Tobruk

Background:

It's May, 1942. After his inital early brilliance, Rommel was driven back almost to his starting point in Cyrenaica. With the British effort to save the Balkans, their initiative was temporarily lost and Rommel was able to lead his German and Italian units back towards the Egypian border.

Now the fortress port city of Tobruk lies within Rommel's grasp for the 2nd time. However, the British have resupplied their forces. Will Rommel redeem himself for his earlier failed attempt at Tobruk and lead an assault into Egypt or will the revitalized and slightly numerically superior British under General Wavell succeed in relieving Tobruk and driving the Axis forces back with their Operation Battleaxe? Both sides have wearily found secret paths through the treacherous minefields and seek to outmaneuvr eachother, but who will strike first?

Order of battle for the Afrikakorps:

15th Panzer Division

21st Panzer Division

90th Light (panzergrenadiere) Division

Itallian armoured divisions Ariete and Trieste and Littorio

Italian infantry divisions Pavia, Brescia and Trento

early reinforcements, Italian Folgore (airborne) division

Order of battle for the 8th Army:

The elite 7th Armoured division

1st Armoured division

9th Australian Infantry division

1st South African division

2nd South African division

50th Northumbrian division

4th Indian division

5h Indian division

1st Free French Brigade

forming way to the east near Alexandria:

10th Armoured division

51st Highland division

2nd New Zealand division

Gamplay:

This is a 1v1 dualing game - Italians and Germans on one side and the British and allied forces on the other. As both sides air forces were about equal, neither playing a pivotal role, this game will be played out mostly by the land units.

Placement is disabled for the vast majority of the map.

Placement is enabled in the following locations:

Unit caps:

Air Forces:

The air forces in this scenario play a very limited role. The max units per turn on the air base is 1 unit. Range is limited for the air base. The bomber attacks at a 90% hit rate. Defending units have a 10% chance per unit of knocking the unit from the sky. Placement is enabled on the air bases in the event the aircraft was shot down.

Winning:

Eliminate all enemy forces or capture their capital. The German capital is Rotunda Segnali. The British Capital is Halfaya Pass.