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Prior Publication: Paddington Bears: SAGA `97 Scenario C

Bondeno, Italy 1945-04-22 (8 others)

Overview:

After two years of hard slog over the mountains of Italy, the British 8th Army at last found itself facing the open plains of the Po Valley. British commanders wanted to break out across the valley, in particular the city of Trieste, rather than have it fall into the hands of Tito's Yugoslav partisans. In early April, a waterborne assault across Lake Comacchio unhinged the German defenses at Argentan, and the mobile warfare returned to the Italian peninsula. On the 22nd of April, the British 26th Armoured Brigade began breaking through the German lines just south of the River Po. The 16/5th Lancers drove in a north-westerly arc towards the town of Bondeno without encountering the enemy. Further west, 26th Panzer and 29th Panzergrenadiers Divisions were planning to withdraw across the River Po. Both the British and German units made a dash for the intact bridge north of Bondeno, arriving around 1900 hrs.

Defender: German (Elements of the 26th Panzer Division)  

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