During August both sides had toned down their operations, recovering from fatigue, bringing replacements, gathering supplies, and preparing for another round. Although the front line had remained relatively stagnant, the Nisei had kept busy patrolling to gain prisoners to interrogate. Finally, the anticipated jump off orders came down - all three battalions were ordered to establish bridgeheads over the Arno River, two along Highway 66 and one 20 miles west near Pisa. The ante had been upped by the Germans. Gone were the Luftwaffe infantry, replaced by the tough-as-nails 4th Parachute Division containing a large number of die-hard former Italian paratroopers fighting on their home turf.

The Second and Third Nisei battalions forced their crossing just west of Florence, encountering significant minefields and other obstacles. Once their small bridgehead was consolidated, they pushed their perimeter up Highway 66. Miles to the west the 100th Battalion simply crossed the Arno River and dug in. Shortly afterwords the regiment would be pulled out of the line and transferred north to France and the bitter fighting in the Vosges Mountains.

This scenario is an updated version of the "Arno River Crossing" scenario from the 1st edition of Go for Broke.

G2 note: I have no source mentioning the 21st Panzer Division was ever in Italy. The 26th Panzer Division was part of the German 10th Army.