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Hellfire Pass Scenario#: 4245     Date: 6/15/1941     Location: Halfaya Pass, Egypt 2 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
Hellfire Pass Scenario#: 12     Date: 14 June 1941     Location: Halfaya Pass, Egypt As part of Operation Battleaxe, the British attempted to relieve the siege of Tobruk by advancing the 4th Royal Tank Regimental and 2nd Cameron Highlanders on what was thought to be an undefended Halfaya Pass. On June 14, 1941, after … Tide of Iron — Days of the Fox