The Canadian Battlefields in Italy: The Gothic Line and the Battle of the Rivers

Table of contents

Table of Contents for
The Canadian Battlefields in Italy: The Gothic Line and the Battle of the Rivers by Eric McGeer with Matt Symes

The Gothic Line

Introduction

The Gothic Line

Background

History

To the Threshold of the Gothic Line

Breaking the Gothic Line

Breaking Green II

The Rimini Line

The Tour

Tour 1—To the Threshold of the Gothic Line

Tour 2—Breaking the Gothic Line

Tour 3—Breaking Green II

Tour 4—The Rimini Line

The Battle of the Rivers

Introduction

The Battle of the Rivers

History

The Advance to the Lamone (Operation “Chuckle”)

From the Lamone to the Canale Naviglio

To the Senio

The Tour

Tour 1—The Advance to the Lamone (Operation “Chuckle”)

Tour 2—From the Lamone to the Canale Naviglio

Tour 3—To the Senio

Additional Information

Travel Information

Suggestions for further reading

Canadian Order of Battle

Epilogue

Description

The third of the LCMSDS battlefield guides to concentrate on the Canadian forces in Italy, The Canadian Battlefields in Italy: The Gothic Line and the Battle of the Rivers continues the journey through the Gothic Line, Canada’s greatest battle of the Italian Campaign, and on to Ravenna, where Canadian soldiers fought doggedly against the enemy and the elements in a remote corner of the war. The guidebook offers a broad introduction to the campaigns, concise summaries of each stage of the fighting, and itineraries that allow Canadian visitors to explore the battles from the most important perspective—the physical setting itself. Three-dimensional maps familiarize readers with the landscape and features that affected the course of the battles, while contemporary photos and war art recapture the scene as contemporaries saw it.