The seocnd module following the history of the SS-Motorized Regiment Leibstandarte continues with the unit taking part in the battles on the Eastern Front from June to November 1941. This eight scenario pack is compatible with MMP's ASL System.
LSSAH 1 - OPENING FIRE: Having examined the available intelligence, the commanders of SS-Motorized Regiment Leibstandarte expected only to encounter weak resistance at first at the frontier from enemy border defences, reinforced with Obrona Narodowa Polish National defence militia-like units.
LSSAH 2 - THEY STOP HERE!: SS-Motorized Regiment Leibstandarte was ordered to move to Pabianice and relieve the panzers and thus encircling Lodz from the south. The outstanding road conditions on this march enabled the I./SS-Motorized Regiment Leibstandarte to reach their assembly area west of Pabianice at 1000 hours, where it ran into the I./Panzer Regiment 23 whose attack on Pabianice had just been repulsed by the strong Polish forces equipped with strong anti-tank weapons.
LSSAH 3 - FRUHJAJRSBESTELLUNG: SS-Motorized Regiment Leibstandarte was to break through the Ijssel position and the Peel Line on both sides of the Lower Rhine and the lower stretch of the Maas in order to proceed against "Festung Holland". SS-Motorized Regiment Leibstandarte having received the code word Frühjahrsbestellung "Spring Order" was to break through the Dutch frontier west of Bentheim with a northern rapid-advance group (Schnelle Gruppe Nord), then to press on to Zwolle and Deventer, and to capture the Ijssel crossings.
LSSAH 4 - BY THE END OF A RIFLE!: At 1130 hours the southern spearhead Schnelle Gruppe Mitte (Rapid-Advance Group Centre) of SS-Motorized Regiment Leibstandarte reached the bridge at Zutphen and determined that the Ijssel crossing at had been destroyed. From the upper floor of one of the higher buildings the Germans could recognize the first Dutch positions. These were bunkers built into the slope of the western riverbank and stretched several hundred metres across level meadowlands. Oberstrumführer Frey received the order to force a crossing immediately in assault-troop fashion.
LSSAH 5 - "TO HOLD?": The breakthrough of Panzergruppe von Kleist all the way to the English Channel at Boulogne had been completed. 1. Panzer Division, just about to attack Dunkirk, had reached the Canal de l’Aa between Holque and the coast on 24 May and had established several bridgeheads, while 2. Panzer Division was to move to Watten after mopping up Boulogne. Linking up with 2. Panzer Division was SS-Motorized Regiment Leibstandarte, who where to deploy between St. Momelin and Holque. SS-Motorized Regiment Leibstandarte was ordered to capture town of Watten, and then to devote itself to the defence of the line at St. Momelin.
LSSAH 6 - HURRY UP!: The German OKH now set the following objectives, Army Group B was to push back the French across the Loire on both sides of Paris. Panzergruppe von Kleist was to proceed to Lyon, push through the Rhone Valley with its Panzers and motorized units, and send other units to the Swiss and Italian borders. The SS-Motorized Regiment Leibstandarte was attached to 9. Panzer Division of Panzergruppe von Kleist for this operation, received its orders too rapid-march to the Loire River. At 1030 hours, the advance detachment of Kradschtzen-Kompanie 15 had reached the high ground about three kilometres from St. Pousain.
LSSAH 7 - "JUST IN TIME": In order to provide security along the Greek border, the commander of the reinforced I./SS-Motorized Regiment Leibstandarte deployed Kompanie 1. It was to set out rapidly and secure the area south of the towns Lazec and Medzidli-Kenali and as far as the river. It was planned that Kompanie 1 would then turn to the east and join Kompanie 3 in advancing over the pass.
LSSAH 8 - THE DEVIL'S PASS: The reinforced Aufklärungs-Abteilung, SS-Motorized Regiment Leibstandarte started out towards Lake Kastoria over the Kilsura pass. This advance by a motorized reconnaissance battalion over a high mountain pass, involved a record climb of 800 metres in altitude, on a road built for carts was a performance just in terms of transportation technology. SS-Motorized Regiment Leibstandarte remained mounted until it was south of Joanina, where it encountered the Kilsura pass and faced a gate in the mountains defended by an enemy fighting with firm resolve.
Map Boards Required: 2, 3, 10, 15, 16, 22, 23, 40, 41, & 46