Allied Jan I 41: Instead of the Indian division (with its embedded British brigade), the Allies sent an Australian division to East Africa. The Allies eliminated the Italian stack at Bardia. British bombers added 2 more port hits at Derna, and 1 port hit on Bengasi. The 7th Armor division advanced into Sirte.
Axis Jan I 41: The Axis intensified their bombing of Malta and shipped 2 garrison units from Bengasi back to Tripoli, leaving Bengasi empty.
Allied Jan II 41: The Allies overran Derna and added 2 more hits on the deserted port of Bengasi.
Axis Jan II 41: The Axis continued to strengthen their defense line that ran from Homs to 18A:0124.
Allied Feb I 41: The 2 Allied armor divisions advanced west of Sirte, but stayed more 12 hexes away from Tripoli.
Axis Feb I 41: The Axis lost half an Italian infantry replacement pt crossing the Med.
Allied Feb II 41: The Allies pushed 2 Australian divisions up to El Agheila.
Axis Feb II 41: The Axis continued building up its Homs defense line.
Allied Mar I 41: With half an armor division sent to Greece, the Allies retreated their armor back towards El Agheila.
Axis Mar I 41: With the arrival of the German 21st Panzer Division, the Axis moved their defense line forward to hexes 18A:0825-0925.
Allied Mar II 41: The Allies transfered 2 Australian HQs, the British 3-8 and a British 2-8, an Australian 2-8, an Indian 2-8, and other units to Greece. The Allies dropped back to 18A:2829 and 18A:2931.
Axis Mar II 41: The Axis inched their line forward to hex 18A:1327.
Allied Apr I 41: The Allies sent 2 more Australian 2-8 Inf brigades to Greece, and finally occupied Bengasi, having inflicted the maximum hits on its port. Two infantry divisions (2nd NZ and 4th Ind) and one and half armor divisions guarded the front at El Agheila.
Axis Apr I 41: The Axis moved their line east to 18A:2027.
Allied Apr II 41: The Allies gave up their defense line at El Agheila and streamed back towards Tobruch.
Axis Apr II 41: The Axis moved their line up to El Agheila.
Allied May I 41: The Allies packed 3 divisions into Tobruch, now an improved fortress, and retreated the remaining units towards Egypt, where a construction unit was furiously building forts.
Axis May I 41: With 2 full Pz divisions the Axis began driving across the desert towards Tobruch.
Allied May II 41: The stack in Tobruch now had a defense strength of 30.
Axis May II 41: The Axis moved a construction unit into Bengasi to start repairing the port, sent a force of c/m units around along the coast road, and closed to within 3 hexes of Tobruch with the bulk of their army.
Allied Jun I 41: A remarkably lucky evacuation from Greece saved the armor brigade, the commando brigade, the artillery brigade, two 2-8 infantry brigades, the heavy AA brigade, a HQ, and the light AA battalion. Three more infantry brigades were quickly replaced at Alexandria and moved to Matruh.
Axis Jun I 41: The Axis moved adjacent to Tobruch.
Allied Jun II 41: The Allies remained in place.
Axis Jun II 41: The Axis now completely enveloped Tobruch, but were short of having enough strength, attack supply, or airfields to make an attack.
Allied Jul I 41: The Allies remained in place.
Axis Jul I 41: The Axis lost half a German armor replacement point crossing the Med.
Allied Jul II 41: The Allies remained in place.
Axis Jul II 41: The Axis remained in place.
Allied Aug I 41: The Allies increased the defense strength in Tobruch to 35.
Axis Aug I 41: With Bengasi’s port fully repaired, the Axis construction units now moved to start to building airfields.
Allied Aug II 41: The Allies remained in place.
Axis Aug II 41: One airfield was completed near Derna, two more were started.
Allied Sep I 41: The Allies now had the British 70th, the Indian 4th, and the New Zealand 2nd divisions in Tobruch, and had one and a half armor, 3 Australian, 1 British, and 2 South African divisions in a defense line at Matruh.
Axis Sep I 41: A German motorized light AA battalion was lost crossing the Med.Allied Sep II 41: The Allies remained in place.
Axis Sep II 41: The Axis finally made their first attack against Tobruch. The 4 defending Hurricane air groups bypassed the escorting fighters and aborted one GS air group and returned the other 3, which reduced the odds to 1:1,-1. The Axis expended just 3 attack supply pts and rolled a ‘1’, an AE result that would normally end the game, but per a house rule (see appendix) became an AS result. The Allied expended one attack supply in Tobruch.
Allied Oct I 41: The Allies lost an attack supply while resupplying Tobruch with an attack supply.
Axis Oct I 41: The Axis spent the turn moving forward attack supply.
Allied Oct II 41: The Allies remained in place, not a single unit having to move.
Axis Oct II 41: The Axis made their second attack on Tobruch. One GS bomber was killed and one was aborted, but enough GS got thru that the Axis only needed to spend 3 attack supply for 3:2 odds, -1. The Axis rolled a ‘3’, which would normally be an AR, but per a house rule (see appendix) became an AS result. The Allies spent an attack supply in Tobruch.
Allied Nov I 41: The Allies resupplied Tobruch with an attack supply.
Axis Nov I 41: The Axis lost an attack supply crossing the Med, as they moved others forward toward Tobruch.
Allied Nov II 41: The El Alamein defense zone was completed this turn, with 2 forts in the line at El Alamein itself and 4 lines each with 3 forts extending west from El Alamein.
Axis Nov II 41: The Axis made their third attack on Tobruch. Two GS bombers were aborted, but enough GS got thru that the Axis only needed to spend 3 attack supply for 3:2 odds, -1. The Axis rolled a ‘3’, which would normally be an AR, but per a house rule (see appendix) became an AS result. The Allies spent an attack supply in Tobruch.
Allied Dec I 41: The Allies remained in place.
Axis Dec I 41: The Axis made their fourth attack on Tobruch. One GS bomber was aborted, and the Axis spent 3 attack supply for 3:2 odds, -1. The Axis rolled a ‘4’, for an AS result. The Allies spent an attack supply in Tobruch.
Allied Dec II 41: The Allies lost an attack supply while resupplying Tobruch with an attack supply.
Axis Dec II 41: The Axis made their fifth attack on Tobruch. One GS bomber was aborted, and the Axis spent 3 attack supply for 3:2 odds, -1. The Axis rolled a ‘6’ for an EX result. The entire Allied stack in Tobruch went into the replacement pool. The Axis reduced both Pz divisions, the German infantry division, both of the Italian motorized divisions to cadres, and eliminated an Italian light armor regiment.
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