Italian campaign
July 9, 1943 – May 2, 1945 · Battle site
Result Allied victory
The Allied campaign in Italy from the Sicily landings to the German surrender at Caserta: Italy changed sides in September 1943, and the Allies fought north up the peninsula against German defensive lines.
Axis
Allies
Other
Strength and losses
- Casualties
- 1,549,590–1,793,570
- Strength
- 619,947
- Casualties
- 358,295–376,637
United States Casualties 119,200 · Tanks lost c. 3,377
United Kingdom Casualties 89,440
Canada Casualties 25,890
British Raj Casualties 20,000
Union of South Africa Casualties 3,860
- Civilian deaths
- 152,940
Units
Army Group B
Army Group C
10th Army (Wehrmacht)
14th Army (Wehrmacht)
Army Liguria
Italian Liberation Corps
LXXV Army Corps (Wehrmacht)
LXXXXVII Army Corps (Wehrmacht)
155th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
184th Infantry Division "Nembo"
1st Bersaglieri Division "Italia"
1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
2nd Grenadier Division "Littorio"
305th Infantry Division
30th Infantry Division "Sabauda"
334th Infantry Division
3rd Marine Infantry Division "San Marco"
44th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
4th Alpine Division "Monterosa"
65th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
710th Infantry Division
90th Light Infantry Division
92nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
94th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
Turkestan Legion
15th Army Group
Eighth Army (United Kingdom)
Polish II Corps
US Fifth Army
VI Corps (United States)
Also under Seventh United States Army
French Expeditionary Corps (1943–44)
II Corps (United States)
IV Corps (United States)
V Corps (United Kingdom)
XIII Corps (United Kingdom)
XXX Corps (United Kingdom)
10th Infantry Division (India)
10th Mountain Division
1st Armored Division (United States)
1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division
1st Free French Division
2nd Moroccan Infantry Division
2nd New Zealand Division
34th Infantry Division (United States)
3rd Algerian Infantry Division
45th Infantry Division (United States)
4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
4th Moroccan Mountain Division
5th Canadian Division
5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
5th Kresowa Infantry Division
6th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)
7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)
85th Support Command
88th Readiness Division
8th Infantry Division (India)
91st Training Division
11th Indian Infantry Brigade
22nd Armoured Brigade
7th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)
141st Infantry Regiment (United States)
1st Flintshire Rifle Volunteers
75th Ranger Regiment
87th Infantry Regiment (United States)
3rd Ranger Battalion
1st Brazilian Fighter Squadron
Balkan Air Force
Mediterranean Allied Air Forces
South African Air Force
Battles and events 20
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Allied invasion of Sicily July 9 – August 17, 1943 · Allied victory
- Operation Ladbroke July 9–10, 1943 · British victory
- Operation Fustian July 13–16, 1943 · British victory
- Battle of Troina July 31 – August 6, 1943 · Allied victory
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Allied invasion of Italy September 3–16, 1943 · Allied victory
- Operation Baytown September 3, 1943 · Allied victory
- Operation Slapstick September 9, 1943 · British success
- Operation Avalanche September 9, 1943 · Allied victory
- Armistice of Cassibile September 3, 1943
- Operation Achse September 8–19, 1943 · Axis victory
- Gran Sasso raid September 12, 1943
- Four Days of Naples September 30, 1943 · Resistance victory
- Air raid on Bari December 2, 1943 · German victory
- Battle of Monte la Difensa December 3–9, 1943 · Allied victory
-
Moro River campaign December 4–26, 1943
- Battle of Ortona December 20–28, 1943 · Canadian victory
- Battle of San Pietro Infine December 8–17, 1943 · Allied victory
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Battle of Monte Cassino January 17 – May 18, 1944 · Allied victory
- Battle of Rapido River January 22, 1944 · German victory
- Operation Diadem May 11–23, 1944 · Allied victory
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Battle of Anzio January 22 – June 4, 1944 · Allied victory
- Battle of Cisterna January 30 – February 2, 1944 · German victory
- Battle of Ancona June 16 – July 18, 1944 · Allied victory
- Invasion of Elba June 17–19, 1944 · Allied victory
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Operation Olive August 25 – December 31, 1944 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Gemmano September 4–15, 1944 · Allied victory
- Battle of Rimini (1944) September 13–21, 1944 · Allied victory
- Battle of San Marino September 17–20, 1944 · Allied victory
- Bombing of Gorla October 20, 1944
- Battle of Monte Castello November 25, 1944 – February 21, 1945 · Allied victory
- Battle of Garfagnana December 26–28, 1944 · Axis victory
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Spring 1945 offensive in Italy April 6 – May 2, 1945 · Allied victory
- Operation Tombola March 27 – April 23, 1945 · Allied victory
- Battle of Bologna April 9–21, 1945 · Allied victory
- Battle of the Argenta Gap April 12–19, 1945 · Allied victory
- Operation Herring April 19–23, 1945 · Allied victory
- Battle of Collecchio April 26–29, 1945 · Allied victory
- Race for Trieste April 30 – May 2, 1945 · Allied victory
Before and after
- Ended by
- Surrender at Caserta April 29, 1945
