Sicily: Piano Lupo 0900hrs*
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Date: 10th July 1943*
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Location: Gela, southern Sicily, Italy*
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Type: US delay vs. Italian advance*
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Design: Marcin "SaS TrooP" Kaluza*
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During allied summit at Casablanca in Jaunary 1943, Allies decided that landings in Europe will occur in Sicily, in order to known Italy out of the war.
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Plan was prepared and on 10th of July, 1943, Allied troops landed on Sicilian coast. Landings were divided between British and American sectors. British troops landed to the east, near Syracuse area, while American 7th Army under command of general Patton landed in central Sicily.
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The seaborne landings of the British Eighth Army were uniformly successful. Everywhere the first assault waves achieved tactical surprise and Italian coastal defense units offered only feeble resistance. Some fire from coastal batteries and field artillery positions inland did strike the beaches but it was quickly silenced by supporting naval gunfire and the rapid movement of assault troops inland. 
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At Casa del Priolo, halfway between Piano Lupo and Niscemi, where less than 100 men of the 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry, had, under Lt. Col. Arthur Gorham, reduced a strongpoint and set up a blocking position, an American soldier saw a column of Italian tanks and infantry heading his way - this was right arm of Grupo Mobile E attacking directed towards Gela and coming from Niscemi. * 
Alerted, the paratroopers allowed the point of the column, three small vehicles, to enter their lines before opening fire, killing or capturing the occupants. The sound of firing halted the main body.
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After thirty minutes of hesitation, about two infantry companies shook themselves out into an extended formation and began moving toward the Americans, who waited until the Italians were 200 yards away. Then they opened a withering fire not only of rifles but of the numerous machine guns they had captured when they had taken the strongpoint. Their first fusillade pinned down the enemy troops except for a few in the rear who managed to get back to the main column.
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Several minutes later, the Italians moved a mobile artillery piece into firing position on a hill just out of range of any weapon the paratroopers possessed. As the gun opened fire, a previously dispatched paratrooper patrol returned and reported to Colonel Gorham that there appeared to be no strong enemy force at the battalion's original objective. This was the road junction on Piano Lupo, where only a few Italians armed with machine guns held a dug-in position surrounded by barbed wire.
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Unable to counter the artillery fire, Gorham decided to make for Piano Lupo. The move would have several advantages: it would put him on his objective and closer to the 16th RCT, which he was supposed to contact; it would probably facilitate contact with other paratroopers. Even though naval gunfire began to come in on the Italian column, Gorham had no way of controlling or directing the fire. Leaving one squad to cover the withdrawal, he started the paratroopers south, staying well east of the Niscemi-Piano Lupo road to escape the effects of the naval fire. It was then close to 0930.
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This scenario is historical with little augmentations for gameplay reasons. Paratroopers are not dug in as they did not have enough time to do it. Wherever it was possible, historical names and units were implemented.
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Historically, Paratroopers safely retreated towards Piano Lupo, where they made a randezvous with men from 16th Regimental Combat Team, who just reached that position and started to dug in. Italian tanks followed without infantry support and - just as in Gela - were caught in naval gunfire and small arms fire and forced to retreat. 
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Meanwhile, general's Conrath German force was approaching Niscemi from the north. Their attack would begin in few hours and would be a real test for men from 16th RCT and paratroopers. But this is the object of next scenario...
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Source: http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-MTO-Sicily/index.html*