Emilia Romagna in WW2 History | World War II Database

24 May 1944

Italy

Inigo Campioni was executed by firing squad in Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. ww2dbase [Inigo Campioni | Parma, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

4 Sep 1944

Italy

British troops launched the first of eleven failed assaults on Gemmano, Italy. ww2dbase [Gothic Line Offensive | Gemmano, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

14 Sep 1944

Italy

Canadian 5th Armoured Division and British 1st Armoured Division captured Coriano, Italy. ww2dbase [Gothic Line Offensive | Coriano, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

15 Sep 1944

Italy

Indian 4th Division drove out German 98th Division and captured Gemmano, Italy. To the north, British 56th Division captured Corce. ww2dbase [Gothic Line Offensive | Gemmano, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

26 Sep 1944

Italy

British 8th Army drove out German positions along the Uso River north of Rimini, Italy. ww2dbase [Gothic Line Offensive | Emilia-Romagna | AC, CPC]

29 Sep 1944

Italy

British 8th Army reached the Fiumicino River in Italy. ww2dbase [Gothic Line Offensive | Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

2 Oct 1944

Italy

US 5th Army reached Monghidoro, Italy. ww2dbase [Gothic Line Offensive | Monghidoro, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

21 Oct 1944

Italy

British V Corps crossed the Savio River in Italy. ww2dbase [Gothic Line Offensive | Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

25 Oct 1944

Italy

British V Corps crossed the Ronco River in Italy. ww2dbase [Gothic Line Offensive | Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

30 Oct 1944

Italy

British 8th Army reached Forlì, Italy. ww2dbase [Gothic Line Offensive | Forlì, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

5 Nov 1944

Italy

British troops captured Ravenna, Italy, cutting the rail line to Bologna. ww2dbase [Gothic Line Offensive | Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna | TH]

9 Nov 1944

Italy

Allied troops crossed the Montone River in Italy. ww2dbase [Gothic Line Offensive | Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

23 Nov 1944

Italy

Allied troops crossed the Cosina River in Italy. ww2dbase [Gothic Line Offensive | Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

25 Nov 1944

Italy

US and Brazilian troops attacked Monte Castello 61 kilometers southwest of Bologna, Italy. ww2dbase [Battle of Monte Castello | Monte Castello, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

26 Nov 1944

Italy

US troops captured Monte Belvedere and Monte Castello 61 kilometers southwest of Bologna, Italy; a subsequent German counterattack would recapture Monte Castello. ww2dbase [Battle of Monte Castello | Monte Castello, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

28 Nov 1944

Italy

German troops captured Monte Belvedere 61 kilometers southwest of Bologna, Italy. ww2dbase [Battle of Monte Castello | Monte Castello, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

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

The Brazilian Expeditionary Force was given the order to capture Monte Della Torraca southwest of Bologna, Italy. ww2dbase [Battle of Monte Castello | Monte Castello, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

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

Brazilian troops attacked Monte Della Torraca southwest of Bologna, Italy. ww2dbase [Battle of Monte Castello | Monte Castello, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

17 Dec 1944

Italy

Allied troops captured Faenza, Italy. ww2dbase [Gothic Line Offensive | Faenza, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

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

US and Brazilian troops of US 5th Army launched Operation Encore against German positions at Monte Castello and Monte Della Torraca 61 kilometers southwest of Bologna, Italy. ww2dbase [Battle of Monte Castello | Monte Castello, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

22 Feb 1945

Italy

US 5th Army ended the 4-day battle for the Upper Reno Valley in Italy, located between Bologna and Florence. ww2dbase [Battle of Monte Castello | Monte Castello, Emilia-Romagna | TH]

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

3 Mar 1945

Photo(s) dated 3 Mar 1945

M10 Wolverine tank destroyer of 701st Tank Destroyer Battalion of US 5th Army at near Monte Terminale, Italy, 3 Mar 1945

1 Apr 1945

Italy

British troops commenced Operation Roast across Lake Comacchio in northern Italy. ww2dbase [Operation Grapeshot and Operation Roast | Comacchio, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

3 Apr 1945

Italy

Troops of British Special Boat Service and Italian 28th Garribaldi Brigade captured islands in Lake Comacchio in northern Italy. ww2dbase [Operation Grapeshot and Operation Roast | Comacchio, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

5 Apr 1945

Italy

British 56th Infantry Division attacked German positions near Lake Comacchio in northern Italy. ww2dbase [Operation Grapeshot and Operation Roast | Comacchio, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

8 Apr 1945

Italy

British troops attacked the area between the southern tip of Lake Comacchio and the Fossa di Navigazione, known as 'The Wedge', in northern Italy. ww2dbase [Operation Grapeshot and Operation Roast | Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

10 Apr 1945

Photo(s) dated 10 Apr 1945

11 Apr 1945

Italy

New Zealand and Polish troops crossed Santerno River in northern Italy. ww2dbase [Operation Grapeshot and Operation Roast | Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

12 Apr 1945

Italy

Indian 8th Division crossed Santerno River in northern Italy. German 15th Panzergrenadier Regiment arrived in the Reno River area as reinforcement. ww2dbase [Operation Grapeshot and Operation Roast | Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

13 Apr 1945

Italy

British 78th Infantry Division secured a bridgehead at Bastia in northern Italy, across the Santerno River. ww2dbase [Operation Grapeshot and Operation Roast | Bastia, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

15 Apr 1945

Italy

US II Corps advanced toward Bologna, Italy in two columns along Highway 64 and Highway 65. British troops launched another attack across the Fossa Marina canal east of Argenta, Italy. ww2dbase [Operation Grapeshot and Operation Roast | Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

16 Apr 1945

Italy

British troops crossed the Fossa Marina canal east of Argenta, Italy. ww2dbase [Operation Grapeshot and Operation Roast | Argenta, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

18 Apr 1945

Italy

German 29th Panzergrenadier Division unsuccessfully attempted an armored counterattack against the British bridgehead north of the Fossa Marina canal near Argenta, Italy. ww2dbase [Operation Grapeshot and Operation Roast | Argenta, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

20 Apr 1945

Italy

US 5th Army broke through German defensive lines and reached the Po River Valley north of Bologna, Italy. ww2dbase [Operation Grapeshot and Operation Roast | Bologna, Emilia-Romagna | TH, CPC]

21 Apr 1945

Italy

3rd Carpathian Infantry Division of Polish II Corps captured Bologna, Italy with assistance from US 34th Division. ww2dbase [Operation Grapeshot and Operation Roast | Bologna, Emilia-Romagna | TH, CPC]

25 Apr 1945

Italy

US 34th Infantry Division occupied Parma, Italy, which had recently been liberated by Italian partisan fighters. ww2dbase [Battles of Collecchio and Fornovo di Taro | Parma, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

26 Apr 1945

Italy

Brazilian scouts detected German troops near Collecchio, Italy; Brazilian infantry supported by US tanks attacked at 1930 hours. ww2dbase [Battles of Collecchio and Fornovo di Taro | Collechio, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

27 Apr 1945

Italy

Brazilian infantry and US tanks drove out German troops at Collecchio, Italy. ww2dbase [Battles of Collecchio and Fornovo di Taro | Collecchio, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

28 Apr 1945

Italy

Brazilian infantry and US tanks attacked the remnants of German 148th Infantry Division at Fornovo di Taro, Italy. ww2dbase [Battles of Collecchio and Fornovo di Taro | Fornovo di Taro, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

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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