I’ve published a few lists for the Italian theatre of WW2 here before, but there were still a lot missing. Luckily Rafael Ortiz on the TFL forum recently stepped up with a frankly insane number of lists that really fleshes out the campaign in Italy with armies from both sides and a variety of nations.
Divisional Cavalry of the NZ 2nd Div make their way along the mountain roads.
So without further ado, here are all the lists from myself and Rafael that have been done so far:
Allied
US
Armored Rifle Platoon (Sicily)
Armored Rifle Platoon (Mainland)
Cavalry Recce Platoon
Parachute Infantry Platoon
Infantry Platoon
The US sent its Japanese American troops to fight the Germans in Italy instead of fighting Japan in the Pacific
British
Airborne Platoon
Commando Platoon
British-Infantry-in-Italy
Motor Platoon
THE BRITISH ARMY IN ITALY 1944 (NA 16556) British Infantry move up past a Daimler scout car during the advance of 78th Division, 30 June 1944. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205204664
New Zealand
mid-1943 to mid-1944
mid-1944 to end of war
A Kiwi Sherman in the snow at Orsogna
Axis
Germany
Sicily to Salerno: the early Italian campaign
One Tough Gut: German defensive lines on the Italian peninsular
The fearsome Pantherturm tank turret emplacement was used by the Germans to block narrow passes and valleys.
Italy
Sicily
Bersaglieri Sicily
Fucilieri Sicily
Mainland (CIL)
CIL Fucilieri
“CIL” Bersaglieri
CIL Paracadutisti
Mainland (RSI)
RSI Fucilieri
RSI Bersaglieri
RSI Paracadutisti
Italian Besaglieri fighting for the Axis wearing their distinctive headdress.
So, which list do I use?
I’ve made a little timeline that shows the major actions in the campaign, and where lists have more than one version it shows you which one to use:
Italian Theatre Campaign timeline
It’s a bit rough and ready, but should hopefully point you in the right direction!
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13 Responses to The Italian Theatre
Antoine says:
Great Work! Do you plan to publish a list about french free force operating in italy ?
Andy says:
It’s not something I’ve done a lot of research into, to be honest. The easiest thing to do would be to just use the US list, but I don’t know how closely they followed US organisation. Then there are unusual units like the Goumiers…
Antoine DAVY says:
Thanks for your answer , i did plan to play with the us list , i was wondering if it was a project of yours to build some specifical rules for french troops fighting with us equipement.
Antoine DAVY says:
Corps_expéditionnaire_français_en_Italie
Antoine DAVY says:
https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corps_expéditionnaire_français_en_Italie
Ian Roberts says:
Hi, will there be a list for the paratroopers (Folgore)?
Andy says:
Well, hopefully I’ll get around to do all the missing lists. Any help gratefully received!
Dalibor Zeman says:
I am looking for some Salerno scenarios and I am not sure with support lists shown for early German Italy campaign Panzer Grenadiers. I am entirely missing Flammpanzer III and Panzers III used during Salerno…
Also first Panthers showed off during Anzio. No Tiger was available at Salerno, and only 17 on them on Sicily. If I am right only one returned to mainland Italy.
Is this just oversight, or am I mising something?
Thank you for your comments and absolutely wonderfull work
Andy says:
The lists are fairly generic, and the Italian campaign was wide ranging and long. If you’ve done your own research that’s always going to trump a generic list for the whole campaign. Stuff like Tigers are included because they were involved in important actions. There may have only been 17 in Sicily, but they were at the pointy end of a counter-attack that almost pushed the allies back onto the beaches! Bottom line, if something is missing that you know we used, don’t let my list stop you, grab the stats from the Consolidated Arsenal and use it. I’ve got a campaign for Orsogna in the pipeline and the flammpanzers will definitely be making an appearance in that!
Stiubhart says:
This is wonderful work and extremely helpful! Thank you so, so much!
Andy says:
Glad to hear it. It’s also very much a work in progress so by all means of you’ve got any suggestions or feedback let me know.
Eltjo says:
Thank you for your work! I did notice a mistake in the US Rifle Platoon. I am fairly sure they should have 5 command dice, being regulars. In the 29 Let’s Go Pint Sized Campaign it is listed with 5 dice as well.
Andy says:
I agree, that does look like a typo. That list is another author’s work (I never make mistakes, ahem…)
If you look at the list it’s actually identical to the one in the main rulebook, so yes it should have 5 command dice and be rated +0, same as the late war US rifle platoon.