Coriano

After the 1st Canadian Corps' breach of the Green Line, the Allies pushed forward to the inevitable next German defensive position, the Rimini Line. In order to secure its left flank while making the drive to the Rimini Line, the 1st Canadian Corps had to clear the Coriano ridge …

1944-09-13

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After the 1st Canadian Corps' breach of the Green Line, the Allies pushed forward to the inevitable next German defensive position, the Rimini Line. In order to secure its left flank while making the drive to the Rimini Line, the 1st Canadian Corps had to clear the Coriano ridge and the town of Coriano below that ridge to the west. The attack began in the early morning hours of 13 September under skies full of dark clouds. With the Perth Regiment on the ridge south of Coriano, the Cape Breton Highlanders to the north, and brigade artillery raining down on the defenders, the Irish Regiment of Canada began their assault.

Coriano, Italy

The Battle of Rimini took place between 13 and 21 September 1944 during Operation Olive, the main Allied offensive on the Gothic Line in August and September 1944, part of the Italian Campaign in the Second World War. Rimini, a town on the Adriatic coast of Italy, anchored the Rimini Line, a German defensive line which was the third such line forming the Gothic Line defences. Rimini, which had been hit previously by 373 air raids, had 1,470,000 rounds fired against it by allied land forces; by the end of the battle, only 2% of all buildings in the city were still undamaged.

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German

Scenario Type = Standard