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Mensaje: <blockquote data-quote="emilioteles" data-source="post: 1684839" data-attributes="member: 3144">Private L.V. Hughes, 48th Highlanders of Canada, Cdn.1st Division sniping a German position near the Foglia River, on the Gothic Line in Italy. Late August 1944.He looks to be using a Nº4 Mk.1(T) Lee Enfield Sniper Rifle with a Canadianmade Nº32 R.E.L. Mk.III Telescopic Sight.Gothic Line, Italy - Canadian 1st DivisionWhile the Canadian 3rd Division troops had been in battle in France for almost 3 months, the Canadian 1st Division had landed in Italy from Sicily almost one year before, on the 3rd of September 1943. The 48th Highlanders (Toronto) approached 'The Gothic Line' -- the next German line of defence and the next grand battle.In the last week of August 1944, the entire Canadian Corps began its attack on the Gothic Line with the objective of capturing Rimini. Six rivers lay across the path of the advance. On August 25, the Canadians crossed the Metauro River but the next, the Foglia was more formidable. Here the Germans had concentrated their defences, and it required days of bitter fighting and softening of the line by Allied air forces to reach it. On August 30, two Canadian brigades crossed the Foglia River and fought their way through the Gothic Line. On September 2 General Burns reported that "the Gothic Line is completely broken in the Adriatic Sector and the 1st Canadian Corps is advancing to the River Conca."The announcement was premature for the enemy recovered quickly, reinforced the Adriatic defence by moving divisions from other lines and thus, slowed the advance to Rimini to bitter, step-by-step progress. Three miles south of the Conca the forward troops came under fire from the German 1st Parachute Division, while to the west heavy fighting was developing on the Coriano Ridge. By hard fighting the Canadians captured the ridge and it appeared that the Gothic Line was finally about to collapse, but this was not to be. For three more weeks the Canadians battled to take the hill position of San Fortunato which blocked the approach to the Po Valley. On September 21, the Allies entered a deserted Rimini. That same day the 1st Division was relieved by the New Zealand Division to sweep across the plains of Lombardy to Bologna and the Po. But the rains came. Streams turned into raging torrents, mud replaced the powdery dust and the tanks bogged down in the swamp lands of the Romagna. The Germans still resisted.(Colourised by Doug)<img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/s640x640/10698414_596991510430645_8172726632479365035_n.png?oh=8976db6710748125d0facf0eae05166d&oe=551AED1D&__gda__=1427893571_bc577778e9eab0f1179224126c72bb36" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10423809_596994673763662_5415284296665601311_n.jpg?oh=40d95089f02310f422e36d8b3baf3300&oe=5509454D&__gda__=1423030773_4d437bc6e8e980898a4d4bdffdca1676" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

Verificación: Guerra desarrollada entre Argentina y el Reino Unido en 1982