{"product_id":"campaign-the-western-desert","title":"Campaign - The Western Desert","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen compared to the enormous campaigns waged on the Eastern Front and in Western Europe during World War II, the struggle in North Africa between the British Commonwealth and the Axis might seem an unimportant sideshow. However, its influence and impact were far-reaching and dictated many strategic decisions that influenced the course of the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis Bolt Action campaign book will focus on the conflict in the area most commonly referred to as the Western Desert - a campaign theatre reaching from the Libyan city of Tripoli to Cairo, and the Egyptian Nile valley, a distance of some 1300 miles, a featuring some of the most hostile terrains on Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt covers a period of time from September 1940 when Mussolini's Italian Army invaded British-held Egypt to the final retreat of Rommel's Afrika Korps from Egypt during October 1942. During that period the conflict witnessed much hard fighting resulting in spectacular victories and the capture of territory, equipment and prisoners for both sides whilst also subjecting them to a series of demoralising retreats where final and irrevocable defeat seemed assured.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis book has 167 pages full of content, ranging from new rules and units, full-colour images, history and backgrounds and more!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis book contains:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat is This Book?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCampaign Background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOperation Compass: The Fighting Begins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eScenario 1: Frontier Battle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Italians Invade!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eScenario 2: Fort Nibeiwa, 9 December 1940\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eScenario 3: The Battle for Bardia, 4 January 1941\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn To Tobruk and the Race to Beda Fomm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eScenario 4: Tank Clash at Mechili, 24 January 1941\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eScenario 5: Fox killed in the Open, 5 February 1941\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOperation Sonnenblume\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eScenario 6: Mersa Brega, 31 March 1941\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Siege of Tobruk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eScenario 7: Ras El Madauur, 13 April 1941\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOperation Brevity and Battleaxe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eScenario 8: Hellfire Pass, 15 June 1941\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOperation Crusader\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eScenario 9: Bir El Gubi, 19 November 1941\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eScenario 10: Gabr 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