The Battle of Kasserine
July 17, 2004, at Game Central
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Wherein Allied forces sweep across the board and take losses doing it. |
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The battlefield |
Allied bomber strike on the center town. |
After the dust cleared and the bombers had moved on |
Masses of US armored units enter the field. |
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More US units, including AAA. |
Lee tanks race ahead and engage Italian AT positions. |
A German AT gun postion fires into the flank of the US armor. |
Deadly Italian ground attack aircraft blast Allied units. |
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US tank losses mount from the air and flank attacks. |
US armored infantry blast into the town as Falschirmjagers fire from the hill. |
Allied infantry begin to move up. |
Another view of the carnage. Tank carcasses litter the field. French infantry arrive to the rescue! |
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Wreckage of a US AAA unit that moved too far forward. Again, note advancing French. |
In the Axis rear, a lone US recon unit engages German infantry. |
The remains of a German AA unit that attracted too much US artillery. |
A lone Italian AT/AA position cleared out. |
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More Italian AA defends Axis territory. |
Allied units push ahead. |
Italian engineers in a wadi fire at the French as US armored infantry land a blow. |
Disrupted Axis artillery falls back. |
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The flesh men smile as the plastic and lead soldiers groan. |
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