MAD-3R
03-24-2007, 10:05 PM
ANZIO
At the end of 1943, following the Allied invasion of Italy, Allied forces were bogged down at the Gustav Line, a defensive line across Italy south of the strategic objective of Rome. The terrain of central Italy had proved ideally suited to defence, and Field Marshal Albert Kesselring took full advantage. A number of Allied proposals were made to break the stalemate, but Winston Churchill's idea for "Operation Shingle" was initially looked upon with disdain by General George Marshall, who was more concerned with planning a massive Normandy invasion than listening to Churchill's ideas about amphibiuous operations. Only after Churchill made a personal plea was the idea accepted by Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin welcomed any major allied offensive that could take pressure off of the Eastern Front. A major attack in the South by the U.S. Fifth Army, commanded by General Mark Clark, would draw Germany's depleted forces away from the area around Rome, and from the hills between Rome and the coast. This would make possible a surprise landing by Fifth Army's U.S. VI Corps under the command of Maj. Gen. John P. Lucas in the Anzio/Nettuno area, and a rapid advance into the Alban Hills to cut German communications and "threaten the rear of the German XIV Panzer Corps" under General Frido von Senger und Etterlin.
The Axis forces must hold without weaking the Gustav line, and protect the rear.
The allies must make a quick break out from the beaches to cut off a major part of the german line.
May 5-6, 2007
Get your pre-registrations in!
$75 for the weekend ($65 pre-reg)
It will be at Four Winds, near Tyler
(www.madivan.com for directions)
BRING YOUR OWN PAINT!!!!
18 hours of trigger time. NIGHT GAME!!
Special missions, shifting story line (affected by the player)
We also have specials on gear for the event
Mad Ivan : (817) 308-3930
From More info: Madivanscenarios@yahoo.com
At the end of 1943, following the Allied invasion of Italy, Allied forces were bogged down at the Gustav Line, a defensive line across Italy south of the strategic objective of Rome. The terrain of central Italy had proved ideally suited to defence, and Field Marshal Albert Kesselring took full advantage. A number of Allied proposals were made to break the stalemate, but Winston Churchill's idea for "Operation Shingle" was initially looked upon with disdain by General George Marshall, who was more concerned with planning a massive Normandy invasion than listening to Churchill's ideas about amphibiuous operations. Only after Churchill made a personal plea was the idea accepted by Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin welcomed any major allied offensive that could take pressure off of the Eastern Front. A major attack in the South by the U.S. Fifth Army, commanded by General Mark Clark, would draw Germany's depleted forces away from the area around Rome, and from the hills between Rome and the coast. This would make possible a surprise landing by Fifth Army's U.S. VI Corps under the command of Maj. Gen. John P. Lucas in the Anzio/Nettuno area, and a rapid advance into the Alban Hills to cut German communications and "threaten the rear of the German XIV Panzer Corps" under General Frido von Senger und Etterlin.
The Axis forces must hold without weaking the Gustav line, and protect the rear.
The allies must make a quick break out from the beaches to cut off a major part of the german line.
May 5-6, 2007
Get your pre-registrations in!
$75 for the weekend ($65 pre-reg)
It will be at Four Winds, near Tyler
(www.madivan.com for directions)
BRING YOUR OWN PAINT!!!!
18 hours of trigger time. NIGHT GAME!!
Special missions, shifting story line (affected by the player)
We also have specials on gear for the event
Mad Ivan : (817) 308-3930
From More info: Madivanscenarios@yahoo.com