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1st Armoured to the rescueScenario#: 4232 Date: 5/27/1942 Location: Gazala, LibyaBy late morning, his left flank overrun by the coordinated mass of German Panzers, General Neil Ritchie, commander of the Eighth Army, ordered two armored brigades of Norrie's 1st Armoured Division south to the rescue. Moving in column, the 22nd … Memoir '44 — Mediterranean Theater |
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Dug in at Sidi OmarScenario#: 1324 Date: 11/25/1941 Location: Sidi Omar, LibyaHaving extricated himself from a very precarious position at Sidi Rezegh airfield, Rommel looked for ways to press his advantage. He sent his Afrikakorps toward Sidi Omar, in the hope of re-establishing himself on the border and turning his victory … Memoir '44 — Mediterranean Theater |
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Escape via the Coastal RoadScenario#: 4241 Date: 6/14/1942 Location: El Adem, LibyaBuilding up their forces through the now opened supply lines, Rommel's Afrikakorps eventually broke out of the cauldron, seizing Bir Hakeim but only capturing about 500 wounded Frenchmen . On June 13 "Black Sunday", 21st Panzer shreds the 22nd… Memoir '44 — Mediterranean Theater |
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Flanking Maneuver at Bir HakeimScenario#: 4230 Date: 5/27/1942 Location: Bir Hakeim, LibyaFollowing on the success of Operation Crusader, the British Eighth Army had driven Rommel's forces out of Cyrenaica before over-stretching its own supply lines again. Eighth Army had then settled along the "Gazala line" in the desert, west of Tobruk,… Memoir '44 — Mediterranean Theater |
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Hellfire PassScenario#: 4245 Date: 6/15/1941 Location: Halfaya Pass, Egypt2 miles inland, on the Egyptian-Libyan border, Halfaya Pass carves a natural route through the 600 foot high escarpment that extends southeast toward Sollum. In World War II, whoever controlled the pass held the main westward access into Libya and … Memoir '44 — Mediterranean Theater |
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Into the CauldronScenario#: 4237 Date: 6/5/1942 Location: Sidi Muftah, LibyaDespite their success against the British 7th Armoured, the Panzer divisions had lost their momentum. Rommel's Afrikakorps was now trapped in a region known as "the Cauldron;" with Bir Hakeim to the south and Tobruk to the north still firmly … Memoir '44 — Mediterranean Theater |
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Panzers versus GrantsScenario#: 4231 Date: 5/27/1942 Location: Gazala, LibyaThe same day as the battle at Bir Hakeim, further on the right, 15th Panzer engaged the rest of the 7th Armoured Division. After sweeping over the 7th Motorized Brigade, the Panzers ran into heavy Resistance from the Grants of … Memoir '44 — Mediterranean Theater |
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Sidi Rezegh AirfieldScenario#: 4246 Date: 11/22/1941 Location: Sidi Rezegh, LibyaOperation Crusader, the third and ultimately successful British attempt to try and break Rommel's stranglehold on Tobruk, began in a horrendous rainstorm on November 18, 1941. While one British corps was taking up position near Halfaya Pass, the… Memoir '44 — Mediterranean Theater |