Italy
ELMS works with Italian partners in the Tenna Valley, Rossano and Sulmona regions to keep the wartime escape routes alive. The pages below share itineraries, memorial services and local research from each trail.
- Rossano Freedom Trail – International Battalion routes across the Apennines and over the Gothic Line.
- Tenna Valley Trail – Safe houses, contadini networks and the Villa Salvadori waypoints.
- Sulmona Trail – San Martino commemorations from POW Camp PG 78 to Castel di Sangro.
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Rossano
The Rossano Freedom Trail Italy During the Second World War Rossano had been the headquarters of the International Battalion of Partisans who were led by Major Gordon Lett, an escaper from the POW cam…
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Escape Lines in Italy The history of escape in Italy is very different from that of the occupied countries of western Europe. Italy was, until September 1943 a co belligerent with Germany and there we…
Read moreThe Sulmona Trail
We have used the term Sulmona trail to refer to all the events that take place in the area of the town of Sulmona, in the Abruzzi region of Italy. The trail takes place annually at the end of April an…
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