Gothic Line, Northern Italy 1944

British troops breach gothic line. It was announced on September 2 nd that as a result of the swift and secret advance of British troops of the 8 th Army launched of August 26 th , the Gothic Line had been breached in the Adriatic sector of the Italian front to a depth of several miles. The defences of the line, last enemy prepared position south of the river Po , had not been competed when the Germans were forced to withdraw. Heavy fighting continues, but the breach is being enlarged each day. Picture shows a demolished bridge in the Fano area below Pesaro .

Brazilian Artillery on Gothic Line, Sep. 1944

Canadian Army during the Italian Campaign of World War II. Churchill tank of 1st Canadian Armoured Division advancing towards the Gothic Line, 26 August 1944.

Original caption: "The remains of a German strongpoint [at Fano] comprising a turret and 75mm L/70 gun from a Panzerkampfwagen V (Panther tank) guarding the road to Rimini, after the Desert Harassers fighter bomber aircraft of the veteran No. 450 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF had paid a call. Inspecting the bomb damage are 15728 Leading Aircraftman Harry Hogg Brown of Kiama, NSW (left), and 402100 Flight Lieutenant Douglas Lachlan Millar of Burwood, NSW."

A machine gunner and two riflemen of Co K, 87th Mountain Infantry, 10th Mountain Division, cover an assault squad routing Germans out of a building in the background. Sassomolare Area, Italy. Porretta Moderna Highway. 4 March 1945.

Gothic Line August 1944: The concept of Operation Olive

Fortifications of the Gothic line in the Apennines used against Fifth Army, November, 1944.

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A sexton 25-pounder self-propelled gun negotiates a hairpin bend on a mountain road near Mondaino during the advance through the Gothic Line, Italy, 6 September 1944. A sexton 25-pounder self-propelled gun negotiates a hairpin bend on a mountain road near Mondaino during the advance through the Gothic Line, 6 September 1944. (This is actually a Sexton 25 Pr SP)

IWM caption : Churchill tanks of 51st Royal Tank Regiment move forward near Isola Del Piano in support of 138th Brigade during the advance on the Gothic Line , Italy.