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In WWII Italy, two soldiers have been granted a week of leave-but R&R is not in the cards for them.. January 1944: The great Allied advance up the Italian peninsula has come to a halt before the formidable German Gustav Line at Monte Cassino. For the American soldiers in the valley, there is nothing to do but wait as General Mark Clark prepares his plan to shatter the German defenses and continue Fifth Army's march to Rome. Captain Perkin Berger and...
2) Victory Road
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For these World War II soldiers, Highway 6 is the road to Rome-and to victory...
Fall, 1943: The Allied advance up the Italian peninsula has ground to a halt and the prospect of taking Rome before Christmas seems more distant than ever. In their first action since Salerno, First Lieutenant Sam Taft and the soldiers of Able Company are sent to wrest a lonely stretch of road from the German defenders.
The Italians call it Highway 6, but the boys...