Battle of Rimini (1944)

The Battle of Rimini took place between 13 and 21 September 1944 during Operation Olive, the main Allied offensive on the Gothic Line in August and September 1944, part of the Italian Campaign in the Second World War. Rimini, a city on Italy's Adriatic coast, anchored the Rimini Line, a German defensive line which was the third such line of the Gothic Line defences.

This article is about the battle to capture the town of Rimini in September 1944. For the use of the name as an alternative to Operation Olive, the wide offensive of 15th Army Group in Italy on the Gothic Line, see Gothic Line.
Battle of Rimini
Part of the Gothic Line Offensive during the Italian campaign of World War II

German trucks driving through muddy, flooded and unpaved roads near Rimini; typical terrain encountered during the offensive.
Date13–21 September 1944
Location
Rimini, Italy
44°03′34″N 12°34′06″E
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Canada
 Greece
 New Zealand		  Germany
Commanders and leaders
E. L. M. Burns
Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos		 Traugott Herr
Units involved
1st Infantry Division
2nd Infantry Division
3rd Mountain Brigade		 1st Fallschirmjäger Regiment
Turkestan Legion

Rimini, which had been hit previously by 373 air raids, had 1,470,000 rounds fired against it by Allied land forces; by the end of the battle, only 2% of all buildings in the city escaped damage.

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