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Fifth Army soldiers advance towards the German defensive Gustav Line spanning central Italy in mid- September 1943, about a week after the Allied landing in Salerno. Initial rapid gains soon slowed as Allied troops became mired in the mountains. (Photo by Getty Images)

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