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Monte Soratte' s galleries are a project conceived by Benito Mussolini in 30's. At the beginning it should be 14 kilometers (8 miles) long and holòes the mountain from side to side to garantee the gouvernament of Italy in case of general devastation of the nation. But the war stopped the building of the galleries when they were 4,5 kilometers (2 miles) long. Another reason that took to the choice of Soratte is its distance to Rome, that is 40 kilometers (24 miles).

NAZIST OCCUPATION On 13 September 1943 after the armistice, Germany became Italy's enemy.Unit C of Wehrmacht commanded by field-marshal Albert Kesserling gathered on Monte Soratte and he estabilished Oberkommand der Wehrmacht (the supreme command of southern Europe). All the orders and directivs of the war were decided in the bunker. The occupation finished on 3 June 1944. Another important event of the bunkers occupation is thebombing of 12 May 1944 by American planes "flying fortress b17" with a technique called "Fire Storm". The American army was advancing towards North from Anzio forcing Germans to leave the bunkers, for not have traces they setted the galleries on fire.