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Crisis at Knightsbridge DTO (id:#61016)
(Afrikakorps - AK007 Battle of Gazala ID: AK 57)   [next]   [previous]
South of Bir Lefa, Libya 1942-06-12 (4 others)
RPII 9: He Who Hesitates (Rout Pak II)
Z17: He Who Hesitates (Rout Report # 4.4)
DR 6: Killing Field (Desert Rats Scenario Pack)
MG#1: First Probe (Maxim Gorki)
Designer: Ray Tapio
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Even though an almost unbroken series of mistakes and defeats had befallen the British since the Gazala battles had begun on the 27th of May, on the morning of the 11th of June neither side could honestly be said to have possessed a decisive superiority. Both the Axis and the British forces had suffered severe casualties, the Germans most importantly in infantry and the British in armor, but both sides were relatively the same strength, especially where the most powerful armored forces lay facing each other – at Knightsbridge. The British decided to attack the 15th Panzer Division on the next day, the 12th of June, and to allow for this, the 2nd Armoured Brigade joined the 4th Armoured Brigade. But a confusion in orders compelled the two armored brigades to halt and wait for orders in a position south of Bir Lefa. Rommel immediately seized the opportunity and struck the stopped British tanks with the 15th Panzer Division from the south and the 21st Panzer Division from the northwest. The result was reported succinctly in the British Official History as having “disastrous consequences for the British”. . .
Attacker: German (21st and 15th Panzer Divisions with Italian armored elements)
Defender: British (2nd Armoured Brigade)  
10 turns
    Players: 2     OBA: German     Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:0.0 D:0.0
AFVs: A:36
SPW 251/1 x 3
PzKpfw IIIH x 12
PzKpfw IIIJ x 4
PzKpfw IIIG x 4
Marder III(t)H x 5
M13/40 x 5
SdKfz 7 x 2
Opel Blitz
PzKpfw IIIH OP
PzKpfw IIIJ OP

AFVs: D:28
Grant(a) x 8
Crusader II x 10
Stuart I(a) x 10

Guns: A:6
8.8cm FlaK 18 x 2
3.7cm PaK 35/36
5cm PaK 38 x 3
D:0

Victory Conditions:

Exit VP: Building Control VC: Area Control VC:
Unit Based VC: LOS Style VC: CVP Cap:
Misc Rules: A: Also have 2 OP tanks with no MA
Map Board(s):
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Afrikakorps - AK001 El AlameinCH: Tobruk
Overlays: S10 SH8 H3 W14 SH6
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hoxson1 Modified the Attacker's AFVs2020-03-12 17:34:26
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hoxson1 Modified the unit counts2020-03-12 17:34:10
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British Matilda tank passes the 'Knightsbridge' road junction shortly after the major tank battle there. (knightsbridge.png)Imagehoxson11011
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British Matilda tank passes the 'Knightsbridge' road junction shortly after the major tank battle there.
 
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Estimated Play time: 27.3 hours
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Crisis at Knightsbridge [Confirmed]
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