Battle of Rimini (1944)

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Battle of Rimini
Part of the Gothic Line Offensive during the Italian campaign of World War II
German trucks driving through muddy, flooded and unpaved roads near Rimini; typical terrain encountered during the offensive.
Date 13–21 September 1944 Location Rimini, Italy 44°03′34″N 12°34′06″E / 44.05944°N 12.56833°E / 44.05944; 12.56833 Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Canada  Greece  New Zealand	Germany
Commanders and leaders
E. L. M. Burns Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos	Traugott Herr
Units involved
1st Infantry Division 2nd Infantry Division 3rd Mountain Brigade	1st Fallschirmjäger Regiment Turkestan Legion

The Battle of Rimini took place between 13 and 21 September 1944 during Operation Olive, the main Allied offensive on the Gothic Line in August and September 1944, part of the Italian Campaign in the Second World War. Rimini, a city on Italy's Adriatic coast, anchored the Rimini Line, a German defensive line which was the third such line of the Gothic Line defences.

Rimini, which had been hit previously by 373 air raids, had 1,470,000 rounds fired against it by Allied land forces; by the end of the battle, only 2% of all buildings in the city escaped damage.^[1]