Battle of the Rapido River

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The Battle of the Rapido River was a costly and controversial World War II engagement in January 1944, in which U.S. forces suffered heavy casualties attempting to cross the Rapido River during the Italian campaign.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of the Rapido River canonical	2
Battle of the Rapido-Gari	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of the Gari River NERFINISHED ⓘ Crossing of the Rapido NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Allied forces ⓘ Axis forces ⓘ Germany ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
casualties	heavy U.S. casualties ⓘ
characterizedAs	controversial operation ⓘ costly engagement ⓘ
combatant	36th Infantry Division (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ German Tenth Army NERFINISHED ⓘ German XIV Panzer Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Fifth Army NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. II Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	Fred L. Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark W. Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved	Nazi Germany ⓘ United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
date	January 1944 ⓘ
endDate	1944-01-22 ⓘ
followedBy	continued fighting around Cassino ⓘ
front	Gustav Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCause	Allied strategy to divert German forces from Anzio landings ⓘ
location	Italy ⓘ Lazio NERFINISHED ⓘ Rapido River NERFINISHED ⓘ near Cassino ⓘ
notableFor	high losses in a short period ⓘ subsequent political and military controversy in the United States ⓘ
objective	to break the German Gustav Line defenses ⓘ to force a crossing of the Rapido River ⓘ
outcome	failed U.S. river crossing ⓘ
partOf	Allied campaign in Italy ⓘ Italian campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Allied attempts to breach the Gustav Line ⓘ
relatedTo	Battle of Monte Cassino NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	German defensive victory ⓘ
startDate	1944-01-20 ⓘ
strategicContext	support of Operation Shingle (Anzio landings) ⓘ
tacticalSituation	difficult river crossing under fire ⓘ strong German prepared defenses ⓘ
theater	Italian Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	1940s ⓘ 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Winter Line operations → notableBattle → Battle of the Rapido River ⓘ

Winter Line → significantBattle → Battle of the Rapido River ⓘ

French Expeditionary Corps in Italy → engagedInBattle → Battle of the Rapido River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Rapido-Gari