102 Battle of Cisterna

On January 30th General Lucas battle plan called for a ranger force to infiltrate Cisterna by the Cisterns road. But he was operating on faulty intelligence, the German Herman Goring Panzer Division was already setting up a supply base at Cisterna. The First and Third Ranger Battalions proceded the main attack by the Fourth Ranger Battalion and the 15th Infantry Regiment. Even though they were able to bypass numerous other German troops of the 715th Motorized Infantry Division, the final part of their approach was across open ground. According to documents, the approach was discovered and an ambush prepared, and over 400 rangers were captured or killed.

They will end up putting me ashore with inadequate forces and get me in a serious jam... Then, who will get the blame?
Gen. John P. Lucas 

	American	German
Division 1	5 Squad Bases - 8 Regular Infantry - 7 Elite Infantry - 1 Officer - 2 Mortar Crew 1x Flamethrower 2x AntiTank	4 Squad Bases - 7 Regular Infantry - 3 Elite Infantry - 2 Officer - 2 Machine Gun Crew 3 Panzer IV Tank  1 STuG III Tank
Division 2	6 Squad Bases - 11 Regular Infantry - 5 Elite Infantry - 2 Officer - 1 Machine Gun Crew - 2 Mortar Crew 1x AntiTank 1x Medic 1x Engineer	4 Squad Bases - 7 Regular Infantry - 1 Elite Infantry - 2 Officer - 3 Machine Gun Crew 2 Tiger 1 Tank 1x Concealed
Strategy Decks	Command 1	Artillery 1 German Reinforcements 1
Starting Strategy Cards	-	-
Operations Cards	008 Lay Smoke 003 Shattered Morale	-
Deployment Zone	Division 1: dark green hexes on map 12B. Division 2: light green hexes on map 12B.	Division 1: dark gray hexes on map 11A. Division 2: light gray hexes on map 5B.
Starting Initiative
Objective	The Americans win if they are able to take the town victory marker.	The Germans win if they are unable, but if the Americans take the crossroads on map 1A, it is a partial victory.
Rounds	7
Actions per turn	2	3
Reinforcements	-	-
Special Rules	All Rough hexes on maps 11A,10B, and 12B are depressions with the following attributes: Cover 2 Vehicle movement Costs: Tanks 2, All others no movement. Infantry movement 1 from hex to hex, 2 to move in or out.