East Bay Armchair Generals

Photos of 11/1/03 Meeting

Union ships steaming to exit the far end of the board

 Confederate ironclads moving to intercept the enemy

One group of US ships

The second group of Union vessels

 CSA ironclads move to the attack

Lighter CSA ironclads move parallel with their sister unit

Brother against brother; the forces mix

 Union vessels attempt to outrun the Rebels

Terrible bloody fighting at close range

Smaller vessels burn as cannonades are traded

 British tanks and US recon approach Souk Ahras

Axis minefields barely slow the recon carriers

Aggressive US recon is destroyed, but uncovers Falschirmjagers

A hail of German bullets halts a US scout car

A British mechanized infantry company moves up

British armor pushes towards and through the village defenses

 Two Falshirmjager companies trapped outside Souk Ahras

In another location, British fighter bombers blast Italian columns