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Turn 13

Monty has to hurry up and finish off the Germans as several units under 8th Army are planned to rotate out of the Med theater soon.




Several successful assaults, backed with naval gunfire, succeed in compelling the surrender and retreat of several German units. By the end of the week the remnants are trapped in Reggio.




Losses thus far:



Units destroyed (Allied HQs are withdrawals):




Patton, finding only token resistance, continues running the tracks off of his tanks while 5th Army comes ashore at the new Adriatic beachheads.




Patton orders preparation for one more set of landings before the bulk of the TFs are withdrawn to support the invasion of northern Europe.

Turn 14

Weather is turning unpleasant.




Again recon directives are spread wide in an effort to find a German line of resistance.




The British 8th Army finally get the Fallschirmjaeger to capitulate as some units begin shuffling onto ships for the trip north.




2nd US Armored gets news from Patton that they'll soon be taken off the line and loading up in boats for England.
The enthusiasm for the prospect of R&R is tempered by Patton's order that the loading be done in none other than Trieste!



A few German units are located, but promptly overrun and isolated by paratroopers and armored brigades while the 6th British and 2nd US Armored divisions spring from their bridgeheads on the Po. 2nd US Armored flanks Venice while the British tankers reach the shores of Lake Garda.

Turn 15.

The German garrison in Venice refuses to surrender. The isolated unit in central Italy attempts to fight its way back to the Alps.
Again recon attempts to find some targets in vain.



British 6th Armored division rolls unopposed into Milan, while the 2nd US Armored takes Udine.
Allied HQ is brought up to Pisa to oversee the final liberation of Italy as US 5th Army unloads at the most recent beach head and begins moving toward Venice in the wake of US 7th Army.

Turn 16

The siege of Venice is underway while 7th Army finally begins to locate German resistance. The British are assigned responsibility for the western half and begin to surround the garrison of Genoa.
2nd Armored division begins to outflank Trieste.
Additional landings are conducted to ensure a good flow of supplies at the foothill of the Alps.




Allied leaders results thus far:

Turn 17

More recon to try and find any remaining Germans in Italy.



Genoa, Venice and Trieste are taken this week. The Italian chapter is all but closed. Chasing some garrison units in the west with X BR Corps

2nd Armored Division has covered over 700 miles in 10 weeks from Taranto to Trieste.

Skipping a week for a reason I don't remember to turn 19, the relocation of the WA airforce in the Med to new operating bases for the final phase of the operation - Vienna!



With the liberation of Italy completed before the end of November, the German High Command seeks peace.

Final map: