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Hellfire PassScenario#: 4245 Date: 6/15/1941 Location: Halfaya Pass, Egypt2 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 |
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Halfaya PassScenario#: 20957 Date: 6/15/1941 Location: Halfaya Pass, EgyptRommel has dug in at the Halfaya pass and Italian forces are defending Hill 206 and Fort Capuzzo. In reserve there was the German 15nd Panzer division and the Italian Ariete Armour Division. The Allied forces come up with 3 … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2019 |
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Battle of KuneitraScenario#: 15170 Date: 6/16/1941 Location: Kuneitra, SyriaOperation Exporter, the campaign of Syria lasted for a week and Allied troops had advanced deeply in the country. French Vichy General de Verdilhac, ordered a counter-attack in three directions : Merdjayoun, Deraa and Kuneitra. The battle-group of… Memoir '44 — Open de France 2015 |
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The lion of CapuzzoScenario#: 18389 Date: 6/16/1941 Location: Fort Capuzzo, LibyaThe Operation Battleaxe was launched on the 15th of June 1941 in order to capture the Axis defenses on the Libyan border (such as Sollum, Halfaya Pass, Fort Capuzzo), to destroy Rommel' army and if possible to relieve the besieged … Memoir '44 — Open de France 2017 |
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Fort CapuzzoScenario#: 20601 Date: 6/16/1941 Location: Capuzzo, LibyaAfter heavy fighting on June 15 by the British 4th Armor and 22nd Guard Brigade, they succeeded in capturing Fort Capuzzo and also quickly established a defensive position. A strong counter-attack by the 8th Panzer division, attempted in the early … Memoir '44 — New Flight Plan |
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Operation BATTLEAXEScenario#: D02 Date: 1941-06-16 Location: Fort Capuzzo, LibyaThe Tiger convoy of May 1941 reached Alexandria laden with 238 of the latest British tanks and 43 Hurricanes for the R.A.F. These Tiger cubs had been rushed through the Straights of Gibraltar in the hopes of an early Allied … Tank Leader — Desert Steel |
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The GovernorScenario#: AP162 Date: 6/19/1941 Location: Medjayoun, SyriaThe initial phase of the Commonwealth campaign against the Vichy forces in Syria was proving tougher than expected. These French, former allies of the Commonwealth. were resilient opponents. Merdjayoun was symbolic of this as the town, located only a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under |
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Showdown in SyriaScenario#: 249 Date: 6/20/1941 Location: Mezze, SyriaBy nightfall on 19 June, the Allied position at Mezzeh was desperate. Ammunition was running low, no food had been eaten for 24 hours, casualties were severe, and medical supplies were exhausted. During the night (when Vichy attacks were suspended),… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre ( 2nd Edition) |
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Fratricidal FightingScenario#: 81 Date: 6/20/1941 Location: Damascus, SyriaThe Allied invasion of Syria and Lebanon was conducted primarily by the 7th Australian Division, the 5th Indian Infantry Brigade and the brigade-strength Free French Division. A week later they were about ten miles south of Damascus but facing strong… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 10 - Croix de Guerre |
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Dingoes At DamourScenario#: AP163 Date: 7/9/1941 Location: Damour, SyriaAfter a month the British and Commonwealth campaign against Vichy forces in Syria was coming to a close. The coastal town of Damour was the last major Vichy outpost before the key city of Beirut. The Vichy commander in the Damour region, allocated a… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #16 From The Land Down Under |
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Men of the MountainsScenario#: J034 Date: 7/13/1941 Location: Ceyinje, MontenegroOn 13 July 1941, in Italian-occupied Montenegro, Montenegrin separatist Sekula Drljević proclaimed an Independent State of Montenegro under Italian protectorate, upon which a nationwide rebellion escalated raised by Partisans, Yugoslav Royal officers… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2 |
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Mountain Comes to MohammedScenario#: G24 Date: 8/25/1941 Location: Qasr Shaikh, IranDuring the Anglo-Soviet invasion of neutral Iran, British forces attempt to take a strongpoint in the desert held by a battalion of the elite Pahlavi Guards Regiment, devout Muslims pledged to defend the Shah, and armed with modern Czech weapons. Advanced Squad Leader — The General #29.5 |
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The PrizeScenario#: NA12 Date: 1941/11/05 Location: North-eastern, LibyaWhile supporting Operation Crusader, the LRDG were tasked with offensive operations along the coastal road, the enemy’s main resupply route. The relief of a besieged Tobruk was at stake, and the British were throwing everything they had at a much … Undaunted — Undaunted: North Africa |
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The AmbushScenario#: NA09 Date: 1941/11/10 Location: Benghazi, LibyaWhile supporting Operation Crusader, the LRDG was tasked with offensive operations along the coastal road, the enemy’s main resupply route. The relief of a besieged Tobruk was at stake, and the British were throwing everything they had at a… Undaunted — Undaunted: North Africa |
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Operation CrusaderScenario#: 14 Date: Nov 1941 Location: Sidi Rezegh, LibyaBy November of 1941, the British had heavily reinforced the 8th Army and launched attacks with their new Crusader tanks. Confusing, see-saw armor battles raged between the 7th Armored Division ( “Desert Rats ”) and Rommel's Panzergruppe Afrika.… Tide of Iron — Days of the Fox |
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Operation CrusaderScenario#: 3129 Date: 11/19/1941 Location: Sidi Rezegh, LibyaThe Marmaric Desert, November 19, 1941 - General Auchinleck orders General Cunningham, to launch the British Eighth Army into a massive offensive into Libya in a bid to destroy the Italo-German armored divisions and free up the garrison in Tobruk. … Memoir '44 — Breakthrough |
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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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Half a ChanceScenario#: 56 Date: 11/19/1941 Location: Bir el Gubi, LibyaThe 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… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 7 - Hollow Legions (2nd Edition) |
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Operation CRUSADERScenario#: 8D0 Date: 1941-11-19 Location: Sidi Rezegh, LibyaThe British winter offensive began on 19 November 1941 with the seattering of Eígth Army's armored forces: 7th Armoured Brigade drove on the escarpment at Sidi Rezeg, 22nd Armoured bogged down attacking the well dug-in Ariete Division at Bir el … Tank Leader — Desert Steel |
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Blazin’ ChariotsScenario#: 19 Date: November 19, 1941 Location: Gabr Saleh, LibyaOn the second day of Operation Crusader, Kampfgruppe Stephan had been formed from units of the 21st Panzer Division in response to reports of incursions of British tanks. Kampfgruppe Stephan encountered elements of the 4th Armoured Brigade alone in… Panzer (YAQ) — 88: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat on the North African Front, 1940-1942 |
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Half A ChanceScenario#: 21 Date: November 19, 1941 Location: Bir El Gubi, LibyaOn the second day of Operation Crusader, the southwest flank of the Axis front was occupied by the Italian Ariete Armored Division. Alerted that a British attack was imminent, they had prepared defenses behind areas of low-lying ground turned boggy … Panzer (YAQ) — 88: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat on the North African Front, 1940-1942 |
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Is Anyone Out There?Scenario#: HoNA09 Date: 1941-11-19 Location: Bir El Gubi, LybiaLock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of North Africa |
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Castles on the HorizonScenario#: J186 Date: 11/20/1941 Location: Bir Bu Meliha, LibyaPanzer-Division 15 was moving in the direction of Gabr Saleh. Late in the day they came upon the 4th Armoured Brigade’s Honeys which were this time “…in good defensive terrain with the sun behind them and their ammunition racks full”. 22nd Armoured… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #12 |
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Sidi Rezegh AirfieldScenario#: 4246 Date: 11/22/1941 Location: Sidi Rezegh, LibyaOperation Crusader, the third and ultimately successful British attempt to try and break Rommel's stranglehold on Tobruk, began in a horrendous rainstorm on November 18, 1941. While one British corps was taking up position near Halfaya Pass, the… Memoir '44 — Mediterranean Theater |
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Dash to the WireScenario#: 48 Date: 23 Nov 1941 Location: Sidi Rezegh, LibyaThroughout the month of January, the British 8th Army had to choose between running or fighting to try to delay or stop the pursuing Germans. Rommel ’s advance and the British retreat became a series of local engagements between opposing … Tide of Iron — Designer Series |
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TotensonntagScenario#: 52 Date: 23 Nov 1941 Location: Sidi Rezegh, LibyaIn North Africa, there was far more desert than there were troops and equipment available to hold the terrain, so the opposing “lines” were often a series of loosely connected outposts, fortified camps, and bands of vehicles that formed defensive … Tide of Iron — Designer Series |
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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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Sunday of the DeadScenario#: G09 Date: 11/23/1941 Location: Sidi Rezegh, LibyaThe 5th South African Infantry Brigade was preparing to assault Point 178 just to its north, when the 15th Panzer Division, moving southwesterly, unexpectedly (from both sides’ point of view) smashed into its southern end, scattering most of its… Advanced Squad Leader — The General #25.6 |
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Relief of TobrukScenario#: 23748 Date: November 23, 1941 Location: Tobruk, LibyaAs part of the drive to relieve the besieged city of Tobruk, the 6th New Zealand Brigade and 8th Royal Tank Regiment assaulted a German position simply known as Point 175. Overconfident by recent success against Italian forces, they were … Memoir '44 — Remembrance Scenarios |
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TotensonntagScenario#: D09 Date: 1941-11-23 Location: Gambut, LibyaTorensonntag was the German version of Memorial Day and All Souls' Day combined, and literally means Sunday of the Dead. On this particular Sunday, however, during the height of the Sidi Rezeg battles of Operation CRUSADER, the Afrika Korps had … Tank Leader — Desert Steel |
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Sunday of the DeadScenario#: 28 Date: November 23, 1941 Location: Sidi Rezegh, LibyaDay 6 of Operation Crusader found the 6th South African Brigade deployed in anticipation of a German attack near Point 178. The attack commenced around 1500 hours and drew intense artillery and AT fire from the defenders, causing the German … Panzer (YAQ) — 88: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat on the North African Front, 1940-1942 |
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Dash for the WireScenario#: 20955 Date: 11/24/1941 Location: Salloum, LibyaAfter the battle of Sidi Rezegh near Tobruk, British forces were greatly reduced and they retreated to regroup. Rommel used this by making an flanking attack to hit the British in their rear. "The wire", an old Italian barrier … Memoir '44 — Dutch Open 2019 |
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Town and FortScenario#: NA08 Date: 1941/11/24 Location: El Ezzeiat, LibyaIn November 1941, the LRDG, now under the command of the newly formed Eighth Army, moved from Kufra to Siwa in central Libya, to support Operation Crusader. On 24 November, when the battle in the Tobruk-Bardiyah area reached a … Undaunted — Undaunted: North Africa |
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Dug in at Sidi OmarScenario#: 1324 Date: 11/25/1941 Location: Sidi Omar, LibyaHaving extricated himself from a very precarious position at Sidi Rezegh airfield, Rommel looked for ways to press his advantage. He sent his Afrikakorps toward Sidi Omar, in the hope of re-establishing himself on the border and turning his victory … Memoir '44 — Mediterranean Theater |
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Nocturnal AttritionScenario#: J030 Date: 11/26/1941 Location: Sidi Rezegh, LibyaOperation Crusader was boiling around the Sidi Rezeg area, and General Freyberg's New Zealand 6th Brigade was dangerously exposed. The Kiwis were perched on the Sidi Rezeg ridge and airfield, sandwiched between the German 155th Infantry Regiment on… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #2 |
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Fall of GondarScenario#: 17150 Date: 11/27/1941 Location: Gondar, AbyssiniaIn November 1941, during the last stage of the East Africa campaign, the British army attacked the mountainous area of Amhara defended by troops of Italian General Nasi. After the surrender of Uolchefit and Culquaber Pass garrisons, the Commonwealth… Memoir '44 — Open de France 2016 |
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Act with the Utmost VigourScenario#: 202 Date: December 1, 1941 Location: Derna, LibyaIn late November 1941, the LRDG had been given orders to "act with the utmost vigor offensively against any enemy targets or communications within reach". Y1 Patrol, under the command of Captan Frank Simms, was instructed to attack … Undaunted — Undaunted: Reinforcements |
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Cutting Out a StrongpointScenario#: A090 Date: 12/19/1941 Location: Halfaya Pass, EgyptDuring the tedious days of confining the Axis to their ring of frontier fortresses around Halfaya, HQ 4th South African Infantry Brigade authorized a small operation to eliminate an enemy forward position. This strongpoint, manned by mostly Italian… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 95 Winter |
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Cooperation in DestructionScenario#: 203 Date: December, 1941 Location: Sirte, LibyaIn December 1941, the LRDG worked closely with the Special Air Service to conduct raids on Axis airfields at Sirte, El Agheila, Ajdabiya, Nofaliya, and Tamit. In total, they destroyed … Undaunted — Undaunted: Reinforcements |
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North Africa - Rommel's Second Offensive - 21 January to 7 July 1942World War II - Mediterranean Theater |
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Gap at AntelatScenario#: 5522 Date: 1/23/1942 Location: Saùnnu, LibyaDuring the second battle for Cyrenaica, Rommel's AfrikaKorps attacks and soon manages to cut off the 1st British Armoured Division from its rear with the help from Kampfgruppe Marcks' advance toward Saunnu. But on January 23, Kampfgruppe Marcks… Memoir '44 — Open de France 2009 |
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Ambush!Scenario#: 28 Date: 3/29/1942 Location: Thrace, GreeceAfter the swift and total Axis victory over Greece, Bulgaria laid claim to Thrace and Macedonia. Throughout the winter of 1941-42, small bandit groups began to emerge as the nucleus of a fledgling resistance movement. On March 29th, two such bands… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL 4 - Partisan! |
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Italian Diversion at GazalaScenario#: 4229 Date: 5/26/1942 Location: Gazala, LibyaIn late 1941, the Eighth Army drove the Axis out of Cyrenaica but British lines got so stretched that, by January '42, Rommel was back on the offensive and pressing towards Tobruk. Concentrating their forces near Gazala, the British : … Memoir '44 — Equipment Pack Bonus |
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KnightsbridgeScenario#: HoNA10 Date: 1942-05-26 Location: Sw Of Tobruk, LibyaLock 'n Load Tactical — Heroes of North Africa |
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Flanking Maneuver at Bir HakeimScenario#: 4230 Date: 5/27/1942 Location: Bir Hakeim, LibyaFollowing on the success of Operation Crusader, the British Eighth Army had driven Rommel's forces out of Cyrenaica before over-stretching its own supply lines again. Eighth Army had then settled along the "Gazala line" in the desert, west of Tobruk,… Memoir '44 — Mediterranean Theater |
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Panzers versus GrantsScenario#: 4231 Date: 5/27/1942 Location: Gazala, LibyaThe same day as the battle at Bir Hakeim, further on the right, 15th Panzer engaged the rest of the 7th Armoured Division. After sweeping over the 7th Motorized Brigade, the Panzers ran into heavy Resistance from the Grants of … Memoir '44 — Mediterranean Theater |
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1st Armoured to the rescueScenario#: 4232 Date: 5/27/1942 Location: Gazala, LibyaBy late morning, his left flank overrun by the coordinated mass of German Panzers, General Neil Ritchie, commander of the Eighth Army, ordered two armored brigades of Norrie's 1st Armoured Division south to the rescue. Moving in column, the 22nd … Memoir '44 — Mediterranean Theater |
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Rommel's Right HookScenario#: 4240 Date: 5/27/1942 Location: Gazala, LibyaDuring the battle of Gazala, Rommel sent his 90th Light Division toward El Adem, far to the British rear. If successful, the move would put the British onto the defensive and help protect Rommel's exposed right flank. The Light division … Memoir '44 — Battle Maps Series 1 - Disaster at Dieppe |
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North Africa - Gazala and Vicinity - Initial Dispositions and German-Italian Attack 26-27 May and Situation at Dark 27 May 1942World War II - Mediterranean Theater |
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GazalaScenario#: D03 Date: 1942-05-27 Location: Gambut, LibyaOn 27 May 1942 Rommel was beginning his outflanking of the Gazala line. After seattering the 3rd and 7th Indian Motor Brigades from the southern flank of the line, the tanks of the Afrika Korps and the Italian XX Motorized … Tank Leader — Desert Steel |