File:SpringOffensiveItaly1945.jpg

Summary
As Allied forces pushed across the Po, on the left flank the Brazilian, 34th Infantry and 1st Armored Divisions of IV Corps were pushed west and northwest along the line of Highway 9 towards Piacenza and across the Po to seal possible escape routes into Austria and Switzerland via Lake Garda.http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SpringOffensiveItaly1945.jpg