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Spring 1945 offensive in Italy
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<p>The Spring 1945 offensive in Italy, codenamed Operation Grapeshot, was the final <a href="/facts/Allies_of_World_War_II/YzCdtjDY">Allied</a> attack during the <a href="/facts/Italian_Campaign_(World_War_II)/FwY1HJDM">Italian Campaign</a> in the final stages of the <a href="/facts/Second_World_War/2efV5L1U">Second World War</a>. The attack in the <a href="/facts/Lombardy/2p62Pxuc">Lombard Plain</a> by the <a href="/facts/15th_Army_Group/2tBzCPAc">15th Allied Army Group</a> started on 6 April 1945 and ended on 2 May with the <a href="/facts/Surrender_of_Caserta/EaSFeJ1X">surrender of all Axis forces in Italy</a>. </p>