Strategy & Tactics 359 Forgotten Front Italy 1944-45

Forgotten Front: Italy, June 1944–May 45 On 5 June 1944, Rome fell to the Allies. It was the first Axis capital to do so, and it should have been huge news. However, D-Day took place the next day. As one reporter put it at the time, Allied forces in Italy—and across the Mediterranean—suddenly “become performers without an audience.” Italy remained a backwater for the rest of the war, but here is our analysis of its continued strategic importance. Feature articles including: 17th Century Corporate Wars, The Battle of Parwan: Afghanistan, 1221, The Cenepa War