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24 May 1944

Italy
4 Sep 1944

Italy
14 Sep 1944

Italy
15 Sep 1944

Italy
26 Sep 1944

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29 Sep 1944

Italy
2 Oct 1944

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21 Oct 1944

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25 Oct 1944

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30 Oct 1944

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5 Nov 1944

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9 Nov 1944

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23 Nov 1944

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25 Nov 1944

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26 Nov 1944

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28 Nov 1944

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29 Nov 1944

Italy
  • Three Brazilian battalions attacked Monte Castello 61 kilometers southwest of Bologna, Italy at 0700 hours. The poor weather precluded support from the air and by the attached three platoons of US tanks. The attack was repulsed by the afternoon. ww2dbase [Battle of Monte Castello | Monte Castello, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]
5 Dec 1944

Italy
9 Dec 1944

Italy
  • Whilst defending a position at Faenza, Italy, Lieutenant (temporary Captain) John Henry Cound Brunt, age 22, of the British Army Sherwood Foresters (attached Lincolnshire Regiment) used anti-tank PIATs, Bren guns, and a 2-inch mortar to drive back a German 90th Panzergrenadier Division counterattack. Later he turned another attack, blazing away with a Bren from the top of a Sherman tank. His conduct earned him the Victoria Cross but he did not live to know it. Supposedly safe by this time, he was killed on the following day by shellfire. ww2dbase [PIAT | Faenza, Emilia-Romagna | AC, CPC]
12 Dec 1944

Italy
17 Dec 1944

Italy
1 Feb 1945

Photo(s) dated 1 Feb 1945
Men of D Company, 1st Battalion, British London Irish Rifles regiment preparing to fire a PIAT launcher during a training exercise, Forlì, Italy, 1 Feb 1945
20 Feb 1945

Italy
22 Feb 1945

Italy
2 Mar 1945

Photo(s) dated 2 Mar 1945
Churchill tank originally of C Squadron of British Army North Irish Horse regiment carrying Italian infantrymen of 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, Ravenna, Italy, 2 Mar 1945
1 Apr 1945

Italy
3 Apr 1945

Italy
5 Apr 1945

Italy
8 Apr 1945

Italy
10 Apr 1945

Photo(s) dated 10 Apr 1945
B-24L
11 Apr 1945

Italy
12 Apr 1945

Italy
13 Apr 1945

Italy
15 Apr 1945

Italy
16 Apr 1945

Italy
18 Apr 1945

Italy
20 Apr 1945

Italy
21 Apr 1945

Italy
25 Apr 1945

Italy
26 Apr 1945

Italy
27 Apr 1945

Italy
28 Apr 1945

Italy
29 Apr 1945

Italy
  • German 148th Division, Italian 4th Alpine Division "Monte Rosa", Italian 3rd Marine Division "San Marco", and German 29th Waffen-SS Grenadier Division (Italian troops) surrendered to Brazilian General Mascarenhas de Moraes near Parma, Italy. ww2dbase [Battles of Collecchio and Fornovo di Taro | Parma, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]
Photo(s) dated 29 Apr 1945
General Otto Fretter-Pico of German 148th Infantry Division in Brazilian custody, Fornovo di Taro, Italy, circa 29 Apr 1945

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis




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