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Title
Half a Chance
Description
The Italian 132nd “Ariete” Armored Division, positioned 37 miles south of Tobruk, received intelligence that an assault was imminent and prepared its defenses behind areas of low-lying ground turned boggy by heavy rains. Skillfully camouflaged, its men and guns stood ready for the first British Crusader tanks to appear.
Subject
Publisher
Date
1941-11-19
Scenario#
56
Scenario Description
The Italian 132nd “Ariete” Armored Division, positioned 37 miles south of Tobruk, received intelligence that an assault was imminent and prepared its defenses behind areas of low-lying ground turned boggy by heavy rains. Skillfully camouflaged, its men and guns stood ready for the first British Crusader tanks to appear.
Location
Bir el Gubi, Libya
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
Operation Crusader was a military operation of the Western Desert Campaign during the Second World War by the British Eighth Army, against the Axis forces in North Africa commanded by Generalleutnant Erwin Rommel. The operation was intended to by-pass Axis defences on the Egyptian–Libyan frontier, defeat the Axis armoured forces and relieve the 1941 Siege of Tobruk.
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Scenario Link
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Combatants
British
Italian
Additional Information
Scenario Type = Standard
Collection:
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