jay with a quick breakthrough and deep penetration. In the north the success of a breakthrough rested heavily with Colonel Peiper's Kampfgruppe from the 1st SS Division. But the quick victories which had … Squad Leader — The General #17.2 |
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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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Two eyes for an eyeScenario#: D7 Date: 29-Apr-45 Location: Berlin, Germany“Two eyes for an eye” was the Russian’s motto as the drive for Berlin had begun. Four Russian armies, 4,000 tanks, 22,000 guns and mortars, and over 4,000 aircraft began the drive on the German capital on the night of … Squad Leader — The Dragon Vol. V, No. 9 |
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Skrimish in AustriaScenario#: D6 Date: 6-Mar-45 Location: AustriaAfter passing through Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, the Red Army smashed into Austria. A mixed group of Yugoslavs, Bulgarians and Russians met elements of the German force occupying Austria in a night melee. Squad Leader — The Dragon Vol. V, No. 7 |
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Will the German garrison leave?Scenario#: D8 Date: 17-Jan-45 Location: Budapest, HungaryOn December 12, 1944, the Russian high command ordered that Budapest was to be encircled and crushed. The 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts were in excellent position to cut off the city. German counterattacks delayed the encirclement of the city … Squad Leader — The Dragon Vol. V, No. 11 |
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Siegfried IdyllScenario#: 44 Date: 20 March 1945 Location: Wissembourg, GermanyThe 36th finally entered Germany between Wissembourg and Altenstadt, but were now coming under fire from the fortified belt of the ‘Siegfried Line’. On the 20th of March, just five days after the initial move at Haguenau, the 141st Regiment … Band of Brothers — Texas Arrows |
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Tiger, Tiger, Burning BrightScenario#: 43 Date: 13 March 1945 Location: Haguenau, GermanyThe 36th had captured most of Haguenau and the Germans held only the northern outskirts across the Moder River. The river was crossable by infantry but an obstacle to American vehicles. The small four-house bridgehead was expanded on the 13th … Band of Brothers — Texas Arrows |
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Schwammenauel DamScenario#: 1422 Date: 2/4/1945 Location: Schwammenauel Dam, GermanyBefore Operation 'Veritable' and 'Grenade' could begin, there was a matter of the Roer dams to consider. These dams were located in an area of steep gorges, small mountains and narrow roads. Earlier attempts to capture the dams had failed … Memoir '44 — Terrain Pack |
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Across the River RoerScenario#: 1340 Date: 2/24/1945 Location: Linnich, GermanyThe 9th Army was lined up along the River Roer on the 23rd of February at the start of Operation Grenade. The river had receded enough to make a crossing possible and the Operation opened with a tremendous artillery bombardment. … Memoir '44 — Terrain Pack |