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Title
Po Valley
Description
In the last months of the World War II, between February and April 1945, the Wehrmacht built, not so far from Montese, along the Gothic Line's last limit ("The Green Line II"), a fortified defensive system. It was organized around …
Subject
Publisher
Date
1945-04-14
Scenario#
1879
Scenario Description
In the last months of the World War II, between February and April 1945, the Wehrmacht built, not so far from Montese, along the Gothic Line's last limit ("The Green Line II"), a fortified defensive system. It was organized around the mount Montello (919 meters over the sea level) and the mount Buffone (927 m.), exploiting the terrain's morphology in a way to be able to see every movement of Allies soldiers in the bottom terrain. This German fortress, managed by the 14th German Infantry Unit, was armed with MG 42 machine-guns and rifle emplacements. The Brazilian Shipment Unit (FEB, Força Expedicionària Brasileria) was aggregated to the IV Army Body of the 5th US Unit, commanded by general Mark Clark. Together with the others Allies troops, the FEB, driven by the Division's General João Baptista Mascarenhas de Morais, started its assault to the German fortress in the night of 14 April 1945.
Location
Mount Montello, Italy
Battle Narrative
The spring 1945 offensive in Italy, codenamed Operation Grapeshot, was the final Allied attack during the Italian Campaign in the final stages of the Second World War. The attack into the Lombardy Plain by the 15th Allied Army Group started on 6 April 1945, ending on 2 May with the formal surrender of German forces in Italy.
Narrative Source
Combatants
German
American / Brazilian
Additional Information
Game Type: Standard
Board Type: Countryside
Website Access: Available

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