Tag: Eastern Front

AAR by: Michael Rodgers Advanced Squad Leader AAR - Between the Anvil and the Hammer II (TAC14). Here's the historical situation: Attacker: German (196th Infantry Regiment, 68th Infantry Division) Defender: Russian (351st Siberian Rifles Division, LVII Army) Benefitting from the winter, Marshal Timoschenko decided to launch a significant offensive against the German Army Group South. The Russians managed to create significant openings aimed...

AAR by: Stephen Stewart Stew's Replay - Per L'Onore Di Roma (For the Honor of Rome) (Q6) Per L'Onore Di Roma is an early war Italian versus Russian village slugfest. Here's the historical situation: With the Russians in full retreat, the 9 Divisione Fanteria “Pasubio” was ordered to advance to the Bug River and cut off the retreating Russians. The leading battalions of...

AAR by: Neal Ulen & Scott Rowland Advanced Squad Leader AAR - Prelude to Dying (J112). Here's the historical situation: Attacker: Croatian (1st Light Infantry Parachute Battalion) Defender: Partisan (Slovenian Partisans) After months of anti-partisan operation east of Zagreb, the 1st Light Infantry Parachute Battalion had finally returned to its home barracks in the Zagreb neighborhood of Maksimir. The writing had been on the...

AAR by: Neal Ulen & Scott Rowland Advanced Squad Leader AAR: Ambush! (28). Here's the historical situation: Attacker: Bulgarian (58th Infantry Regiment, 16th Infantry Division) Defender: Partisan (Siatista Guerillas) After the swift and total Axis victory over Greece, Bulgaria laid claim to Thrace and Macedonia. Throughout the winter of 1941-42, small bandit groups began to emerge as the nucleus of a fledgling resistance movement....

AAR by: Neal Ulen & Scott Rowland Advanced Squad Leader AAR - The Guards Counterattack (A). Here's the historical situation: Attacker: Russian (308th Rifle Division / 2nd Battalion, 37th Guards Division) Defender: German (Company H, 389th Infantry Regiment) After an extremely successful summer campaign, the Germans came upon the Volga fortress of Stalingrad. Here the Red Army had dug in and was determined to...

AAR by: Neal Ulen & Scott RowlandAdvanced Squad Leader AAR - The Art of Dying (J130). Here's the historical situation: Attacker: Italian (Battaglione Alpini "Vestone," 6° Reggimento Alpini and LXVII Battaglione Bersaglieri Corazzato) Defender: Russian (14th Guards Rifle Division) After a hard struggle, the Red Army had succeeded in establishing a significant bridgehead at Serafimovich, on the west bank of the Don. The...

AAR by: Neal Ulen & Scott Rowland Advanced Squad Leader AAR - Early Battles (S25). Here’s the historical situation: Attacker: Germans - 6th Panzer Division Defender: Russians - 2nd Tank Division The Germans, after a week of relatively easy victories, approached a small Lithuanian village amidst the forest. Army Group North was among the first Germans to encounter heavier Russian tanks. These monsters dwarfed...

AAR by: Neal Ulen & Scott Rowland Advanced Squad Leader AAR - Clash at Borisovka (S21). Here’s the historical situation: Attacker: Russians - 3rd Guards Tank Corps Defender: Germans - Panzer Regiment, Grossdeutschland Division The German offensive to retake Kharkov put the Russian Voronezh Front in disarray. Shortages of fuel and ammo hampered the Russians. The situation got worse on March 13th when the...

AAR by: Neal Ulen & Scott RowlandAdvanced Squad Leader AAR - Contested Settlement (S45). Here's the historical situation: Attacker: Poles - 2nd Mountain Brigade, Armia Karpaty Defender: Slovakians - 3rd Battalion, 4th Regiment, 1st Infantry Division The recently formed Slovakian state contested not only the treaty settlement between Poland and Slovakia, but also the political authority over the settlements in the High...

AAR by: Scott RowlandAdvanced Squad Leader AAR: Ambush! (28) Here’s the historical situation: Attacker: Bulgarians - 58th Infantry Regiment, 16th Infantry Division Defender: Partisan - Siatista Guerillas After the swift and total Axis victory over Greece, Bulgaria laid claim to Thrace and Macedonia. Throughout the winter of 1941-42, small bandit groups began to emerge as the nucleus of a fledgling resistance movement. On...