#410528_02 Megala Khoratia - North Africa 1941

Megala Khoratia, South East of Suda Bay, Western Crete, Greece: May 28th, 1941. (Scenario Size: Battalion -. Head to Head or German Human vs Allied AI) General Ringel, overall German commander was desperate to advance eastwards towards Heraklion to relieve the beleaguered Fallschirmjaeger who had landed in Eastern Crete. While Ringel pushed his Gebirgsjaeger through the hills south of the Northern coastline he tasked the 95th Gebirgsjaeger-Aufk Battalion (95th Mountain Reconnaissance Battalion) to push along the coastal highway and reach Heraklion as quickly as possible. The Commonwealth forces had set up several blocking positions on the road to Sphakion with the Layforce commandos providing relatively fresh troops to man the rear-guard. The German motorcycle men ran into the northern most Allied position with the Germans desperate not to be delayed and the Allies to preserve as many men as possible.