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Scenario#: 28     Date: 3/29/1942     Location: Thrace, Greece

After the swift and total Axis victory over Greece, Bulgaria laid claim to Thrace and Macedonia. Throughout the winter of 1941-42, small bandit groups began to emerge as the nucleus of a fledgling resistance movement. On March 29th, two such bands…

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Scenario#: 93     Date: 5/20/1941     Location: Maleme, Crete

The airfield at Maleme figured prominently in the German plans for the capture of Crete. “Group West”. Commanded most of the 1st Assault Regiment under the command of General Meindl, consisted of three detachments: one to land at the Tavronitis…

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Scenario#: 94     Date: 5/20/1941     Location: Maleme Airfield, Crete

For thirty minutes the Luftwaffe hammered the airfield at Maleme, concentrating on the AA positions near the mouth of the dry Tavronitis. Certainly the Bofors gunners at Maleme had an unenviable task. They had, of necessity, to be sited well forward…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL 5a - For King and Country
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Scenario#: 95     Date: 5/20/1941     Location: Maleme, Crete

The glider detachments of Braun and von Plessen were ordered to capture the western approaches to the vitally important Maleme airfield and secure the right flank of the Assault Regiment before joining Major Koch and the main body at the field…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL 5a - For King and Country
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Scenario#: 100     Date: 7/31/1943     Location: Regalbuto, Sicily

It was up to the Devonshire and Dorsetshire battalions of the 50th Infantry Division to take Regalbuto. Dominating the town was the massive ridge that ran southwest of it, and that was held by the grenadiers of the Hermann Goring Division. In a…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL 5a - For King and Country
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Scenario#: 99     Date: 5/28/1941     Location: Babali Hani, Crete

On Crete, once again the British forces had suffered defeat and were in retreat, streaming towards the beaches at Sfakia and evacuation by the Royal Navy. The pursuing German mountain troops were pressing hard, and had to be checked. The commandos of…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL 5a - For King and Country
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Scenario#: DASL25     Date: 7/16/1943     Location: Favara, Sicily

Under direct orders from Patton himself, the 3rd Ranger Battalion stepped off at dusk on the 15th to seize Porto Empedocle. Marching in a column of companies, the Rangers made good time across the Sicilian hills. But just after midnight, scouts…

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Scenario#: 251     Date: 5/12/1944     Location: Castelforte, Italy

It was apparent that only a bold stroke would get the costly Allied offensive in Italy rolling again. General Alphonso Juin, commander of the French Expeditionary Corps, convinced Mark Clark to accept his plan for a new spring offensive, to be…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
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Scenario#: 98     Date: 5/20/1941     Location: Canea, Crete

Lieutenant Alfred Genz’s 1st Company had two objectives in the airborne assault on Crete. First, to neutralize the anti-aircraft battery located south of Canea and, second, to capture a nearby wireless station. Most of his gliders touched down near…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL 5a - For King and Country
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Scenario#: 249     Date: 6/20/1941     Location: Mezze, Syria

By nightfall on 19 June, the Allied position at Mezzeh was desperate. Ammunition was running low, no food had been eaten for 24 hours, casualties were severe, and medical supplies were exhausted. During the night (when Vichy attacks were suspended),…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
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Scenario#: OA16     Date: 1/30/1944     Location: Cisterna di Littoria, Italy

Spearheading the 3rd Division’s breakout from the Anzio beachhead were the 1st and 3rd Ranger Battalions. They were to stage a commando-like raid on the little town of Cisterna di Littoria by passing undetected through what was believed to be the…

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Scenario#: 179     Date: 9/14/1943     Location: Lattari Mountains, Italy

The First and Fourth Rangers, under the command of Bill Darby, landed at Maiori, west of Salerno on 9 September 1943. They then moved 10km inland to block the road to Naples. Once established in the hills, they became the major obstacle to German…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL 3a Yanks (2nd Edition)
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Scenario#: 45     Date: 5/20/1941     Location: Kastelli, Crete

A number of Greek regiments, understrength and poorly armed but with grim determination after the defeats of the past month, were on Crete. On the day of the German paratroop assault, one such – the 1st, numbering a bit over 1000 men – was stationed…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL 6 - The Last Hurrah
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Scenario#: 250     Date: 11/10/1942     Location: Port-Lyautey, Morocco

The first phase of Operation Torch include amphibious landings along the Atlantic coast of Morocco. Many of the primary objectives included the securing of French airdromes in the area. One such field was nestled on three sides by the Sebou River. A…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
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Scenario#: 180     Date: 12/18/1943     Location: San Pietro, Italy

Since the 7th of December, the American 36th (Texas) Division had been attempting to remove the German strongpoint of San Pietro. The “T-Patchers” and their supporting elements had made two previous attempts against San Pietro, but they had no…

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Scenario#: DASL21     Date: 5/20/1941     Location: Modhion, Crete

The village of Modhion lay about a mile south of the coast road, midway between Maleme and Platanias. It was the home of a divisional field punishment unit,as well as an engineer unit which was dug-in on the hills around the village. The morning had…

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Scenario#: S047     Date: 7/10/1943     Location: Gela, Sicily

The small city and port of Gela was at the center of the American landing beaches and therefore was an important target. Colonel William Darby and his famous Rangers were to take the town during the landings. It was a difficult task, but one that the…

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Scenario#: S048     Date: 7/11/1943     Location: Gela, Sicily

The Rangers had taken Gela from the surprisingly resistant Italian Coastal troops. After assessing the situation, Col. Darby organized the remaining Rangers to defend the town from counterattack. And in fact the Italian high command had ordered a…

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Scenario#: 178     Date: 7/10/1943     Location: Niscemi, Sicily

During the initial invasion of Sicily, many American parachute units were given the task of blocking German movement towards the landing beaches. One such, the 3rd Battalion of the 504th Parachute Regiment, landed two miles northwest of Biscari.…

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Scenario#: DASL26     Date: 3/15/1944     Location: Cassino, Italy

Following a series of relatively unsuccessful and extremely bloody assaults by the New Zealand Corps during the period of 15-18 February, heralded by the destruction of the famous Monte Cassino monastery above the town, a month-long lull set in as…

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Scenario#: 97     Date: 5/20/1941     Location: Heraklion, Crete

The mission of the German paratroopers approaching Heraklion was to take the town and its airfield in order to land troops of the 5th Mountain Division. As the paratroopers jumped from the Junker Ju52s, each armed with only a few grenades and a…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL 5a - For King and Country
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Scenario#: 20     Date: 5/11/1944     Location: Santa Maria, Italy

The U.S. 88th Infantry Division was to take Mount Bracchi in the opening of the offensive to take Rome. The 351st Infantry Regiment was to take the small town of Santa Maria Infante. But to reach it they had to attack over difficult terrain – in the…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL 3 - Yanks
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Scenario#: 80     Date: 11/8/1942     Location: Mehdia, Morocco

On D-Day of Operation Torch, the 2nd Battalion Landing Team (BLT) had in part the critical mission of capturing the coastal defenses of Mehdia before daylight. The Vichy French resisted the landings. In the fight the GIs were unable to halt their own…

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Scenario#: 81     Date: 6/20/1941     Location: Damascus, Syria

The Allied invasion of Syria and Lebanon was conducted primarily by the 7th Australian Division, the 5th Indian Infantry Brigade and the brigade-strength Free French Division. A week later they were about ten miles south of Damascus but facing strong…

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Scenario#: 90     Date: 11/17/1940     Location: Koritsa, Greece

The Italian Army erupted across the Greek border in an attempt to add Greece to the New Roman Empire and show Hitler that Italy, too, could launch a blitzkrieg attack. Mussolini’s tactically-bankrupt command had not anticipated the tenacity of the…

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Scenario#: 35     Date: 11/19/1941     Location: Gabr Saleh, Libya

The 4th Armoured Brigade, probing northeast of Gabr Saleh, was driving a German recon unit before it. The Afrika Korps at last reacted, quickly forming several units of the 21st Panzer Division into Kampfgruppe Stephan which set out to investigate…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL 5 - West of Alamein
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Scenario#: 36     Date: 11/12/1943     Location: Leros, Greece

German paratroopers landed on the Aegean island of Leros which had been manned by British defenders. Their objective was to take Rachi Ridge which lay astride a narrow isthmus in the middle of the island. If they could take hold that position, the…

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Scenario#: 37     Date: 6/13/1942     Location: Tobruk, Libya

The Gazala battles had been raging for days with Panzerarmee Afrika driving for the great prize of Tobruk. Several British strongpoints still lay in its path, one of which was the Knightsbridge box held by the 201st Guards Motor Brigade Group. On 13…

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Scenario#: 38     Date: 4/7/1941     Location: Derna, Libya

As Rommel’s first offensive pushed across Cyrenaica, the British fighting withdrawal became a rout. Those forces falling back along the northern and southern edges of the Djebel Akhdar gravitated to the seaside town of Derna, where the coast road…

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Scenario#: 39     Date: 3/31/1941     Location: Mersa el Brega, Libya

The main line of defense in Libya was a natural bottleneck along the coast at Mersa el Brega, with the sea on one flank and an extensive salt marsh on the other. The British mined and wired this line extensively. Rommel launched a full scale assault…

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Scenario#: 40     Date: 2/26/1943     Location: Medjez el Bab, Tunisia

Preliminary to the main German attack on Medjez, a position known as Fort McGregor had to be seized from British defenders. The forward outpost consisted of an infantry company with its platoons dug in around a bare, rocky knoll, with the entire…

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Scenario#: 41     Date: 3/22/1943     Location: Wadi Zigzaou, Tunisia

Montgomery chose to make a frontal assault in an area defended by elements of Panzergrenadier Regiment Afrika and the weak Giovani Fascisti (Young Fascists). The 151st Infantry Brigade of the 50th Division reinforced by forty–odd Valentine tanks were…

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Scenario#: 42     Date: 11/23/1941     Location: Sidi Rezegh, Libya

As part of the drive to open a corridor to Tobruk, the 2nd New Zealand Division was ordered to seize the heights dominating the eastern approaches to Ed Duda. Resistance was surprisingly feeble, as most Germans surrendered rather quickly. In their…

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Scenario#: 51     Date: 4/20/1943     Location: Takrouna, Tunisia

As part of 8th Army’s first attempt to crack the Enfidaville Line, the 5th New Zealand Brigade was ordered to capture the key observation point of Takrouna – a small village crowned by a group of tightly clustered buildings surrounded by cliffs, all…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL 7 - Hollow Legions (2nd Edition)
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Scenario#: 52     Date: 9/9/1943     Location: Parma, Italy

Late on 8 September, the same day the armistice between Italy and the Allies was announced, elements of the 433rd Medium Tank Battalion in Fidenza were ordered to move east to Parma. There, in an attempt to keep the Germans from occupying key…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL 7 - Hollow Legions (2nd Edition)
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Scenario#: 53     Date: 7/10/1943     Location: Syracuse, Sicily

Under the codename Operation Ladbroke, the British 1st Airlanding Brigade was to capture the Ponte Grande bridge spanning the Anapo River in eastern Sicily to allow for a quick march on Syracuse by the 5th Infantry Division. 144 gliders set off from…

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Scenario#: 55     Date: 7/11/1943     Location: Palma di Montechiaro, Sicily

Early on the morning of 11 July, Lt.Col. John Heintges’ 3rd Battalion of the 7th Infantry Regiment crossed the Palma River and advanced westward along Highway 115. As the GIs approached Palma di Montechiaro where Italian forces were know to be, white…

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Scenario#: 56     Date: 11/19/1941     Location: Bir el Gubi, Libya

The Italian 132nd “Ariete” Armored Division, positioned 37 miles south of Tobruk, received intelligence that an assault was imminent and prepared its defenses behind areas of low-lying ground turned boggy by heavy rains. Skillfully camouflaged, its…

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Scenario#: 57     Date: 9/10/1943     Location: Rome, Italy

Days after the armistice with Italy was signed, the German 2nd Parachute Division advanced toward Rome from the south. Several Italian formations, including the elite 21st “Grenadiers of Sardinia” Division, set up blocking positions and attempted to…

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Scenario#: 58     Date: 2/7/1941     Location: Agedabia, Libya

"We Surrender" - In an attempt to halt the Italian 10th Army which was retreating south from Benghazi, Combeforce – a motor infantry battalion reinforced with artillery and armored cars – was dispatched ahead of the pursuing British 7th Armored…

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Scenario#: AP006     Date: 7/11/1943     Location: Gela, Sicily

On July 10th, the Allies landed in Sicily — theAmerican VII Corps in the Licata and Gela area and the British at Pozzalo, eastof Syracuse. In Gela, Darby’s Rangers successfully fought off a counterattack by the 10-ton French tanks of Gruppo Mobile…

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Scenario#: AP127     Date: 6/17/1944     Location: Elba, Italy

On 12 June, the German commander in Italy was informed that “Elba must be defended to the last man and the last cartridge”. On 14 June, German reinforcements began to arrive on Elba from Pianosa. The decision to reinforce Elba was not known to the…

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Scenario#: AP160     Date: 4/22/1941     Location: Tobruk, Libya SEIGE

The Australian commander of the Tobruk garrison, Major General Leslie Morshead, was not content to rest on the laurels of his Easter victory against Rommel's first assault on the fortress. ln response to a newspaper headline "Tobruk Can Take It." he…

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Scenario#: AP161     Date: 5/27/1941     Location: Chania, Crete

During the first part of 1941, Allied forces had been defeated in Greece and many had retreated to Crete. In their haste, the allies had been forced to leave much of their heavy equipment behind, leaving them lightly armed for the inevitable German…

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Scenario#: AP162     Date: 6/19/1941     Location: Medjayoun, Syria

The initial phase of the Commonwealth campaign against the Vichy forces in Syria was proving tougher than expected. These French, former allies of the Commonwealth. were resilient opponents. Merdjayoun was symbolic of this as the town, located only a…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under
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Scenario#: AP163     Date: 7/9/1941     Location: Damour, Syria

After a month the British and Commonwealth campaign against Vichy forces in Syria was coming to a close. The coastal town of Damour was the last major Vichy outpost before the key city of Beirut. The Vichy commander in the Damour region, allocated a…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under
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Scenario#: AP016     Date: 7/21/1943     Location: Alimena, Sicily

While the Axis forces slowly fell back towards Messina, the Big Red One kept up the pressure through the difficult terrain of central Sicily. The opposing Italians were fighting on native soil now, but their leadership hadn’t improved. As Gruppo…

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Scenario#: AP026     Date: 9/8/1943     Location: Mezzocamino, Italy

Much to the dismay of the Italians, on the afternoon of September 8, 1943, General Eisenhower made public the armistice between the Allies and the Italian government. The Italians had been playing a dangerous balancing act between the Germans and…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL Action Pack #3 Few Returned
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Scenario#: AP027     Date: 9/9/1943     Location: Magliana, Italy

After the Italians announced an armistice with the Allies, the Germans put into place plans to capture Rome and disarm the Italians. That evening, German paratroopers headed towards Rome, encountering resistance from the Granatieri di Sardegna…

Advanced Squad LeaderASL Action Pack #3 Few Returned
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Scenario#: AP028     Date: 9/9/1943     Location: Monterotondo, Italy

After the Italians announced an armistice with the Allies, the Germans put into place plans to capture Rome and disarm the Italians. As part of these operations, a battalion of German paratroops, led by Major Walter Gericke, was tasked with dropping…

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