Chaos at MarnachBy Thomas Wulfes
The US 110th Inf.Regimant,28th Inf Division guarded a 15 mile front behind the River of Our.It faced three German Divisions,the 2thPanzer,Panzer Lehr and 26th Volksgrenadier Divisions at odds of more then 10 to 1.Unable to man a contiouous defensive line,the regiment occupied several company-sized road blocks on the roads leading up from the Our.Particulary important was Marnach,through which ran the best roads to Bastogne.The Panzergrenadiers of 304th PzGr Regiment were to attack the well defended village |
A Small BridgeBy Dave Blackburn
As Operation Cobra picked up speed,small bridges in tiny villages begane to be significant.The momentum of the US spearheadswas of utmost priority,so the capture of these bridger intact was the order of the day.US player orders:Capture the bridge at St.Jean en Lozon intact.German players orders:Reinf the screening force at St.Jean en Lozon,hold the bridge,blow it if possible.Designed to be a PBEM scenario |
The Greatest RaidBy K.M.Hasanic
St.Nazaire at the mouth of the Loire river in France.The British Admiralty were very worried about the Tirpitz and the eventuality of it venturing into the Atlantic.The huge dry dock at St.Nazaire was a necessity to the Germans in order order to carry out such a plan.The Admiralty and Combined Operations decided to raid the docks of St.Nazaire and destroy them.No.2 Army Commando was detailed,trained in street fighting and paired with demolition teams.On the night of the 28th of March the Commandos embarked on moter launches neared their objectives when a searchlight pierced the night![Best played as British] |
Oscarsborg FortressBy G.Baumgarten
Northern Oslo,30km East of Fornebu Airfield:The prime reason for Oslos importance to the High Command was that Norways capital was the olny port on the southen coast which was capable of handling the logistics of an invading army.Oslo was not to be a bloodless conquest for the Wehrmacht.During the initial stages everything went well for the Germans.Group 5 encountered little resistance and passed the entrance to Oslo Fjord just after midnight on the night of April 8-9.However,the narrows were protected by a system of defenses dominated by the Oscarsborg Fortress.Before the naval column could proceed North,the fortress system had to be taken by ground assault.This delay enabled the Norwegian government to escape North taking Norways gold reserves with them.The battle fought at the narrows had gained the Allies valuable time:This scenario is best played as either Axis or Allied. |
Glider Assault on VassieuxBy K.M.Hasanic
Vassieux the Vercors 50km SW of Grenoble in France:The 500th SS Parachute Battalion was rebuilt after its May jump on Tito's mountain HQ and deployed in a similar role to France where it spearheaded the offensive against the Maquis held Vercors,a natural mountain redoubt near Grenoble.The SS Battalion was to glider assault the newly built airstrip and liquidate all resistance.On the 20th of July,the day that Hitlers Generals tried to kill him.The Maqis defenders of Vassieux looked skyward to see more aeroplanes about to drop supplies to them when horrified they slowly realized that these planes had black crosses and that the gliders landing on their field were full of the hated SS.It would be a fight to the death:Can be played as either side but a definite challenge as the French. |
The Holy OasisBy Alessandro Gazzi
Oasis of Giarabub, Libyan desert, near the Libya-Egypt border, 300 kms southeast of Tobruk [best played as Allied]. Since June 1940, the Australian 6th Cavalry Regiment had kept under control, then cut off, the Italian garrison of the holy Senussite oasis of Giarabub and its outposts. Even after the utter defeat of Italian 10th Army in February 1941, the stubborn garrison commander refused to surrender. In spring 1941 the British decided to put an end to that nuisance. On March 21st, 1941 a reinforced battalion of the Australian 18th Brigade struck the southwestern corner of the defensive perimeter and advanced in a blinding sand-storm. |
Halfpenny ForceBy Dave Blackburn
Halpenny Force, the steel fist of 4th. Canadian Armoured Division, consisting of Shermans of the Canadian Grenadier Guards and the Lake Superior (Motor) Regt., accompanied by an AT Battery and a squadron of Engineers were all under the command of Lt.Col. W.W. Halpenny. They were to spearhead the Division's advance by "dashing" through the narrow gap (3-500 yards) between the Caen-Falaise highway and railway, bypass 3 villages and exploit to the South. It was an extremely narrow divisional front and...bypassing German held villages in daytime was a much over-rated pastime. Best played against a human opponent, but can be played against the AI, best as Allies. Forces have been reduced to allow fast action. A tip when playing Allies rotate map to advance up the screen. |
A Tiny Island in the DesertBy Mike Winkler
Hill 208, an Oasis deep in the desert south of Sollum: (best played as the Axis) Having succeeded in pushing units of the 15th Panzer Division out of Musaid and capturing Fort Capuzzo on the afternoon of the 15th , the 7th Armored Division in a bold move, waited till dark then detached battle group two, composed of the 7th Armored brigade, equipped with the new Crusader Mark II tank, and a battalion of motor infantry to drive deep into the desert south-west of Sollum and then sweep north into the rear of the 5th Light Division, outflanking and completing the encirclement of Rommel's two armored divisions. Standing in the way of this advance, holding the southern most outpost in the German Sollum line at hill 208, was a lone isolated Oasis Company. For Battle Group II to succeed in the move to out flank the two panzer divisions this mere speck on the map had to fall. Thus on the morning of the 16th the fate of the Afrika Korps hung in the balance as a young lieutenant commanding a force barely larger than a company in strength and a single flak 88 held his little Island in a sea of sand against the might of the 7th Armored Brigade. |
The 82th Airborne at NijmegenBy William Jenkins
The Air Assault landings of the 82 Airborne at Nijmegen during Operation Market-Garden. This actually simulates the first couple of days of the assault. As nothing much happened on the first day. However on the second day the Germans attacked violently with everything they could scrape together. The 82nd managed to hang on until the British XXX Corps showed up but if they had been delayed much longer the 82nd would have suffered the same fate as the British 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem. They where decimated. |