Puerto Escudo

[Asiaticus]

This scenario was fun to research. You might look into Spanish and Italian sources on this battle. Got some help from a guy in Spain who posted maps and photos he took on the battlefeild on the SCW section of the Axis History Forum. It is a tough one for the Republic which historically they lost, but you get what they had, when they had it, to stop the Nationalist advance, see if you can do better. It was probably the most decisive action by the Italian Volunteer Corps in the war, a breakthru and exploitation that cut off large numbers of troops, penetrated deep into the rear which with the rest of the general offensive eventually collapsed the front and ended the war in the North. Like the Brunete scenario it portrays an initial three day period of an offensive, and it features the only armour vs armour action in the northern campaign.

I put in some aircraft rules to limit the use of all the aircraft involved to a realistic sortie schedule.

I think the victory conditions could use some adjusting but I need some more play testing to determine that. Please let me know what you think.

Hope you enjoy it.