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US VI Corps (1943–1945)

Corps · United States · August 1, 1940 – May 8, 1945

American corps that landed at Salerno and Anzio, broke out toward Rome, then landed in Provence and fought through Alsace into Austria.

Recorded for Italian campaign.

Served with

US Fifth Army August 20, 1943 – July 31, 1944
US Seventh Army August 1, 1944 – May 8, 1945

Engagements 2

Allied invasion of Italy September 3–16, 1943
Battle of Anzio January 22 – June 4, 1944

Movements

September 9, 1943 Salerno beachhead (Allied invasion of Italy) · map
October 13, 1943 The Volturno · map
January 22, 1944 Lands at Anzio (Battle of Anzio) · map
May 25, 1944 Breaks out of the Anzio beachhead · map
June 4, 1944 Rome · map
August 15, 1944 Lands in Provence · map
August 28, 1944 Montélimar · map
November 23, 1944 Strasbourg · map
January 5, 1945 Operation Nordwind · map
May 4, 1945 – May 8, 1945 Innsbruck · map

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