That ' a wonderful Barrettini of combat, due to a finding of nostrale Giovanni Righini in the area of \u200b\u200bMonte CECE .. :) This
a fantastic relic piece from the Gothic Line in battle ..!
---------------------- This is the story of a distinctive German Nahkampfspange bronze produced by the company found Deschler years ago with metal circles on the hills surrounding my country. In these places there were bloody clashes between the German troops, placed in defense of the Gothic Line, and the first British division.
exactly was found in a peak which has become almost as famous as the more famous and well known "Battle Mountain": MONTE CECE
And now a bit of history delle due divisioni che si contesero questa cima e che la resero famosa a causa del forte tributo di sangue che versarono
La Prima Divisione Britannica (agosto 1944 - gennaio 1945)inizia la seconda parte della sua campagna d'Italia ad Anzio nel gennaio 1944.
I soldati della 1ª Divisione, che faceva parte della V Armata, parteciparono alla liberazione di Firenze, e la tennero fino alla fine di agosto; poi iniziarono l'avanzata verso Nord, seguendo il tracciato della Arrow Route, ossia della strada che da Firenze porta a Faenza, passando per Borgo San Lorenzo e Marradi.
Fu sotto l'impeto del loro attacco che si ebbe il primo cedimento della Linea Gotica, poi sfruttato ampiamente dal II Corpo statunitense. I combattimenti successivi to break through the Gothic Line and was allowed to leave Palazzuolo Marradi by the end of September 1944.
Since then, the Arrow Route followed by the 1st Division no longer follows the valley of the Lamone, but went along the Senio valley, from Palazzuolo towards Castel Bolognese in the meantime the Germanic troops had reinforced some points to stop the advance of Allies and were preparing to hold them at all costs.
Horse Valley Senio to conquer the strongholds were two, Battle Mountain and Monte Cece, on which the Allies were able to set foot paying a high price in human lives. The 1st Division
touched the Monte Cece, who was finally captured Oct. 20, 1944, after 16 giorni di durissimi combattimenti con condizioni meteorologiche avverse.
Avversari degli inglesi erano i tedeschi della 715 divisione
La 715.Infanterie division fu costituita l'8 maggio 1941 come una unità di occupazione per il servizio in Occidente.
Dopo la formazione, la divisione fu impiegata in servizi in materia di sicurezza e per le operazioni di difesa costiera nelle regioni della Gironda e Bayonne, e più tardi Aix en Provence, Avignone.
Nel gennaio del 1944all'unità fu ordinato di trasferirsi in Italia, dove prese servizio lungo la testa di ponte di Nettuno. Prese poi parte nella lotta a Campoleone, Aprilia e Cisterna. Il 715.Infanterie prese poi parte al ritiro sulla linea difensiva "C-Line". Le was then allowed to rest and relax near Forlì.
After this period, the division took part in battles along the coast south of Ravenna. After fighting in the "Green Line" and Benedict Pass, took part in defensive struggle in the San Giovanni-Vala, on Santerno, Goten and positions. Later he fought in the Battle Mountain and Monte Cece. In February 1945, the unit was ordered to move to the eastern front, but not before a quick break in the Verona area.
avevrvi I hope not too bored .............. hello RIGO
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Add a couple of notions on Monte Cece:
Monte Cece is a top of the Tuscan-Romagna the third highest in the province of Ravenna after Monte Macchia of Dogs (968 m) and Mount Castellaccio (834 m), located on the border between Casola Valsenio and Castel del Rio, it is entirely within the municipality of Casola Valsenio.
Mount Cece is the most important top of a sharp mountain ridge that is the watershed between the valleys of the Senio River (west) and the stream Sintria (east), its main tributary. It consists of the following peaks (from south to north):
Monte Cece (759 m);
Celletta Poggio (602 m);
Old Mount (658 m);
Monte Castellaro (528 m) Monte
Faggeto ( 536 m);
Monte Albano (403 m). From this
ridge, which is leaning more to the valley of Sintra, break off a few bumps cers mountainous valley of the Senio. They also created numerous rivers tributaries of these two rivers.
the top of the mountain, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary (in 2004) of combatants from Battle Mountain and Monte Cece, a monument was placed with three stones in three languages \u200b\u200b(English, German and Italian).
and finally the link with the map / map:
http://maps.google.it/maps?hl=it&biw=1268&bih=815&q=monte% 20cece & um = 1 & ie = UTF-8 & sa = N & tab = wl
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