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The Battle of Monte Castello (Italian: Battaglia del Monte Castello; German: Schlacht von Monte Castello; Portuguese: Batalha do Monte Castelo) was an engagement that took place from 25 November 1944 to 12 December 1944 during the Italian campaign of World War II. It was fought between the Allied forces advancing into northern Italy and the dug ...
The Battle of Monte Cassino, also known as the Battle for Rome, was a series of four military assaults by the Allies against German forces in Italy during the Italian Campaign of World War II. The objective was to break through the Winter Line and facilitate an advance towards Rome .
Operation Diadem, also referred to as the Fourth Battle of Monte Cassino or, in Canada, the Battle of the Liri Valley, was an offensive operation undertaken by the Allies of World War II (U.S. Fifth Army and British Eighth Army ) in May 1944, as part of the Italian Campaign of World War II .
The Allied invasion of Italy was the Allied amphibious landing on mainland Italy that took place from 3 September 1943, during the Italian campaign of World War II.The operation was undertaken by General Sir Harold Alexander's 15th Army Group (comprising General Mark W. Clark's American Fifth Army and General Bernard Montgomery's British Eighth Army) and followed the successful Allied invasion ...
Mangoni published a second work in the same year, Ricerche storiche ed archeologiche sull'isola di Capri, in which he again mentioned the four military structures. [4] The French general and historian Mathieu Dumas (1753-1837) also mentioned the forts in a few pages of one of his essays, pointing out how hard it is to reach them.
20–21 February 1508: Imperial troops invaded Venice, sacking Ampezzo and besieging the Castello di Botestagno. 23 February 1508: Imperials captured Pieve di Cadore. 24 February 1508: Skirmish at Chiusa di Venas, Imperial victory over Venice. 27 February 1508: Imperials captured Castello di Botestagno. 2 March 1508: Battle of Cadore. Venetian ...
Castello Barbarossa is an archaeological ruin and ornithological station in Anacapri, on the island of Capri, Italy. It is named after the former corsair and Ottoman Kapudan Pasha (Admiral) Hayreddin Barbarossa, who stormed it in 1535 and destroyed it in 1544. The construction date is uncertain but it perhaps dates back to the late ninth century.
The British Garrison on Capri numbered around 1,500 men by the time of the invasion. Under the terms of surrender, the garrison was to be evacuated to Sicily with colours and all honours of war. [1] British Garrison on Capri [1], commanded by Brigadier General Hudson Lowe [1] Royal Regiment of Malta (9 x companies, 44 NCOs and 620 men)