Folgore! 23-27 October 1942 - The Matrix Games version of West Front

On October 23rd, the battle of EL ALAMEIN began, and the 7th English Armoured Division overwhelmed the Folgore's most advanced positions (South of the Axis front). The Desert Rats managed to destroy the front Italian positions, the Italians fought back strenuously, and the price was high for the both sides: many Allied tanks were destroyed.During this battle the Folgore paratroopers, managed to destroy the British tanks not only with the few antitank guns that they had, but also by assaulting them on foot with handbombs and "homemade" petrol bottles! During the night of 26th the British attacked again the Folgore positions attempting to penetrate into the south sector in order to attack the Afrika Korps behind their lines. At that point the British had taken just half of their planned objectives and had to stop because of the non acceptable losses they were suffering: the result was that where the Folgore was stationed they could not pass. The price that Folgore Division had to pay for stopping the British was high. The British demanded several times for the Folgore to surrender, but the paratroopers’ answer was their assault yell: "Folgore!!!".