I would like to say to everyone that I am very grateful for the kindness that the Italian ASL community has shown in helping me playtest the "Few Returned" scenario pack.
I think that the scenario pack will be very good, and much of the thanks will go to all of you.
By the way, I am interested in possibly doing more Italian related scenarios in the future.
I have designed one more Italian scenario. It is called "Bloody Bari" and represents the fighting in Bari on September 9 (I think), 1943. It features a 10-3 Italian leader and Italian tank-hunter heroes! I have submitted it to Critical Hit, for their Hero Pax #4: The Med. If anybody is interested in playtesting it, they should contact me or contact Dave Lamb at lambdavid@msn.com. It is short and tournament sized.
Here is my historical description:
Bari Harbor, Italy, September 9, 1943.
After the announcement by Italian leaders of an armistice with the Allies on September 8, the Germans put plans into motion to occupy Italy and disarm the Italian Army. On September 9, a detachment of German troops entered the port city of Bari on the Adriatic coast, sinking several steamboats, and demanding Italian surrender. The indignity was too much for General Nicola Belloma, commander of the XII Territorial Defense Command. He had to act.
Postscript. Bellomo rounded up a scratch force of Fascist militia, construction engineers, sailors, armed police, and armed civilians, determined to oust the arrogant German occupiers. In the early afternoon he personally led the first assault, with about 60 men. He was later joined by 60 more, including young boys who attacked German vehicles with explosives. After two hours of sharp fighting, in which he himself was wounded, Bellomo forced a German surrender. When the British 78th Division began landing at Bari two weeks later, Bellomo was there to hand the city over. However, fate was to deal a harsh blow to the hero of Bari. Four months later, the British arrested Bellomo on war crimes charges, because of the murder of a British officer in Bari in 1941. Bellomo was found guilty and executed in November 1945.