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In the last months of the war, between February and April 1945, the Wehrmacht built a fortified defensive system, along the Gothic Line's last limit ("The Green Line II"), near Montese. It was organized around Mount Montello (919 meters over …

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In the last months of the war, between February and April 1945, the Wehrmacht built a fortified defensive system, along the Gothic Line's last limit ("The Green Line II"), near Montese. It was organized around Mount Montello (919 meters over the sea level) and Mount Buffone (927 m.), exploiting the terrain's morphology in a way to be able to see every movement of Allied soldiers in the bottom terrain. This German fortress, managed by the 14th German Infantry Unit, was armed with MG 42 machine-guns and rifle emplacements. The Brazilian Shipment Unit (FEB, Força Expedicionària Brasileria) was aggregated to the 4th Army Corps of the 5th US Army, commanded by General Mark Clark. Together with the others Allies troops, the FEB, driven by the Division's General João Baptista Mascarenhas de Morais, started its assault on the German fortress during the night of 14 April 1945.

Mount Montello, Italy

The spring 1945 offensive in Italy, codenamed Operation Grapeshot, was the final Allied attack during the Italian Campaign in the final stages of the Second World War. The attack into the Lombardy Plain by the 15th Allied Army Group started on 6 April 1945, ending on 2 May with the formal surrender of German forces in Italy.

Wikipedia: Spring 1945 offensive in Italy

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