Article: The Gothic Line.(Book Review)

Article: Gothic Line
Dictionary of American History;      502 words ...GOTHIC LINE GOTHIC LINE. In June 1944, when the Germans gave up Rome to the Allies, Adolf ... defensive stand in the Apennines near the Po River valley. The Gothic Line, as it came to be called, was a belt of fortifications ten miles ...

Article: Return from Rimini: Sam Lyons' painting commemorates a September ...
Aviation History;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... the peninsula. This heavily fortified Gothic Line ran from La Spezia on the west coast ... Pass southward into Italy and to the Gothic Line's transportation center, Bologna ... antiaircraft batteries were placed along the Gothic Line and rail routes. The 88ram shells could ...

Article: Gothic Line: Canada's Month of Hell in the World ...
Reference & Research Book News;  February 1, 2006 ;     435 words ...1553650239 The Gothic line; Canada's month of hell in the World War II Italy. Zuehlke ... Zuehlke brings an immediacy to his description of the Battle of the Gothic Line in which Canadian soldiers spearheaded the British Army's drive ...

Article: The Gothic Line: Canada's Month of Hell in World ...
The Beaver: Exploring Canada's History;  February 1, 2004 ;     541 words ... ... Italy's boot. The focus of episode III is the Battle of the Gothic Line, the line being a network of fortifications in northern Italy ... excluding the machinations of the leaders. The Battle of the Gothic Line produced the greatest toll in casualties in the Italian campaign ...

Article: War In Italy 1943-45
RUSI Journal;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Americans, and McCreery, an outstanding Eighth Army Commander, receive due credit for their ... Other battles, Cassino, Anzio, and the GOTHIC LINE (probably a mistake to have transferred Eighth Army to the Adriatic in August 1944) are treated ...

Article: Eighth Army Transformation: Meeting the Needs of ...
Army;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... conflict. In support of this effort, Eighth Army is conducting its own transformation ... warfighting missions in defense of the ROK. Eighth Army has a proud history of rapidly responding ... America's national security needs. Eighth Army was activated in 1944 and immediately ...

Article: A Noble Crusade: The History of Eighth Army 1941-45
RUSI Journal;  April 1, 2000 ;     657 words ...A NOBLE CRUSADE: THE HISTORY OF EIGHTH ARMY 1941-45 by Richard Doherty, (Spellmount ... Richard Doherty's account of the British Eighth Army through its triumphs in North Africa ... indeed, Mr Doherty gives the men of Eighth Army rather less praise than they deserve ...