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Scenario#: 41     Date: 3/22/1943     Location: Wadi Zigzaou, Tunisia

Montgomery chose to make a frontal assault in an area defended by elements of Panzergrenadier Regiment Afrika and the weak Giovani Fascisti (Young Fascists). The 151st Infantry Brigade of the 50th Division reinforced by forty–odd Valentine tanks were…

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Scenario#: 35     Date: 11/19/1941     Location: Gabr Saleh, Libya

The 4th Armoured Brigade, probing northeast of Gabr Saleh, was driving a German recon unit before it. The Afrika Korps at last reacted, quickly forming several units of the 21st Panzer Division into Kampfgruppe Stephan which set out to investigate…

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Scenario#: 38     Date: 4/7/1941     Location: Derna, Libya

As Rommel’s first offensive pushed across Cyrenaica, the British fighting withdrawal became a rout. Those forces falling back along the northern and southern edges of the Djebel Akhdar gravitated to the seaside town of Derna, where the coast road…

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Scenario#: 40     Date: 2/26/1943     Location: Medjez el Bab, Tunisia

Preliminary to the main German attack on Medjez, a position known as Fort McGregor had to be seized from British defenders. The forward outpost consisted of an infantry company with its platoons dug in around a bare, rocky knoll, with the entire…

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Scenario#: 37     Date: 6/13/1942     Location: Tobruk, Libya

The Gazala battles had been raging for days with Panzerarmee Afrika driving for the great prize of Tobruk. Several British strongpoints still lay in its path, one of which was the Knightsbridge box held by the 201st Guards Motor Brigade Group. On 13…

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Scenario#: 42     Date: 11/23/1941     Location: Sidi Rezegh, Libya

As part of the drive to open a corridor to Tobruk, the 2nd New Zealand Division was ordered to seize the heights dominating the eastern approaches to Ed Duda. Resistance was surprisingly feeble, as most Germans surrendered rather quickly. In their…

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Scenario#: 36     Date: 11/12/1943     Location: Leros, Greece

German paratroopers landed on the Aegean island of Leros which had been manned by British defenders. Their objective was to take Rachi Ridge which lay astride a narrow isthmus in the middle of the island. If they could take hold that position, the…

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Scenario#: 39     Date: 3/31/1941     Location: Mersa el Brega, Libya

The main line of defense in Libya was a natural bottleneck along the coast at Mersa el Brega, with the sea on one flank and an extensive salt marsh on the other. The British mined and wired this line extensively. Rommel launched a full scale assault…

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