TCASL 9/9/23-- OPERATION AVALANCHE

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Greetings all,

The State Fair's over and Labor Day has passed, so I guess that means we're starting into fall, never mind that the equinox is still a couple weeks out and the thermometer as I write this reads 81F. It also means that we're almost to a TCASL meetup! Pay close attention to the details on this one as the start time is a little different from usual.

Unfortunately, I got hit with the wrong end of the convention planning stick (Again! Hopefully this will be the last time?) and I will not be able to attend.

Details:
Day:
9/9/23
Time: 1:00pm - 4:45pm -- NOTE THE CHANGE!
Location:
Ramsey County Library Roseville 2180 Hamline Ave N, Roseville, MN 55113 [Board Room, 2nd floor, on the left, over by the periodicals]
Masks: Recommended

September 9 marks the 80th anniversary of OPERATION AVALANCHE, the Allied landings at Salerno. Though nearly two years of hard fighting up the Italian boot followed, Allied forces were never to break out into what Churchill called "the underbelly of Europe."

Code:
Number  Title                              Side1              Side2                #Hrs  S1Win%  S2Win%  Publication                     Notes
ASL55   Retribution                        American           Italian              7.3   55.70%  44.30%  Hollow Legions
ASL251  First Day of Diadem                Free French        German               4.6   46.48%  53.52%  Croix de Guerre 2nd Ed
A67     Monte Castello                     Brazilian (US)     German               7     47.37%  52.63%  Annual '93b
AP80    A Bloody Waste                     American           German               7.4   50.00%  50.00%  Action Pack 8
AP82    Coriano                            Canadian           German               4.6   53.47%  46.53%  Action Pack 8
J32     Panzer Graveyard                   German             British              5.7   52.74%  47.26%  Journal #2
Roma4   Mountain Marines                   Italian            American             4.5   47.06%  52.94%  Roma 2020
On the day that the Allies landed at Salerno, there was extensive fighting around the airfield at Montecorvino, just inland from the landing beaches:

Code:
OA19    The Queen's Prequel                British            German               1.7   37.50%  62.50%  Out of the Attic #2             9/9/1943
OA20    The Revenge of the Greys           British            German               2.2   59.55%  40.45%  Out of the Attic #2             9/9/1943
OA21    Gunter Strikes Back                German             British              2.3   63.33%  36.67%  Out of the Attic #2             9/9/1943
 
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