← Previous Item

"They're Here! Reverse!"

Next Item →

http://wargame-scenarios.com/images/journal3.jpg
http://wargame-scenarios.com/images/asllogo.jpg

Title
"They're Here! Reverse!"
Description
The famed Desert Rats were on the move. Heading for the African coast through the Saleh/Beda Fomm area, they planned to set up ambush positions against the large Italian motorized columns retreating from Benghazi towards Tripoli. The 2nd Royal Tank Regiment took up positions on a large hillock …
Publisher
Date
1941-02-08
Scenario#
J047
Scenario Description
The famed Desert Rats were on the move. Heading for the African coast through the Saleh/Beda Fomm area, they planned to set up ambush positions against the large Italian motorized columns retreating from Benghazi towards Tripoli. The 2nd Royal Tank Regiment took up positions on a large hillock bisected by the only road to Tripoli and dotted with graveyards. A short time after their arrival, two single decker buses appeared from the road from Benghazi. They were stopped, the civilians sent away, and the buses positioned as roadblocks.
Location
Beda Fomm, Libya
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The rapid British advance during Operation Compass forced the Italian 10th Army to evacuate Cyrenaica, the eastern province of Libya. In late January, the British learned that the Italians were retreating along the Litoranea Balbo from Benghazi. The 7th Armoured Division was dispatched to intercept the remnants of the 10th Army by moving through the desert, south of the Jebel Akhdar via Msus and Antelat as the 6th Australian Division pursued the Italians along the coast road, north of the jebel. The terrain was hard going for the British tanks and Combeforce, a flying column of wheeled vehicles, was sent ahead across the chord of the jebel.
Narrative Source
Combatants
Italian
British
Additional Information
Scenario Type = Standard

Geolocation