The German 10th Army was allowed to escape by Mark Clark so that the US 5th Army and not the British 8th Army would capture this city.
An anchor point of a defensive system for this city fell in a battle between Canadians and Fallschirmjager (FAL-shyam-YAY-ger) in which the term "mouseholing" was coined. The German 10th Army was allowed to escape by Mark Clark so that the US 5th Army and not the British 8th Army would capture this city. Operation Strangle interdicted supplies near this city to back Operation Diadem, an attack that took Route 6, the (*) Liri Valley, and this city. In March 1944, Herbert Kappler ignored Kesselring's order to use death row prisoners in reprisals and carried out the Ardeatine Caves Massacre here. This city was defended to the south by the Adolf Hitler and Gustav Lines, parts of the Winter Line. This city, twice declared an open city, fell to the Allies on June 4th, 1944, two days before D-Day opened a new European theater. For 10 points, name this capital city that fell in the Italian Campaign.
An anchor point of a defensive system for this city fell in a battle between Canadians and Fallschirmjager (FAL-shyam-YAY-ger) in which the term "mouseholing" was coined.
Rome [or Roma]