At last, we finished a face-to-face game that we started in July! It was a very long, seesaw battle and my Australians fought hard to throw the defending Italians out of there prepared defenses over 6 sessions and a lot of beer. Lost count of the step losses and the Italians did surrender when my tanks got close. This was not enough for the win, since I lost quite a few infantryman and 5 leaders and could not take enough entrenchments to win outright. Still, I am a new player and the Italians were not able to destroy the 12 steps needed for them to win. I did learn a lot from this scenario, but think that the victory conditions are too stiff for the Allied side.