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ITALIAN COLLAPSE IN THE SOUTH

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SEPTEMBER 1943- HITLER ORDERS THE FULL OCCUPATION OF ITALY!

1ST SS PANZER DIVISION OCCUPIES ROME; ALL ITALIAN PORTS SOUTH OF VENICE ARE NOW GARRISONED

- LARGE REINFORCEMENTS DISPATCHED FROM GERMANY LEAVES THE WEHRMACHT DENUDED OF RESERVES

[StuccoFresco]

Uhmmm, maybe a retreat toward the Alps was more sensible? With a large Allied force already in Piedmont, you risk a breakthrough in the Po valley.

[Sarsfield]

Well there is merit in what you say but a withdrawal to the line of the Po just means the Allied armies get a free ride up through Italy over perfect defense terrain.
If Milan can be held then it's worth going for and delaying things as long as possible.
We will see how it goes...

OPERATION SHINGLE

To update the Allies have now landed behind the German positions in Calabria with the 82nd & elements of the 101st airborne divisions. British commandos are now ashore and an amphibious landing is underway...

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OPERATION SHINGLE - BETTER MAP!

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OPERATION SHINGLE PHASE II

GERMAN REINFORCEMENTS ARE RAILROADED SOUTH TO ESTABLISH NEW DEFENSE LINE ALONG THE OFANTO AND PROTECT THE FOGGIA AIR BASES.

BRINDISI HAS BEEN EVACUATED AFTER DESTROYING AS MUCH OF THE PORT FACILITIES AS TIME ALLOWED.

TARANTO WILL BE HELD JUST LONG ENOUGH TO COMPLETE THE DEMOLITIONS OF THE DOCKS

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HOPEFULLY THE MAP WILL LOAD NOW!

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3 OCTOBER 1943 - TROOPS OF THE 1ST UKRAINIAN FRONT UNDER THE COMMAND OF GENERAL NIKOLAI VATUTIN LIBERATE THE CITY OF KIEV FROM THE FASCISTS

FURTHER SOUTH ROKOSSOVSKY FORMATIONS HAVE REACHED THE LOWER BUG AND ARE PRESSING HARD ON THE GERMAN LINES.

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3 OCTOBER 1943 - TROOPS OF THE 1ST UKRAINIAN FRONT UNDER THE COMMAND OF GENERAL NIKOLAI VATUTIN LIBERATE THE CITY OF KIEV FROM THE FASCISTS

FURTHER SOUTH ROKOSSOVSKY FORMATIONS HAVE REACHED THE LOWER BUG AND ARE PRESSING HARD ON THE GERMAN LINES.

[StuccoFresco]

Onward! To Berlin!

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[:D]

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EASTERN FRONT [NORTH & CENTRAL] 17 OCTOBER 1943

THE BALTIC ARMIES ARE NOW FALLING BACK IN THE DIRECTION OF VELIKIYE LUKI TO AVOID ENCIRCLEMENT

HITLER LISTENS TO HIS GENERALS AND CONCEDES TO A WITHDRAWAL FROM THE VYAZMA BULGE TO MORE DEFENSIBLE POSITIONS.

HOWEVER DANGER STILL THREATENS AS THE SOVIETS STRIKE TOWARDS THE MOGILEV-SMOLENSK HIGHWAY.

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EASTERN FRONT [SOUTH & TAMAN] 17 OCTOBER 1943

GERMAN LINES BEGIN TO SOLIDIFY AS SOVIET OFFENSIVE RUNS OUT OF STEAM ALONG THE RIVER BUG...

CONSIDERABLE GERMAN FORCES INCL.MANY PRECIOUS PANZER FORMATIONS REMAIN TO THE EAST OF THE KERCH STRAITS TO BLOCK THE SOVIETS TAKING MAIKOP AND BAKU AND THEIR VITAL OIL DEPOTS.

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EAST TURCIC-CAUCASIAN FRONT 17 OCTOBER 1943

SOVIET FORCES ARE ADVANCING ON GROZNEY BUT WITH NOT MUCH EFFORT

FURTHER SOUTH THE GERMANS ARE MOVING NORTH TO TIBLISI BUT WILL PROBABLY EVACUATE INTO TURKEY PROPER TO STOP AN ALLIED ADVANCE FROM THE LEBANON.

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WEST TURCIC-CAUCASIAN FRONT 17 OCTOBER 1943

ALLIED ADVANCE FROM LEBANON TRIGGERS HITLER TO DISPATCH A RELIEF FORCE FROM THE CAUCASUS TO BLOCK THEM AT ADANA

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BETTER MAP!

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WESTERN FRONT 17 OCTOBER 1943

STALEMATE ON THE WESTERN FRONT AS NEITHER SIDE CAN MAKE MUCH PROGRESS

BLOODY FIGHTING ALONG THE ANTWERP-BRUSSELS LINES LEAVE BOTH SIDES EXHAUSTED AND THESE ANCIENT EUROPEAN CITIES IN RUINS.

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BRUSSELS OCTOBER 1943

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ANTWERP OCTOBER 1943

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31 OCTOBER 1943

IL DUCE RETURNS!

MYSTERY SURROUNDS THE WHEREABOUTS OF ITALY'S DICTATOR SINCE HIS OVERTHROWN

SOME SAY HE HAD FLED TO SWITZERLAND WITH HIS MISTRESS, OTHERS THAT HE WAS WITH HITLER AND BEING HELD IN CAPTIVITY AT THE Wolfsschanze 'WOLFS LAIR' HITLER'S EASTERN HQ

OTHERS EVEN SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN WOUNDED IN AN ASSASINATION BID BY AN ITALIAN COMMUNIST CELL ON THE ORDERS OF THE OSS

BUT HERE HE WAS BACK IN MILAN AND RE BUILDING AN EMBRYONIC FASCIST ARMY

ONLY TIME WILL TELL IF HE WILL EVER SEE ROME AGAIN...