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Scenario#: AP023     Date: 1/24/1943     Location: Arnautovo, Russia

Russian troops launched a surprise sortie against the village of Arnautovo which was held by the Italian Valchiese Battalion of the 6th Alpini Regiment and some divisional artillery. To add to the dismay of the Italian defenders, they were also beset…

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Scenario#: AP027     Date: 9/9/1943     Location: Magliana, Italy

After the Italians announced an armistice with the Allies, the Germans put into place plans to capture Rome and disarm the Italians. That evening, German paratroopers headed towards Rome, encountering resistance from the Granatieri di Sardegna…

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Scenario#: AP026     Date: 9/8/1943     Location: Mezzocamino, Italy

Much to the dismay of the Italians, on the afternoon of September 8, 1943, General Eisenhower made public the armistice between the Allies and the Italian government. The Italians had been playing a dangerous balancing act between the Germans and…

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Scenario#: AP022     Date: 1/22/1943     Location: Sceljakino, Russia

The retreating Alpini Corps trudged westward through the snow. Cresting the low hills dominating the town of Sceljakino, on the route of the Italian retreat, the lead troops encountered heavy gyunfire from Soviet troops in the town below. To keep an…

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Scenario#: AP021     Date: 1/16/1943     Location: Babka, Russia

Day after day in mid-January, the Soviets launched repeated attacks against the Italians of the Cuneense, Julia, and Tridentina divisions. Often the attacks never even made it across the frozen Don River to the fortified positions. On January 16th,…

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Scenario#: AP028     Date: 9/9/1943     Location: Monterotondo, Italy

After the Italians announced an armistice with the Allies, the Germans put into place plans to capture Rome and disarm the Italians. As part of these operations, a battalion of German paratroops, led by Major Walter Gericke, was tasked with dropping…

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Scenario#: AP025     Date: 1/27/1943     Location: Valuiki, Russia

While the Tridentina led the vanguard of the Alpini Corps’ attempts to break out of the Russian encirclement, the Cuneense Division served as the rear guard, repeatedly fighting off Soviet pursuers so that the main body could press on to the west and…

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Scenario#: AP017     Date: 12/24/1942     Location: Arbuzov, Russia

Gruppo Nord was in trouble. The retreating Italian and German troops had reached the town of Arbuzov on December 22nd, but Soviet troops soon ringed the hills on the town's outskirts. These troops protected the mortars, artillery pieces and rockets…

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Scenario#: AP024     Date: 1/26/1943     Location: Nikolajewka, Russia

The Tridentina Division led the survivors of the Italian 8th Army westwards toward safety, but one obstale remained – the town of Nikolajewka. Astride the Rostov-Moscow railroad, the town was in Russian hands and strongly held. General Luigi…

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Scenario#: AP020     Date: 1/15/1943     Location: Rossosch, Russia

Trying to escape its encirclement, the Alpini Corps constantly had to fight off blocking forces of Russian indantry and raiding partisans, as well as raiding armored forces. On January 15th, the most dangerous raid of all occurred, when tanks and…

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Scenario#: AP018     Date: 12/25/1942     Location: Arbuzov, Russia

Many Axis soldiers in Arbuzov arose on a bitterly cold Christmas Day to discover that they had been abandoned. The main force had apparently continued on their retreat without rounding up all the soldiers in the column from their scattered nighttime…

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Scenario#: AP019     Date: 1/4/1943     Location: Chertkovo, Russia

After Christmas, the retreating Gruppo Nord finally made it to the town of Chertkovo, where an Italo-German garrison took them in and provided them much needed fuel and supplies. However, Gruppe Nord was in no condition to continue. They waited for…

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