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Northwest Africa - Battle for Fondouk Gap 8-9 April 1943 World War II - Mediterranean Theater
Northwest Africa - Actions near El Guettar 28 March to 1 April 1943 World War II - Mediterranean Theater
Northwest Africa - First Attack on Fondouk 27 March 1943 World War II - Mediterranean Theater
A Bridgehead Too Wet Scenario#: 26 Date: March 22, 1943 Location: Wadi Zigzaou, Tunisia When the British 8th Army began crossing the Mareth Line, one of the obstacles encountered was the wide, steep-sided Wadi Zigzaou. The first units to make their way across the wadi were accompanied by some 40 Valentine tanks, used because … Panzer (YAQ) — 88: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat on the North African Front, 1940-1942
A Bridgehead Too Wet Scenario#: 41 Date: 3/22/1943 Location: Wadi Zigzaou, Tunisia Montgomery 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
Northwest Africa - Mareth and Chott Positions 16 March to 6 April 1943 World War II - Mediterranean Theater
Northwest Africa - Operations of II Corps in Southern Tunisia 16-23 March 1943 World War II - Mediterranean Theater
A Good Party Scenario#: A056 Date: 3/16/1943 Location: Mareth, Tunisia Before the 8th Army could launch its assault on the Mareth Line, it had to clear the Axis outposts between the Wadi Zeuss and the Wadi Zigzaou. One of these, held by veterans of the 90th Light Division, encompassed a group of small hills… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 93a
Northwest Africa - Battle of Medenine 6 March 1943 World War II - Mediterranean Theater
Northwest Africa - Tunisia - Operations since 26 February and Situation 22 April 1943 World War II - Mediterranean Theater
Northwest Africa - German Offensive in Nothern Tunisia 26 February to 15 March 1943 World War II - Mediterranean Theater
Northwest Africa - Situation in Tunisia 26 February 1943 World War II - Mediterranean Theater
Fort McGregor Scenario#: 40 Date: 2/26/1943 Location: Medjez el Bab, Tunisia Preliminary 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
Kef Zilia Scenario#: 15302 Date: 2/26/1943 Location: Zef Zilia, Tunisia On the 26th of February 1943, German General Von Arnim ordered Operation Ochsenkopf (Ox head) versus the 5th British Corps. In the same time, Operation Ausladung was the advance of Manteuffel Division along the Mediterranean coast facing the French… Memoir '44 — Open de France 2015
Kasserine Pass Scenario#: D15 Date: 1943-02-22 Location: Kasserine, Tunisia In early 1943, Rommel planned to outflank the Allied armies in Tunisia from the south in order to cut off their supplies in three major thrusts: 21 Panzer Division ranging through Sbiba Gap, 10 Panzer assaulting the eastern reaches of … Tank Leader — Desert Steel
Kasserine Pass Scenario#: 3739 Date: 2/22/1943 Location: Kasserine Pass, Tunisia After the Anglo-American landings in North Africa on November 8, 1942, the Americans remained optimistic about their ability to fight an opponent like Rommel and the Afrika Korps. Although in headlong retreat after the Battle of El Alamein, Rommel… Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Crisis at Kasserine Scenario#: OB07 Date: 2/20/1943 Location: Kasserine Pass, Tunisia Colonel Menton's veteran Panzergrenadier Regiment Afrika had been halted by fire at Wadi Zebbeus, at which point Gruppe Stotten (I.Panzer Regt 8) was commnitted to carry the attack, but ended up being withdrawn to bivouac after losing 5 tanks to… Advanced Squad Leader — Out of the Bunker
Gift of Time Scenario#: A112 Date: 2/20/1943 Location: Kasserine Pass, Tunisia 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… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 97
Northwest Africa - Battles at Kasserine Pass and Sbiba Gap 19-22 February 1943 World War II - Mediterranean Theater
Crisis at Kasserine Scenario#: 64 Date: 19 Feb 1943 Location: Kasserine, Tunisia On February 19, 1943, German reconnaissance and the elite assault infantry troops of Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps attacked Kasserine Pass, attempting to rush through the pass to the main Allied supply dump at Tebessa. To stay on schedule, the German … Tide of Iron — Designer Series
Sbeitla Probe Scenario#: A018 Date: 2/17/1943 Location: Sbeitla, Tunisia During the night of February 16th, as battered elements of the 1st Armored Division fell back westward under the onslaught of Operation Fruehlingswind, they met with reinforcements and set up a temporary defensive line in the olive groves and wadis… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 90
Sbeitla Probe Scenario#: A2 Date: 17-Feb-43 Location: Sbeitla, Tunisia During the night of February 16th, as battered elements of the 1st Armored Division fell back westward under the onslaught of Operation Fruehlingswind, they met with reinforcements and set up a temporary defensive line in the olive groves and wadis … Squad Leader — ASL Annual 89
Sbeitla, Tunisia Scenario#: 19382 Date: 2/17/1943 Location: Sbeitla, Tunisia The American forces in the Sbeitla valley, were falling back as the Axis continued Operation Fruhlingswind. The Germans, assuming the Americans were in full retreat, were totally surprised when they made contact with the 1St U.S. Armored Division.… Memoir '44 — Battle Maps Series 2 - Through Jungle and Desert
Northwest Africa - Engagement at Sbeitla 16-17 February 1943 World War II - Mediterranean Theater
Counterattack at Sidi Bou Zid Scenario#: A020 Date: 2/15/1943 Location: Sidi Bou Zid, Tunisia Kampfgruppe Schütte and Kampfgruppe Stenckhoff of the 21st Panzer Division had secured the Maizila Pass to the south and Kampfgruppe Schütte headed north to engage two battalions of the 168th RCT on Djebel Ksaira while Kampfgruppe Stenckhoff headed… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Annual 90
Panzers in the Atlas Scenario#: 5872 Date: 2/15/1943 Location: Sidi Bou Zid, Tunisia After very bloody fighting during December 1942, most of Tunisia was in German control. One exception: the area around Sidi Bou Zid. Both sides spent January reorganizing, but on February 14th, the Panzers went on the offensive, attacking Sidi Bou … Memoir '44 — Battle Maps Series 1 - Disaster at Dieppe
Kasserine Pass Scenario#: 1584 Date: 2/15/1943 Location: Kasserine Pass, Tunisia After the Anglo-American landings in North Africa on November 8, 1942, the Americans remained optimistic about their ability to fight an opponent like Rommel and the Afrika Korps. Although in headlong retreat after the Battle of El Alamein, Rommel… Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules
Northwest Africa - Central Tunisia - Battle of Kasserine Pass 14-22 February 1943 World War II - Mediterranean Theater
Northwest Africa - Battle of Sidi Bou Zid 14-15 February 1943 World War II - Mediterranean Theater
Sidi Bou Zid Scenario#: D05 Date: 1943-02-14 Location: Sidi Bou Zid, Tunisia At 0630, 14 February 1943, St. Valentine's Day, the 10th Panzer Division rolled through the Faid Pass on its way towards Sidi Bou Zid. In its way lay Lessouda Force: a group of U.S. ínfantry, tanks, tank destroyers and armored … Tank Leader — Desert Steel
Northwest Africa - The Dorsal Positions in Central Tunisia - Kasserine Pass - 13-18 February 1943 World War II - Mediterranean Theater
Use Your Tanks and Shove Scenario#: S039 Date: 2/3/1943 Location: Maknassy, Tunisia In the region of Tunisia known as the Eastern Dorsal, the hamlet of Station de Sened had already been attacked, lost, and attacked again by American forces. On 1 February, it fell to the Americans for a second time as part of a drive toward Maknassy,… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 2
Northwest Africa - Battle for the Eastern Dorsal Passes 18-25 January 1943 World War II - Mediterranean Theater
Northwest Africa - Tunisia - Axis Initiative 1 January to 14 February 1943 World War II - Mediterranean Theater
Northwest Africa - The Tunisian Battleground 1942-1943 World War II - Mediterranean Theater
Northwest Africa - Battle for Longstop Hill 22-26 December 1942 World War II - Mediterranean Theater
Northwest Africa - Situation in Northern Tunisia - 16 December 1942 World War II - Mediterranean Theater
Sweep For Bordj Toum Bridge Scenario#: U02 Date: 12/10/1942 Location: Bordj Toum Station, Tunisia The Fifth Panzer Army in an effort to expand its position around Tunis, sent the 86th Panzer Grenadier Regiment supported by armor from the 7th Panzer Regiment on a two-pronged attack along both sides of the Medjerda River. If the Germans were to… Advanced Squad Leader — G.I.s Dozen
Sweep For Bordj Toum Bridge Scenario#: 39 Date: 10-Dec-42 Location: Bordj Toum Station, Tunisia As the Allies paused to gather their breath and resources for their attack on Tunis, the Germans struck first. The Fifth Panzer Army in an effort to expand its position around Tunis, sent the 86th Panzer Grenadier Regiment supported by … Squad Leader — GI: Anvil of Victory
Northwest Africa - German Attack on Medjez El Bab 6-10 December 1942 World War II - Mediterranean Theater
Tebourba Gap Scenario#: D14 Date: 1942-12-02 Location: Tebourba, Tunisia While the Allied annies massed outside of the Axis bridgehead in Tunisia, Luftwaffe Marshal Kesselring ordered 10 Panzer Division to make a spoiling attack. The Allied spearhead, Blade Force, a combined British and American armored brigade group, and… Tank Leader — Desert Steel
Northwest Africa - Teboura Engagement 1-3 December 1942 World War II - Mediterranean Theater
A Frosty Morning Scenario#: O03 Date: 12/1/1942 Location: Oudna, Tunisia On the morning of 29 November, the 530 strong battalion boarded 44 transport aircraft and took off, bound for Oudna. Because there had been insufficient time to conduct an aerial reconnaissance of the airfield, Lieutenant Colonel Frost was forced to… Advanced Squad Leader — Special Ops 2
First Tiger Encounter in the Desert Scenario#: 20 Date: 1 Dec 1942 Location: Tebourba, Tunisia German Heavy Tank Battalion 501 was made up of the new Tiger tanks and Panzer III Ausf. N tanks. On December 1st, 1942, the lead elements of Heavy Tank Battalion 501 attacked elements of the US 1st Armored Division and … Tide of Iron — Days of the Fox
Tunisia Scenario#: 3707 Date: 12/1/1942 Location: Tebourba, Tunisia On November 29th and 30th it was tough going for the still largely green Allied Combat Command. The Allies had launched two unsuccessful attacks to take the town of Djedeida and clear a path for the march on Tunis. Then … Memoir '44 — Air Pack
Tunisia Scenario#: 1326 Date: 12/1/1942 Location: Tebourba, Tunisia On November 29th and 30th it was tough going for the still largely green Allied Combat Command. The Allies had launched two unsuccessful attacks to take the town of Djedeida and clear a path for the march on Tunis. Then … Memoir '44 — Online - No Air Rules
New Kid On The Block Scenario#: 22 Date: November 28, 1942 Location: Djedeida, Tunisia On November 27 the Allied spearhead of the TORCH landings ran into heavy opposition near Tebourba. The 1st Surrey’s scout vehicles contacted 15 German tanks, some of which were from the 501st Schwere Tank Abteilung, some 13 Pz III and … Panzer (YAQ) — 88: A Tactical Game of Armored Combat on the North African Front, 1940-1942
Hart Attack Scenario#: J167 Date: 11/28/1942 Location: Djedeida, Tunisia A German-held airfield just east of Djedeida – a mere dozen miles from Tunis – had suffered the ignominious distinction of being overrun by a reconnoitering company of American light tanks. The Americans, however, lacking orders and infantry to hold… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #11
A Well-Engineered Ambush Scenario#: AP064 Date: 11/28/1942 Location: Djefna, Tunisia For an entire week, Major Rudolf Witzig's Fallschirmpionier-Bataillon 11 had frustrated every effort the British 36th Brigade made to advance past the crossroads at Djebel Abiod. The morning of November 25 revealed that the Germans had withdrawn… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #7
Happy Valley Scenario#: AP073 Date: 11/26/1942 Location: Chouigui Pass, Tunisia Lt. Col. John Waters was tasked with creating a "tank-infested area" in the Tine Valley southeast of Mateur and reconnoitering the bridges across the Medjerda River at El Bathan and Djedeida. Waters' route of march led over the hills between the Tine… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Action Pack #8 Roads Through Rome