Battle of San Pietro Infine
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The Battle of San Pietro Infine was a hard-fought World War II engagement in late 1943 in southern Italy, where Allied forces struggled to break through German defensive positions in the mountainous terrain of the Winter Line.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of San Pietro Infine canonical | 8 |
| The Battle of San Pietro (1945 film) | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II battle
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battle ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Canada
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Nazi Germany ⓘ
surface form:
German Reich
United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| belligerentSide |
Allies of World War II
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Axis powers ⓘ |
| casualties | heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ |
| characteristic |
heavy artillery use
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intense infantry combat ⓘ |
| commander |
Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin
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surface form:
Frido von Senger und Etterlin
Geoffrey Keyes ⓘ Heinrich von Vietinghoff ⓘ Mark W. Clark ⓘ Walker K. Harmon ⓘ |
| conflictIn | World War II ⓘ |
| coordinateRegion |
Liri Valley
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surface form:
Liri Valley approaches
Mignano Gap ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | Kingdom of Italy ⓘ |
| defensiveLine |
Bernhardt Line
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Winter Line ⓘ |
| documentaryDirector | John Huston ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
Battle of San Pietro Infine
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Battle of San Pietro (1945 film)
|
| endDate | 1943-12-17 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of Monte Cassino ⓘ |
| location |
Campania
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Province of Caserta ⓘ San Pietro Infine ⓘ Southern Italy ⓘ
surface form:
southern Italy
|
| memorialSite | Parco della Memoria Storica di San Pietro Infine ⓘ |
| notableFor | difficulty of attacking fortified mountain positions ⓘ |
| opposingForce |
German Tenth Army
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U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
surface form:
US Fifth Army
|
| outcome | German withdrawal from San Pietro Infine ⓘ |
| partOf |
Italian campaign
ⓘ
surface form:
Allied invasion of Italy
Italian campaign ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Campaign of World War II
operations against the German Winter Line ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Mignano Gap ⓘ |
| result | Allied victory ⓘ |
| startDate | 1943-12-08 ⓘ |
| strategicEffect |
breach of part of the Winter Line
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facilitated Allied advance toward Cassino and Rome ⓘ |
| terrain |
heavily fortified defensive positions
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mountainous terrain ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 1943 ⓘ |
| unitInvolved |
German 15th Panzergrenadier Division
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German 71st Infantry Division ⓘ 34th Infantry Division ⓘ
surface form:
US 34th Infantry Division
36th Infantry Division ⓘ
surface form:
US 36th Infantry Division
U.S. II Corps ⓘ
surface form:
US II Corps
|
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Battle of San Pietro (1945 film)