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Region: Commonwealth of Sovereign States

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The Empire of Zentralreich 2

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Milan, Lombardy, Italian State

With the remaining portions of Northern Italy cut off after the seizure of Pisa by the Reich, the last remaining stronghold of Italian control over the upper half of their nation was the city of Milan, and therefore was marked as the primary target for the Germans to take next. The Germans would quickly push to the city’s limits from Verona after the battered and cut-off Italian forces entered a continuous retreat. Once the city limits were reached, the German forces prepared to face the Italian soldiers charged with the defense of the heart of Northern Italy from German onslaught. The Luftwaffe would be sent over the city of Milan, targeting military installations and Italian positions in order to disrupt the Italians’ capability to resist the wider German assault, and saw considerable success in doing so, the already undersupplied Italians being only further hampered by the chaotic influence of the Luftwaffe’s bombings. Following the conclusion of the Luftwaffe’s assault, the Heer would begin its own assault on the city, looking to drive out the Italian defenses and essentially establish German control over the whole of the Italian North. Despite harsh fighting from the Italians, the difficulties inflicted on them by the efforts of the Luftwaffe and the lack of supply coming from the severed lines that the Heer had already seized would lead to them being unable to effectively counter the Germans, leading to the Heer capturing the city of Milan after a relatively brief period of fighting. With the New Year of 2046 having come, the General Staff in Berlin was delighted to hear that they were starting the year off strongly with a great victory such as this.

Florence, Tuscany, Italian State

The historic city of Florence was the next target on the Heer’s list, as seizing it would solidify the grip of the Reich over the region of Tuscany. With the city effectively already on the front lines following the Heer’s earlier burst to Pisa, they could quickly move to prepare the invasion of the city. The Luftwaffe would again be sent over the city to challenge the positions of the Italian defenders and attempt to root them out and disorganize them, and would see significant success in doing so. Again, after the conclusion of the Luftwaffe’s bombing raid, the Heer would subsequently launch their assault on the city’s defenses, being able to route the disorganized and damaged Italian forces and secure the city, allowing the Heer to begin consolidating the surrounding portions of Tuscany.

Grosseto, Tuscany, Italian State

With the Heer having reached the Italian coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea, they have begun the trek southward down the Peninsula to Rome, and their first major target in doing so is the city of Grosseto on the southern edge of Tuscany. Once the German forces were readied, the Luftwaffe would conduct a highly effective bombing raid on the city’s defenses, with the Kaiserliche Marine providing assistance in the form of a concurrent naval bombardment of the city, causing mass confusion and disarray among the defending Italians and creating prime conditions for a German assault, which would soon be launched as the small city would quickly fall to German assault. With Rome being the straw that would surely break the back of the Italian government if taken, the Heer would quickly regroup and continue to push southward.

Long Live the Commonwealth.

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