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Florence 1944: The Allied Advance in Central Italy

Florence 1944: The Allied Advance in Central Italy

Battistelli, Pier Paolo
Shumate, Johnny

Paperback

Series: Campaign, Book 431

Italian History

Publisher Price: $25.00

ISBN10: 1472870506
ISBN13: 9781472870506
Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
Published: Aug 25 2026
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.30 Width: 9.60 Depth: 7.20
Language: English

A highly illustrated look at the Allied push to stop the Germans across central Italy, culminating in a battle in the middle of Florence.

Following the fighting at Anzio and Cassino in 1944, the Allies were in pursuit of the Germans, who had managed to get away when the Americans took Rome. With experienced troops recalled from Italy to participate in the invasions of Normandy and southern France, the Allied numbers dwindled, only partially replaced by three divisions. The Allies pushed on, following the Germans into central Italy in a bid to stop them getting to the Gothic Line.

Fighting across Rome, Pisa, Leghorn, Lake Trasimene, Ancona and Florence, the Allies pushed their advance across the country. Troops from the US, UK, France, New Zealand, South Africa, Poland, and India fought in these campaigns, chasing the Germans as they withdrew to safety. With detailed maps, diagrams and period images, Italian historian Pier Paolo Battistelli sets the scene for this last push from Rome, showcasing the highly motorised fighting in multiple cities across central Italy, and explains why this was an Allied tactical failure.

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