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Albanella

Albanella is a town and municipality in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. It is 51 kilometres (32 mi) from the city of Salerno.

In the book

The rail station just south of the Sele where Fifth Army HQ — and the parasitically attached section — sits during the battle for the beachhead; German tanks push toward it to within a mile of Lewis’s slit trench.

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Appears in 2 diary entries.

September 11 1943
HQ moves to a tranquil rural setting, but there's a creeping sense that the Fifth Army is unprepared and undefended.
- War & violence
- Personal reflection
September 14 1943
An intense night battle near the beachhead, with naval bombardment lighting the sky and hurried, ad hoc arming of the intelligence men.
- War & violence

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