Tag: Baltic Front

AAR by: Stephen “Stew” Stewart Stew’s Replays: Fighting at Worlds Edge (U20/239) Here's the historical situation: Date: May 28, 1940 Location: Taraldsvikfjell, Norway Attacker: Norwegian / French (1er Bataillon, 13ème Demi-Brigade de Légion Étrangère/6th Norwegian Division/342ème Compagnie Autonome de Chars de Combat) Defender: German (Bataillon 2, Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 139, Gebirgsjäger-Division 3) With the disastrous situation around Dunkerque entering its final stages, the Allied High Command...

AAR by: Stephen Stewart Stew's Replays: Fighting Withdrawal (1) Here's the historical situation: Date: September 2, 1941 Location: Sestroretsk Road, Terijoki, Finland Attacker: Finnish (Elements of 1st Parachute Regiment) Defender: Russian (Remnants of 131st Border Battalion) 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...

AAR by: John Knowles Advanced Squad Leader AAR: The Bridge At Verdalsora (J36) Here's the historical situation: Date: April 21, 1940 Location: Verdalsöra, Norway Attacker: German (1st Battalion, 138th Gebirgsjäger Regiment) Defender: Norwegian / British (Machine Gun Squadron, 2nd Dragoons/55th Field Company, Royal Engineers) After landing at Namsos, the British goal was to make contact with the Norwegians at Verdalsöra where a strategic bridge crossed...