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El Alamein - The Battle of Ruweisat Ridge (Monster Edition)

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Type: Ziplock

Product Line: Advanced Tobruk System - Mediterranean Theater

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Product Info

Title
El Alamein - The Battle of Ruweisat Ridge (Monster Edition)
Publisher
Category
Publish Year
2017
Dimensions
10x12.75x.75"
NKG Part #
2147683892
MFG. Part #
BRL_ATS_MON
Type
Ziplock

Description

THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE GAME! Ownership of the ATS Rulebook 2014, standard small and large markers, plus Advanced Tobruk 2016 is a requirement.

Ruweisat Ridge, EL ALAMEIN LINE, EGYPT, 15 July 1942: The Allied counterattack against his positions on and south of Ruweisat Ridge had been successful in dislodging Rommel's forces from the Ridge. Fearing a rout might develop if he lost this anchor position in his line, the Desert Fox ordered an immediate counterattack to retake Pt. 63. The Germans timed their counterattack to coincide with the setting sun. Rommel was determined to regain his hold on Point 63 before darkness fell. The fighting was furious and Axis forces suffered heavy losses in both men and their ever-dwindling armor. Rommel would regain Point 63 but the cost would rob him of any chance at pushing on to Alexandria. General Auchinleck would be relieved soon after this engagement. But he had succeeded in stopping Rommel from entering Alexandria and the Suez Canal.

The Battle of El Alamein continues to excite wargamers and for good reason. It was a unique battlefield, a departure from most of the fighting that had taken place in the Western Desert and along the Via Balbia ... to that point in the campaign. Alam Halfa ... Ruweisat Ridge .. Deir El Shein ... 'Snipe' ... Miteirya Ridge ... Kidney Ridge ... Tel el Eisa ... all historic places where the outcome between Rommel and Montgomery ... the Deutsches Afrikakorps and 'Tommy Atkins' ... was decided. As Carrell said it in Foxes of the Desert, 'the war started breathing again' ... and it does in ATS format in EL ALAMEIN: THE BATTLE OF RUWEISAT RIDGE.

For those that have been building an ATS TT color die-cut counter collection ... and it is an ever expanding endeavor ... a missing nationality is filled in with EL ALAMEIN: THE BATTLE OF RUWEISAT RIDGE. They think you will agree it is HIGH TIME for Tommy Atkins ... in the form of new and updated British 8th Army counters ... to make their appearance. And they duly appear, just in the nick of time. See, Rommel, 'Wolf' and everyone in his Mammut and HQ tent were already thinking about donning a crisp shirt, dress uniform ... for the victory parades through Cairo and Alexandria.

Contents:

  • 4 pages Battlefield walkthrough, 3 hole punched
  • 2 sheets of AFV cards
  • 9 Scenarios, RR#1-9: The Curtain Goes Up, The Australian Try, Auk's Heave to Fuka, Operation Bacon, Breaking Laager, The Italian Turn, The Fox Strikes Back, Fraser's Black Line Dash, Hunters of Africa
  • 24 Map Sheets