Battle of Rimini (1944)
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The Battle of Rimini took place between 13 and 21 September 1944 during Operation Olive, the main Allied offensive on the Gothic Line in August and September 1944, part of the Italian Campaign in the
German trucks driving through muddy, flooded and unpaved roads near Rimini; typical terrain encountered during the offensive.
The Church of San Lorenzo in Strada in Riccione after the battle, c. 1944
A lecythus in Athens War Museum containing ground from the Hellenic Military Cemetery in Riccione
Banner of the 3rd Greek Mountain Brigade commemorating the battle of Rimini (Athens War Museum)
Gothic Line
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The Gothic Line was a German and Italian defensive line of the Italian Campaign of World War II. It formed Field Marshal Albert Kesselring's last major line of defence along the summits of the norther
German defensive positions in Northern Italy, 1944
By the end of 1944, the replacements made with troops of the U.S. 92nd Infantry Division (photo) and the Brazilian division still had not covered the hole left by those diverted to Southern France.
A British M10 tank destroyer Self Propelled Gun (SPG) and infantrymen of the 5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters during the advance to the Gothic Line, 27–28 August 1944
Soldiers of the Polish II Corps inspect a captured German Panther tank somewhere along the Metauro River, August 1944.