✦ History

Allied invasion of Italy

September 3โ€“16, 1943

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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Battles 3

September 3, 1943
Operation Baytown Allied victory Reggio Calabria Bernard Montgomery, Miles Dempsey, Guy Simonds
September 9, 1943
Operation Slapstick British success Taranto
September 9, 1943
Operation Avalanche Allied victory Salerno Mark W. Clark, Heinrich von Vietinghoff, Traugott Herr

Key commanders

Allies 7

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 Miles Dempsey military commander Guy Simonds military commander

Axis 3

Albert Kesselring military commander Heinrich von Vietinghoff military commander Traugott Herr military commander