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With the same weather conditions before the onslaught, the 2nd and 3rd battalions of the 1st Infantry Regiment did initially miracles. Some positions were won, but the with losses caused by the German artillery fire. Again the attempted conquest proved fruitless, and worse, causing 150 casualties, and 20 Brazilian soldiers had been killed. The lesson served to reinforce Mascarenhas conviction that Monte Castle would only be taken if the entire division was used in the attack - and not just a few battalions, as had ordered the 5th Army.
Only on February 19, 1945, after the winter improved, the command of the 5th Army determined a new offensive to conquer the mountain. It would use the allied troops, including the 1st DIE, into the [[Po (river|Po valley]] to the border with [[France]].
==The final attack==
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