Created by Tom Horn on 29 May 2010, Last Update on 29 May 2010

Rome falls - 4 Jun 1944

Missing an opportunity to cut off and destroy a large part of the German 10th Army retreating from the Gustav Line, allied forces move along the coast to Rome. The first Axis capital to fall is captured after the German army declare it an 'open city'.

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Tags : Italy,Germany,United States,Land,Europe,Combat

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