Gazala Line 1942 (2008)

An LPS bonus mini-game, based on the game system in Stand at Mortain (including using a standard deck of cards, but also a D6). The Battle of Gazala was an important battle of the World War II Western Desert Campaign, fought around the port of Tobruk in Libya from May 26 to June 21, 1942. On the Axis side were the Panzer Army Afrika, consisting of German and Italian units and commanded by the "Desert Fox" Colonel-General Erwin Rommel; the Allied forces were the Eighth Army, commanded by Major General Neil Ritchie under the close supervision of the Commander-in-Chief Middle East, General Sir Claude Auchinleck. The battle ended in a resounding victory for the Axis. Contains rules, a full-color map and 64 die-cut 5/8" counters.