Toaw Scenario: Operation Encore 1945

Italy,
February 18, 1945,

Allied army of 44 units opposed to Axis army of 32 units
for a battle of complexity 0.53 at Battalion(II) level
on a 2.5 Km/Hex map
for 16 turns of Full Day each.

by Mauro Medina submited on 18-04-2010

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Briefing

OPERATION ENCORE

Allied limited offensive in North Apennines, Italy

Version 1.0
Allied PO, German PO and PBEM.
1. Briefing
Operation Encore was an allied limited offensive operation designed to better positions for initiating a spring offensive to capture the Po River Valley, in the North Apennines, Italy.
The objective for the allies was to seize a series of mountain peaks and ridges as Monte Belvedere, Monte Castelo, Monte Della Torraccia, Castel d'Aiano, Castelnuovo and Montese and opening the Via 64 highway to Bologna.
By the allied side, were involved the 10th US Mountain Division (the only specialized unit of this type in the US Army) and the 1st Brazilian Expeditionary Infantry Division (FEB). In the axis side there were the 232nd Grenadier Division, part of the 114th Jger Division and elements of the 29th Panzer Grenadier and others.
2. Unit Colours
  • American: Yellow on Green
  • Brazilian: Blue on Green
  • German: White on Grey
3. Destroyed Units
Due to the short time span of the scenario no units are reconstituted.
4. Sources
  • CSI Battlebook 15-D - Operation Encore (1984)
  • A Batalha de Monte Castelo - Reinaldo V.Teodoro (Clube Somnium - 2003)
  • O Exrcito Brasileiro na Segunda Guerra Mundial - Francisco R.Santos (Military Review 1975)
  • The Brazilian Expeditionary Force - Mascarenhas de Moraes, J.B. (1966)
Mauro Medina