The Tenth Mountain Division troops march through the Po Valley in a narrow column that avoided larger cities as they head toward the Po River, near Baggazano, Italy, with large numbers of German troops on either side.
Baggazano (Italy)--1940-1950.; Po River Valley (Italy)--1940-1950.; Troop movements--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
Tole, Italy, was captured by the Tenth Mountain Division in April 1945. The town was a German stronghold and is at the edge of the mountains and the boundry of the Po Valley. Monte Serra, the rise of ground in the distance, was a difficult...
Monte Serra (Italy)--1940-1950.; Po River Valley (Italy)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
On the morning of April 23, 1945, the Tenth Mountain Division, 87th Regiment, became the first allied unit to cross the Po River from near San Benedetto Po. They faced intense flak barrages and machine guns from German troops.
Po River Valley (Italy)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
Tenth Mountain Division troops begin a long march through the Po Valley. Nearing the town of Manzolino, word is being passed calling for the bazooka teams to attack German tanks in the town. Resistance along the way was usually met by one company...
Po River Valley (Italy)--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
Appenine road to the Po Valley. Shows the kind of terrain the Tenth Mountain Division crossed during the April drive, although the majority of the soldiers travelled cross-country and never saw this specific road.
Po River Valley (Italy)--1940-1950.; Troop movements--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
View of the Italian countryside taken on the road to the Po Valley. The Tenth Mountain Division fought their way through the mountains and onto the plains of the Po Valley, as they pursued the German Army toward the north.
Po River Valley (Italy)--1940-1950.; Valleys--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
View of three tanks from units attached to the Tenth Mountain Division during the Italian Campaign move across the flat Po Valley in a straight line. Two soldiers walk in front of the tank in the foreground.
Po River Valley (Italy)--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Italy--1940-1950.; Tanks (Military science)--American--Italy--1940-1950.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
[April] 1945
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