Toyo Mitunobu, rear-admiral, employed naval Japanese in Italy ; On June 8th, 1944 was going to Merano for a naval Lecture of the Three party government, together with his assistant head Yamanaka.
In Pianosinatico (close to Abetone pass) along the Gothic Line

Gothic Line

The Gothic Line formed Field Marshal Albert Kesselring's last major line of defence in the final stages of World War II along the summits of the Apennines during the fighting retreat of German forces in Italy against the Allied Armies in Italy commanded by General Sir Harold Alexander.Adolf Hitler...

, his car was stopped by XI Zone Patriots, commanded by Manrico "Pippo" Ducceschi, and as he tried to escape, was killed so that many important documents concerning Pacific Ocean war zone were found, permitting later important actions for final victory of US Army.