Gift of Time

Rommel's army had crushed the defenses in Kasserine Pass. "Gore Force", a British company of infantry, ten tanks, some six-pounder AT guns, and a battery of artillery, had been sent forward as a reserve unit but as they arrived all the traffic was westward as Americans and Frenchmen scrambled …

1943-02-20

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Rommel's army had crushed the defenses in Kasserine Pass. "Gore Force", a British company of infantry, ten tanks, some six-pounder AT guns, and a battery of artillery, had been sent forward as a reserve unit but as they arrived all the traffic was westward as Americans and Frenchmen scrambled to get away from Kasserine. Gore ignored them and dug in on the northern edge of the pass. As the Germans blew through the tattered American units, the focus of the attack shifted to Gore’s men. The first up were Major Beilby’s old, slow Valentines of the 2nd Lothians, sent forward with a few American gun-mounted half-tracks.

Kasserine Pass, Tunisia

The Battle of Kasserine Pass was a series of battles of the Tunisia Campaign of World War II that took place in February 1943. Covering Kasserine Pass, a 2-mile-wide (3.2 km) gap in the Grand Dorsal chain of the Atlas Mountains in west central Tunisia.

German / Italian

British / American

Scenario Type = Standard