
Road To Rome – Episode 12: The Po Valley
As the war entered its final stages the Allied troops continued to take back Italian territory from the Nazi's and were able to cross the Gothic Line along the summits of the northern part of the Apennine Mountains. This included Operation Roast which was the first major action in the Allied 15th Army Group's big spring offensive to push the German Army back to and across the River Po and out of Italy for good.