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The stripped guns turned their trucks into a race against time
A Brazilian reconnaissance captain races into Collecchio down Highway 62 - did they make it in time?
The stripped guns turned their trucks into a race against time
In this episode, we follow the FEB's rapid push into the Po Valley in late April 1945, the decision to motorize by stripping artillery of vehicles, and the tense stand at Collecchio and Fornovo di Taro. What choices and risks defined those final days of the Italian campaign?
Date: April 26-29, 1945
Person: Captain Pitaluga
Unit: Força Expedicionária Brasileira (FEB)
Event: Motorized push into the Po Valley
Location: Collecchio and…
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