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Turning the TablesScenario#: 39 Date: 3/31/1941 Location: Mersa el Brega, LibyaThe main line of defense in Libya was a natural bottleneck along the coast at Mersa el Brega, with the sea on one flank and an extensive salt marsh on the other. The British mined and wired this line extensively. Rommel launched a full scale assault… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5 - West of Alamein |
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Rachi RidgeScenario#: 36 Date: 11/12/1943 Location: Leros, GreeceGerman paratroopers landed on the Aegean island of Leros which had been manned by British defenders. Their objective was to take Rachi Ridge which lay astride a narrow isthmus in the middle of the island. If they could take hold that position, the… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5 - West of Alamein |
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Point of No ReturnScenario#: 42 Date: 11/23/1941 Location: Sidi Rezegh, LibyaAs part of the drive to open a corridor to Tobruk, the 2nd New Zealand Division was ordered to seize the heights dominating the eastern approaches to Ed Duda. Resistance was surprisingly feeble, as most Germans surrendered rather quickly. In their… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5 - West of Alamein |
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KhamsinScenario#: 37 Date: 6/13/1942 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 Group. On 13… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5 - West of Alamein |
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Fort McGregorScenario#: 40 Date: 2/26/1943 Location: Medjez el Bab, TunisiaPreliminary to the main German attack on Medjez, a position known as Fort McGregor had to be seized from British defenders. The forward outpost consisted of an infantry company with its platoons dug in around a bare, rocky knoll, with the entire… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5 - West of Alamein |
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Escape from DernaScenario#: 38 Date: 4/7/1941 Location: Derna, LibyaAs Rommel’s first offensive pushed across Cyrenaica, the British fighting withdrawal became a rout. Those forces falling back along the northern and southern edges of the Djebel Akhdar gravitated to the seaside town of Derna, where the coast road… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5 - West of Alamein |
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Blazin' ChariotsScenario#: 35 Date: 11/19/1941 Location: Gabr Saleh, LibyaThe 4th Armoured Brigade, probing northeast of Gabr Saleh, was driving a German recon unit before it. The Afrika Korps at last reacted, quickly forming several units of the 21st Panzer Division into Kampfgruppe Stephan which set out to investigate… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5 - West of Alamein |
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A Bridgehead Too WetScenario#: 41 Date: 3/22/1943 Location: Wadi Zigzaou, TunisiaMontgomery chose to make a frontal assault in an area defended by elements of Panzergrenadier Regiment Afrika and the weak Giovani Fascisti (Young Fascists). The 151st Infantry Brigade of the 50th Division reinforced by forty–odd Valentine tanks were… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 5 - West of Alamein |