Kukri and Bayonet MTO (id:#67423)

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Medicina, Italy 1945-04-16 (25 others)

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Overview:

Company A, 2/6th Gurkha Rifles had cleared the road from Madona Del Silvero and arrived on the edge of Medicina around 1715 hours. Company A immediately set about probing the German defenses. Brigadier Barker pulled up to Lieutenant Colonel "Freckles'' Tilney' s tank and told him the enemy's resolve was weakening and to get cracking on the town right away. Major "Bodge" Brown came up on the radio net and told C Troop "let's show them a good old cavalry charge, fingers out and follow me." The tanks moved down Via Saffi toward the heart of Medicina. Generalmajor Heinrich Trettner's Fallschimjägers were waiting for them and determined to hold the town. They had ample supplies of Panzerfausts and Panzerschrecks along with Semovante 105/25s. Medicina is a medieval town with narrow streets that made it difficult to maneuver tanks or properly unlimber the 88mm guns. The Gurkhas dismounted from their Kangaroos and then mercilessly attacked room-by-room with their kukris, bayonets and grenades.

Defender: German (Fallschirmjäger Regiment 10, Fallschirmjäger FlaK Bataillon 4, Fallschirmjäger Division 4 with Fallschirm-Sturmgeschütz-Brigade XI)  

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