This article is part of a series: Maps of the Desert War. In this series I explore battles and operations that took place during the WW2 North African Campaign form my upcoming game Attack at Dawn: North Africa.
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Maps of the Battle of Alam el Halfa feature - Attack at Dawn: North Africa
Attack at Dawn: North Africa is an operational level wargame set in WW2 North African theatre. It features 3 campaigns, and 15 scenarios which can be played in solo or multiplayer modes. It begins with the German troops probing into the Libyan region of Cyrenaica, and finishes either with the total defeat of German-Italian Panzer Armee, or with the British loss of Egypt and their retreat across the Suez Canal.
In this article I will explore the last Rommel s offensive in the Western Desert campaign. Since I ve started the research for my new game design, I needed to have a well researched and detailed maps, in order to create game scenarios. And this is how this article came to be - as a result of my ongoing research.