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Persano, Italy 1943-09-13 (5 others)

Overview:

During the afternoon, two German battle groups, the Kampfgruppe ‘Kleine Limburg’ and Kampfgruppe ‘Krüger’, had attacked Persano to the north-west and overrun the 1/157th Infantry before crossing the Sele river to fall on the 2/143rd Infantry and virtually destroy it. The Kampfgruppen continued their attacks to the south and south-west until reaching the confluence of the Sele river and the Calore river, the latter a large tributary of the Sele, where they were finally halted by a combination of artillery firing over open sights, naval gunfire and a makeshift infantry position manned by artillerymen, drivers, cooks and clerks and anyone else that Walker, commander of 36th Division, could muster.

Defender: American (1st Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment, 157th Regimental Cannon Company, 191st Tank Battalion and 645th Tank Destroyer Battalion)  

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