bigpigeon.us webpage WWII-Germany > The MTO > Italy > The Northern Apennines, © 2023 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 25 Jul 2022.
During the Fall of 1944 and the following winter, German defenses in northern Apennine Mountains bent but did not break.
During the Fall of 1944 and the following winter, German defenses in northern Apennine Mountains bent but did not break.
The Fall 1944 Allied Advances Beyond the Gothic Line
As the accompanying map shows, the Allies penetrated the Gothic line in the Fall of 1944 but lacked the strength to achieve a breakout into the Po Valley.
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Perhaps the Italian Campaign would have ended sooner if the Allies had maintained a larger fighting force in Italy in 1944.
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United States Fifth Army replacements included:
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Sources for Big Pigeon's The MTO > Italy > The Northern Apennines webpage:
General Sources (CMH = US Army Center for Military History, these sources generally contain good maps):
General Sources (CMH = US Army Center for Military History, these sources generally contain good maps):
- North Apennines: 10 September 1944-4 April 1945, by Dwight D. Oland, 31 pp. [CMH #72-34]
- Cassino to the Alps, by Ernest F. Fisher Jr., 1989, 584 pp. [CMH #6-4]
- Northern Italy, Fall 1944 enlarged map, http://www.emersonkent.com/map_archive/northern_italy_1945.htm - C/O emersonkent.com.
- German Prisoners of 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Tuscany, Summer 1944 photo, https://www.nvlchawaii.org/nisei-war-europe-100th-and-442nd - C/O Nisei Veterans Legacy, https://www.nvlchawaii.org.
Pottawattamie Area WW II Dead - The MTO > Italy > The Northern Apennines:
- Taken from the bigpigeon.us WWII Roster module.
- No known Pottawattamie area dead.