The 2nd Battle of Sfax

November 14, 2004, at Game Central

The propaganda war continues.

 

Dateline Sfax:

Krauts sent swimming, including many air planes. Italians smarter, get hands out of Pockets and raise them in surrender. Sfax still allied controlled, mostly thanks to the French sub commander...

-Ike

 

Official response from the Minister of Communications in Berlin:

In another example of cooperation with its staunch ally Italy, our forces completed a reconnaissance in force of Sfax and its environs. Much to our surprise, the allies had concentrated a vast array of their forces to its defense. We redeployed our forces in preparation for our subsequent offensive.

-Klaus Von Brititz

 

 

 

The battlefield.

The battle starts with aerial combats. German fighters are driven off by superior numbers.

A nasty surprise for the Axis: a full-strength US Ranger battalion in trenches.

Panzergrenadiers move cautiously forward.

A US recon unit opens fire from cover.

German AA assets manuver to attack the Rangers, attract artillery.

Suddenly from behind the Allied lines a lone German recon unit enters. US armored infantry redeploy and end the threat.

Axis bombers come in unescorted, become meat for US fighters.

However, more German bombers follow, and the Rangers come under intense bombardment.

Stukas blast the Rangers with accurate dive bombing.

A US headquarters support unit falls back to the safety of the wadi.

Throughout the battle this Priest SP-howitzer kept pounding the Axis.

The last main action of the battle saw the hidden German 88 come into action, wiping out a light tank and causing consternation.

More US units enter the field, press forward, bypass a new Italian unit, and force an Axis withdrawal.

A vengeful God.