Collision Course MTO (id:#57678)

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Persano, Italy 1943-09-11 (4 others)

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Overview:

In the early morning hours of September 10, two regiments of the 45th Infantry Division came ashore at Salerno. The 179th Regiment started off in a northeasterly direction along the Sele River with its objective to secure the high ground around Serre. The 19th advanced swiftly against light resistance to the Sele River but found the bridges there had been blown by the Germans. Unknown to the Americans they were on a collision course with elements of the 16th Panzer and 29th Panzergrenadier Divisions on their way to split the beachhead in two. At dawn on the 11th, the two forces ran into each other to the west of the town of Persano......*NOTE* Germans move first per errata.

Defender: American (Elements II/179th Infantry Regt, 45th Infantry Division)  

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