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Devil’s Hill Scenario#: 16 Date: 1944-09-19 Location: Beek, Holland Groesbeek Heights, Holland. By the second day of Market Garden, the German High Command was desperately calling for counterattacks by any forces available. Near the small town of Beek, scattered units from the 82nd Airborne had captured a wooded hill… Last Hundred Yards — Airborne over Europe
It’s Gonna be a Long Day Scenario#: 17 Date: 1944-09-17 Location: Grave, Holland Captain Kappel’s Company H orders were clear and sobering. They were to parachute, in broad daylight, into enemy territory, assemble their scattered troops, capture the Grave bridges, and eliminate all enemy resistance in your area. “We felt the… Last Hundred Yards — Airborne over Europe
All American Scenario#: 18 Date: 1944-06-06 Location: Chef Du Pont, France Lt. Colonel Maloney gathered his marsh-soaked stragglers from the hodgepodge of formations of the 82nd Airborne. The bridges over the Mederet River and the town of Chef-du-Pont were to be their primary objectives. They were mission-critical for the… Last Hundred Yards — Airborne over Europe
Currahee! Scenario#: 19 Date: 1944-06-06 Location: Ste. Marie-du-Mont, France After a badly scattered night drop northwest of its objective, Lt. Winters led a remnant of Easy Company (506th PIR) towards the village of Ste. Marie-du-Mont. When finally there, they were tasked with taking out a German 105 battery at … Last Hundred Yards — Airborne over Europe
Bloody Gulch Scenario#: 20 Date: 1944-06-13 Location: Carentan, France This mission covers Easy Company’s (506th PIR) defense of the heights about one mile southwest of Carentan against a determined early-morning attack by elements of the 6th FJ and 17th SS Divisions. Flanked on the north and south by flooded … Last Hundred Yards — Airborne over Europe
Black Friday Scenario#: 21 Date: 1944-09-24 Location: Son, Holland Six days into Operation Market Garden and the situation was still chaotic for both Allied and German commands alike. Hell's Highway, a long narrow strip of road, was the only lifeline supplying the beleaguered American and British paratroopers.… Last Hundred Yards — Airborne over Europe
Geronimo! Scenario#: 22 Date: 1944-06-06 Location: Sainte Mere Eglise, France One of the few units of the 82nd Airborne that didn’t scatter badly that morning was Col. Sink’s 505th PIR. They were tasked with taking the village of Ste. Mere-Eglise and its nearby vital crossroads to the west. But they … Last Hundred Yards — Airborne over Europe
Morgan’s Stand Scenario#: 30 Date: September 11, 1944 Location: Bar-le-Duc, France Lt. Allen Morgan’s 2nd Platoon (as well as the rest of the 53rd Battlion) had orders to hold an important crossroads west of the Moselle River. On September 10th the Germans counterattacked the junction, but were repulsed in a furious … Panzer (YAQ) — Armor: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat in Western Europe, 1944-1945
Last Act In Lorraine Scenario#: 31 Date: December 6, 1944 Location: Singling, France For nearly a month the US 4th Armored Division had been fighting in difficult terrain to clear Lorraine. On 6 December, in an attempt to take Bining and Rohrbach and reach the River Sarre and the German border, Lt. Col. … Panzer (YAQ) — Armor: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat in Western Europe, 1944-1945
Action At Kommerscheidt Scenario#: 32 Date: November 4, 1944 Location: Kommerscheidt, Germany By 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 out … Panzer (YAQ) — Armor: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat in Western Europe, 1944-1945
A Small Town In Germany Scenario#: 33 Date: April 8, 1945 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… Panzer (YAQ) — Armor: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat in Western Europe, 1944-1945
Shoot-N-Scoot Scenario#: 34 Date: December 18, 1944 Location: Rocherath, Belgium The American 2nd and 99th Infantry Divisions, one tire and battered, the other inexperienced, were entrenched in the twin villages of Rocherath-Krinkelt. As the 12th SS Panzer Division began the assault on Rocheracth on the 18th, American artillery… Panzer (YAQ) — Armor: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat in Western Europe, 1944-1945
Last Roundup Scenario#: 35 Date: April 11, 1945 Location: Erfurt, Germany The US 12th Army Group was using the Erfurt-Leipzig axis as their main line of advanceinto the heart of Germany. The industrial city of Erfurt was at the edge of the area which the Wehrmacht’s 11th Army was attempting to … Panzer (YAQ) — Armor: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat in Western Europe, 1944-1945
The Battle for Rome Scenario#: 36 Date: September 10, 1942 Location: Rome, Italy As the German 2nd Parachute Division advanced on Rome, several Italian formations, including the elite 21st “Grenadiers of Sardinia” Division, set up blocking positions and attempted to halt it. Slowly but inexorably the paratroopers pushed closer… Panzer (YAQ) — Armor: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat in Western Europe, 1944-1945
Parker’s Crossroads Scenario#: 37 Date: December 23, 1944 Location: Baraque de Fraiture, Belgium Route N15 is the major road from Liege to Bastogne. U.S. Major Arthur C. Parker, withdrawing with remnants of his 598th Field Artillery Battalion, realized the value of the crossroads at Baraque de Fraiture, decided to dig in and make … Panzer (YAQ) — Armor: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat in Western Europe, 1944-1945
Hill of Death Scenario#: 38 Date: July 11, 1944 Location: Hill 112, France Hill 112 has a commanding view over the surrounding fields and several small villages, which made it a key position. After the British took the hill, it was subjected to as many as 14 German attacks, all of which were … Panzer (YAQ) — Armor: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat in Western Europe, 1944-1945
The Borders are Burning Scenario#: 123 Date: 11/30/1939 Location: Kuhmo, Finland Along the Karelian Front, as the Soviets crossed the borders, the Finnish forces executed a planned withdrawal to the Mannerheim Line. In the north, however, the Finns were ordered to oppose the Russian advance at every opportunity. At Kuhmo, the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
Slamming of the Door Scenario#: 129 Date: 8/17/1941 Location: Panikovo Forest, Russia To take Luga, a Soviet strongpoint on the "Leningrad Highway", the German 409th Infantry Regiment crossed the Oredezh River with plans to take the village of Panikovo. As they moved toward the village the Russians sprung a trap, sending troops and… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
The Agony of Doom Scenario#: 136 Date: 4/19/1945 Location: Muncheberg, Germany With the Third Reich in its death throes, the Soviet juggernaut began to pick up 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. Hitler was determined not to… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
On the Borderline Scenario#: 124 Date: 11/30/1939 Location: Artahuhta, Finland The Soviet 139th Rifle Division – 20,000 troops supported by 147 artillery pieces and 45 tanks – crossed the border on all available roads leading to Tolvajarvi, a key road junction defended by 4,200 scattered Finnish reservists. Cavalry Reserve Lt.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
The Penetration of Rostov Scenario#: 131 Date: 7/24/1942 Location: Rostov, Russia With the German summer offensive of 1942, “Operation Blue”, Hitler hoped to force a decision on the southern front. In an attempt to complete a large-scale encirclement of the Lower Don, the city of Rostov became the natural center of operations. The… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
Counterattack on the Vistula Scenario#: 134 Date: 8/6/1944 Location: Wola Chodkowska, Poland As the Russian 8th Guards Army was expanding its bridgehead on the Vistula, they met with stiff German resistance. The Germans mounted a number of counterattacks in an effort to eliminate the Russian toehold on the west bank, leading with the Hermann… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
Commando Schenke Scenario#: 126 Date: 6/28/1941 Location: Liepaja, Latvia The evening of June 24, Infantry-Regiment 505 was established within 12 km of Liepaja in Latvia. The following day, jointly with Kriegsmarine commandos led by Lieutenant-Commander Schenke, the 505th attempted to take the maritime fortress by surprise… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
Acts of Defiance Scenario#: 135 Date: 2/27/1945 Location: Breslau, Germany By 16 February, the encirclement of Breslau was complete. Acting on Marshal Konev’s orders to secure the Silesian city, General Gluzdovsky ordered an attack against the crucial Gandau airfield, one of the city’s last links with the west. Facing grim… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
Debacle at Korosten Scenario#: 130 Date: 8/30/1941 Location: Kiev, Russia As the Russian front spread with each German success, vast gaps were left in the main line. These gaps proved to be perfect avenues of approach for the far-ranging Russian cavalry. One such daring group, the 1st Regiment, 2nd Cavalry Division, rode… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
Block Busting in Bokruisk Scenario#: 133 Date: 6/29/1944 Location: Bokruisk, Russia During the destruction of Army Group Center, many of Hitler’s “Fortified Localities” were cut off and surrounded by the Russian advance. Bokruisk was just such a city. The city had become a fortress with pillboxes and old tank turrets being used… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
In Sight of the Volga Scenario#: 5 Date: 9/14/1942 Location: Stalingrad, Russia Defense of Stalingrad’s central district and the all important main ferry landing lay largely in the hands of hastily mobilized militia composed of factory workers and the NKVD garrison. These troops would have to hold the Wehrmacht at bay until the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
The Commissar's House Scenario#: 4 Date: 11/9/1942 Location: Stalingrad, Russia The Sixth Army was being bled white amidst the ruins. The rifle strength of whole companies was often reduced to little more than a squad in an attempt to take a single house. The battle lines were now drawn through the hallways of individual… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
First Crisis at Army Group North Scenario#: 125 Date: 6/25/1941 Location: Plavy, Lithuania When Army Group North moved toward the River Daugava, the Russian command detailed the 3rd Mechanized Corps to stop them. Over 100 of the Soviet tanks were the new super-heavy KV models. The Germans had no guns which could penetrate these monsters.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
Land Leviathans Scenario#: 127 Date: 7/3/1941 Location: Lipki, Russia Under pressure from Stalin to hold Smolensk, Yeremenko was desperate to halt the German offensive. On 1 July, he committed his sole armored reserve: the 1st Moscow Motorized Rifle Division. It was a crack unit, the pride of the STAVKA. Equipped with… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
Hill 253.5 Scenario#: 132 Date: 7/9/1943 Location: Ponyri, Russia Operation Citadel had begun, but instead of the desired lightning breakthrough, fighting had taken on the characteristics of World War I trench warfare. In four days of grueling combat, the XLI Panzer Corps had managed to penetrate the defenses of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
The Defense of Luga Scenario#: 128 Date: 7/19/1941 Location: Leningrad, Russia SEIGE As German panzers drove toward Leningrad, they bypassed potentially dangerous Russian armored groups. When these attempted to break out, handling them fell to infantry and anti-tank units. One such instance occurred at Luga, where elements of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
Fighting Withdrawal Scenario#: 1 Date: 9/2/1941 Location: Terijoki, Finland The Finns, seeking restitution for the Winter War of 1939, had erupted across the borders and breached the Soviet Karelian front even as the crisis to the south of Leningrad came. In a desperate attempt to salvage something and form a new defense… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
Mila 18 Scenario#: 2 Date: 1/18/1943 Location: Warsaw Ghetto, Poland The day started as had so many others in the Ghetto with the SS marching in to exact their daily toll in the final “resettlement” of the Warsaw Jews. The roundups started as usual: with sirens, shots, screams and sorrow. But this day, fewer than… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
The Czerniakow Bridgehead Scenario#: 3 Date: 9/22/1944 Location: Warsaw, Poland UPRISING Fired by the enthusiasm of their field commanders, STAVKA approved crossing of the Vistula by troops of the 1st Polish Army into the devastated city. For five days, the shallow bridgehead was bombarded and sporadically attacked by Kaminski’s White… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
Red Packets Scenario#: 6 Date: 6/22/1941 Location: Zhabinki, Russia The German invasion was crushing Russian initial defenses everywhere. After considerable delay, Timoshenko gave the orders to open the “red packets”. The instructions in these cover plans were to be obeyed. The 42nd Rifle Division’s independent… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
Dash for the Bridge Scenario#: 7 Date: 9/12/1944 Location: Warsaw, Poland UPRISING Hitler had declared Warsaw-Praga a fortress, keystone to the Vistula line. The city was to be held at all costs, but this was neither likely nor realistic. The Waffen SS veterans assigned the task of holding the city held no illusions as to what such… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
The Fugitives Scenario#: 8 Date: 5/3/1945 Location: Berlin, Germany High quality Russians hold the canal bridges against rag-tag remnants of the Muencheberg Panzer Division, fleeing Berlin in the last days of the war. Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
To the Square Scenario#: 9 Date: 1/17/1945 Location: Warsaw, Poland 1945 Informed that only a scant rearguard remained in Warsaw, Stalin at last authorized the liberation of the city. In the pre-dawn darkness, Soviet formations seized the undestroyed bridges and cleared the west bank of the Vistula River. Near noon, they… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
The Citadel Scenario#: 10 Date: 6/25/1941 Location: Brest-Litovsk, Belarus In the wake of the astonishing gains of the German armored spearheads, the infantry had to mop up bypassed strongpoints. Taking the ancient fortress of Brest-Litovsk fell to the 45th Infantry. Moats, river branches and canals divided the Citadel… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 1 - Beyond Valor (3rd Edition)
Strangers in a Strange Land Scenario#: 75 Date: 5/13/1940 Location: Elvegardsmoen, Norway In the arctic twilight, the 13th Demi-Brigade of the French Foreign Legion and five Hotchkiss tanks were successfully put ashore by British landing craft northeast of Narvik. One legion battalion and two tanks were sent to retake the supply center of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre
End of the Ninth Scenario#: 76 Date: 5/18/1940 Location: Le Catelet, France The French command reacted slowly to Rommel’s breakthrough at Avesnes. Taking advantage of the sluggish French reaction, the Germans refueled and rearmed their Panzers and on May 18th they advanced toward Le Catelet. Colonel Veron, given the task of… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre
Le Hérisson Scenario#: 77 Date: 6/5/1940 Location: Hangest, France Rommel’s 7th Panzer Division had established a small bridgehead across the Somme, but the construction of a pontoon bridge was prevented by interdicting fire from the nearby town of Hangest. Self-propelled howitzers were brought forward to bombard… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre
Encounter at Cornimont Scenario#: 78 Date: 6/20/1940 Location: Cornimont, France In the area of the French 8th Army in the Vosges mountains, scattered defending forces were committed piecemeal in an effort to slow down the swift German advances. In Cornimont, the 158th Engineer Battalion received orders to defend the town. A… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre
Bridge of the Seven Planets Scenario#: 79 Date: 6/3/1940 Location: Les Sept-Planètes, France The defense of the bridges along the stretch of the Bergues canal south of Dunkirk was entrusted to the heavy weapons company of the French 1st Battalion, 224th Infantry Regiment, supported by miscellaneous troops including several mobile 155mm… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre
Play Ball 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… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre
Fratricidal Fighting 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… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre
For Honor Alone Scenario#: 82 Date: 6/20/1940 Location: Saumur, France Angered and dismayed by a call on June 17th for an armistice, the officers and cadets of the Cavalry School had vowed to fight for their own honor and that of France. Southeast of Saumur, lay the Aunis Farm, a French command post and staging area.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre
Swan Song Scenario#: 242 Date: 5/29/1940 Location: Villers-sur-Mareuil, France De Gaulle’s 4th Armored Division, called upon to eliminate the German bridgehead across the Somme at Abbeville, attacked on the 28th and succeeded in pushing the Germans back some four kilometers before halting for the night. The morale of the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)
Counterstroke at Stonne Scenario#: 234 Date: 5/15/1940 Location: Stonne, France The Grossdeutschland Regiment, after some hard fighting and a harder march north, had finally taken the village of Stonne, the pivot of the German flank movement from Sedan. Exhausted, the German infantry were now the target for one of the few… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition)