Battle of Gemmano
The
Battle of Gemmano was fought between the
German and
Allied forces in
World War II. It was fought along the
Gothic Line; the German line of defence in the
Apennines,
Italy. It consisted of a series of four
British attacks between
4 September to
15 September,
1944, on the German defences in and around the village of Gemmano. The village itself was taken on
9 September during the second attack, two more actions being required to take the surrounding area. Fighting was heavy, and the Battle of Gemmano has been called the "
Cassino of the Adriatic" by some historians.
*Gerhard Muhm : German Tactics in the Italian Campaign , http://www.larchivio.org/xoom/gerhardmuhm2.htm
*Gerhard Muhm : La Tattica tedesca nella Campagna d'Italia, in Linea Gotica avanposto dei Balcani, (Hrsg.) Amedeo Montemaggi - Edizioni Civitas, Roma 1993
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