Avalanche

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Allied amphibious landing World War II operation military operation

Avalanche is the codename for Operation Avalanche, the Allied invasion of mainland Italy during World War II that began with the Salerno landings in September 1943.

Aliases (1)

Operation Avalanche ×45

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Allied amphibious landing → World War II operation → military operation → military operation →
alsoKnownAs	Salerno landings →
belligerent	Allied forces → Axis powers →
codenameFor	Operation Avalanche →
commander	Harold Alexander → Heinrich von Vietinghoff NERFINISHED → Mark W. Clark →
conflict	World War II →
country	Italy →
dateContext	took place after the fall of Mussolini →
endDate	1943-09-16 →
followedBy	Battle of the Volturno Line → advance toward Naples →
front	Italian Front →
involvedUnit	British X Corps → German 10th Army → U.S. Fifth Army → U.S. VI Corps →
landingArea	Gulf of Salerno → beaches south of Salerno →
location	Salerno → mainland Italy →
objective	capture Naples → secure a beachhead in mainland Italy →
opponent	Germany → Italy →
partOf	Allied invasion of Italy → Allied invasion of mainland Italy → Italian Campaign →
plannedBy	Allied high command →
precededBy	Allied invasion of Sicily →
primaryAlliedNation	United Kingdom NERFINISHED → United States →
relatedEvent	Italian armistice of 8 September 1943 →
relatedOperation	Operation Baytown → Operation Slapstick →
result	Allied victory →
riskFactor	conducted without preliminary naval bombardment at some beaches →
startDate	1943-09-09 →
startMonth	September 1943 →
strategicSignificance	forced German diversion of forces to Italy → opened a new front on mainland Europe →
theater	Mediterranean Theater of Operations →
type	amphibious assault →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Operation Avalanche →	codename