Near Alam Haifa Ridge September 1942     http://www.desertrats.org.uk/Maps/alamhalfa_map.jpg History  Erwin Rommel's final offensive of the desert war was a great chance to use some of my Valentine II tanks as well as some borrowed Crusader I's in an armoured scrap with the Deutches Afrika Korps using there upgraded Panzer III. The Afrika Korps pushed through a lightly defended stretch the the British defensive line and envelop the position from the South. Passing at night through the wide minefields the DAK moved against the Alam Haifa Ridge where the British forces had established a defensive line. The 44th Division held the ridge whilst the 22nd Armoured Brigade newly re enforced with the Valentines of 23rd Armoured brigade counterattacked the German division. Severely constrained by lack of fuel and under frequent air attack the DAK withdrew on the 2nd of September back through the minefield. Marking the end of German strategic initiative in North Afric...