These maps detail Allied and Axis positions leading up to, and during, the December 26, 1944 battle in the village of Sommocolonia chronicled in Braided in Fire: Black GIs and Tuscan Villagers on the Gothic Line. Click on the images below to view each at a larger size.
Allied and Axis positions on the western side of the Gothic Line, September 1944
Allied and Axis positions on the western side of the Gothic Line — December 25, 1944, the day before the battle of Sommocolonia chronicled in Braided in Fire.
Wintergewitter | Allied and Axis positions on December 26, 1944
The German attack on the village of Sommocolonia, December 26, 1944. Dwellings of villagers documented in Braided in Fire are noted.
