November 6th, 1944
Everything is ready, 17 ships, the best one of the Regia Marina set sail from Casablanca to Cayenne. The
Operazione Atlantis have begin!!
However, our battle fleet range only allow it to go a little further from the Cap Verde Islands, after this, the transports are for their own, until the Delta of the Amazon River. The troops embarked into them are experienced and modern Infantry divisions, with brigades attached. You can see bellow the route of both fleets.
Battle Fleet route
Transports Fleet route
November 9th, 1944
After three days of navigation, in the shores of the La Palma Island, The Regia Marina finds a British anti-submarine standard fleet:a Light Cruiser and a Destroyer. Our superior fleet immediately sank the CL and the Destroyer. Unhappyly to the Germans, we can't risk our mission trying to sank the ships that are sinking their subs..
However, in the next day..
The entire British Home Fleet reaches the area and starts to damage our top-line Battleships, the
RM Littorio and the
RM Vittorio Veneto.
After some hours of heavy engagements the Grand Admiral Denzi Amareti decides, together with Admiral Ghé, to take a risked decision, even withou Il Duce's knowledge: To Split the fleet into two. One, the battle fleet will withdraw from the Atlantic to the Mare Nostrum, fleeing from the British Home Fleet until Gibraltar. Meanwhile, the transport fleet would go, without escort, from the Canaries to the French Cayenne, where it would land the three divisions responsible for the invasion.
The split of the Roman Fleet
The Vittorio Veneto shotting the British Fleet in the Battle of the Canaries
November 11th, 1944
It seems like the German approach have convinced the Tannu Tuva Republic to join forces with the Soviets.. No
"Great Moment" at all to the Soviets as the Germans are in the Mongolian border already..
Not even the annexation of Tannu Tuva made him happy..
In the same day, we can see that both fleets have escaped from the British and are under way to its destines.
November 15th, 1944
We finally reach Cayenne!! The city is unguarded!! We quickly begin the disembark, that will take two days..
What if the British Home Fleet reach our unguarded transports?
Will Operazione Atlantis fail??
However, in the next day, 28 hours before our troops reach Cayenne, it happens..
The British reach our transports after pursue our battle Fleet until Gibraltar (without any significant damage).
16 Capital Ships against 3 transports in 28 hours..
..it's the end of the journey??