Battle for Salerno 1943

As the North African campaign struggled through the winter of 42'-'43, more planning was conducted for the next step.  At the Casablanca conference in January 1943, Churchill and Roosevelt, with their military staffs, met again to discuss the subsequent operations following victory in Tunisia.  Again, U.S. military leaders pressed Roosevelt to turn all attention towards France, and again, Roosevelt agreed with Churchill's Mediterranean strategy.  The plan that was adopted included an invasion of Sicily, followed closely by a direct invasion of Italy itself.  Sicily was captured in August 1943 and the stage was set for the invasion of the Italian peninsula.
The plan called for a series of three landings: Operations Baytown, Slapstick, and Avalanche.  Baytown would see portions of Montgomeries 8th Army landing in Calabria, directly across from Sicily.  The remainder of 8th Army, mostly British Paratroopers, would land by ship at the port of Taranto during Operation Slapstick.  Finally Avalanche, a few days after Slapstick, would see the main Allied landing force attack just south of Naples, along a small coastal plain in Salerno.  Montgomery's army, moving north from both the "toe" and "heel" of the "Boot", would link up with the main force along the Salerno beachhead.  The combined forces would then move North to take Naples, and then, ultimately, Rome.  After Italy surrendered, Baytown and Slapstick were basically unopposed by the Germans, as General Kesselring withdrew his forces north.  On September 9th, 1943, Allied forces went ashore at Salerno, and immediately found themselves literally fighting for the beachhead. After just over a week of extremely hard fighting, the Germans began withdrawing north again.  The Allied forces reconstituted, linked up with Montgomery, and began working their way north, capturing Naples on 1 October.  As the Allies reached the Volturno River, north of Naples, they slammed directly into the first of Kesselring's famous Italian defensive positions, the Volturno Line.  From fall of 1943 until the summer of 1944, the Allies would face a series of stubborn defensive lines, and ultimately, stalemate.

USAAF/RAF Knights 
P-39D 
P-38G 
P40F   
B-17   
B-26
Spit IX    42 Max Entire Month

Luftwaffe/Italian Bishops   
C205     
Bf-109G2   
Bf-109G6   
Bf-110G     
Fw-190A5  42 Max  Entire Month
Ju 88         

Special Rules and Ordinance Restrictions
All aircraft must be used by a minimum of 12 *players*.
* The B-17's and B-26's are limited to 25k max alt.
* Formations are available for all bombers.
* Bombs are disabled for all Allied fighters.
*Rockets will be Disabled on the BF110
*Planes Listed as Limited for the months will be Lost if Crashed,Killed or ditched

* ALL AIRCRAFT ARE TO BE LANDED AND THE PLAYERS TOWERED OUT BY FRAME END OR WILL BE CONSIDERED SHOT DOWN AND THE CREWS KIA.
 

Scoring

Aircraft Pts
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Bomber = 10 pts
Fighter = 5 pts

Landing Bonus = 5 pts
 
Target Pts
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Gun = 1pts
Hangar = 25 pts
All Other = 3 pts


Arena Settings:

   --Italy Map
   --Fuel Burn 1.0
   --Icons Short
   --.4 Ack
   --Fighter and Bomber Warning Range 48,000 (8 miles)
   --Tower Range 48,000 (8 miles, To Match Warning Range)
   --Haze/Fog Visibility 10 Miles
   --Wind speed Extreme Down draft at 30k   

   --Radar Off
   --Enemy Collisions On
   --Friendly Collisions Off
   --Killshooter Off

   --Frame 1   05:15hrs
      Frame 2  05:30hrs
      Frame 3  11:30 hrs