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Contains all the information you need to build and play with the forces that Rommel and Montgomery commanded in late 1942, including the momentous battle of El Alamein: the first major British victory of World War II.
Includes:
Setting the scene from the loss of Tobruk to the fall of Tripoli
30 pages of graphic organisation charts down to company level
New and adapted rules to capture the flavour... [click here for more] |
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$19.00
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72 pages - full colour. Scenarios and a mini campaign. ... [click here for more] |
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$14.00
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Operation Supercharge - Balaclava in Tanks' - a new scenario for 'Monty's Desert Battles' ......
As featured on the cover of 'Monty's Desert Battles', Operation Supercharge is a large brigade level game representing the crucial 'break in' battle at El Alamein that triggered the end for Rommel's forces.
Take command of the heroic 9th Armoured Brigade in the attack that few expected to return from, or... [click here for more] |
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$4.00
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Rapid Fire! is a set of fast play miniatures rules which enables players to re-fight brigade-level combined arms engagements during WW II. Provides an interesting mix of supporting weapons to go with your infantry, such as artillery, aircraft and armor. Very good rule set to introduce players to World War II miniature gaming. ... [click here for more] |
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$9.00
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‘Auchinleck attacks Rommel’ is the second in our series of desert battle scenario pdfs extending our Battlegroups concept back to the battles that led up to El Alamein. It covers three key engagements from the lesser-known First Battle of El Alamein and concludes our coverage of the July 1942 fighting.
Three full-size scenarios: Tel el Eisa, Operation Bacon and Operation Splendour.
400... [click here for more] |
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$4.90
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A scenario for France 21st May 1940. The right hand prong of the Arras counterattack is the subject of this scenario. If focuses on the village of Wailly where Rommel personally directed the German defence against the BEF’s seemingly invincible Matilda Is and lIs. Also includes details for combining this scenario with Battle for Beaurains to fight the entire battle. Includes all the info... [click here for more] |
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$4.00
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A scenario for France 21st May 1940. For a fleeting moment the allies had an opportunity to cut the narrow corridor feeding supporting units and supplies to the panzer spearhead. Unfortunately, the British attack at Arras was launched alone and in much diminished strength from what had originally been planned. This scenario depicts the right hand thrust of this two pronged attack with slow but heavily... [click here for more] |
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$4.00
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A French v German encounter for 16th May 1940. :lang="en-us">Distracted by the battle at Stonne the French High Command belatedly realised that 1st Panzer Division was heading west after crossing the Meuse at Sedan. All that could initially be flung in its path were the mechanised and horsed cavalry of 5th DLC. Defending amongst the wooded and hilly terrain near Bouvellement they prepared to blunt... [click here for more] |
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$4.00
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A scenario for France 23rd May 1940. :lang="en-us">More famously known as the scene of an epic siege, Calais was initially defended on its outskirts by a mixture of units hastily conveyed across the Channel, including motorcyclists with no motorcycles! This scenario bends history slightly to give the British more tactical options as they pit armour and infantry against an advancing 1st Panzer Division... [click here for more] |
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$4.00
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A BEF v Germans scenario for France 27th May 1940. :lang="en-us">Ordered to hold the hill-top town of Cassel to protect the troops nearing Dunkirk, 145th Brigade faced the full force of 6th Panzer Division. But a tenacious defence by two infantry battalions and their supporting guns meant this was no walkover for the German armour. Includes all the info you need to play the game plus graphic orbats... [click here for more] |
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$4.00
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A French v German encounter for 15th May 1940. :lang="en-us">The delay at Hannut bought by 3rd DLM’s sacrifice gave time for an infantry-manned defence line to be established near Gembloux. This scenario depicts 3rd Panzer Division’s attempt to break through the defences manned by the redoubtable Moroccan infantry of 1st DIM near Cortil-Noriment. Includes all the info you need to play the game... [click here for more] |
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$4.00
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A scenario for France 27th May 1940. With three German infantry Divisions poised to cut the BEF’s corridor to Dunkirk, only three brigades stood in their way along the line of the mostly dried-up Ypres-Comines Canal. This scenario depicts the northern sector and the sacrifice of 17th Brigade from 5th Infantry Division in attempting to block the advance of the Wehrmacht’s 18th Infantry Division.... [click here for more] |
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$4.00
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A French v German encounter for 15th May 1940. Having smashed through French defences along the River Meuse, Rommel’s 7th Panzer Division drove on to encounter determined North African infantry and, at Flavion, the heavy Char B 1bis tanks of 1st DCR (1st Armoured Division). With Rommel eager to press on to Philippeville this scenario pits his Pz 38ts against formidable French armour desperately short... [click here for more] |
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$4.00
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A BEF v German scenario for France 27th May 1940. :lang="en-us">Not scaled down at all at 1:1 this scenario first featured in the original Rapid Fire rule book. Now freshly researched it depicts the famous defence of the village of Hondeghem, just outside Cassel, by a troop of British artillery that took on the infantry and Pz 35ts of 6th Panzer Division. Includes all the info you need to play the... [click here for more] |
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$4.00
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:lang="en-us">A French v German encounter for 13th May 1940. This scenario depicts the southern sector of the battlefield near Hannut where 3rd DLM’s Somua tanks attempted to blunt the assault of 4th Panzer Division. Described by one German officer as a ‘witches cauldron’ this is a close quarter battle for three villages involving masses of tanks. Playable as a tandem game with Orp Le... [click here for more] |
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$4.00
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:lang="en-us">A French v German encounter on 13th May 1940. This scenario depicts the northern sector of the battlefield near Hannut, where units of 3rd DLM (3rd Armoured Cavalry Division) stood their ground to slow the advance of German armour. At Orp Le Grand the French defenders used the little Petite Gette River as an obstacle to prevent 3rd Panzer Division breaking through to the west. Also playable... [click here for more] |
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$4.00
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A French v German encounter for 15th May 1940. :lang="en-us">The small village of Stonne stood on the eastern edge of the plateaux overlooking the German crossing of the Meuse at Sedan. It become the focus for a fierce ‘see-saw’ battle between elite French and German tank and infantry units determined to take and hold its battered ruins. Includes all the info you need to play the game plus graphic... [click here for more] |
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$4.00
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A French v German encounter for 16th May 1940. :lang="en-us">The clash of armour and infantry at Stonne continued into a second day, but with the threat of a German incursion into the French rear near Tannay. Attacking on one flank and defending on the other both sides this scenario features tanks, armoured cars, motorcyclists and French armoured infantry. Includes all the info you need to play... [click here for more] |
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$4.00
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A scenario for France for 27th May 1940. :lang="en-us">At the southern end of the Ypres-Comines line 143rd Brigade from 48th Division faced off against the German 61st Infantry Division. However, near Comines, both the 143rd’s Brigadier and II Corps’ commander General Brooke thought attack was the best form of defence and launched almost simultaneous counterattacks. A jig saw of BEF units took... [click here for more] |
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$4.00
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Full colour. Includes panzer units at Kharkov and Stalingrad,the organisation of early kampfgruppen and lots of specialist units. ... [click here for more] |
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$10.00
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'Lightfoot's Left Flank - Masters of Miteiriya Ridge' - is a new scenario for 'Monty's Desert Battles' in pdf format only.
It covers the left flank of the main northern 'Lightfoot' assault during the battle of El Alamein and is a companion game to the Lightfoot' scenario in our 'Monty's Desert Battle's' book.
Play this scenario alone or combine it with 'Lightfoot' to fight the whole Northern assault:... [click here for more] |
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$4.00
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'Lightfoot's Southern Assault’ is the latest scenario for 'Monty's Desert Battles' in pdf format only and completes our coverage of this epic battle.
It depicts the diversionary attack in the south by 7th Armoured Division during the battle of El Alamein and is a companion game to the ‘Naqb Rala’ and ‘Lightfoot' scenarios in our 'Monty's Desert Battles' book and our last... [click here for more] |
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$4.00
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‘Medenine - Rommel’s Last Offensive’ is the first in a new pdf series extending our popular Battlegroups concept to the Tunisian Campaign.
In March 1943 Rommel launched his last attack in North Africa against the spearhead of Monty’s 8th Army in Southern Tunisia. Pit the famous desert rats of 7th Armoured Division against the re-equipped desert veterans of 15th Panzer Division... [click here for more] |
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$4.50
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A Normandy Battlegame scenario. On 9th June 1944 the 3rd British Division’s 9th Brigade assaulted the strategically important village of Cambes-le-Plaine, the scene of an earlier clash between the 3rd Division and 12th SS Panzer Division, the unit that still held Cambes. Can the British infantry and their armoured support defeat the elite panzer grenadiers on the second attempt, or will the Germans... [click here for more] |
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$4.00
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A Normandy Battlegame scenario. On the day after D-Day the British 3rd Division was to advance to capture Caen, but due to flanking threats only its 185th Brigade was pitched forward to make the assault. Unfortunately, in its way stood the village of Lebisey and a strong kampfgruppe from 21st Panzer Division. Refight this crucial clash between determined British infantry and the ingeniously converted... [click here for more] |
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$4.00
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A Normandy Battlegame scenario. Refight the attempt by the German reserves to counterattack British 50th Tyne Tees Division on D-Day. This scenario pits the 352nd Division’s 915th Regiment against 50th Division’s 69th Brigade between the villages of Crepon and Villers-le-Sec. Can the British maintain the momentum of their successful landings? Can German 88s prevail against the tanks of the 4th/7th... [click here for more] |
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$4.00
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Four game scenarios based on the actions of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division in the opening stages of the Normandy Campaign (6th to 9th June 1944): Juno Beach and the the Canadian 7th Infantry Brigade, The Push on Carpiquet Airfield, The Putot Counter-Attack and Bretteville l’Orgueilleuse. All are designed to be played on a standard 6′ x 4′ battlefield and can be fought to a conclusion within... [click here for more] |
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$8.00
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A PDF version of the 32 page full colour booklet. Four scenarios for the four most important landings of Operation Mercury: the invasion of Crete by German fallschirmjager on 20th May 1941. Against alert New Zealand, Australian, British and Greek defenders, the parachute and glider assaults on Maleme, Prison Valley (east of Maleme), Retimo and Heraklion were close fought battles that hung... [click here for more] |
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$11.00
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All the information needed for the third scenario from the Operation Market Garden Battlegroups and Battlegames book published in 2020. This game is the Allied attempt to secure a crossing of the river Waal at Nijmegen. The PDF also includes vehicle and gun statistics for the Reloaded version of Rapid Fire rules. ... [click here for more] |
Rapid Fire Publications |
$4.00
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All the information needed for the second scenario from the Operation Market Garden Battlegroups and Battlegames book published in 2020. This game is the German attempts to secure the Bailey Bridge crossing of the Wihelmina Canal at Son.. The PDF also includes vehicle and gun statistics for the Reloaded version of Rapid Fire rules. ... [click here for more] |
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$4.00
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All the information needed for the fifth scenario from the Operation Market Garden Battlegroups and Battlegames book published in 2020. This game is the attempt by the British 1st Airborne Division to break through the German stop line to reach the beleagured 2nd Para Battalion at the Arnhem road bridge. The PDF also includes vehicle and gun statistics for the Reloaded version of Rapid Fire rules.... [click here for more] |
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$4.00
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All the information needed for the sixth scenario from the Operation Market Garden Battlegroups and Battlegames book published in 2020. This game is the heroic stand of 2 Para and other elements of the British 1st Airborne Division at the Arnhem road bridge. The PDF also includes vehicle and gun statistics for the Reloaded version of Rapid Fire rules. ... [click here for more] |
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$4.00
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All the information needed for the fourth scenario from the Operation Market Garden Battlegroups and Battlegames book published in 2020. This game is the Allied attempt to clear the way to Arnhem and link up with the Poles at Driel. The PDF also includes vehicle and gun statistics for the Reloaded version of Rapid Fire rules. ... [click here for more] |
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$4.00
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All the information needed for the first scenario from the Operation Market Garden Battlegroups and Battlegames book published in 2020. This game is the initial breakout by the Irish Group under the cover of the rolling barrage. The PDF also includes vehicle and gun statistics for the Reloaded version of Rapid Fire rules. ... [click here for more] |
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$4.00
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Rapid Fire Reloaded Extra provides additional rules for some of the more specialist or unusual activities that armies carried out on the World War Two battlefield. Once you have mastered the basic rules in Rapid Fire Reloaded you can add Reloaded Extra to expand your games and try different ways of overcoming or trying to stop the enemy! The 16 page A5 booklet includes paratroops and gliders, ground... [click here for more] |
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$6.00
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Rapid Fire Reloaded is the latest version of the Rapid Fire basic rules for W.W.2 wargaming with miniatures. The original fast play rules are now even faster, with new, easy to remember mechanisms and streamlined systems. Play using the standard Rapid Fire 1:15 figure and 1:5 vehicle ratios for brigade-level engagements, or use for 1:1 skirmishes or even 1:45/1:15 divisional level battles.
Handy A5... [click here for more] |
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$6.00
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The town of Sainte-Mère-Église was a key objective of the US 82nd Airborne Division on D-Day 6th June 1944. It was a major cross roads on the main N13 road that connected Caen to Cherbourg and by daylight the town was in the hands of Lt Colonel Edward Krause's 3rd Battalion of the 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment. The Germans reacted quickly and counter-attacked throughout the day. With the help... [click here for more] |
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$2.50
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Re-fight the battles that led to Dunkirk with Rapid Fire! Blitzkrieg Battlegroups
Handy, points-balanced battlegroups that capture the ‘feel’ of the May 1940 campaign.
Battlegroup organisations for fifteen German, British and French divisions involved in some of the fiercest fighting.
Build large or small forces, with 400 point, 200 point and customised battlegroups for each division.
Equal points... [click here for more] |
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$16.00
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RAPID FIRE! D-Day Campaign Guide contains orders of battle for all the forces committed to the invasion and units defending the Normandy coastline on 6th June 1944.
Eight game scenarios covering the five landing beaches (Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword), the capture of St Mere-Eglise by US airborne forces and counter-attacks by 21 Panzer Division against the British airborne bridgehead... [click here for more] |
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$14.00
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40 full colour pages covering the period from Rommel's arrival in North Africa through to the abortive British attempt to lift the seige of Tobruk. Illustrated throughout, this comprehensive guide contains suggestions to create elements from the nine divisional formations involved and RF equipment and aircraft data sheets.....and lots more. ... [click here for more] |
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$10.00
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Twelve historical scenarios to fight with the forces from Normandy Battlegroups.
Historical backgrounds, battle maps, victory conditions and organisational variations.
Additional Normandy rules.
New standardised terrain system that makes setting up simpler.
Two new Battlegroups in graphic format for British 6th Airborne and US 82nd Airborne Divisions.
Includes a Battle for Carentan mini campaign.
... [click here for more] |
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$16.00
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A full colour, fully illustrated order of battle book for recreating the Normandy battles in June 1944.
Manageable forces that capture the ‘feel’ of the key divisions.
400 point, 200 point and custom units representing British 3rd and 50th Infantry Divisions, British 7th Armoured Division, Canadian 3rd Infantry Division. US 101st Airborne, 2nd Armored and 29th Infantry Division, German 21st Panzer,... [click here for more] |
Rapid Fire Publications |
$16.00
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Recreate World War II’s Most Famous Airborne Operation
Wargame Operation Market Garden, the Allies’ audacious attempt to shorten the war with a combined airborne and ground assault through the occupied Netherlands in September 1944.
Historical background and scaled down battle maps for the campaign.
Points balanced ‘Battlegroup’ orders of battle for both sides.
Six scenarios so you can re-fight... [click here for more] |
Rapid Fire Publications |
$20.00
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A free playsheet for use with Rapid Fire! fast play ww2 wargames rules for military miniatures. ... [click here for more] |
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This 72 page book offers the Rapid Fire! player no less than 17 carefully researched historical scenarios in 5 sections:
* Introduction and beginners' battle; * D-Day and Normandy; * France, Belgium and Holland; * The Ardennes and German Border, and * Germany and Northern Holland.
Between them, the scenarios cover every month of the NW Europe Campaign and the whole range of troops, equipment and... [click here for more] |
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$14.00
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Full colour. Includes fully illustrated RF orders of battle of tank regiments in mechanised divisions, early and later tank brigades, tank units at Stalingrad, heavy tank units and supporting infantry formations. The document is packed with historical and modelling information. ... [click here for more] |
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$10.00
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'Ruweisat Ridge - Auchinleck Stops Rommel’ is the first in a new pdf series extending our popular Battlegroups concept back to the Western Desert battles that preceded El Alamein.
In May 1942 Rommel inflicted his most catastrophic defeat on 8th Army at Gazala. General Auchinleck had to gather his retreating forces at the El Alamein ‘choke point’ or Eygpt and the Suez Canal were lost. Pit the... [click here for more] |
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$4.50
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‘Tebaga Gap — Monty’s Blitzkrieg’ is the second of the pdf scenario series that extends our popular Battlegroups concept into the Tunisian campaign of 1943.
After Monty’s victory at Medenine 8th Army advanced on the fortified Mareth Line, with Monty hedging his bets by sending 2nd New Zealand Division (expanded to a corps) to outflank the defences and threaten the narrow... [click here for more] |
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$4.50
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