Operation Encore

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Operation Encore was the Allied offensive timed for February—March 1945, to break through the Gothic Line. This was initiated at the army instead of corps level. This comprised an assault of the 10th Mountain Division and the Brazilian Expeditionary Force to secure the high ground dominating Strada statale 64 Porrettana [it] where it crossed the Apennine Mountains (18 February—25 February 1945),^[1] followed by a limited offensive that ended with the capture of the crossroads at Castel d'Aiano (3 March—5 March 1945)^[2] Once these objectives were achieved, the Fifth Army could penetrate the northern Apennines to reach the Po valley as part of the Spring 1945 offensive in Italy.

Part 1: Battle of Mount Belvedere

Part 2: Drive to Castel D'Aiano

See also

• Battle of Monte Castello

References

1. Ernest F. Fisher Jr., The Mediterranean Theater of Operations: Cassino to the Alps (Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, 1977), p. 425f
2. Isserman, Maurice (2019), The Winter Army: The World War II Odyssey of the 10th Mountain Division, America's Elite Alpine Warriors, New York: HarperCollins, ISBN 978-0-358-41424-7, pp. 185-193