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It's a Long Way to Rome / Italy
Poster ID: CL862
Category: Political/World War II
Year: 1940s
Country: French
Approximate Size 63 x 47 inches
Condition: Very Good

1944 Allied forces had landed in Southern Italy from Sicily in early September 1943. The difficult terrain and tenacious German defence slowed progress towards Rome. The poster claims that a snail travelling at 0.8 metres a minute for 191 days would have advanced 320 kilometres [actually 220] by 1 April 1944, whereas the Allies had achieved only 180 kilometres. However, after the German defence line and Monte Cassino were stormed in mid-May 1944, the Allies moved on rapidly to liberate Rome on June 5 1944 (V&A Museum)

Keywords: War,WW2,politics,statistics,maps,snail,flags
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