Coop Battle of El Agheila

DATE: 01/11/2020

TIME (GMT): 19:00

ERA: WW2

MAP(S): El Alamein

TYPE: COOP

GAME: Arma 3

EVENT: Official

AUTHOR(S): Aris for BIA Community

SLOTS: 51 / 64

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RATING: (10)

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This Mission is a big scale Tank Battle.

The Battle of El Agheila was a brief engagement during the long Axis withdrawal from EL Alamein to Tunis.During the battle very fierce battles took place between Tanks

Although the Agheila position was naturally strong, being surrounded by salt marshes, soft sand or broken ground, restricting the ability of vehicles to manoeuvre, Rommel's assessment was that he would be able to hold the position only if he received artillery and tank replacements, if the Luftwaffe was strengthened and his fuel and ammunition supplies were restored.By this time, all available men and equipment were being diverted to Tunis, following the Allied landings of Operation Torch, to prevent Tunisia falling to an Allied advance from Algeria.

By the time of Rommel's visit to Berlin at the beginning of December, Mussolini and Hitler had accepted the reality of the situation and agreed for preparations to be made for a withdrawal to Buerat, some (400 km to the west and by 3 December, the un-mechanised Italian infantry had begun a retirement