Large-scale, realistic air battles with 350 pilots and historical objectives

November Sunday European Campaign

Beachhead ANZIO



Background

The ANZIO operation was initially the plan of Winston Churchill himself in late 1943.
Churchill understanding the situation facing Allied forces at the Gustav Line wanted
to mass enough forces to out flank the resistance and move on to capture Rome.
The Allied General Staff planners of the Italian campaign reviewed the plan and
decided to implement the operation as a way to pull General Field Marshal Albert
Kesselrings forces off of the Gustav line in order to capture the Abbey at Monte
Cassino. The Abbey at Monte Cassino was a large Christian monastery established
in the year 529 AD. Where the monastery was constructed gave the occupiers a
commanding view of the Rapido, Liri and Garigliano valleys. It also gave a grand view
of several other peaks in the Apennine mountains region and the Rapido River.
This made it the ideal command post for the German Wehrmacht’s defense of the
entire Gustav line.

The German Wehrmacht was able to hold the Allied advance to Rome at Monte
Cassino and the Gustav line during the winter blizzard in December of 1943. If the
Allied forces could not dislodge the Germans from the Abbey fighting could
ontinue for months in miserable conditions, hence “Beachhead ANZIO”.

This AH SEC event will recreate three key turning points of the Battle around
ANZIO. We invite you to participate in this three frame event. So, strap on,
buckle up, and hang on for what promise to be a great SEC event.

Each frame starts at 8pm in the UK, 9pm in France/Germany, 10pm in Finland/Estonia
and 3pm EST.

The planned length of a single frame is 2 hours.