Italy 1943–1945
Monte Cipolla, Brolo
Battlefield
The story
The second 'end run'. Bernard's battalion landed at Brolo on 11 August and held Monte Cipolla for a day against the 29th Panzergrenadier Division, losing 177 men, before the rest of the 3rd Division broke through the Naso ridge to relieve them.
What to look for
The hill above the coast road between the Naso and Brolo rivers, and the beach below where the landing craft came in.
Plan your visit
View from the coast road and Brolo seafront; the hill is farmland. Messina is 85 km, about 1 hr on the A20.
Nearby sites
- Landing beach, Sant'Agata di Militello · 16 km
- San Fratello ridge, San Fratello · 24 km
- Robert Capa Photography Museum, Troina · 45 km
- Centuripe, Enna · 59 km
- Agira Canadian War Cemetery, Agira · 60 km
- Sacrario di Cristo Re, Messina · 65 km
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Into Europe: Italy 1943–1945
A free field guide for your phone: the route, the maps and the stories built in, even with no signal. The places of the Allied campaign in Italy, from the Sicily landings of July 1943 through Salerno, the Winter Line, Ortona, Cassino and Anzio, Rome, the Gothic Line and the final battles on the Senio and the Po in April 1945.
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