Who liberated Assisi in 1944?

[Bob Potter]

As if I need another unfinished diorama idea, I am looking for a reason to model that lovely pink stone of that sacred town.

I know from my copy of Guido Rosignoli's "Allied Forces in Italy," that the British 10th Corps liberated Assisi on the 7th or 8th of June 1944 (book is upstairs, I am here). I want to know what specific unit got there first.

I also suspect that the 10th Corps bypassed Assisi because the road from Foligno to Perugia goes BY Assisi through the valley, and that the road through Assisi to the north just goes into the mountains way the heck and gone essentially to nowhere. But I am hoping that somebody was sent up the hill "just to check . . ."

If I know what unit, then I can make an educated guess about what kind of vehicle to put next to the buildings, although anything larger than a jeep might be stretching it.

Thanks a heap for reading. I hope I don't open TOO big a can of worms here.

Cheers

Bob