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Monte Castello is a hill located about 48 km (30 mi) north of Pistoia and 60 km (37 mi) southwest of Bologna (Emilia-Romagna), via Località Abetaia (SP623), near Abetaia di Gaggio Montano with an altitude of 977 m (3,205 ft), in the Northern Apennines on the border between Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna regions.
Brazilian soldiers in a trench during the Battle of Montese, April 1945. The FEB achieved battlefield successes at Massarosa, Camaiore, Mount Prano, Monte Acuto, San Quirico, Gallicano, Barga, Monte Castello, La Serra, Castelnuovo di Vergato, Soprassasso, Montese, Paravento, Zocca, Marano sul Panaro, Collecchio and Fornovo di Taro. [39]
While the Brazilian division was in charge of taking Monte Castello and Castelnuovo di Vergato, the 10th Mountain Division was responsible for the Mount Belvedere area, climbing nearby Riva Ridge during the night of 18 February and attacking Mount della Torraccia on 20 February.
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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 Encore was the Allied offensive timed for February—March 1945, to break through the Gothic Line.This was initiated at the army instead of corps level. This comprised an assault of the 10th Mountain Division and the Brazilian Expeditionary Force to secure the high ground dominating Strada statale 64 Porrettana [] where it crossed the Apennine Mountains (18 February—25 February ...
Battle of Monte Castello; Montecastello, town in Piedmont, Italy; Monte Castello di Vibio, town in Umbria, Italy This page was last edited on 28 ...
The Battle of Collecchio-Fornovo (26–29 April 1945) was a battle of the Second World War between the Brazilian Expeditionary Force (Força Expedicionária Brasileira – FEB), along with Italian partisans and units from the American 1st Armored and 92nd Infantry Divisions, against the Wehrmacht ' s 148th Infantry Division, 90th Panzergrenadier Divisions and the fascist National Republican ...