Scenario: Piave di Cadore 17 February, 1944

Author: RhinoBones

Revision History:

v1.0  10-05-99, Initial Release.  

Background:

When the Allies invaded Italy, the East Side of the boot was the British sector and the American sector was the West Side.  A few other units had the misfortune of going up the middle.  Everywhere the defense was splendid, the causalities were heavy and the going was slow.  This scenario speculates on a British plan to land troops at the head of the Adriatic Sea, cut the southern German divisions off from their logistics train and establish a base for an offensive into Germany.  The British and German units are veterans of four years of war in Europe and Africa while the Americans have only a year of experience under their belts.  

The Anglo-American force is headed toward landing sites located between Venice and Grado.  Air assault troops have drop zones in the Friuli River plain and near the Alpine passes.  At the beginning of the operation there are few German troops deployed in the defense.  This will change as Axis forces move in from the south and west to defend the objectives and block the mountain passes. 

Victory Objective:

The Allies must land and quickly move inland to capture the river crossings on the Piave River and the mountain passes in the Julian Alps.  One of the primary objectives is the town of Cadore near the headwaters of the Piave.  The objectives trace the corridors which the follow on forces will use for the offensives into Austria, Germany and the Balkan States.  Capture all objectives.

Scenario Notes:

This scenario is designed to be played in the solitaire mode with the AI playing the Axis side.  When played as a PBM game, it is recommended that Allied prestige be set to +2.

The Allied forces do not start off with an over powering force, however, there is ample prestige provided which allows the Allies to reinforce depleted units and to acquire a selection of additional units.  Units available for purchase become available starting on the forth turn.

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Installation For Windows/Macintosh

This scenario may be installed and played on both the Allied General Macintosh and Windows plaforms.

Remove the El Agheila scenario file (Game002.scn) from the Allied General Scenario folder and store it in a safe place.  Remove the Panzequp.eqp and Mapnames.str files from the Data folder and store in a safe place.

Rename the new scenario file (Cadore.scn) to Game002.scn and place a copy into the Allied General Scenario folder.  Place copies of the new Panzequp.eqp and Mapnames.str files in the Data folder.

Launch Allied General and select the El Agheila scenario.  Continue game play as you would with the standard Allied General scenarios.

This scenario may also be played as a PBM game providing both players have copies of this scenario installed within their respective Allied General folders.

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