Enter the Cassino!

The Battle for Cassino has more controversy than some battles for a variety of reasons. But we can look at all that another day. For now we admire, reminisce and look at S&T #71.
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The magazine as usual has wonderful long article on the topic. Plus an add for Ice War!! Love it!

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The full color map uses several colors to create the pancake gradient of the time.

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The Monastery at the top of the Gustav line was a commanding d

efensive position continually pounded by Allied arty.

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Both sides armed to the teeth, how was this battle going to be won by the Allies?

 

 

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I can imagine the men dashing across steep terrain, attempting to wind their way up hill.

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Expect a play of this when we arrive in March 1944 in our Chronological play of WWII. I recall this as a fairly new player being a interesting puzzle to solve and quiet different from my earlier games that were more Operational/Strategic in scale. In fact after all these years I still have one of the line of sight charts from the game, but not the game itself.

That has now changed! We are reunited, for better or worse.

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