✦ History

Part of World War II, Italian campaign

Allied invasion of Italy

September 3–16, 1943 · Battle site

Result Allied victory

The landings in Calabria, at Salerno and at Taranto as Italy surrendered; the Germans nearly threw the Salerno beachhead back into the sea.

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Axis

Allies

Germany
Italy
United Kingdom
United States
Canada
Albert Kesselring military commander Heinrich von Vietinghoff military commander
Dwight D. Eisenhower military commander Bernard Montgomery military commander Harold Alexander military commander Mark W. Clark military commander Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
189,000
Killed
2,009
Wounded
7,050
Missing
3,501

Units

10th Army (Wehrmacht) 15th Panzergrenadier Division 16th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 16th Panzer Division
US Fifth Army VI Corps (United States) II Corps (United States) V Corps (United Kingdom) X Corps (United Kingdom) 1st Armored Division (United States) 34th Infantry Division (United States) 36th Infantry Division (United States) 45th Infantry Division (United States) 82nd Airborne Division US 3rd Division 442nd Infantry Regiment 504th Infantry Regiment 7th Infantry Regiment (United States) No. 2 Commando

Battles 3