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Although the Fifth Army's western push was no sideshow, its future lay in the deep valleys and high peaks of the Apennines. For the Eighth, the future was brighter; the breakthrough would not be complete until Rimini was passed, but beyond that was no natural defensive feature to help the Germans. Beyond, there was nothing but the plain of the Po, with its great industrial cities whose population could be counted on to give the Allies more help than they had received in any other section of Italy...
North of these ports was the Arno River and the German "Gothic" line, largely backed by the Appenines. The weak point was Rimini, in flat land on the Adriatic. If the Allies broke through at Rimini, they could fan out into the Emilian plain, flank the entire line. That would end the Germans in Italy...
Allied strafing and bombing planes were in the Arno River valley, behind which the Germans have been building the "Gothic Line" (see map). Its outposts were reportedly at Pisa, Florence, and Rimini. However, Allied sources revealed that an additional defense in depth had been constructed farther north-from Marina di Carrara, some 30 miles above Pisa, eastward to a point 18 miles above Florence...
Since February, destruction on the railroads has spread over an area 150 miles wide, from Rome to Pisa on the east coast, from Pescara to Rimini on the west. Uncle Joe's mediums and fighter bombers have smashed bridges, tunnels and tracks at scores, even hundreds, of places, and the fighters have gone back to shoot up repair crews...
David Lichine, Rostov-born, Paris-trained alumnus of Ida Rubinstein's troupe and one of the few choreographers who is equally famed as a dancer of male leads. A rival of Massine, Lichine resembles him in his love for flamboyant spectacle (Fair at Sorochinsk, Francesca da Rimini) and sophisticated satire (Helen of Troy, Graduation Ball...