Browse Items (20 total)
- Battle Name is exactly "Battle of Gazala"
TotensonntagScenario#: D09 Date: 1941-11-23 Location: Gambut, LibyaTorensonntag was the German version of Memorial Day and All Souls' Day combined, and literally means Sunday of the Dead. On this particular Sunday, however, during the height of the Sidi Rezeg battles of Operation CRUSADER, the Afrika Korps had … Tank Leader — Desert Steel |
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Gap at AntelatScenario#: 5522 Date: 1/23/1942 Location: Saùnnu, LibyaDuring the second battle for Cyrenaica, Rommel's AfrikaKorps attacks and soon manages to cut off the 1st British Armoured Division from its rear with the help from Kampfgruppe Marcks' advance toward Saunnu. But on January 23, Kampfgruppe Marcks… Memoir '44 — Open de France 2009 |
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Italian Diversion at GazalaScenario#: 4229 Date: 5/26/1942 Location: Gazala, LibyaIn late 1941, the Eighth Army drove the Axis out of Cyrenaica but British lines got so stretched that, by January '42, Rommel was back on the offensive and pressing towards Tobruk. Concentrating their forces near Gazala, the British : … Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack Bonus |
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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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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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Rommel's Right HookScenario#: 4240 Date: 5/27/1942 Location: Gazala, LibyaDuring the battle of Gazala, Rommel sent his 90th Light Division toward El Adem, far to the British rear. If successful, the move would put the British onto the defensive and help protect Rommel's exposed right flank. The Light division … Memoir '44 — Battle Maps Series 1 - Disaster at Dieppe |
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North Africa - Gazala and Vicinity - Initial Dispositions and German-Italian Attack 26-27 May and Situation at Dark 27 May 1942World War II - Mediterranean Theater |
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GazalaScenario#: D03 Date: 1942-05-27 Location: Gambut, LibyaOn 27 May 1942 Rommel was beginning his outflanking of the Gazala line. After seattering the 3rd and 7th Indian Motor Brigades from the southern flank of the line, the tanks of the Afrika Korps and the Italian XX Motorized … Tank Leader — Desert Steel |
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The Clash of ArmorScenario#: 23 Date: May 27, 1942 Location: Point 171, LibyaThe first full-scale encounter between British and German armor in the Battle of Gazala began at approximately 7:15 am in the morning of the 27th of May, 1942 when the British 4th Armoured Brigade was assaulted by the entire armored … Panzer (YAQ) — 88: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat on the North African Front, 1940-1942 |
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The Panzer Thrust Is SlowedScenario#: 24 Date: May 27, 1942 Location: Bir el Harmat, LibyaThe first day of the Gazala Battles. After slamming into the 4th Armoured Brigade and overrunning the 3rd Indian Motor Brigade the 15th and 21st Panzer Divisions of the Afrika Korps continued to run due north literally looking for a … Panzer (YAQ) — 88: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat on the North African Front, 1940-1942 |
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Division Sabratha attackScenario#: 19099 Date: 5/29/1942 Location: The Cauldron, LibyaWhile German panzers were trapped in the "Cauldron", Rommel asked General Crüewell to attack along the coast with the Italian infantry divisions in order to harass the British army or to break the Gazala line. The Italian division Sabratha attacked … Memoir '44 — New Flight Plan |
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The CauldronScenario#: 18 Date: 30 May 1942 Location: Gazala, LibyaThe Cauldron was a position caught between Lieutenant General Neil Ritchie fully-supplied army, which vastly outnumbered the Germans, and a minefield which prevented Rommel from reaching his supplies. Rommel had blitzed through British defenses and… Tide of Iron — Days of the Fox |
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The CauldronScenario#: D10 Date: 1942-05-31 Location: The Cauldron, LibyaThe Battle of Gazala raged on for days. By the end of the sixth day, 31 May 1942, Rommel found himself in desperate straits with his entire mobile force trapped behind the Gazala line. His supply lines were stretched thin: … Tank Leader — Desert Steel |
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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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KnightsbridgeScenario#: 1346 Date: 6/12/1942 Location: Knightsbridge, LibyaThe Battle of Gazala was a series of clashes between Rommel and the British in the late spring of 1942 near the Libyan coast. The brilliant, but risky maneuvers by the 'Desert Fox' in late May and early June were … Memoir '44 — Terrain Pack |
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KnightsbridgeScenario#: 3711 Date: 6/12/1942 Location: Knightsbridge, LibyaThe Battle of Gazala was a series of clashes between Rommel and the British in the late spring of 1942 near the Libyan coast. The brilliant, but risky maneuvers by the "Desert Fox" in late May and early June were … Memoir '44 — Air Pack |
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North Africa - Gazala and Vicinity - Decisive German-Italian Breakout 12-13 June 1942World War II - Mediterranean Theater |
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KhamsinScenario#: 20 Date: June 13, 1942 Location: Tobruk, LibyaThe 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 … Panzer (YAQ) — 88: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat on the North African Front, 1940-1942 |
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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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GambutScenario#: 20366 Date: 6/17/1942 Location: Gambut, LibyaBefore the attack of Tobruk, Rommel decided to capture the airfields around Gambut in order to annihilate the RAF and to protect the "Stukas" which were necessary for the air support of the attack. At the same time, on the … Memoir '44 — New Flight Plan |