Battle of Montecarotto
| Battle of Montecarotto | |||||||
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| Part of World War II | |||||||
Contrada S. Pietro, Passage of the Allied front | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Wehrmacht |
UK British Eighth Army POL Polish II Corps Italian Liberation Corps Brigata Maiella National Liberation Committee | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Albert Kesselring Wilhelm Raapke Max-Günther Schrank |
UK Oliver Leese POL Władysław Anders Umberto Utili Ettore Troilo Ivanoe Bonomi | ||||||
The Battle of Montecarotto was a military engagement during the final phase of the liberation of the province of Ancona from the Nazi occupation of Italy during World War II. The battle took place between the Maiella Brigade (a volunteer Italian partisan formation established on December 5, 1943 in the Majella area) and a detachment from the Polish Second Corps (Polish: Drugi Korpus Wojska Polskiego) against the German army, which was determined to trap the Abruzzo formation in a deadly pincer movement.
The battle began on July 24, 1944 and concluded on August 4, 1944. The Maiella Brigade, operating under Polish command, was supported by units from the Italian Liberation Corps (CIL) under General Umberto Utili, as well as partisan forces led by Vice Commander and Field Commander Domenico Troilo.