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Milan, Italy: United States Fifth Army, 1945. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. Good. [2], 90, [4] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Cover has some wear, tears, chips and soiling. Color endpaper maps. Other illustrations in color. This was printed by Pizzi and Pizio in 1945 in Milan, Italy. The Allies invaded mainland Italy in early September 1943, expecting a quick drive north through the Italian peninsula, into the "soft underbelly" of Europe and on to the German heartland. Nineteen months later, in March 1945, after hard fighting against the Gustav Line in the rugged mountainous spine of Southern Italy, the landing at Anzio, their advance up the Liri valley to capture Rome, and more mountain fighting in the North Apennines, the Allies were still south of the Po Valley and the Alps. On 14 April 1945, Truscott's Fifth Army ground attack began. They seized the Pra del Bianco basin and Reno River valley after intense fighting, and pushed northward from ridgeline to… Read More