Greek Army's Rimini liberation - the 1st Gothic Line breakthrough - was a WWII bright spot overshadowed by Italian, Nazi invasions at home and a post-WWII civil war and military dictatorship Pt. 1

WW II Gothic Line ghosts haunt modern day Italy, Europe · Jul 31, 2026 · 30m

``The further backward you can look, the further forward you can see,'' former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on the importance of understanding history.

By Joe Kirwin

There were a lot of unsung heroes among the unique multinational, multiracial armies that fought as part of the Gothic Line Offensive but one that gets little recognition even among historians who have studied the subject for years is the role the Greek Army played. The snapshot of history that most are familiar with when it comes to Greece and WWII involves an invasion by Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini in 1940, a…