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5 APRIL 1945 - PO VALLEY CAMPAIGN BEGINS - #WWII
On 5 April 1945, Allied forces pushed across the Po River Valley, and, as German resistance crumbled, made rapid advances which ended with the surrender of the German forces in Italy on 2 May 1945.
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On 5 April 1945, Allied forces pushed across the Po River Valley, and, as German resistance crumbled, made rapid advances which ended with the surrender of the German forces in Italy on 2 May 1945.
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After another slow, arduous advance over rugged terrain, in poor weather, against a determined, well-entrenched, and skillful enemy, by April 1945 the superbly led and combat-hardened Allied 15th Army Group enjoyed overwhelming numerical superiority on the ground and in the air.
On the evening of 2 May, the 15th Army Group headquarters, commanded by General Mark Clark, transmitted the cease-fire orders throughout northern Italy, and the remaining Axis forces laid down their arms within the next forty-eight hours.
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On the afternoon of 3 May 1945, U.S. Army LT Gen Lucien K. Truscott Jr. of the Fifth Army and British Gen Sir Richard McCreery of the Eighth Army attended a ceremony at 15th Army Group headquarters in Caserta, where LT Gen Fridolin von Senger surrendered to General Clark.
The Italian Campaign cost the United States forces some 114,000 casualties, but was significant in determining the outcome of World War II in Europe.
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