Produktbeschreibung
Tenente Pascucci lead the heroic last ditch counter attack at Fuka that allowed much of the DAK to escape after the battle of Alamein. Contains: Tenente Pascucci's special M14/41, Tenente Pascucci and dismounted crew.
Sottotenente (Second Lieutenant) Luigi Pascucci fought as a Tenente Capo Compagnia (Lieutenant in charge of a company) in the 132° reggimento fanteria carrista of the famed Ariete Armoured Division, during the Second Battle of El Alamein. His company took part in the bitter fighting against the British 22 Armoured Brigade around Bir El Abd just west of El Alamein on November 4, 1942.
The next day his company was assigned to hold the left flank of the Regiment against the British 8th Armoured Brigade during Ariete's fighting withdrawal to Fuka.
Despite being outnumbered and outgunned by the superior Allied armour, he succeeded in holding the flank long enough to allow the rest of the regiment to fall back in good order.
Knowing that he was cut off and the main body of the Italian force still needed time to regroup, Pascucci bravely ignored heavy enemy are to lead the remaining eleven tanks of his company in a charge straight at the centre of the British armoured formation.
The unexpected ferocity of this attack buckled the British line, then broke it in disorder. Leading from the front he continued the pursuit of the fleeing British.
Pascucci was found after the battle lying in his burnt out tank. His supreme sacrifice a demonstration of his fighting spirit. In recognition of his heroic actions he was awarded the Medaglia D'Oro Al Valore Militare, the Gold Medal for Military Valor, Italy's highest award. |
