Colonna Chiaramonti ETO (id:#59901)

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Nikitovka, USSR 1941-11-06 (3 others)

Overview:

Seizing Nikitovka, a town with a small though strategic railway Station and key crossroads for heavy transport, was essential to the Italians in order to control the oil facilities at Trudovaja, well within artillery range from there. The Russians reached the same conclusion, though for diametrically opposed reasons. Aerial recon revealed a 40 km gap between the Italian Corps and the German 17th Infantry Division. Nikitovka was in a perfect position to act as a springboard for a rear area attack on the advancing invaders. A chance that ought to be exploited to the full. A whole Russian division, the 74th, fresh and reinforced with significant armor support was heading for the town. The Italians had just taken the town from the city garrison when the vanguard of the 74th arrived. Even though the Pasubio soldiers reacted with a swift and clean maneuver assuming defensive positions, the Colonna Chiaramonti was now in danger of being cut off.

Defender: Russian (Elements of Nikitovka City Garrison and of the 78th Regiment, 74th Division)  

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