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Maintaining the Italian break out

24th May 1944: Canadian Major earns VC as his Company takes a bridgehead over the River Melfa - and holds on against hours of counter-attack

May 24, 2024
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Canadian forces are formed up in what is believed to be the Forme d’Aquino Gully in preparation for the pursuit of the enemy after the breaching of the German defensive line known as the Hitler Line.

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