crossing of the Lamone River

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The crossing of the Lamone River was a World War II Allied military operation in Italy in late 1944, involving Canadian forces in a difficult river assault against German defensive positions.

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crossing of the Lamone River canonical 1

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instanceOf World War II battle
military operation
associatedWith British Eighth Army NERFINISHED
belligerent Allied forces NERFINISHED
German forces NERFINISHED
characteristic difficult river assault conditions
strong enemy resistance
combatType engineer-supported river crossing
infantry assault
conflict World War II
surface form: Second World War
conflictSide Allies of World War II NERFINISHED
countryInvolved Canada
dateApproximate December 1944
front Eighth Army front NERFINISHED
historicalEra 20th century
involves artillery support
combat engineers
infantry units
location Italy
Lamone River NERFINISHED
militaryBranchInvolved Canadian Army NERFINISHED
operationType assault crossing
river crossing
opponent Wehrmacht
opposedBy German defensive positions
opposingSide Nazi Germany NERFINISHED
partOf Allied operations in Italy NERFINISHED
Italian Campaign NERFINISHED
relatedTo Allied advance in northern Italy
operations along the Senio and Lamone rivers
result Allied tactical success
tacticalObjective breach German defensive positions
force a crossing of the Lamone River
theater Italian Front NERFINISHED
timePeriod late 1944

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Canadian I Corps participatedIn crossing of the Lamone River