August 8th,1943  The Germans were Hightailing out of Sicily. Generals Patton and Montgomery had reported the 'Hun was finished' and all that was being contacted with were Old Men and some of the 'Hitler Youth' and not a Panzer in sight. Both Generals had complained that if the Navy and Air Forces had not been called away for the moment many more Germans escaping by the water could have been destroyed. So those Germans escaping by water for the shores of Italy got a message from their Fuehrer. Someone in the German Command had come up with a bold move. With Allied Machines and Men piling up do a turn about and strike. Panzers had been moving at night and now were ferried to join in the Fracas and give the Allies a Shock and a unpleasant 'Surprise'.
