0709_07s: A Day at the Beach!_Alt - PzC 08 Sicily '43
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| Turns: | 10 |
| Type: | Custom |
| First Side: | Allies |
| Second Side: | Axis |
Gela, Sicily, late in the evening of July 9th 1943: The II Corps landing at the Gulf of Gela saw some of the heaviest fighting of the early days of the campaign. As fate would have it, a large part of the Herman Goering Division was stationed some 25 km in from the beachhead; it was to be the cause of some very tense moments for the Americans. Airborne troops of the reinforced 505th Parachute Infantry from the 82nd Airborne Division were wildly scattered behind the landings, sowing confusion mainly among the Italians. In the center, the most effective and experienced division in the US Army, Gen. Terry Allen's 1st "Big Red One" Division stormed ashore with elements of the 45th Thunderbirds Division on their immediate right flank. [Size medium]
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