September 21, 1944: The 3rd Mountain Brigade raises the Greek flag in Riminitranslated

The Battle of Rimini was a World War II military engagement in which Greek arms were glorified. It was conducted from September 13 to 21, 1944 on Italian soil, as part of the allied Operation Olive. It had as its objective the breaking up of the so-called "Gothic Defense Line", which had been compacted by the retreating Germans. After the capture of Rome by the Allied troops (June 4, 1944), the German forces stationed in Italy collapsed on the "Gothic Defense Line", which stretched from Pisa to Rimini on the Adriatic coast. The execution of Operation Olive was undertaken by the US 5th Army under Lieutenant General Mark Clarke in the western sector and the British 8th Army under Lieutenant General Sir Oliver Lees in the eastern sector, which extended to the Adriatic Sea.

The 3rd Greek Mountain Brigade, consisting of three infantry battalions, commanded by Colonel Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos (1897-1989), had joined the 8th British Army. This unit had been formed in the Middle East after the Eames insurrectionary movement of April 6, 1944 and consisted mainly of law-abiding...