FT346	Heer, Twin & Fire		vs.		5,5 turns

les cinq-chemins, Guidel, FRANCE, 21 june 1940 : On June 19, after arriving near Brest, the German troops headed towards southern Finistère and Lorient. Admiral de Penfentenyo decided to organize resistance at the crossroads known as Cinq-Chemins, 10 kilometers from Lorient, on the road to Quimper. On the evening of June 20, a detachment was set up, composed of a reserve unit section and a 13.2 mm quadruple machine gun from the Navy, under the command of Commandant Billaud. On the morning of the 21st, leaving Pont-Aven, the German vanguards arrived at the crossroads of Cinq-Chemins. After announcing that he would defend the navy ports, Admiral de Penfentenyo gave the order to open fire.

	FT347	Backyard Brawl		vs.		6,5 turns

Sant’Agata, Sicily, 8 August 1943 : The Allied invasion of Sicily, “Operation Husky,” was now in its fourth week. The Allied forces were advancing slowly –too slowly– due to the successful delaying actions by the Germans and their Italian allies. Along the northern coastline, in the vicinity of San Fratello, the German and Italian troops on Hill 673, San Fratello ridge, withstood several attacks from the advancing Allied forces. The surrounding terrain made it impossible to outflank the hill, so General Truscott, Commander of the 3rd Infantry Division, ordered the obstacle to be bypassed by sea. A Task Force from the 30th Infantry Regiment, named after its commander, Lieutenant Colonel Lyle A. Bernard, was ordered to land in the enemy’s rear to block the coastal highway and seize the area of Monte Barbuzzo.

	FT348	Peiper’s Blowtorches		vs.		4,5 turns

Boves, Italy, 19 September 1943 : After the failure of “Unternehmen Zitadelle,” the Battle of Kursk, Hitler gave orders to pull the Leibstandarte out of the Eastern Front. Because of the Allied landings on Sicily and worried that the Italians would leave the Axis, the German high command activated their plans made for that case. After regrouping in Austria, the LAH, among other battle-proven divisions, was sent to Italy. With permission from the Italians, the division crossed the northern Italian border and moved toward their operational areas. Once there, the soldiers of the Leibstandarte started with daily training and watched the Italians with vigilant eyes, waiting for the things to come. Finally, the expected break-off from the Axis came on September 8th.

	FT349	Disgraceful Victory		vs.		6,5 turns

Farsa, Kefalonia island, Greece, 21 September 1943 : In 1943 the island of Kefalonia was occupied by approximately 12.000 Italian soldiers of the “Acqui” Division but only 2.000 German troops. Following the announcement of the armistice, the German Wehrmacht, specifically the 1st Mountain Division, demanded the immediate disarmament of their former Italian allies General Antonio Gandin, commander of the Acqui Division, faced a severe dilemma. Despite receiving direct orders from Rome to treat the Germans as enemies and resist disarmament, he initially sought negotiations. However, following a vote among his own soldiers, who largely opted to fight the Germans, Gandin ordered resistance. This decision transformed the former allies into enemies.

	FT350	Tough Day At Bitokara		vs.		6,5 turns

Bitokara village, New Britain, 8 March 1944 : Before the first Marine set foot on the shores of Volupai, the struggle for Bitokara was already a race against time. By landing at the base of the Willaumez Peninsula on March 6, the 1st Marine Division hoped to sprint across the narrow isthmus and establish a “stopper” that would trap the retreating Japanese force. The days leading up to Bitokara were defined by a brutal crawl through the Volupai Plantation, where Japanese snipers and mortar teams traded space for time. Slowly falling back toward the natural defensive bottleneck of the Bitokara Mission and the nearby airfield, the Japanese under the command of Captain Kiyomatsu Terunuma established a final but strong defence line around Bitokara Mission.

	FT351	The Babies are Back		vs.		3,5 turns

Fontenay-le-Pesnel, France, 18 June 1944 : After a brief artillery and mortar preparation due to the lack of ammunition, the German companies counterattacked from the north of the village of Fontenau-le-Pesnel in the direction of Boislonde via the Cristot road. The grenadiers advanced through the woods and immediately vicious hand-to-hand fighting broke out againts the British, who were already cut off. Their objective was to clear the woods and regain the positions they had lost the day before.

	FT352	Commandos in the Rain		vs.		5,5 turns

Near Cornimont, France, 18 October 1944 : In an attempt to break the Vogesen Stellungen, the German fortified line in the mountainous area of the Vosges in eastern France, the French First Army decided to send commandos, used as light infantry, in an infiltration mission behind the German lines to distract them. The commandos managed to infiltrate the German lines and established themselves on top of a wooded hill known as the “Haut de Tonteux”. They were rapidly encircled and subjected to many attacks and shelling. After several days, lacking winter clothes, supplies and ammunitions and with increasing pressure from the regrouped Germans, the decision was finally taken to head back to the Allies lines. The most severely wounded would stay in place while the lightly wounded would follow the group.

	FT353	Gain and Pain		vs.		6,5 turns

San Vicente hill, Phillipines, 26 October 1944 : San Vicente Hill formed the northern tip of Catmon Hill, a stronghold defended by elements of the Japanese 9th and 20th Infantry Regiments of the 16th Infantry Division. On the morning of October 26, the responsibility of securing San Vicente Hill fell to Company E of the 383rd Infantry Regiment. After Captain Jesse R. Thomas finalized his tactical plans, his platoons quickly advanced toward their objective. The assault began with a ten-minute barrage of 155mm artillery fire directed at the hill’s crest ; however, the bombardment proved ineffective, as the shells landed too far ahead of the advancing American troops. At 10:00 AM, the 1st and 2nd platoons began pushing through the dense fields of tall cogon grass stretching before the hill. The men were under strict orders to hold their fire until they encountered enemy resistance — which soon erupted in a sudden barrage of small arms and mortar fire. In response, the 3rd platoon pushed forward to support the pinned-down assault.

	FT354	Desperate Horsemen		vs.		6,5 turns

Krewinkel, Germany, 16 December 1944 : Since mid-October, the U.S. Army has been using the Ardennes region (considered to be of low strategic importance) as a recovery zone for exhausted units and a training area for units that had not yet seen combat. This region is characterized, among other things, by a heavily forested ridge line called the Schnee Eifel, which divides it into two sectors : north and south. North of the Schnee Eifel, the Losheim Gap offers one of the few passage points necessary for a hypothetical enemy armored offensive. This 7-kilometer-wide corridor is held by the 18th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, which has deployed throughout the numerous villages in the area. It would soon come under attack from the German 3rd Parachute Division and the 1st SS Panzer Division “Leibstandarte.”

	FT355	Some Like it Hot		vs.		4,5 turns

Klever Berg, west of KLeve, Germany, 10 February 1945 : Before the Allies could cross the River Rhine it was necessary to clear the German defenders away from the area between the Rhine and Maas Rivers. This area, known as the Reichswald, was heavily fortified and defended. This was the first phase of Operation Veritable, otherwise known as the Battle of the Reichswald. The 6th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers were tasked with taking the high ground outside Kleve. Ordered to clear the Sternberg towering high over the city and guarding the only two roads from Nijmegen to Kleve the Fusiliers first had to take the small conical Klever Berg hill. Near the top of this feature stood a tall wooden look-out tower which served as a valuable observation post for the Germans. Late in the afternoon, Major Hunter led forward a small force of carriers. Dismounting before the assault they stormed forward.

	FT356	Last Ride of the Locust		vs.		5,5turns

Between Wesel and Hamminkeln, Germany, 24 March 1945 : After the men of the 17th Airborne Division made their first combat jump on March 24th, they immediately faced numerous challenges. Units were separated, leaders became casualties, and heavy flak scattered their planes. Consequently, elements of the 513th PIR landed in a British drop zone. Despite this, it did not hinder them from carrying out their mission. The available platoon leaders swiftly gathered their men and set out to reconnoiter the area and establish contact with other US units.

	FT357	The Apple Orchard		vs.		7 turns

Yongju, Korea, 22 October 1950 : On the 21st October, the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, following the 1st Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, moved to Pyongyang. Progress through the city was very slow due to numerous traffic jams. Commencing on the 22nd October, the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade, under command of the 24th US Division, would re-assume the role of leading elements of I Corps with the object of linking up with the Airborne units in the vinicity of Yongju and continuing the advance along that main axis Pyongyang-Sukchon-Chongju to the border city of Sinuiji on the Yalu River. In fact, on the 20th October, 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team dropped at Sukchon to cut the retreat route of the KPA. An element of the AB RCT was moving south to meet the advancing 24 US Division. The 3RAR was the leading Battalion of the Brigade. On the 22nd October, the battalion commenced to advance to Yongju. C Company (commanded by Captain A. Denness) was leading, with D Company, 89th Medium Tank Battalion under its command.