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The Battle of San Pietro Infine (Documentary Film)
Anybody looking to learn about ww2 Italy will want to watch this film.
FILM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3kdz2BsSJo
The Battle of San Pietro is a documentary film directed by John Huston about the Battle of San Pietro Infine sixty miles from Naples during World War II. It was shot by Jules Buck. It was released in the U.S. in 1945 but shown to U.S. troops earlier.
In 1991, The Battle of San Pietro was selected for the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". [6] [7] The film was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.[8]
The Battle of San Pietro Infine (commonly referred to as the "Battle of San Pietro") was a major engagement from 8–17 December 1943, in the Italian Campaign of World War II involving Allied forces attacking from the south against heavily fortified positions of the German "Winter Line" in and around the town of San Pietro Infine, just south of Monte Cassino about halfway between Naples and Rome.
The Battle of San Pietro was part of the overall campaign to breach the Bernhardt/Reinhard Line, some 10 km (6.2 mi) deep at that point. It took six weeks of heavy fighting from early November to late December, to overcome the German defenses. During that time, the Fifth Army sustained 16,000 casualties.[6] The highway through the Mignano Gap to the Liri Valley was nicknamed "Death Valley" by members of the attacking force. The battle destroyed the town of San Pietro Infine completely. Destruction was wrought by a combination of close combat, both Allied and German mortar and artillery, and German "scorched earth" policy. Both the battle and the plight of the civilian population have inspired numerous accounts, most famous of which is the John Huston film The Battle of San Pietro.
SOURCE:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_San_Pietro
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Pietro_Infine#Background
Anybody looking to learn about ww2 Italy will want to watch this film.
FILM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3kdz2BsSJo
The Battle of San Pietro is a documentary film directed by John Huston about the Battle of San Pietro Infine sixty miles from Naples during World War II. It was shot by Jules Buck. It was released in the U.S. in 1945 but shown to U.S. troops earlier.
In 1991, The Battle of San Pietro was selected for the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". [6] [7] The film was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.[8]
The Battle of San Pietro Infine (commonly referred to as the "Battle of San Pietro") was a major engagement from 8–17 December 1943, in the Italian Campaign of World War II involving Allied forces attacking from the south against heavily fortified positions of the German "Winter Line" in and around the town of San Pietro Infine, just south of Monte Cassino about halfway between Naples and Rome.
The Battle of San Pietro was part of the overall campaign to breach the Bernhardt/Reinhard Line, some 10 km (6.2 mi) deep at that point. It took six weeks of heavy fighting from early November to late December, to overcome the German defenses. During that time, the Fifth Army sustained 16,000 casualties.[6] The highway through the Mignano Gap to the Liri Valley was nicknamed "Death Valley" by members of the attacking force. The battle destroyed the town of San Pietro Infine completely. Destruction was wrought by a combination of close combat, both Allied and German mortar and artillery, and German "scorched earth" policy. Both the battle and the plight of the civilian population have inspired numerous accounts, most famous of which is the John Huston film The Battle of San Pietro.
SOURCE:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_San_Pietro
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Pietro_Infine#Background