Word: regalbuto
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Dates: during 1943-1943
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...Eighth Army's "left hook," the Canadians shared the job of outflanking Catania, the eastern anchor of the German line. They slugged a path across the terraced hills. They tried their bayonets and lungs in vicious charges through vineyards and lemon orchards. They helped the British into Regalbuto and Centuripe. From that high ground they could roll up the whole German line on Mt. Etna's western slope. General Montgomery could now begin the envelopment of Catania, and thereby spare his men a costly frontal assault...
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