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Operation Winter Storm (Gothic Line) (view source)
Revision as of 01:40, September 8, 2016
, 01:40, September 8, 2016→Operation Wintergewitter
Despite Allied air superiority, a number of Italian rifle companies and platoons advance 10 kilometres or more and reach the outskirts of the Spa Town of Bagni Di Lucca and the ''Monte Rosa'' and reinforcements in the form of the ''San Marco'' and ''Italia'' Divisions would successfully defend their forward positions in the Serchio Valley for several days, weeks or months.
Despite Allied air superiority, a number of Italian rifle companies and platoons advance 10 kilometres or more and reach the outskirts of the Spa Town of Bagni Di Lucca and the ''Monte Rosa'' and reinforcements in the form of the ''San Marco'' and ''Italia'' Divisions would successfully defend their forward positions in the Serchio Valley for several days, weeks or months.
Although the Axis offensive had pushed back the Americans by about 25 kilometers, Allied air power and reinforcements from the 8th Indian Infantry Division halted the offensive.
The Axis troops would form a new defensive line about 2 kilometers south of the
original line, bringing back large amounts of captured weapons, food, equipment, and 300 POWs.
Generals Mark Clark and Lucian Truscott would be at a loss explaining the defeat of the 92nd ''Buffalo'' Division, claiming that several crack German ''Gebirgsjäger'' Battalions had overrun the US 366th and 370th Infantry Regiments. The two participating Austrian ''Gebirgsjäger'' Battalions would come under heavy criticism from the Italian commanders for taking too much time in clearing Sommocolonia.