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35 updated scenarios from LFT#5 (with one overlay), LFT#9 (with2 overlays), FTC # 1 & 2 (and another couple of overlays).

You can download the attached pdf map below in order to play the scenario FT59, "War the Italian Way".

	FT13	Cabanes Vieilles		vs.		8,5 turns

Cabanes Vieilles, France, 11 April 1945 : One of the first objectives of the initial onslaught was the capture of the small village of Cabanes Vieilles which controlled the area around the forts. Two companies, supported by an armored platoon, were tasked to seize the village and breakthrough with their tanks. Cautiously, but determined, the 2ème and 3ème Compagnies of the Bataillon d’Infanterie de Marche du Pacifique (BIMP) began their advance.

	FT14	Les Mille Fourches		vs.		4,5 turns

Authion Height, France, 11 April 1945 : One of the forts controlling the valleys leading to the Italian border was the so called “Fort des Mille Fourches”. The BIMP, a bit “whitened” as far as its rank and file were concerned, was tasked for the second time to seize this key position. At dawn, supported by an engineer platoon, the assault group formed up and made its way forward, in front of the perfectly entrenched grenadiers of the 34th Infantry Division.

	FT15	La Forca		vs.		7 turns

LA FORCA, AUTHION HEIGHT, FRANCE, 10 April 1945 : Nearly at the same time as the assault group launched its attack against the Fort des Milles Fourches, the 1ère Compagnie of the Bataillon d’Infanterie de Marche du Pacifique (BIMP) launched its own against La Forca. This position, once held, could grant the French units a good stronghold to direct their artillery fire and provide direct support to the attacking units. Nevertheless, the French were aware that the defense was very tough and that it would command a great effort to get the job done in time and with few losses. Stubbornly and with complete disregard for their own lives, the Marsouins of the BIMP began to ascend the hill.

	FT16	Les 3 Communes		vs.		5,5 turns

PLAN CAVAL and THE REDOUBT OF LES 3 COMMUNES, AUTHION HEIGHT, FRANCE, 12 April 1945 : Although outnumbered, the Germans still commited a full company from the Meer Alpen Regiment in order to prevent the Free French from taking an overwatch position of Les 3 Communes. Some other units were also sent to join the Gebirgsjägers, including grenadiers from the 34. Infanterie-Division along with remnants of a Luftwaffe unit. To cope with such a determined defense, the Free French brought into action a couple of captured AT guns and launched an all-out assault early that afternoon.

	FT17	Patrol		vs.		6 turns

RAUS PASS, AUTHION HEIGHT, FRANCE, 9 April 1945 : While planning their attack, the Free French were well aware that the area was heavily defended and they decided to reconoiter the objective before launching their main push. Under heavy cloud cover, one squad from each company moved forward undetected until finally reaching the area around Raus Pass just as dawn was breaking.

	FT49	Lingèvres, aftermath		vs.		6,5 turns

LINGEVRES, FRANCE, 16 June 1944 : Everywhere in the courtyards and buildings of Lingèvres, the infantry carried on mopping up. Suddenly, from his observation post, Stirling (the Sherman commander) spotted a Panther slowly heading towards the village. As it turned out this Panther was the first of a platoon which had no clue about the firefight in Lingèvres.

	FT50	Meeting on the Summit		vs.		6 turns

MONT FROID, FRANCE, 6 April 1945 : In April 1945, French troops were busy in the Alps. While the Authion offensive was prepared, Lt Col. Le Ray, CO of the 7ème Demi-Brigade de Chasseurs Alpins, received orders to fix in place Hoch’s 5.Gebirgsjäger-Division located in the Maurienne range. Consequently, the Chasseurs Alpins prepared an attack to gain control of the Mont Cenis area summits. The action began during the night of 5-6 April, in deep snow, above 8,000 feet. The 4ème Compagnie du 11ème Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins, supported by a section of scouts on skis of the 2ème Compagnie, was given the task to seize the Mont Froid forts.

	FT51	Harmless Steel		vs.		6,5 turns

RASEINAI, RUSSIA, 24 June 1941 : At the end of the first day of the German offensive on 22 June 1941, Stalin and Commissar Timoshenko issued Directive #3 ordering a general counterattack on all fronts. This operation, directed and executed in terrible conditions, achieved nothing but worsen the situation along the borderline, where the Russian units were outflanked by enemy armored units. One such counterattack was lead on 24 June by the 2nd Russian Tank Brigade, partially equipped with newly deployed T-34 and KV tanks, against reconnaissance elements of the 6.Panzer-Division, east of Raseinai.

	FT52	Bouchon à Bouchain		vs.		6,5 turns

BOUCHAIN, FRANCE, 26 May 1940 : As early as May 23, the VIII Armee Korps spearheaded by the 8.Infanterie-Division and the 32.Infanterie-Division tried to infiltrate the French positions. On May 26, the VIII A.K. decided to terminate the operation which tied up a large quantity of troops, since several regiments were involved.

	FT53	First Drop		vs.		6 turns

GORKI, NORTHWEST OF MOGILEV, RUSSIA, 14 July 1941 : During the early phases of the Smolensk operation, the Airborne Corps was called on to attempt a small scale airborne operation. Aerial reconnaissance had detected a force of about 300 German tanks and vehicles out of fuel in the town. Kazankin assigned the mission to Senior Lieutenant N. Romanenko’s 10th Company of the 214th Brigade’s remaining 4th Battalion to fly from Klimovici and, after bombing by the aircraft, to burn or otherwise destroy the German equipment. The attack was to take place at 0100 on 14th July, with landings on three sides of the town.

	FT54	The Wisps Come and Go		vs.		7 turns

WEST OF ABBEVILLE, FRANCE, 4 June 1940 : WEST OF ABBEVILLE, FRANCE, 4 June 1940 : The Mesnil Trois Fétus farm was a checkpoint in Colonel Perré last attempt to recapture Abbeville. Under uncoordinated attack by the Allied troops during all morning, the farm was still in German hands. One of the last attacks was performed by the 4th Seaforth under Capitaine Perette. As soon as the Seaforth arrived in view of the farm, they were ambushed. Cpt Perette was severely wounded and the Seaforth were pinned down when, suddenly, the Chasseurs arrived...

	FT55	Finnish Blitzkrieg		vs.		6,5 turns

NEAR ALAKÜRTTI, FINLAND, 24 August 1941 : Part of the “Barbarossa” plan, the overly-ambitious Operation “Siberfuchs” (Silver Fox) aimed at no less than taking Mourmansk and some localities south of it on the strategic railroad leading from the arctic strategic port to the heart of the USSR. It was just one hundred kilometers on the map, but it led through damp and wooded areas, across many streams and very few trails. In fact, the region was taken from the Finns after the Winter War. The central attack group, with two German divisions - including one Waffen-SS - and the Finnish 6th Division, soon encountered strong resistance. Trying to outflank the defenders, Axis troops finally met with success and arrived in August near Alakürtti, one of the largest towns before the railroad.

	FT56	Primo Contatto		vs.		7 turns

POKROVSKOJE, RUSSIA, 11 August 1941 : Mussolini was very disappointed when he realised that he had not been informed of the launch of “Barbarossa”. Although dubious about the consequences of such a campaign, he wanted to participate in it. So he pressed Hitler to accept an Italian expeditionary force. The Nazi dictator consented to the idea even though his heaquarter doubted the utility of the Italian troops. An army corps with three divisions, the Corpo Spedizione Italiano, was dispatched to Russia under the orders of General Messe at the beginning of August. The Italians, with the Pasubio Division in the vanguard, participated in the pursuit of the retreating Russians between the Dniestr and the Bug Rivers on the southern front. The first serious contact between the CSIR and the Red Army took place on August 11, near the town of Pokrovskoje. The motorized Bersaglieri fell upon the Russian rear guard but barely escaped disaster. Return fire from Russian machineguns and artillery forced them to abandon their motorcycles and withdraw to await reinforcements.

	FT57	Wyzoka Mountain		vs.		7 turns

WYSOKA, POLAND, 2 September 1939 : Just before the war, the 10th Cavalry Brigade, completely motorized under the lead of colonel Maczek, was tasked to secure the flanks of the Crakow Army in the south of Crakhov and in the Karpath Mountains. In the field since mid-August, it faced the German 2.Panzer-Division and 1.Gebirgsjäger-Division. It was assisted in this task by a Boarder and National Guard battalion. To oppose a strong armored unit, it organized its defenses on the Wysoka mountain. Just after noon, the Germans launched their attack...

	FT58	The Dream is Over		vs.		7,5 turns

LE MESNIL ADELÉE, FRANCE, 7 August 1944 : The German counteroffensive against the narrow Avranches corridor, to recapture the city and cut off General Patton’s Third Army from other allied forces in Normandy, started early on August 7. The first obstacle in the Germans way was the small town of Mortain and the eastern high ground named hill 314. The 2.Panzer-Division was the leading element of the attack and had to shatter the American lines a few miles north of Mortain. This division attacked westwards in two columns. While the southern column was stopped by elements of the 823rd TD Battalion at St-Barthélémy, the northern one featuring Kampfgruppe Schake forced the 39th Infantry Cannon Company to abandon its 105mm howitzers in Le Mesnil Tove, and halted in Le Mesnil Adelée, a small village four miles deep in American territory, where it set up in defense. As KG Schake waited for its brothers-in-arms still locked in St-Barthélémy, the Americans were mounting a counterattack to repulse the enemy from Le Mesnil Adelée with elements of 1/33rd Armored Regiment.

	FT59	War the Italian Way		vs.		6 turns

OCESTOVO, YUGOSLAVIA, 13 April 1941 : Part of the garrison of the Adriatic Italian-controlled port of Zara, a Bersaglieri cyclist battalion, supported by light tanks, sappers and artillery, entered Yugoslavia on 12 of April. Its objective was to take the Croatian city of Knin before the German panzerdivisionen. The first day went with no real opposition, apart from some minefields and a few frontier guards. The next day, under orders to speed up movement, the column came closer to Knin. But some Yugoslavian troops from the Jadranska division had set up an ambush near the village of Ocestovo.

	FT60	Bloddy Brothers		vs.		6 turns

KUPRES, YUGOSLAVIA, 13 August 1942 : At the beginning of the spring of 1942, Axis forces launched a large anti-partisan drive against Tito’s forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina southeast of Sarajevo. The partisan leader cunningly moved his army north, away from the main enemy forces. The two large guerilla columns overran Croatian garrisons along the way gaining weapons, supplies and even recruits. The besieged troops generally quickly surrendered with the exception of the fanatical Ustachi fascist units. One particular hard nut to crack was the small town of Kupres. The Ustachis of the infamous Crna Legija (Black Legion) fortified it with the support of the local population. The place was defended by a garrison which included peasant militia, an artillery battery and even an armored car, with a grand total of 1500 men. The first attacks by local guerilla forces were easily repulsed and the partisans had to send their elite proletarian brigades.

	FT61	First Cossack Victory		vs.		7 turns

OBOROVA, YUGOSLAVIA, 29 March 1944 : The Kosaken-Kavallerie-Division, led by general Pannwitz, was the last large Axis unit sent to Yugoslavia to fight Tito’s partisans. Despite their experience and the good mobility offered by horses, the cossacks at first failed to successfully engage and destroy the elusive guerillas in Croatia. The large operations launched encountered only sniper fire, obstacles and mines. The partisans, well informed, felt back in time only to ambush and harass the Axis troops when they retired to their bases. Pannwitz so decided to divide his command in six kampfgruppen, each built around a cavalry regiment with an artillery battery in support, sent them against the partisans in Croatia and Herzegovina, with the engineer battalion keeping watch on the railway in the Save valley. The division also formed a small reconnaissance group, probably using ex-Italian vehicles. The fall and winter saw no major success but only hard fighting. The well equiped partisans, with mainly Italian captured weapons and Allied supplies, often accepted combat with the Axis unis.

	FT62	New Model Army		vs.		7,5 turns

GABELA, YUGOSLAVIA, 27 January 1945 : As part of the ongoing defence of the important city of Mostar, KG Becker (I/370.I.R. and III/370.I.R. with two battalions of 369.A.R., all from 369.Infanterie-Division, together with units from 9th NDH – Independent State of Croatia – Mountain Division) was committed to Operation Bura. The goal of this operation carried out from Mostar and Listica was to cut communications for NOVJ (People’s Liberation Army of Yugoslavia) forces moving south of Mostar towards the west, potentially cutting off the German-Croatian defenders of the city from the remaining Axis-held teritorries in Croatia and Bosnia.

	FT63	Clear That Road !		vs.		6,5 turns

EAST OF BLAGAJ, YUGOSLAVIA, 15 May 1943 : On May 15th, Operation Schwarz began, aimed at encircling and eradicating thousands of partisans operating around the Mostar area. After discussion with the Italian commander of the area, who, having received no orders to participate in the operation, wanted to deny their German allies the transit through his area, the Prinz Eugen forward elements eventually reached the Narenta river at 0430 AM. The Regiment.1, advancing southeast of Mostar, reached the eastern edge of Blagaj at 0815 AM with the II/1 (Hahn). While pushing forward, the first defenders started to show up.

	FT64	Savnik		vs.		5,5 turns

SAVNIK, YUGOSLAVIA, 27/28 May 1943 : A few days after Operation Schwarz was launched, the next attack objective for Division Prinz Eugen, the Savnik area, became even more significant. General Phleps deployed several units in order to reinforce the attack forces in this sector. A prisoner of war statement indicated that the 5th Brigade wanted to break out of the Orah area through Gornje Polje to the west with fifteen companies of 90 men each. All companies were placed on highest alert. Battalion Dietsche was then ordered to seize the village of Savnik.

	FT65	Last Chance Breakout		vs.		5,5 turns

VOJNIK TO MAGLIC MOUNTAIN AREA, YUGOSLAVIA, 29 May 1943 : Two weeks after the beginning of Operation Schwarz, the picture gradually took shape and the partisan forces were compressed around the Durmitor River. The Germans wanted their enemies’ main body to the north but the situation developed otherwise. The partisans finally recognized the gravity of the situation : they had more than 40,000 men including many typhus victims and other wounded in an area without any vegetation, rations nor shelter. It was still cold and whatever the cost they had to break out in any direction they could. Tito threw back his weak 7th Division with a defensive mission. His best unit, the 1st Proletarian Division, was commited to break through to the northwest in the hope that it would make it through the Jaeger-Division.118 or Infanterie-Division.369. Thus the Jaeger-Division.118 first felt the massive pressure at the confluence of the Piva and Sutjeska Rivers. The II/1 (Hahn) of the Prinz Eugen was also under great pressure on the left flank of the division. It was partially encircled and caused the German commanders a great concern. They commited the Battalion Wirtschaft, the last reserve, to attack the partisans’ rear which was located north of Hahn’s positions...

	FT66	Raid on Grohote		vs.			5,5 turns

GROHOTE, SOLTA ISLAND, YUGOSLAVIA, 19 March 1944 : The 2671st Special Reconnaissance Battalion (US Army) had been training for some time on Vis Island. On the night of March 17th, 1944, they boarded a Yugoslavian gunboat with their combat gear and were told that they would join British #2 Commando to capture the town of Grohote, on Solta Island. Unit B under Captain Houlihan slowly edged its way towards the German garrison when the Spandos opended fire and pinned the American rookies while the British commandos were standing. Their commanding officer, Lt.Col. Churchill shouted “Don’t worry Yanks, it’s a long way off !”.

	FT67	Knin Pocket			vs.		7,5 turns

KNIN, YUGOSLAVIA, 25 November 1944 : After loosing all their mid-Dalmatia strongholds, the German Army tried to retain Knin as the key to the defense of western Bosnia. In late November 1944, the town was defended by several axis units with the 264th Static Division as the main German formation. The partisans estimated the total enemy forces at 20,000 troops with 20 AFVs and 80 artillery pieces. The attacking forces were part of the 8th NOVJ Corps with the 19th and 26th Dalmatian Divisions as the major units. Using British equipment, including guns and battle-dresses, the partisan infantry also received the welcome support of part of the 1st Tank Brigade and some artillery.

	FT68	Red Lightning		vs.		5,5 turns

GRADISTE, YUGOSLAVIA, 23 December 1944 : During the fall of 1944, an independent cavalry unit, the Prva Konjicka Brigada (PKB – 1st Macedonian Brigade) joined as reinforcement the People’s Liberation Army of Yugoslavia (NOVJ) let by Tito. Early in December, this cavalry unit was integrated into the 21st Serbian Division as regular unit and received new equipment. From 3rd to 6th of December, it was involved in the 1st Proletarian Army Corps offensive in the Srem area. The flooding of several rivers forced the Russian units to change their attack direction. Positioned on the left flank of the 21st Serbian Division, the PKB used the advance of the 5th Serbian Brigade to infiltrate the German defenses in this wooded and flooded area.

	FT69	Durs à Cuire		vs.		7,5 turns

POIX/THIEULLOY-L’ABBAYE crossroad, FRANCE, 6 June 1940 : The 7.Panzer-Division had managed to sneak to the west, after fierce fighting around Hangest. The 7ème Cuirassiers, a green armoured unit, was tasked to counter attack to support the withdrawal of troops still resisting at Hangest. Unfortunately, contradicting orders prohibited any coordinated action. The 7ème Cuirassiers was committed piecemeal, and its squadrons were infiltrated by the enemy, and forced to fight on their own. Triverio and Marty platoons are two of these units trying to return, along with other elements of the retreating French Army, to friendly lines in what would become a last odyssey for them.

	FT70	Ride Across the Caucasus		vs.		5,5 turns

Near KUTASKAYA, USSR, 28 September 1942 : With the arrival of the bad weather, the German advance in the Caucasus became more and more difficult. The Red Army took every possibility offered by the terrain in order to slow down the Axis troops, tired after several months of fighting. Nevertheless, the final push of the AOK against Tuapse, on the Black Sea coast began on September 23rd. Codenamed “Attika”, and despite some initial success, the defense quickly strengthened. The rough and wooded terrain hampered the movement and prohibited any support from the few assault guns available. On the 25th, the 198.Infantry-Division along with a Slovakian division, was tasked to seize the Popova Heights, right in the middle of the LVII Panzer Korps axis of advance. After fierce fighting, the heights were conquered and the advance resumed.

	FT71	The Last Circle		vs.		6 turns

PITOMNIK, RUSSIA, 13 January 1943 : After Paulus’ January 7th refusal to surrender to a Red Army High Command ultimatum, Operation “Circle” was launched on January 10th at 0800 with the aim of eradicating the Stalingrad pocket. One after another defensive lines fell and the pocket was split in half from east to west. By the 13th, Soviet tanks had encircled the Pitomnik airfield, the sole German supply source for the 6th Army forces in Stalingrad. Remnants of the 6th Army and 4th Panzer Army were still defending the area.

	FT72	Catcher Caught !		vs.		6 turns

LESKOVICZ, ALBANIA, 27 June 1943 : The initial successes of the Greek guerrillas against the occupation forces were brought to an abrupt end when the German 1st Mountain Division moved from Serbia into Greece and Albania in June 1943, bolstering Italian efforts. The guerrillas, with ample warning, planned a heavy blow against the new enemy before they could establish themselves in an occupation role. The guerrilla’s operation was to be launched as the mountain troops moved south through the village of Leskovic, high in the mountains along the Greek-Albanian frontier. As was their custom, the guerrillas cleared the village of all inhabitants, and then placed their own men in position in the buildings along the main street. Their plan was to allow the advanced guard to pass and then to fire on the main body when the troops were confined to the street and roadway. A large force of guerrillas would then emerge from hiding places in the hills nearby to complete the destruction of the demoralized Germans.

	FT73	The Adriatic Pirates			vs.		8 turns

MILNA, BRAC ISLAND, YUGOSLAVIA, 21 October 1943 : By the end of 1943, Tito and the Partisans were getting stronger and stronger, while the enemy had steadily lost most of its troops on the eastern front and the Italians had, once again, changed sides. In Yugoslavia, the 2nd Panzer Army commander was expecting an Allied landing on a stretch of the Croatian coast and was concerned about the strength of the defenses on the Peljerac Peninsula and the large islands of Korcula, Brac and Hrvar. On October 21st, the order was issued to clear out the area. The operation was codenamed "Herbsgewitter". On the island of Brac, an Ustashi unit was encircled in a seemingly hopeless situation. Elements of the 1st Regiment were committed to liberate them.

	FT74	Freeing the Roadway		vs.		6,5 turns

CRÉPON, FRANCE, 6 June 1944 : After a successful landing on Gold Beach with very low casualties, the Green Howards, under command of Lieutenant Colonel Hastings, began its march to reach to St Léger. At two o’clock, the battalion began the advance under desultory fire from the enemy. Just short of Crépon the advance came under withering fire from the village. It became quite clear that any further advance along the road would be impossible unless the village was cleared. But although this road was the battalion’s lifeline back to the beaches and must be cleared, Hastings wished to avoid a lengthy and costly street-fighting battle. He therefore ordered B and C Companies to bypass Crépon and press on with the advance, leaving Major Lofthouse’s D Company to clear the road through the village.

	FT75	Unexpected Fire		vs.		6 turns

South of CRISTOT, FRANCE, 11 June 1944 : The 6th Green Howards, led by Lieutenant Colonel Hastings, were told to capture a small hill to protect the flank of the 8th Armoured Brigade who were about to advance south. A reconnaissance of this small hill, just south of the village of Cristot, had driven almost to the top of the hill without encountering more than a few Germans, who had been easily brushed aside. It seemed to be a relatively simple business to send a battalion of infantry to occupy this key piece of ground. Speed was important, and as Hastings had not been able to carry out any personal reconnaissance, the operation was something of a wild plunge into the unknown. Since he had been lead to believe that the Germans were unlikely to stay and dispute possession of the hill, Hastings felt the task should not prove too difficult. Hastings decided to advance with two companies leading, C on the left, with B on the right. They would be accompanied by B Squadron 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards. Behind them D and A Companies would operate with C Squadron. Unfortunately, in the meantime, the SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 12 had established defensive positions on the hill. For the first few hundred yards, the advance went without incident.

	FT76	White Suns		vs.		9,5 turns

Near MANTES, FRANCE, 23 August 1944 : On August 19th, the US Army had reached the River Seine and the 79th US Infantry Division launched an attack across the river in order to seize a bridgehead on its eastern side, about 60 kilometers east of Paris. The battle for Normandy was not yet over, and north of the French capital, the German remnants were trying to withdraw as fast as possible. New German troops were thrown into the battle in order to prevent yet another threat of encirclement like in Falaise. Early on the 23rd, four of the first Königstigers made it through to the vicinity of Guitrancourt at 0600. Combined with the strength of the paratroopers of Lehr Regiment 21, under command of the Oberleutnant Karl Schulze, and with the Kampfgruppe of the 33rd Luftwaffe Feldregiment of Oberst Maximilien Köppel, the attack was launched. Roaring from the sunken roads and woods around Guitrancourt, the Königstigers, loaded with dozens of troopers, sought to recapture the wooded heights to the southwest, called the “Blancs Soleils”. Waiting there were where the infantry and the tanks of the 79th/314th Infantry Regiment.

	FT77	Surprised Buffalo		vs.		8,5 turns

VERGEMOLI, ITALY, 26 December 1944 : The Monterosa Division was created in 1943, after the Italian surrender, and trained in Germany around a nucleus of veterans from the Royal Army. By this time, its less effective combat elements had been “cleaned up”. By the end of 1944, the Germans were holding the Gothic Line. During the night of 25/26 December, an attack was launched on a 20-kilometer-wide front by the German and Italian troops (Monterosa Division and 148th Infantry Division) from both sides of the Serchio River in the vicinity of Garfagnana, between Emilie and Toscane. The objective was to improve the tactical situation, but most of all, to halt the Allied troops in the area and to boost Republican morale. On the right wing of the attack, only troops of the Salo Republic were present. In front of them, the 92nd US Infantry Division “Buffalo” was not expecting an enemy attack earlier than December 27th. On the afternoon of the 26th, the Monterosa Division reached Vermegoli, where the African-American troops of the 370th Infantry were entrenched.

	FT78	The War is Over		vs.		7,5 turns

Near FERLACH, AUSTRIA, 11 May 1945 : With World War II coming to its conclusion, most German units in Yugoslavia desperately tried to reach the western border to surrender to the Allies rather than risk summary justice from the Partisans in retaliation for the numerous war crimes they committed.