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The Allied invasion of Italy was the Allied amphibious landing on mainland Italy that took place from 3 September 1943, during the Italian campaign of World War II.The operation was undertaken by General Sir Harold Alexander's 15th Army Group (comprising General Mark W. Clark's American Fifth Army and General Bernard Montgomery's British Eighth Army) and followed the successful Allied invasion ...
The Italian campaign of World War II, also called the Liberation of Italy following the German occupation in September 1943, consisted of Allied and Axis operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to 1945.
It consists of a chapel to the south, a peristyle, and a map room to the north. On the white marble walls of the chapel are engraved the names of 3,095 of the missing. Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified. The map room contains a bronze relief map and four fresco maps depicting the military operations in Sicily and Italy.
The Battle of Rapido River was fought from 20 to 22 January 1944 during one of the Allies' many attempts to breach the Winter Line during the Italian Campaign of World War II. Despite its name, the battle occurred on the Gari River .
Salerno, Italy Italian Campaign 4,870 [7] Allied victory Germany and Italy first battle of the Allied invasion of mainland Italy; Battle of Monte Cassino: January 17, 1944 May 18, 1944 Monte Cassino, Italy Italian Campaign 100,000+ (Total allied casualties) [3] Allied victory Germany resulted in controversial bombing of Monte Cassino Abbey
Western Front; Part of the European theatre of World War II: Clockwise from top left: Rotterdam after the Blitz, German Heinkel He 111 planes during the Battle of Britain, Allied paratroopers during Operation Market Garden, American troops running through Wernberg, Germany, Siege of Bastogne, American troops landing at Omaha Beach during Operation Overlord
Volume Three. Europe: Argument to V-E Day, January 1944 to May 1945. Section III – Italy. The Army Air Forces in World War II. University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Office of Airforce History. ISBN 978-0-912799-03-2. OCLC 314452493. Singh, Sarbans (1993). Battle Honours of the Indian Army 1757–1971. New Delhi: Vision Books.
Italy campaigns: Sicily: 9 July – 17 August 1943, the allied invasion and liberation of Sicily; Naples-Foggia: Air: 18 August 1943 – 21 January 1944; Ground: 9 September 1943 – 21 January 1944, from the Allied invasion of Italy to the Winter Line battles; Anzio: 22 January – 24 May 1944, the landing and battle at Anzio