The war against the Axis Powers was on many fronts. My father fought in Italy from Anzio to the Po River Valley. The fighting in Italy did not end until one week before the formal German surrender.
My (now deceased) B.I.L. was in Italy from Reggio Calabria on. He never spoke of it. Apparently Reggio wasn’t too bad, but it got steadily worse as they advanced. At least that is what the history books tell me.