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Title
Operation Herring
Description
In April 1945, the last Allied offensive was to break through the German Gothic Line in order to reach the north of Italy and the borders with Austria and Yugoslavia. To support this offensive the Allied Command decided a small …
Subject
Publisher
Date
1945-04-20
Scenario#
17120
Scenario Description
In April 1945, the last Allied offensive was to break through the German Gothic Line in order to reach the north of Italy and the borders with Austria and Yugoslavia. To support this offensive the Allied Command decided a small airborne operation on the rear of the enemy by some sections of the Nembo Regiment. Called Operation Herring, it was about eight groups of Italian paratroopers dropped on the night 19th to 20th of April in the area of Poggio Rusco. During three days, they succeeded to sow confusion in the enemy lines by destroying a German supply depot, securing a strategical bridge at Camposanto and capturing a lot of German soldiers in the area, helping so the advance of Allied troops.
Location
Poggio Rusco, 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
Ita
Additional Information
Game Type: Standard
Board Type: Countryside
Website Access: Available

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