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Operation "Montana" Scenario#: CCGM     Date: April-45     Location: Gravelin, Germany Briefing: Word has reached SHAEF from the leading member of the Gennan Resistance in the OKH-codenamed "Amber"-that 150 Allied officers are being held by the Wehrmacht a few miles from the front lines. Under pressure from Himmler, the OKW has … Squad Leader — ASL Annual 92
Delaying Action Scenario#: D     Date: 30-Oct-44     Location: Western Lithuania, Lithuania After 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
Fighting in the Streets Scenario#: D1     Date: June 1942     Location: Russia Training Scenario: The following scenario will force the development of streetfighting skills for both sides. Tactical doctrine for successful streetfighting depends on the player’s successful use of combined arms (if available). Squad Leader — The Dragon Vol. IV, No. 10
Large Scale Streetfighting Scenario#: D2     Date: April 1942     Location: Russia Training Scenario: This scenario again pits the Russians and Germans in a street fight, but on a somewhat larger scale. In this scenario, victory is determined by the number of victory points gained by each player and whether or not … Squad Leader — The Dragon Vol. IV, No. 11
The Battles for Warsaw (early) Scenario#: D3     Date: 1-Aug-44     Location: Warsaw, Poland The uprising of freedom fighters of the Polish Home Army in Warsaw, which began on this date, appeared at first to be headed for ultimate, if hard-won, success. Home Army units in Warsaw amounted to 34,000 men and 4,000 women, … Squad Leader — The Dragon Vol. V, No. 2
The Battles for Warsaw (late) Scenario#: D4     Date: 2-Oct-44     Location: Warsaw, Poland Steadily, as August passed into September, the Poles were pushed back from the west bank of the vistula until the Germans had them trapped in the center of the city. Squad Leader — The Dragon Vol. V, No. 2
The Fall of Sevastopol Scenario#: D5     Date: 7-June-42     Location: Sevastopol, Crimea By June 7, 1942, General Erich von Manstein had rid the Crimea of Russian troops, except those who still held the fortress of Sevastopol. On that date, Sevastopol was guarded by seven Russian rifle divisions, three marine brigades, 600 guns … Squad Leader — The Dragon Vol. V, No. 5
Skrimish in Austria Scenario#: D6     Date: 6-Mar-45     Location: Austria After 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
Two eyes for an eye Scenario#: 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
Will the German garrison leave? Scenario#: D8     Date: 17-Jan-45     Location: Budapest, Hungary On 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
The Niscemi-Biscari Highway Scenario#: E     Date: 10-Jul-43     Location: Biscari, Sicily During the initial invasion of Sicily many American parachute units were given the task of blocking German unit movement toward the landing beaches. One such unit, the 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Regiment, landed two miles northwest of Biscari.… Squad Leader — The General #17.2
The Pouppeville Exit Scenario#: F     Date: 6-Jun-44     Location: Pouppeville, France With the invasion at Normandy underway, the first Allied troops to see fighting were the men of the airborne divisions. Most of the early encounters for the 101st Airborne Division occurred at the many German strong points and scattered villages … Squad Leader — The General #17.2
Devil's Hill Scenario#: G     Date: 19-Sep-44     Location: Kleve-Nijmegen, Holland Although the airborne portion of the "Market-Garden" Operation centered around the seizing of vital bridges, heavy fighting occurred over control of the highway section leading to the bridges as well. While parts of the 82nd Airborne fought to gain… Squad Leader — The General #17.2
The Attempt to Relieve Peiper Scenario#: H     Date: 21-Dec-44     Location: the Ardennes, Belgium The 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
Hunters from the Sky Scenario#: 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
Semper Paratus Scenario#: J     Date: 27-Sep-44     Location: Oorderen, Holland Lieutenant 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
Fast Heinz Scenario#: K     Date: 7-Aug-41     Location: Roslavl, Russia Another day of pouring rain. The mud clung like black tar to the men's boots. The 292nd Infantry Division slowed in its push to close the bag on the Russian Fourth Army. Each overrun town required its own garrison. Each … Squad Leader — The General #18.3
The Long Road Scenario#: L     Date: 16-Sep-42     Location: Andriba, Madagascar The King's African Rifles with detachments of A Squadron, 1st Armoured Car had worked their way from the port of Majunga halfway to the capital city Tananarive, The Vichy defenders were handicapped both by the limited means at their disposal … Squad Leader — The General #18.4
The Dead of Winter Scenario#: M     Date: 29-Dec-41     Location: Staritsa, Russia The German Army was frozen in place. Bitter cold and deep snow made the thinly clad Wehrmacht dig in and fight first for warmth, then the Russians. The Siberians were well equipped for war in the snow but the Russian … Squad Leader — The General #18.5
Faugh A'Ballagh! Scenario#: N     Date: 16-May-44     Location: Sinagoga, Italy The approach to Monte Cassino was agonizingly slow. The commanding heights gave the Germans superb observation and fire positions. In the valleys, small rearguard groups ensured that each hamlet had its bloodprice. For the Allies, the very narrowness… Squad Leader — The General #19.6
Strayer's Strays Scenario#: O     Date: 6-Jun-44     Location: Saint-Germain-de-Varreville, France By 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
Aachen's Pall Scenario#: P     Date: 25-Oct-44     Location: Aachen, Germany The 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
Gambit Scenario#: Q     Date: 21-May-41     Location: Maleme, Crete The New Zealanders had spent most of 20th May pinned down by endless sweeps of German fighter aircraft. Communications were a shambles, casualties were heavy, and local counterattacks simply failed. Colonel Andrew of the 5th New Zealand Brigade opted… Squad Leader — The General #21.3
Auld Lang Syne Scenario#: R211     Date: 1-Jan-45     Location: Gerimont, France In the Ardennes sector the U.S. 87th division was given the assignment of taking Gerimont as the VIII Corps continued its advance to the east. The opening of the assault went well as the lead companies drove the Germans from … Squad Leader — Rogue Scenarios
On The Road To Andalsnes Scenario#: R212     Date: 24-Apr-40     Location: Andalsnes, Norway With the Allied landings at Namsos and Andalsnes the strategic and political importance of Trondheim was brought into sharp focus. Quickly implementing alternative planning, Von Falkenhorst ordered the German 196th Infantry Division to clear several… Squad Leader — Rogue Scenarios
Traverse Right...FIRE! Scenario#: R213     Date: 23-Jun-41     Location: Bialystok, Poland The elite German 18th Panzer Regiment, fresh from amphibious training, was among the lead elements of Army Group Center as they pressed deep into Russia on the day after 'Barbarossa' . The Soviets, still confused as to the extent of … Squad Leader — Rogue Scenarios
The Front In Flames Scenario#: R214     Date: 22-Aug-43     Location: Kharkov, Russia As Kharkov fell for the final time, front lines became unclear. Observation posts and defensive lines were held briefly, then abandoned as the Soviets advanced. The front began to stabilize around the Mosh river as units of the Soviet 57th … Squad Leader — Rogue Scenarios
Hasty Pudding Scenario#: R215     Date: 27-May-40     Location: Dunkirk, France Throughout May 27th, the Allies stubbornly held off the advancing Germans as they simultaneously prepared for a general withdrawal to a defense perimeter around Dunkirk. In an attempt to buy time, a raid was ordered behind the German lines. Elements… Squad Leader — Rogue Scenarios
A Small Town In Germany Scenario#: R216     Date: 8-Apr-45     Location: Friesoythe, Germany The occupation of the Groningen bulge made it possible for the British Second Army to drive into northern Germany. The Allied advance did not go smoothly. Small "stay-behind" forces resisted bitterly. One example occurred when the Canadian 4th… Squad Leader — Rogue Scenarios
The Whirlwind Scenario#: R217     Date: 18-Apr-45     Location: Aschaffenburg, Germany As the German defenses crumbled in front of the U.S. 3rd Army, the fighting became fluid . On the night of April 17th elements of a recce troop of the American 26th Division occupied a village on the outskirts of … Squad Leader — Rogue Scenarios
Operation Switchback Scenario#: R218     Date: 6-Oct-44     Location: Scheldt Estuary, Holland Antwerp had fallen unharmed into Allied hands. All that prevented Allied use of one of Europe's largest ports were the German flak and artillery that lined the narrow waterway linking the North Sea to Antwerp; the narrow Scheidt Estuary. Axis … Squad Leader — Rogue Scenarios
Scheldt Fortress South Scenario#: R219     Date: 25-Oct-44     Location: Scheldt Estuary, Holland Backed against the Scheidt Estuary, the weakened German 64th Infantry Division faced the entire Canadian First Army. It was the guns of the 64th which barred shipping from Antwerp. Every day that the 64th held out meant another day of … Squad Leader — Rogue Scenarios
Clearing the Breskens Pocket Scenario#: R220     Date: 6-Oct-44     Location: Scheldt Estuary, Holland Players should read scenarios R218 & R219 for units involved and historical background. Squad Leader — Rogue Scenarios
Vitality I Scenario#: R221     Date: 24-Oct-44     Location: South Beveland, Holland The south shore of the Scheidt was nearly cleared. Unfortunately, guns on the north bank, though much less commanding, could still threaten the Allied shipping lanes to the port of Antwerp. The eastern portion of the north shore was a … Squad Leader — Rogue Scenarios
Infatuate II Scenario#: R222     Date: 1-Nov-44     Location: Walcheren Island, Holland The last German stronghold on the Scheidt Estuary was the island of Walcheren. Linked by a narrow causeway to South Beveland, its batteries were still a threat to Allied transports. Agile minesweepers were already plying their trade in the estuary, … Squad Leader — Rogue Scenarios
Night Drop Scenario#: R223     Date: 6-Jun-44     Location: Cherbourg Peninsula, France Scattered in farms and villages along thirty miles of coast, the German 709th Infantry Division had been awaiting the invasion for a year. It had been formed eighteen months before around a core of German veterans from the Russian front … Squad Leader — Rogue Scenarios
Death's Head At Lusho Scenario#: SSTK 1A     Date: 24-Sep-41     Location: Valdai Hills, Russia As Army Group North continued to press at the gates of Leningrad, to protect its right flank the German 16th Army and SS Totenkopf Division had been compelled to entrench west of the Pola River. Following fierce engagements in the … Squad Leader — The General #20.6
Death's Head At Lusho Scenario#: SSTK 1B     Date: 24-Sep-41     Location: Valdai Hills, Russia As Army Group North continued to press at the gates of Leningrad, to protect its right flank the German 16th Army and SS Totenkopf Division had been compelled to entrench west of the Pola River. Following fierce engagements in the … Squad Leader — The General #20.6
First Crisis at Army Group North Scenario#: TS1     Date: 25-Jun-41     Location: Daugav River, Russia When Army Group North moved toward the Daugava River, the Russian command responded by detailing the Ill Armored Corps to meet and destroy Manstein's units. On June 24th, the Soviet armored force made contact with the 6th Panzer Division, the … Squad Leader — The General #19,5
Pavlov's House Scenario#: TS2     Date: 20-Oct-42     Location: Stalingrad, Russia At 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
Land Leviathans Scenario#: TS3     Date: 3-Jul-41     Location: Lipki, Russia Under 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
Soldiers of Destruction Scenario#: TS4     Date: 10-Oct-44     Location: Radzymin, Poland The men of the SS Totenkopf Division had stalled the advance of the Fifth Guards Tank Army in late September. Then, silence. No fighting had occurred for the past three weeks. It seemed like a dream. Time to sleep; time … Squad Leader — The General #19,5
A Day At The Races Scenario#: W100     Date: 19-Dec-44     Location: Dom Butengenbach, Belgium The final Nazi holdout was thought to be centered in the Alps of Southern Germany. Allied fears that the Nazis might fall back to some form of National Redoubt sen t U.S. columns speeding towards Austria. These armored fingers lost … Squad Leader — Wargamers Pack 2
A Bridge Too Near Scenario#: W81     Date: 21-Apr-40     Location: Verdel, Norway Following their landing at Namsos, the British 146th Brigade had been pushing tentatively towards German-held Trondheim while awaiting reinforcements. So far, opposition had been encountered only from the air, but when their most advanced elements… Squad Leader — Wargamers Pack 1
To Lose A Battle Scenario#: W82     Date: 16-May-40     Location: Clairfayts, France As Rommel and his 7th Panzer Division crossed the French frontier headed into what he expected was the "Maginot Line", he found instead a shallow belt of anti-tank obstacles and pillboxes manned by remnants of the French XI Corps. By … Squad Leader — Wargamers Pack 1
The Final Attempt Scenario#: W83     Date: 22-May-40     Location: Cambrai, France During the latter stages of the Allies retreat to the coast and Dunkirk the British and French tried several times to pierce the infantry held flanks of the "Panzer Corridor" Across France . One such attack took place at Cambrai … Squad Leader — Wargamers Pack 1
Le Peradis Scenario#: W84     Date: 26-May-40     Location: Le Paradis, France The Germans were pushing north of the La Bussee canal against the southern defensive positions of the B.E.F. North of Betune the British were holding the village of Le paradis as the enemy launched another assault. Squad Leader — Wargamers Pack 1
The Far Bank Scenario#: W85     Date: 7-Jul-41     Location: Ulla, Russia Fifteen days after the beginning of "Operation Barbarossa" the Fourth Panzer Army moved along the southern bank of the upper Divin~ River as it positioned itself for an enveloping attack on Vitebsk. The L VII Panzer Corps being the army's … Squad Leader — Wargamers Pack 1
Raid on Vaagso Scenario#: W86     Date: 24-Dec-41     Location: South Vaagso, Norway In the first Allied raid of the war against a defended port, some 600 officers and men of the British 2nd and 3rd Commando attacked Maaloy Island and Vaagso, near Bergen, with the aim of destroying factory and port installations. … Squad Leader — Wargamers Pack 1
The Bruneval Raid Scenario#: W87     Date: 28-Feb-42     Location: Bruneval, France At Bruneval, north of Le Havre, the Germans had installed an example of the Wurzburg radar system for air defense. British paratroops were briefed to drop into France, steal as much of the equipment as possible and bring it back … Squad Leader — Wargamers Pack 1