This one is unusual. In the scenario listings on the Blitz, it shows as "Bitva v udoli Liry". The game files are named "Italy44.xxx". However in the SCN file it shows the scenario title as "Boj v udoli Liry", and hence in the West Front scenarios it will show up that way as well. The scene description is not in English, further clouding the picture.
Okay, so what about the scene? Well, it's Liri Valley in Italy and pits the UK vs the Germans. There are 4 battle groups on each side, very evenly distributed. Thus it lends itself to team play (or a 2 man game). It's only 20 turns and plays well. The map and objectives make for a mirrored image of each other, but flipped, so the quest for objectives is symmetrical for each side, with the Brits having the advantage of first move but the Germans having the longer ranged guns. Tank counts are similar and there is enough infantry to matter, but it's more of an armored engagement (except once you get into the urban areas).
The game is really a wide open battle that can easily end in a draw unless one side or the other makes a powerful push while still tending to its defenses. The one piece that makes it strange is a very generous amount of smoke for each side.
I am currently well into a battle vs Dawags in this one and it's really fun. We each have good offensives under way while scratching and clawing in other areas. The map has some great challenges built into it. I highly recommend you give it a try. See the link below....
https://www.theblitz.club/scenarios/Camp...0&ladder=2
The scene description is in Czech. Here is the tranlation, courtesy of Google:
11th April, 1944
The fight in the valley of the lira - PBEM or 5x5 team fight - After breaking winter
German lines in Italy, the Allied troops marched
to the north. German command to enable units to download
another line of defense to counterattack sent their tank group.
They clashed with British armored brigade in the valley of the lira
... On both sides of the five armored brigades (the Germans KG) spaced
on both sides of the river from east to west. Brigade composition is as follows:
Germans: 8 Tiger, 12 PzIVH tank, 8 StuG IIIG, 8 Marder
III, 4 Marder II Battalion Grenadier panzerovych the 75 mm AT guns,
120 and 81 mm mortars, Company 75 mm AT guns, reconnaissance platoon, company engineers,
self-propelled artillery batteries and two towing battery. Brits:
24 Sherman, 6 tank Churchill III, 8 Wolverines, banner
Armored infantry 17pdr AT guns, 4.2inch and 3inch mortars, Company
17 and 6pdr AT guns, reconnaissance platoon, company engineers, self-propelled artillery
battery and pulled by two batteries. The map is very rugged and is roughly
split in half lira river flow from south to north, and which was so
deli battlefield into two parts. Over the river and its tributaries leading large
many roads and bridges (destructible), and fords. Teren is very
hilly with many forests, villages and several towns who
are the main target of attack of both sides
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