Original Steel Panthers converted scenarios

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River of Red, Matanikau River, Guadalcanal, 23rd of October 1942*
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Date: October 23, 1942*
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Battle Location: Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands*
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Battle Type: Japan (Assault) vs USMC (Defend)*
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Description:
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On the 20th of October, General Sumiyoshi began probing the US defences on the Matanikau River held by the 3rd Battalion, Us 1st Marine Division. This was the 3rd attack on the river line with tanks advacing across the wide sand bars & was to coincide with support from another company of tanks, but this support never appeared. With dogged determintation, the Japanese attacked. But only a single tank breached the US lines. The Japanese losses were heavy: some 600 men were killed trying to cross the river..*
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Notes: Converted/adapted by Jose Logrono from the original 1995 Steel Panthers wargame.*
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Design by: Unknown (Scenario found in Hapshott's Steel Panthers scenario collection @ www.alternatewars.com/Games/SP/SPanthers.htm).**

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The Fall of Meiktila, IV Corps, 225th Tank Brigade. 28th of February 1945*
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Date: February 28, 1945*
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Battle Location: Meiktila, Central Burma*
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Battle Type: UK (Assault) vs Japan (Defend)*
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Description:
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British Fourteenth Army has pulled off a great coup, having convinced the Japanese of Burma Area Army that IV Corps had been committed along the Irrawaddy north of Mandalay. In fact, the veteran units composing IV Corps had been secretly and skillfully shifted nearly a hundred miles south of their supposed location. The armour of 225th Tank Brigade easily punched through the local Japanese screens on that stretch of the Irrawaddy River. Having burst into operational manouvering space, Pert's 255 Tank Brigade and Cohen's 7th Indian Division charged deep into the Japanese rear, aiming for the rail hub and supply center of Meiktila. On the 28th of February, the Shermans and Daimlers of 255 Tank Brigade swept around the northern flank of the garrison at Meiktila and assaulted the city from the east. The poorly equipped Japanese fought house-to-house, throwing suicide squads equipped with pole charges and molotov cocktails against the attacking British and Colonial Troops.*
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Notes: Converted/adapted by Jose Logrono from the original 1995 Steel Panthers wargame.*
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Original Design by: Mitch Hagmaeir (Scenario found in Hapshott's Steel Panthers scenario collection @ www.alternatewars.com/Games/SP/SPanthers.htm).**

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Charlie Dog Ridge, 25th of February 1945*
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Date: February 28, 1945*
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Battle Location: Volcano Islands, Iwo Jima*
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Battle Type: USMC (Assault) vs Japan (Defend)*
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Description:
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The 1st Japanese-held airfield on Iwo Jima was taken with relative ease, but not the 2nd one. Even with Mount Suribachi taken, enemy resistance to the north was still better. A series of craggy plateaux filled with treacherous narrow ravines made getting to the enemy a nightmare for the US Marines. The 1st Battalion of the 24th Regiment was given the task of taking the heavily fortified Charlie Dog Ridge, which was just to the southeast of Airfield Number 2.*
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Notes: Converted/adapted by Jose Logrono from the original 1995 Steel Panthers wargame.*
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Original Design by: Wild Bill Wilder (Scenario found in Hapshott's Steel Panthers scenario collection @ www.alternatewars.com/Games/SP/SPanthers.htm).**

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All of these are great. Your efforts are much appreciated and all will be included in the next upgrade.

Don