Discover the multiple challenges facing Alexander’s armies during offensive operations against the Germans on mainland Italy.

Visit the Salerno beaches south of Naples and appreciate the risks US General Mark Clark faced during Operation AVALANCHE. Understand the British 56 Division fought for the Battipaglia Tobacco Factory and see the surviving Fiocche Tobacco Factory in the American sector. Witness the determined German counterattacks that very nearly split the Allied Corps along the Sele River. Appreciate the operational level measures that General Alexander took to ensure the survival of the beachhead. Perhaps also visit the culturally important sites of Herculaneum, Paestum and Pompei. Discover the mountainous Winter Line, its excellent museum in Venafro and consider climbing Monte Camino as the Guards battalions did in late 1944. Understand the importance of capturing Monte Cassino in Von Senger’s Gustav Line defences. Visit the reconstructed Benedictine monastery, the Polish Cemetery, Doctor’s House and Albaneta Farm. Gain an understanding of the scale and scope of Operation DIADEM from Point 593. Sense the frustration experienced by the allies at Anzio through the diorama at the US Cemetery at Nettuno. Visit the visit the wadis and gullies to recognise the nature of the fighting that took place during the stalemate period. From the Mussolini Canal gain an understanding of the plans for the breakout, and from Nemi contemplate Clark’s controversial decision to drive for Rome in June 1944.