Million Dollar Mountain

Much of the 36th’s campaign in Italy consisted of wresting mountain top after mountain top from dug-in German defenders. One such peak was Mount Maggiore, called the ‘Million Dollar Mountain’ because of the quantity of artillery ammunition expended on it. …

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Much of the 36th’s campaign in Italy consisted of wresting mountain top after mountain top from dug-in German defenders. One such peak was Mount Maggiore, called the ‘Million Dollar Mountain’ because of the quantity of artillery ammunition expended on it. The ‘honor’ of the final assault was to fall to the 142nd Regiment as part of ‘Operation Raincoat’. 600 British and American guns put on a synchronized artillery barrage prior to the attack, which traversed an east-west ridge to arrive at the summit.

Mt Maggiore, Italy

The Bernhardt Line was a German defensive line in Italy during the Italian Campaign of World War II. Having reached the Bernhardt Line at the start of December 1943, it took until mid-January 1944 for the U.S. Fifth Army to fight their way to the next line of defenses, the Gustav Line. The line was defended by XIV Panzer Corps, part of the German Tenth Army.

Wikipedia: Bernhardt Line

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