Come Back to Portofino - Through Italy with the 6th SA Armoured Division (Special Order ONLY 2-4 Day

Using archival sources and private documents recently unearthed, Come Back to Portofino chronicles the journey taken by volunteers in the 6th South African Armoured Division. From training camps in Egypt through to the idyllic summer of 1945 the Div left its mark on towns and villages across Italy. From Monte Cassino to the outskirts of Venice and Milan, the campaign lasted exactly twelve months. During the advance through Rome up to Florence, it was a case of constant movement and violent contact with the enemy.

Hardcover. English. 30 Degress South. . ISBN: 9781920143565. 544 pp. NEW. Book No: 2507347