Beachhead 2018 Display game, Battle of Sidi Nsir
Beachhead 2018 Display game, Battle of Sidi Nsir
In February 1943 Axis forces in Tunisia sought to expand their shrinking beachhead by launching Operation Ocshenkopf with the objective of taking and holding Beja from the defending British and Commonwealth forces.
Elements from 501st Heavy Panzer battalion and 10th Panzer attacked the Railway stop of Sidi Nsir. The defence by 155 Battery Royal Artillery delayed the attack for long enough for defenders at Beja to dig in, and eventually repulse the German offensive.
Our game went much the same way, with German forces taking heavy losses, though ultimately breaking the British defenders.
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