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Scenario Author:
RhinoBones
Map Author:
RhinoBones
Author's E-mail Address:
RhinoBones@aol.com
Last Scenario Revision Date:
November 17, 1999
VERSION 1.2
Background
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On May 23, 1915 Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary with the expectation that she would acquire significant territorial holdings in the Alps (Trentino and South Tyrol), in the Balkans (Trieste, Istria and parts of the Dalmatian coast) and a piece of what was left over from the German overseas colonies. This was the payment England and France had promised over the objections of the Russians. The Russians were none too happy that parts of the Balkans would go to the Italians instead of their Slavic brethren in Serbia.
In spite of a shortage of material supplies, modern equipment and knowledge of 20th century warfare, the Italians attacked Austria along the Isonzo River thinking that the Austrian army would quickly erode. This was a tremendous error, which was paid for with thousands of lives from both sides. Ethnic Slavs, who made up a large component of the Austrian-Hungary army, had shown little interest in fighting their fellow Slavs in Serbia, Galicia and Russia but when it came to fighting Italians, they were more than willing to stand up to their historical enemies. The Italian Supreme Commander Luigi Cadorna would squander the Italian army for the remainder of the war attacking a determined enemy in the mountains, foothills and river valleys of the Alps.
In the year of 1915, the Italians would attack along the Isonzo four
times; twice in the summer and twice in the winter. This scenario
picks up the action at the start of the first Isonzo offensive in the summer
of 1915.
NOTE : Also ITALIANE.TXTFile inside the Zip
Victory Conditions
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The Austrian-Hungary forces must have possession of any three of the
objectives at the conclusion of the scenario.
Remarcks
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This scenario is designed to be played in the solitaire mode with the
AI playing the allied side. When played as a PBM game, it is recommended
that axis prestige is set to +2.
Last Update Changes
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v1.0 09-10-99 Initial Release.
v1.1 10-12-99 Changed hex 45,26 from shore to coast/ocean.
Incorporated updated equipment
file.
v1.2 11-17-99 Corrected coastal cities to function
as ports, added latest equipment and
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