Tag: Tuscany
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The Forgotten Front: Italy’s WWII Gothic Line and the Battle for Tuscany
Italy in WWII evokes images of Mussolini, Rome’s liberation, and the fall of fascism—but few know of the brutal and prolonged struggle that took place across Italy’s mountainous backbone in 1944 and 1945. Nestled between Florence and Bologna, running like a scar across the northern Apennines, the Gothic Line was Hitler’s last great defensive stand in Italy…