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Showing posts with label Allies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Allies. Show all posts
21 June 2023

Alessandro Cavriani - naval captain

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Heroic officer who sacrificed his own life The destroyer Ugolino Vivaldi was detailed to help rescue the Italian king, Vittorio Emanuele III...
6 October 2022

The October Martyrs of Lanciano

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Heroic group of partisans earned Gold Medal for Valour A statue in the town of Lanciano honours partisan leader Trentino La Barba The town o...
28 December 2019

Battle of Ortona

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Adriatic port liberated by Canadians at huge cost The Battle of Ortona was characterised by close-quarter fighting among the ruins of...
28 September 2019

Filippo Illuminato - partisan

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Teenager who gave his life for his city The young partisan Filippo Illuminato, killed at the age of 13 The partisan fighter Filippo ...
9 September 2018

Allied troops land at Salerno

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Operation that marked start of invasion of Italy American troops disembark from a US Navy tank ship across a causeway set up by the be...
22 July 2018

Palermo falls to the Allies

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Capture of Sicilian capital triggered ousting of Mussolini The American forces were welcomed as liberators by many ordinary Sicilian c...
26 June 2018

San Marino is bombed by Britain

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British believed the Germans were using rail facilities The British thought the Germans were using the San Marino rail network to trans...
15 February 2017

Destruction of Monte Cassino Abbey

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Historic monastery flattened in Allied bombing raid An American B17 bomber shortly after releasing its payload over Monte Cassino T...