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Medal of HonorScenario#: 37 Date: 21-Sep-44 Location: Nijmegen, NetherlandsFollowing a costly assault boat crossing of the Waal River, the 504th Parachute Regiment had finally captured the Nijmegen bridge intact. Over this span would push the British Guards Armored Division toward the planned link with the embattled British… Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory |
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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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The Battles for Warsaw (late)Scenario#: D4 Date: 2-Oct-44 Location: Warsaw, PolandSteadily, 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 |
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Operation SwitchbackScenario#: R218 Date: 6-Oct-44 Location: Scheldt Estuary, HollandAntwerp 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 |
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Clearing the Breskens PocketScenario#: R220 Date: 6-Oct-44 Location: Scheldt Estuary, HollandPlayers should read scenarios R218 & R219 for units involved and historical background. Squad Leader — Rogue Scenarios |
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Point D'AppuiScenario#: 307 Date: 9-Oct-44 Location: Bardenberg, GermanyAs the majority of the I 19th Infantry Regiment advanced into North Wuerselen, they left behind a reduced company, commanded by Captain R. Simmons, to protect their line of communication. Captain Simmons deployed the bulk of his troops around a … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory (Addon) |
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The ClearingScenario#: 301 Date: 10-Oct-44 Location: Huertgen Forest, GermanyDay after day of seemingly endless forest. Constant shelling had turned most of the trees to shattered hulks. Advances were truly measured in yards as each step forward increased the threat of yet another sniper or hidden Spandau. Then, near … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory (Addon) |
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Soldiers of DestructionScenario#: TS4 Date: 10-Oct-44 Location: Radzymin, PolandThe 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 |
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Vitality IScenario#: R221 Date: 24-Oct-44 Location: South Beveland, HollandThe 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 |
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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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Scheldt Fortress SouthScenario#: R219 Date: 25-Oct-44 Location: Scheldt Estuary, HollandBacked 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 |
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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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Infatuate IIScenario#: R222 Date: 1-Nov-44 Location: Walcheren Island, HollandThe 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 |
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Action at KommerscheidtScenario#: 43 Date: 4-Nov-44 Location: Kommerscheidt, GermanyBy October, 1944 the American Army had ripped two large holes in the Siegfried Line at Aachen and Roetgen . The next step called for a limited flanking operation in the Huertgen Forest. The 28th Division was ordered to carry … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory |
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Han-Sur-NeidScenario#: 308 Date: 11-Nov-44 Location: Han-sur-Neid, FranceIt will never be known who ordered the charge. Perhaps it was Colonel Burnette, who was mortally wounded as his men neared the 100 foot bridge. Perhaps it was simply the sight of Lt. Edwards' tanks edging across the unblown … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory (Addon) |
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King's CastleScenario#: A4 Date: 26-Nov-44 Location: Frenzenberg, GermanyThe Americans continued to forge deeper into Germany, the infantry often reduced to providing support for the armored hammering of the heartland of the enemy. On this day, the town of Frenzenberg was designated as the objective for the 47th … Squad Leader — ASL Annual 90 |
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Stand FastScenario#: 302 Date: 10-Dec-44 Location: Obergeich, GermanyAs the Americans advanced across the plains of Germany, the badly outnumbered Germans could not hope to hold a continuous line. Rather than expose themselves, the Wehrmacht troops turned each town or clump of buildings into a small strongpoint. Early… Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory (Addon) |
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Buchholz StationScenario#: 7 Date: 16-Dec-44 Location: Buchholz, BelgiumThe original German opening for the Battle of the Bulge was somewhat subdued. German infantry, with little armor was to seize key road junctions early so the armored formations could quickly pass through and exploit a breakthrough. One such key … Squad Leader — Squad Leader |
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Weissenhof CrossroadsScenario#: 36 Date: 16-Dec-44 Location: Schnee Eifel, GermanyAs the German Ardennes offensive got underway, the 62nd Yolks Grenadier Division opened its attack by hurling two regiments against the 424th Infantry in an attempt to breakthrough at Winterspelt. The most serious threat developed at the Weissenhof… Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory |
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The Road to WiltzScenario#: 12 Date: 17-Dec-44 Location: Wiltz, LuxembourgThe German assault had surprised the Americans both in its size and intensity. Desperately, the Americans formed scratch defenses to buy time so the key road junction of Bastogne could be held. The Germans had to be delayed or stopped … Squad Leader — Squad Leader |
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A Day At The RacesScenario#: W100 Date: 19-Dec-44 Location: Dom Butengenbach, BelgiumThe 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 |
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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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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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A Meeting Of PatrolsScenario#: A6 Date: 26-Dec-44 Location: Hofen, BelgiumIn early December, the U.S. 47th Infantry Regiment was moved back to " Camp Elsenbom" for refit and final training of a large replacement cadre. But training and reorganization were still incomplete when the storm struck; on the afternoon of … Squad Leader — ASL Annual 90 |
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A Belated ChristmasScenario#: 33 Date: 27-Dec-44 Location: Bastogne, BelgiumThe 101st Airborne was isolated, surviving by desperation and courage alone. But even the best troops cannot fight without ammunition, and by Christmas day supplies of all types were dwindling. A desperate plan to attempt resupply of the pocket was … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory |
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Auld Lang SyneScenario#: R211 Date: 1-Jan-45 Location: Gerimont, FranceIn 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 |
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The Bitche SalientScenario#: 8 Date: 14-Jan-45 Location: Bitche, GermanyElements of the U.S. l 75th Infantry Regiment have been ordered to continue closing the ring around German forces trapped near Bitche. However, due to poor radio security, the Germans are quite aware of this latest development and have planned … Squad Leader — Squad Leader |
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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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The Roer BridgeheadScenario#: 309 Date: 23-Feb-45 Location: Koerrenzig, GermanyThe Gls had been poised before the Roer for days. German engineers had skillfully blown the upriver dam floodgates so that the Roer had run fierce and wide. Now, with the river still in flood but navigable, the concentrated might … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory (Addon) |
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Trial by CombatScenario#: 300 Date: 27-Feb-45 Location: Elsdrof, GermanyIn an attempt to give American armor a fighting chance against heavy German tanks, the Army Ordnance Department developed the T26 Medium tank, better known as the Pershing. Carrying a 90mm gun and heavy frontal armor, the Pershing was rushed … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory (Addon) |
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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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Thrust and ParryScenario#: 303 Date: 15-Mar-45 Location: Pfaffenheck, GermanyBetween the Moselle and Rhine rivers, the US Army ground forward on a broad front. The Germans struggled desperately to hold open escape routes to the Rhine. After unsuccessful attempts to slow the American advance, General Hoehne launched two… Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory (Addon) |
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RiposteScenario#: 304 Date: 15-Mar-45 Location: Pfaffenheck, GermanyAt the same time that the SS mountain troopers were striking one flank of the US 357th Regiment, the Wehrmacht's 159th Division struck the other. Every effort was to be made to prevent the Americans from establishing an artillery OP … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory (Addon) |
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The DuelScenario#: 305 Date: 15-Mar-45 Location: Pfaffenheck, GermanyGerman General Hoehne, LXXXIX Corps commander, had to buy time. Every day the way was clear allowed additional isolated units to filter back towards the Rhine. At a time of frightful manpower shortages, he decided to commit two of his … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory (Addon) |
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The St. Goar AssaultScenario#: 11 Date: 24-Mar-45 Location: St Goar, GermanyGermany's army was beaten. The Rhine had been crossed at Remagen and elsewhere. As more and more of the Allies closed in on the Rhine, there was a growing tendency to simply take it "o n the run" rather than … Squad Leader — Squad Leader |
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Bridgehead on the RhineScenario#: 42 Date: 24-Mar-45 Location: Speldrop, GermanyDuring the night of March 23rd, the Allied 21st Army Group began the long awaited Rhine crossing. The first division to cross was the British 51 st Highland Division mounted in Buffaloes of the 4th Royal Tanks and Northamptonshire Yeomanry … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory |
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Operation VarsityScenario#: 46 Date: 24-Mar-45 Location: Hamminkeln, GermanyThe 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 so severely that the first … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory |
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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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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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Cooperative VentureScenario#: W99 Date: 28-Mar-45 Location: Dorsten, GermanyIn an attempt to speed the Allied advance General Simpson's U.S. Ninth Army HQ appealed to the British Second Army commander, General Dempsey, for armored reinforcement of XVIII Airborne Corps. General Depsey was able to assign the crack Sixth Guards… Squad Leader — Wargamers Pack 2 |
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Encircling the RuhrScenario#: 47 Date: 30-Mar-45 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 … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory |
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Hitdorf on the RhineScenario#: 10 Date: 6-Apr-45 Location: Hitdorf, GermanyAs the Third Reich collapsed, many American leaders became bold to the point of recklessness. Often, a daring stroke by a small group of soldiers yielded a vast gaggle of demoralized German prisoners. But sometimes the Americans pushed their luck … Squad Leader — Squad Leader |
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A Small Town In GermanyScenario#: R216 Date: 8-Apr-45 Location: Friesoythe, GermanyThe 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 |
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The Rag Tag CircusScenario#: 306 Date: 12-Apr-45 Location: Barby on the Elbe, GermanyGls of the 83rd Infantry Division took particular pride in their use of captured German vehicles. So extensive was their "used car lot" appearance that the news correspondents nicknamed this unit the "Rag Tag Circus". The Americans had a chance … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory (Addon) |
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The WhirlwindScenario#: R217 Date: 18-Apr-45 Location: Aschaffenburg, GermanyAs 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 |
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The Agony of DoomScenario#: 110 Date: 19-Apr-45 Location: Muncheberg, GermanyWith the Third Reich in its death throes, the Russian juggernaut began to pickup speed. The German defense line on the Oder had been broken. One town after another fell to the Russian armies as they advanced on Berlin, but … Squad Leader — Cross of Iron (Addon) |
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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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OPERATION "AMBASSADOR"Scenario#: CCGA Date: November-40 Location: Omanville, FranceBriefing: Reports have reached British Military Intelligence from French underground sources confirming massive German troop movements into the coastal regions. However, all Allied attempts to obtain detailed information on the new enemy divisional… Squad Leader — ASL Annual 92 |
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Operation "Bristol"Scenario#: CCGB Date: June-41 Location: Courselles, FranceBriefing: It has been learned that the major communications center linking Ob.d.H. (Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres) Paris with all German coastal commands from Dunkirk to Ushant is located in a requisitioned French chateau near Courselles. The solid,… Squad Leader — ASL Annual 92 |
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Operation "Claymore"Scenario#: CCGC Date: September-41 Location: Haugesund, NorwayBriefing: The High Command is planning a major divisional-sized assault to sever the iron-ore route near Haugesund. However, other than dated Royal Navy outline maps, information on the topography of and enemy presence in this remote region of Norway… Squad Leader — ASL Annual 92 |