The Gothic Line: Canada's Month of Hell in World War II Italy - Mark Zuehlke - Google Books

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Like an armor-toothed belt across Italy’s upper thigh, the Gothic Line was the most fortified and fiercely defended position the German army had yet thrown in the path of the Allied forces. On August 25, 1944, it fell to I Canadian Corps to spearhead the…