Hill 1088 MTO (id:#66437)

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Mt. Belvedere - Mt. della Torraccia Ridgeline, Italy 1945-02-20 (15 others)

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Overview:

Elements from the 85th and 87th Mountain Infantry Regiments captured Mount Belvedere and Mount Gorgolesco just after dawn on 20 February 1945. As B and C Companies, 1st Battalion, 85th Mountain Infantry secured Gorgolesco, A Company, 1st Battalion moved along the Belvedere-Torraccia Ridgeline towards Hill 1088, overrunning it by 0845. A Company consolidated on Hill 1088 and prepared for a follow-up advance along the ridge. As it did so, it began to receive heavy fire from the next objective, Hill 1045. A Company was delayed further by a German counterattack against Hill 1088. By 1400, however, A Company was able to fight toward Hill 1045 against stiff resistance, reaching the lower approaches by approximately 1800. There it began running out of steam.

Defender: German (1045. Grenadier Regiment, 232. Infanterie-Division and 4. Gebirgsbataillon, 1044. Grenadier Regiment)  

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