✦ History

Italian campaign

July 9, 1943 – May 2, 1945

Result Allied victory

Ended by Surrender at Caserta

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.

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Battles and events 20

July 9 – August 17, 1943
Allied invasion of Sicily Allied victory Dwight D. Eisenhower, George S. Patton, Bernard Montgomery
July 31 – August 6, 1943
Battle of Troina Allied victory Troina Omar Bradley, George S. Patton
September 3–16, 1943
Allied invasion of Italy Allied victory Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bernard Montgomery, Albert Kesselring
September 3, 1943
Armistice of Cassibile Cassibile Pietro Badoglio
September 8–19, 1943
Operation Achse Axis victory Italy Gerd von Rundstedt, Erwin Rommel, Albert Kesselring
September 12, 1943
Gran Sasso raid Hotel Campo Imperatore
September 30, 1943
Four Days of Naples Resistance victory Naples
December 2, 1943
Air raid on Bari German victory Bari Albert Kesselring, Harold Alexander, Wolfram von Richthofen
December 3–9, 1943
Battle of Monte la Difensa Allied victory Monte Camino
December 4–26, 1943
Moro River campaign Moro Bernard Montgomery, Albert Kesselring, Miles Dempsey
December 8–17, 1943
Battle of San Pietro Infine Allied victory San Pietro Infine Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin
January 17 – May 18, 1944
Battle of Monte Cassino Allied victory Monte Cassino Albert Kesselring, Harold Alexander, Mark W. Clark
January 22 – June 4, 1944
Battle of Anzio Allied victory Anzio Albert Kesselring, Harold Alexander, Mark W. Clark
June 16 – July 18, 1944
Battle of Ancona Allied victory Ancona
June 17–19, 1944
Invasion of Elba Allied victory Elba Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
August 25 – December 31, 1944
Operation Olive Inconclusive Albert Kesselring, Harold Alexander, Rodolfo Graziani
October 20, 1944
Bombing of Gorla Gorla
November 25, 1944 – February 21, 1945
Battle of Monte Castello Allied victory Gaggio Montano
December 26–28, 1944
Battle of Garfagnana Axis victory Rodolfo Graziani, Edward Almond
April 6 – May 2, 1945
Spring 1945 offensive in Italy Allied victory Benito Mussolini, Harold Alexander, Rodolfo Graziani

Key commanders

Axis 12

Albert Kesselring military commander Heinrich von Vietinghoff military commander Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin military commander Eberhard von Mackensen military commander Alfred Schlemm military commander Traugott Herr military commander Benito Mussolini belligerent leader Rodolfo Graziani military commander Vittorio Ambrosio military commander Alfredo Guzzoni military commander Joachim Lemelsen military commander Wolfram von Richthofen military commander

Allies 15

Harold Alexander military commander Mark W. Clark military commander Oliver Leese military commander Lucian Truscott military commander John P. Lucas military commander Dwight D. Eisenhower military commander Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson military commander George S. Patton military commander Bernard Montgomery military commander Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope military commander Arthur Coningham military commander Omar Bradley military commander Miles Dempsey military commander Edward Almond military commander Jean de Lattre de Tassigny military commander

Germany 4

Gerd von Rundstedt military commander Erwin Rommel military commander Albert Kesselring military commander Maximilian von Weichs military commander

Italy 3

Pietro Badoglio military commander Vittorio Ambrosio military commander Mario Roatta military commander