Battle of Garfagnana
The Battle of Garfagnana (Italian: Battaglia della Garfagnana), known to the Germans as Operation Winter Storm (Unternehmen Wintergewitter) and nicknamed the "Christmas Offensive" (Italian: Offensiva di Natale), was an offensive of Axis forces on the western sector of the Gothic Line during World War II. It took place in December 1944 in the north Tuscan Apennines, near Massa and Lucca. Barga was recaptured one week later by the New Year, and the front in the western Gothic Line remained nearly stable until late March 1945.
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Battle of Garfagnana
The Battle of Garfagnana (Italian: Battaglia della Garfagnana), known to the Germans as Operation Winter Storm (Unternehmen Wintergewitter) and nicknamed the "Christmas Offensive" (Italian: Offensiva di Natale), was an offensive of Axis forces on the western sector of the Gothic Line during World War II. It took place in December 1944 in the north Tuscan Apennines, near Massa and Lucca. Barga was recaptured one week later by the New Year, and the front in the western Gothic Line remained nearly stable until late March 1945.
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Operazione Wintergewitter, anc ...... nza entro il 30 dicembre 1944.
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The Battle of Garfagnana (Ital ...... stable until late March 1945.
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300+ prisoners taken
nearly 1,000 killed/missing in action
combatant
22pxItalian partisans
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date
1944-12-28
place of military conflict
result
Axis victory
strength
100 artillery pieces
140 artillery pieces
18,000 men
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Buffalo Soldiers of the 92nd D ...... uring the fighting near Massa.
casualties
about 1,000 killed/missing in action
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Allied advance north through Italy
territory
Territory in northern Tuscany falls back into Axis hands.
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Operazione Wintergewitter, anc ...... della seconda guerra mondiale.
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The Battle of Garfagnana (Ital ...... stable until late March 1945.
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Battle of Garfagnana
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Operazione Wintergewitter (1944)
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Battle of Garfagnana
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