Tobacco factory

Tobacco Factory13 sept 1943: Around the Salerno beachhead, many desperate battles were fought. The fighting over the tobacco factory symbolizes the intensity of this fighting. Consisting of five large, red, fortress-like stone buildings, the tobacco factory (Tabacchificio Fiocche) commanded the …

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Tobacco Factory13 sept 1943: Around the Salerno beachhead, many desperate battles were fought. The fighting over the tobacco factory symbolizes the intensity of this fighting. Consisting of five large, red, fortress-like stone buildings, the tobacco factory (Tabacchificio Fiocche) commanded the roads and Sele river crossings near Persano, thus controlling principal German supply and escape routes in this sector of the beachhead. The tobacco factory was like a revolving door: after first being attacked on September 11 by Americans, it changed hands twice the following day before coming under American control. On Sept.13 the Germans launched a strong counterattack to recapture the tobacco factory, blocking any Allied advance further inland ... and maybe gaining the access to the road to the beach again.

Albanella, Italy

The Allied invasion of Italy was the Allied amphibious landing on mainland Italy that took place on 3 September 1943 during the early stages of the Italian Campaign of World War II. The operation was undertaken by General Sir Harold Alexander's 15th Army Group and followed the successful invasion of Sicily. The main invasion force landed around Salerno on 9 September on the western coast in Operation Avalanche, while two supporting operations took place in Calabria and Taranto.

Wikipedia: Allied invasion of Italy

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