German Luftwaffe Squadron flag (?) taken from the flagpole at Rimini, Italy Luftwaffe Airfield by K42227 Pte Liddicoat W.A., He was a dispatch rider with the Anti-Tank Platoon. The Battle of Rimini took place in between 13 and 21 September 1944 during Operation Olive, the main Allied offensive on the Gothic Line in August and September 1944, part of the Italian Campaign in the Second World War. Rimini, a town on the Adriatic coast of Italy, anchored the Rimini Line, a German defensive line which was the third such line forming the Gothic Line defenses.