Get kids back-to-school ready with Expedition: Learn! The 5th US and 8th British Armies landed on Sicily on July 9, 1943. The two… The rivers were subject to sudden and unexpected flooding, which constantly thwarted the Allied commanders' plans.The situation south of Rome showing German prepared defensive linesIn early October 1943, Hitler was persuaded by his Army Group Commander in Southern Italy, Kesselring was given command of the whole of Italy and immediately ordered the preparation of a series of defensive lines across Italy, south of Rome. It is estimated that between September 1943 and April 1945, some 60,000 Allied and 50,000 German soldiers died in Italy.The strategic disagreement was fierce, with the US service chiefs arguing for an invasion of France as early as possible, while their British counterparts advocated a policy centred on operations in the Mediterranean. Fifty-eight Canadians drowned and 50… On January 22, 1944, the Allies achieved what probably was their most complete tactical surprise of the war by landing in excess of 36,000 troops and 3,000 vehicles before midnight, securing a beachhead only 37 miles (60 km) from Rome.

Jul 13, 2020 - Explore Allan Davy's board "Italian campaign", followed by 158 people on Pinterest. British estimates for 1–22 April 1945: 41,000 casualties. In the most mountainous areas of Abruzzo, more than half the width of the peninsula comprises crests and peaks over 3,000 feet (910 m) that are relatively easy to defend; and the spurs and re-entrants to the spine confronted the Allies with a succession of ridges and rivers across their line of advance. Paul Oglesby, US 30th Infantry Division, before the altar in a damaged Roman Catholic church in AcernoGurkhas of 4th Indian Division keep watch in Alpi di Catenaia from high ground on Monte Castiglione, 29 July 1944.In the period from June to August 1944, the Allies advanced beyond Rome, taking FlorenceThe poor winter weather, which made armoured manoeuvre and the exploitation of overwhelming air superiority impossible, coupled with the massive losses suffered to its ranks during the autumn fighting,The Allies' final offensive commenced with massive aerial and artillery bombardments on 9 April 1945.British infantry ride on Sherman tanks of 6th Armoured Division as they head towards the Austrian border, 4 May 1945.By 25 April, the Italian Partisans' Committee of Liberation declared a general uprising,As April came to an end, Army Group C, the Axis forces in Italy, retreating on all fronts and having lost most of its fighting strength, was left with little option but surrender.Ellis provides the following information on Allied losses for the campaign, but includes no dates. Following victory in the North African Campaign, there was disagreement among the Allies on the next step they should take. Even with a large army, but greater naval power, the traditional British answer against a continental enemy was to fight as part of a coalition and mount small peripheral operations designed to gradually weaken the enemy. Just getting men and equipment to the region was dangerous. He notes that other sources, for only the army, losses between June 1941 and 10 April 1945 amount to 46,800 killed, 208,240 missing, and 168,570 wounded.Harold Alexander after the war used a figure of 312,000Moraes, "The Brazilian Expeditionary Force By Its Commander" Chapter V (The IV Corps Offensive); Sections Mavrogordato, Ralph S. (2000 (reissue from 1960)). The Allies’ northward advance up the Italian peninsula to Rome was still blocked by Kesselring’s Gustav Line, which was hinged on Monte Cassino.


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