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But on December 12, 1944, the transaction was effected, which date would be remembered for the FEB as the most violent faced by Brazilian troops in the theater of operations in Italy.
With the same weather conditions before the onslaught, the 2nd and 3rd battalions of the 1st Infantry Regiment did initially miracles. There was initially some positions won, but the heavy German artillery fire, made their losses. Again the attempted conquest proved fruitless, and worse, causing 150 casualties, and 20 Brazilian soldiers had been killed. The lesson served to reinforce the conviction that Mascarenhas Monte Castle of the Germans would only be taken if the entire division was used in the attack - and not just a few battalions, as he had ordered the 5th Army.
Only on February 19, 1945, after the winter improves the command of the 5th Army determined the beginning of a new afensiva to conquer the mountain. Such an offensive would use the allied troops, including the 1st DIE, an offensive that would lead the troops into the Po Valley to the border with [[France]].
==The final attack==
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