VAE VICTUS Board Game #7: Cassino 44 - The Allies Assault the Gustav Line

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May 11, 1944, at 23 hours, nearly 2,000 artillery opened fire on the German defenses on the Gustav Line. The French General in June (EFC) and the Poles, Canadians, Indians, and the British General Leese (8th Army) rushed forward to open the road to Rome while the General Clark (US 5th Army) performed a supporting attack on the Tyrrhenian coast.

Cassino 44 is a game in the series of Vae Victis' World War II magazine games (Ardennes 44, Alsace 44, Korsun 44, Targu Frumos 44, and Arnhem 44).

Operation Diadem followed after the unsuccessful attack the Gustav line during the winter of 1943-1944. In the town of Cassino and around the monastery of Monte Cassino, ruined by the massive bombing of February, the Green Devils of 1.Fallschirmjager Division supported by mountain troops would contest the Allied attackers until the night of May 17 to 18. The game examines the bitter nature of the melee between Polish, English, and German paratroopers. In the Liri Valley, the Allies needed to create gaps to run Canadian and British tanks down the road to Rome.

The game is packaged in cardboard sleeve format 21 x 29.7 x 0.5, containing: map sized 59 x 41 cm, 216 pieces and two-sided precut markers, a booklet rules and scenarios, and two-color play aids.