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Round One Scenario#: 84 Date: 9/8/1939 Location: Ochota, Poland A little more than a week after the invasion of Poland, German units of the 10th Army were at the gates of Warsaw. Despite some panic and confusion, the citizens were urged to help with anti-tank ditches and defenses. The 4th Panzer Division was… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions
No Way Out Scenario#: 85 Date: 9/9/1939 Location: Pilatka, Poland As Kunip_lgruppe Dittfurth was cutting their only path of retreat towards the Vistula. the trapped Poles of Army Prussy became more and more desperate in their attempts to break through the encirclemcnt. As darkness approached. the Poles launched yet… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions
Fighting Back Scenario#: 86 Date: 9/9/1939 Location: Leczyka, Poland Polish General Tadeusz Kutrzeba was given permission for an attack to the south by Amry Poznan. The aim was to cover the retreat of Army Pomorze. The attack used the 25th, 17th and 14th Infantry Divisions... Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 11 - Doomed Battalions
Balkan Sideshow Scenario#: 111 Date: 4/13/1941 Location: Szenttanas, Yugoslavia Now it was Yugoslavia's turn to be in the center of the German blitzkrieg. Operation "Merita" had begun and the country was attacked on all sides. As Hungarian "Group Sandor" advanced through abandoned Yugoslavian positions, it was ordered to push… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion
Out of Cowardice Scenario#: 112 Date: 4/13/1941 Location: Senta, Yugoslavia Immediately after Yugoslavian regent Prince Paul signed the Tripartite Pact to join with Germany and Italy, military leaders overthrew the regime, rescinding the agreement. Hitler then launched Operation Punishment as a lesson on the costs of defying… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion
Liberating Bessarabia Scenario#: 113 Date: 7/5/1941 Location: Branzeni, Romania At the onset of Barbarossa, Romania's primary goal was recapturing from the Russians its lost lands in Bessarabia and northern Bukovina. Although the Russians successfully resisted the initial assaults in the area, by the end of June the Axis had… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion
Cautious Crusaders Scenario#: 114 Date: 7/23/1941 Location: Lipovic, Ukraine Joining in Germany's “Crusade against Bolshevism”, a newly formed Slovakian “Mobile Group” crossed the border into the Ukraine. Leading the attack were the bicyclists and tanks of the Motorized Reconnaissance Group. Near the village of Lipovic, a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion
Huns of Steel Scenario#: 115 Date: 7/18/1942 Location: Uriv, Russia The German Army had failed to take the city of Voronezh by early summer 1942. Three Russian bridgeheads remained in strength on the west bank of the Don River posing a threat to the entire front. The Hungarian Army was entrusted with clearing these… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion
The Sixth Blow Scenario#: 116 Date: 7/12/1944 Location: Skopce, Poland In the Carpathian Mountains, the STAVKA operational plan for 1944 called for successive assaults to retake all the territory lost to the Nazis. While the “fifth blow” of the plan against Army Group Center was winding down, Marshall Konev's First… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion
With Tigers on Their Tail Scenario#: 117 Date: 7/23/1944 Location: Saturnia, Galacia The 4th Ukrainian Front’s summer offensive had already liberated most of Galacia. Now the task at hand was to clear out Ruthenia and invade Hungary – perhaps knocking the Axis ally out of the war for good. A major barrier to this plan, however, was… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion
Downsizing the Uprising Scenario#: 118 Date: 9/9/1944 Location: Vrutky, Slovakia The Slovakian uprising had begun to unravel in the face of strong German counterattacks. Key to establishing a defensive line was control of the neighboring towns of Vrutky and Klacany, which remained in German hands despite repeated attacks.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion
Ancient Feud Scenario#: 119 Date: 10/11/1944 Location: Aphadia, Transylvania For centuries Transylvania had been fought over by Hungarians and Romanians. The “Vienna Award” of 1940 had placed a large portion of the region under Hungarian rule at the expense of the Romanians. Having switched sides to join the Allies, the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion
Return to Sender Scenario#: 120 Date: 10/14/1944 Location: Kocane, Serbia The Bulgarian surrender and subsequent re-entry into the war on the side of the Allies left the German positions in the Balkans in disarray. Army Group F was entrusted with keeping a withdrawal route open for forces in Geece and Albania. Elements of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 12 - Armies of Oblivion
End Station Budapest Scenario#: 121 Date: 1/15/1945 Location: Budapest, Hungary The 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
Arctic Crossroads Scenario#: 161 Date: 12/3/1939 Location: Yläluostari, Finland When the Winter War commenced on 30 November, the Finns did not expect any significant activity in the northernmost sector of Petsamo. The Soviets, however, had committed their entire 104th Division to secure both the Finnish arctic coast and the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
Armored Car Savikurki Scenario#: 162 Date: 12/5/1939 Location: Perkjärvi, Finland To delay the Soviet onslaught from reaching the main Finnish defense line, the finns engaged in a series of fighting withdrawals. Orders for one such delaying action was directed to 1st Company, Hämmen ratsurykmeniti (Häme cavalry regiment) at the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
Stopped Cold Scenario#: 163 Date: 12/15/1939 Location: Kirvesmäki, Finland After two weeks of delaying actions and counterattacks, Finnish forces had now reached the prepared main defense works known as the Mannerheim Line. However, the defenses at Kirvesmäki, consisted of little more than barbed wire and a few old concrete… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
Torment at Tormua Scenario#: 164 Date: 1/11/1940 Location: Tormua, Finland Finnish 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!
Nothing But Courage Scenario#: 165 Date: 2/26/1940 Location: Honkaniemi, Finland When the weary Finnish troops took up positions in the Mannerheim Line, with the Soviets right on their heels, the defense ran into trouble right away. After a week of battle, the Soviets managed to breach the line in several places, including at the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
Skiing in Lapland Scenario#: 166 Date: 2/26/1940 Location: Kuhmo, Finland During the first three weeks of the war the Russian 14th Army drove Detachment Pennanen before it all the way to Hoyhenjarvi where the advance halted and the contenders dug in. The front would be quiet until February 24, when a Russian ski detachment… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
Breakout From Prääzä Scenario#: 167 Date: 8/8/1941 Location: Karelia, Russia The Finnish attack to capture the vital crossroads at the village of Prääzä had stalled in front of the objective. To get the attack rolling Jalkavakirykmentti (Infantry Regiment) 50 was dispatched to outflank the defenders. After a march through the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
Forest Bastion Scenario#: 168 Date: 9/8/1941 Location: Niiniselkä, Russia As part of the general attack aimed at the Karelian capital of Petrozavodsk, the Finnish 11th Division was ordered to take the village of Prääzä, an important road junction over which the two sides had been fighting for a while. The division devised… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
Night Fans Scenario#: 169 Date: 1/28/1943 Location: Lake Segozero, Russia The small island of Metchishori, in the frozen Lake Segozero, was guarded by a Finnish company that was rotated on a monthly basis. On the morning of 21 January, the 9th Company and a machine gun platoon was transferred to the island. On 28 January a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
11th Company Counterattack Scenario#: 170 Date: 6/23/1944 Location: Vyborg, Finland After losing the important city of Viipuri to the Soviets, the Finns withdrew to the next natural defense barrier, the Kivisilta Strait. A small Soviet force crossed at the narrowest part of the strait and formed a bridgehead, and Finnish GHQ ordered… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
Retaking the VKT Line Scenario#: 171 Date: 6/26/1944 Location: Tali, Finland The Soviets breached the Finnish defenses of the Viipuri-Kuparsaari-Taipale (VKT) Line at the village of Tali. They exploited this success y driving the Finns off from the important Portinhoikka crossroads. In the early morning of the 26th, Jaeger… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
The Last Attack Scenario#: 172 Date: 6/27/1944 Location: Marjamäki, Finland Having lost the important crossroads at Marjamäki, the Finns committed more and more units in a desperate attempt to blunt the Soviet juggernaut. One of the final attacks was towards Tali and, despite reports of company-sized Soviet units in the area… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
Father Sunshine Scenario#: 173 Date: 6/29/1944 Location: Portinhoikka, Finland After being stopped at Viipuri, the Soviets were pushing to break through the Finnish lines to the east of the city. At midnight on 29 June, Soviet tanks broke through the infantry lines held by Infantry Regiment 50. Major Mikkola, commander of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
Lagus Assault Guns Scenario#: 174 Date: 7/12/1944 Location: Vuosalmi, Finland On 9 July, the Soviets managed to create a bridgehead in the VKT Line at Vuosalmi. This was reinforced the following night with several divisions supported by armor. Finnish HQ realized the seriousness of the situation and ordered Maj. Gen. Lagus'… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
Hunters at Ylimaa Scenario#: 175 Date: 10/8/1944 Location: Ylimaa, Finland The Finnish Armored Division was ordered to take the important city of Rovaniemi. After a few inconclusive skirmishes, the lead battalion encountered German positions near Lake Portimo. The first attack was not successful. For the next attack, five… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
The Only Way Out Scenario#: 176 Date: 10/15/1944 Location: Rovaniemi, Finland Rovaniemi, the capital city of Finnish Lapland and formerly the site of German headquarters, was burning to the ground when the first Finnish unit, Infantry Regiment 11, arrived on the scene as the delaying Gebirgs-Infanterie-Division 7 was just… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
Anabasis Scenario#: 177 Date: 10/29/1944 Location: Särkiniemi, Finland The Germans were not only fighting the Soviet offensive in the north of Finland, but their units in the south now had to fight their way past Finnish units attempting to cut off their routes to the north. The last German unit to make its way north… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 14 - Hakkaa Päälle!
Bridge to Nowhere Scenario#: 54 Date: 8/12/1941 Location: Yasnaya Polyana, Ukraine In July 1941 Mussolini sent the 62,000-strong CSIR (Italian Expeditionary Corps) to the Eastern Front. Its three divisions and attached troops linked up with the Wehrmacht in Romania, where the corps vehicular transport was pooled in order to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 7 - Hollow Legions (2nd Edition)
The Ring Scenario#: AP001 Date: 4/20/1945 Location: Niesky, Germany With the final Soviet offensive pushing into the German capital, the war in the east was drawing to its conclusion. Soviet attacks in other sectors along the front were designed to keep German units pinned down, preventing them from reinforcing the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #1
Storm of Steel Scenario#: AP002 Date: 7/5/1943 Location: Maloarkhangelsk, Russia The opening of Operation Citadel came as no surprise since both sides had been building up their forces for weeks. The first task facing the German assault was to break through the heavily defended Soviet lines. The Soviet positions, containing six… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #1
Directive Number Three Scenario#: AP007 Date: 6/27/1941 Location: Dubno, Russia On June 22nd, “Barbarossa” struck the Soviet Union. Unlike the other Army Groups, Army Group South would have to fight through solid defenses held by troops skillfully led and determined to fight. By the 23rd, a breach of the front between the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #1
A Bloody Harvest Scenario#: AP008 Date: 9/7/1939 Location: Pabianice District, Poland From the very beginning of the invasion, Polish defenses had proven to be woefully unprepared for the German onslaught. The blitzkrieg tactics employed by the German armored columns allowed great territorial gains in just a few short days. As the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #1
Best Think Again Scenario#: AP093 Date: 6/24/1941 Location: Saudininkai, Lithuania The first encounter with Soviet heavy tanks proved to be a shock for German panzer crews, whose rounds simply bounced off the Soviet behemoths. Even the Germans’ high-density AP rounds were of little use against the KV tanks. To break out of their… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #10
Show of Force Scenario#: AP094 Date: 3/12/1943 Location: Graiworon, Russia Following the disastrous loss of Stalingrad, German High Command faced another threat in northern Russia. After Russian breakthroughs at several points on the Don River, the Germans were in danger of losing three Heeresgruppes – in total, more men… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #10
Operation Kutuzov Scenario#: AP095 Date: 7/19/1943 Location: Otrada, Russia Although Soviet counterblows after CITADEL were both swift and potent, they had not come as much of a surprise to the Germans. Feldmarschall Walter Model had kept all of Panzer-Armee 2 in reserve to help protect the operation’s northern pincer. On… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #10
Food Fight Scenario#: AP096 Date: 4/29/1944 Location: Hrabivka, Ukraine Throughout most of the Second World War, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) was engaged in partisan warfare, first against the Germans, then against the Soviets. The UPA tended to avoid conflict with the Soviet Army, instead focusing their efforts on… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #10
Last Laurels Scenario#: AP098 Date: 10/12/1944 Location: Mihaly, Hungary After a week of constant pressure, the German 6th and Hungarian 2nd Army defenses around Debrecen began to crack. With so many factors in his favor, General Andrei Kravchenko pressed home the assault on Hungary’s “second city”. He wanted to take… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #10
First Ally Scenario#: AP112 Date: 9/5/1939 Location: Zabrzez, Poland In return for territory that was disputed over with Poland, Slovakia agreed to aid Germany in the invasion of Poland. The deployment of the 1st Slovakian Infantry Division was the most advanced, and thus it was most ready for immediate action. On 2… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #12 Oktoberfest XXX
Second City Scenario#: AP117 Date: 10/11/1944 Location: Debrecen, Hungary The Soviet attack had reached the edge of Debrecen and was closing in on the city itself. In typical fashion, the Cavalry-Mechanized Group would hit a weak point – usually the Hungarian lines – and try to force a rout. With the outskirts of Hungary's… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #12 Oktoberfest XXX
Konev Cross Scenario#: AP119 Date: 4/27/1945 Location: Berlin, Germany On the evening of 25 April, General Chuikov's scouts discovered units of General Konev's front in the suburbs of Berlin. The glory of capturing the Reichstag had been promised to Chuikov's commander, Marshal Zhukov. Zhukov ordered Chuikov to cross… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #12 Oktoberfest XXX
Along the Vistula Scenario#: AP121 Date: 9/15/1939 Location: Warsaw, Poland A rupture in the Polish lines enabled elements of the German 10th Army to race to the outskirts of Warsaw on 7 September. However, attacks on the city petered out and Panzer-Division 4 was recalled westward to deal with the Bzura counterattack. When… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #13 Oktoberfest XXXII
Mechanized Sacrifice Scenario#: AP122 Date: 6/24/1941 Location: Lutsk, Ukraine At the end of the first day of the war, General Kiponos was ordered to counterattack toward Vladimir-Volynski, destroying all German forces in his path. As unrealistic as this was, Kirponos had no choice but to obey. The five mechanized corps… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #13 Oktoberfest XXXII
Busting in Balta Scenario#: AP123 Date: 8/3/1941 Location: Balta, Ukraine Balta was to be bypassed by the main German force as the attack towards Odessa continued. However, Pioneer-Regiment 744 was ordered to capture Balta to protect the flank of the main attack. At 0840, Kompanie C attacked from the southeast. After an… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #13 Oktoberfest XXXII
Lunch in Luga Scenario#: AP124 Date: 8/24/1941 Location: Luga, Russia In order to complete the encirclement of Leningrad, the so-called “Luga Line” had to be broken first. The Germans began their assault on 22 August with Infanterie-Division 269 fighting its way slowly to the west from Luga into the river bend to the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #13 Oktoberfest XXXII
Crickets in Spring Scenario#: AP131 Date: 3/7/1945 Location: Aranyos-Puszta, Hungary The 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
Ten-Ton Tank Scenario#: AP144 Date: 2/27/1940 Location: Märkäjärvi, Finland The Swedish Volunteer Corps Anti-Tank Gun Company had taken up position along the road leading from Kemijärvi to Märkäjärvi. On the afternoon of the 27th a "Ten-Ton Tank" showed up besides the road at the edge of the woods opposite the Swedish… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #15 Swedish Volunteers