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Title
Sting of the Cactus
Description
The British 8th army and their American allies have squeezed the remnants of the once powerful Afrika Korps into an ever shrinking pocket in Tunisia. The Allies are on the verge of breaking out of the hills and onto the …
Subject
Publisher
Date
1943-05-01
Scenario#
21
Scenario Description
The British 8th army and their American allies have squeezed the remnants of the once powerful Afrika Korps into an ever shrinking pocket in Tunisia. The Allies are on the verge of breaking out of the hills and onto the road leading directly to the country's capital and Axis supply port of Tunis. In their way stands a cactus farm defended by elite German Fallschirmjager. The British have already launched several attacks against it, but have been unable to dislodge the Germans, suffering heavy losses in the process. On May 1, 1943, the British decide to launch yet another attack with the mighty Churchill tanks of the 12th Royal Tank Regiment leading the way, supported by American bombers.
Location
Tunis, Tunisia
Battle Narrative
Operation Vulcan and Operation Strike were the final ground attack by the Allied forces against the Italian and German forces in Tunis, Cape Bon, and Bizerte, the last Axis toeholds in North Africa, during the Tunisia Campaign of the Second World War.
Narrative Source
Combatants
German
British

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