Tobruk 1941
Rommel launched his first attempt to take Tobruk on the 13th of April, Easter Sunday. After the Africa Corps Engineers 
succeeded in breeching the formidable anti-tank ditch, barbed wire and minefields which lay in front of the outer 
perimeter, the 8th Machine Gun Battalion and remnants of the 5th Armoured Regiment penetrated the defensive lines between 
the outposts R33 and R31. With Infantry riding on top of tanks and field guns in tow they headed for the assembly area 
about 200 yards inside the perimeter. Elements of the Australian 2/17 Battalion were wise to German intentions however,
and they waited silently in the darkness, allowing the Germans to move past the trenches. Once the tanks had unloaded 
their cargo, and headed off to north towards the port of Tobruk, the Australians opened fire on the unsuspecting German 
infantry. Meanwhile the German tanks run into a series of anti-tank guns and Matilda cruiser tanks that quickly turned 
the tide against the Germans. Sensing disaster, the Germans decided to withdraw from the ambush as fast as possible.
Caught behind enemy lines, some of the German infantry took cover in abandoned Sangers. In broad daylight however, many of Rommel's best infantry
were simply mowed down out in the open. As the German armour neared the perimeter, they attempted to rescue what 
stragglers of the 8th Machine gun battalion they could find. After picking up their infantry and hooking up their guns, 
they made a bee-line for the gap in the wire. But British tanks and long range artillery were taking their toll on the 
Germans. By the end of the day the Germans had lost half of their tanks, and 384 of their machine gunners, most of which 
had been left behind to surrender to the Australians. It was Rommel's first embarrassment in Africa, and the first 
indication that Tobruk would not be as easy to secure as the German general had anticipated.
The stage is set, the battle lines are drawn, and you are in command. The rest is history.

German  : -->  <-- : Aussies

Campaign Length: 10 Game Turns - LOS (14Hex)
Victory objective: The side with the required Victory Points is the winner. Both sides gets VPs for owning VP Objectives.
Scenario designer: ASL'Men [ Memoire44 ]
