Italian campaign

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World War II campaign military campaign

The Italian campaign was a series of Allied military operations in Italy during World War II aimed at knocking Italy out of the Axis and opening a new front against Germany in Europe.

Aliases (19)

Italian Campaign ×63
Allied invasion of Italy ×14
Italian Campaign (World War II) ×8
Italian campaign of World War II ×8
Italian Campaign of World War II ×6
Italian campaign (World War II) ×5
Italian Campaign (Second World War) ×3
Italian mainland campaign ×2
Battle of Anzio ×1
Italian Campaign (Gustav Line and Gothic Line) ×1
Italian Campaign (overlapping with Western Allies operations) ×1
Italian Campaign 1943–1945 ×1
Italian Campaign of the Second World War ×1
Italian Campaign on the Adriatic front ×1
Italian Front ×1
Italian Front in World War II ×1
Italian campaign in World War II ×1
Sicilian front ×1
World War II in Italy ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II campaign → military campaign →
conflict	World War II →
endTime	1945 →
hasParticipant	Allies of World War II → Axis powers → Brazil → Canada → Fascist Italy → Free French Forces → Germany → India → Italian Social Republic → Kingdom of Italy → New Zealand → Poland → South Africa → United Kingdom → United States →
includesBattle	Battle of Anzio → Battle of Monte Cassino → Battle of Ortona → Battle of the Winter Line → Gothic Line offensive →
includesOperation	Allied invasion of Italy → Allied invasion of Sicily → Operation Avalanche → Operation Baytown → Operation Husky → Operation Slapstick →
location	Central Italy → Italy → Northern Italy → Sicily → Southern Italy →
notableCommander	Albert Kesselring → Bernard Montgomery → Dwight D. Eisenhower → Harold Alexander → Heinrich von Vietinghoff →
objective	knock Italy out of the Axis → open a new front against Germany in Europe →
opponent	Luftwaffe → Waffen-SS → Wehrmacht →
partOf	European theatre of World War II →
result	Allied victory → German occupation of Northern Italy → collapse of Fascist regime in Italy → opening of a sustained land front against German forces in Italy → surrender of Italy to the Allies →
startTime	1943 →

Referenced by (143)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
442nd Regimental Combat Team ("Italian Campaign") → Arthur Tedder → Brazilian Air Force ("Italian Campaign") → British Indian Army ("Italian campaign of World War II") → Charles Allfrey → Free French Forces → Free French Forces → Heinrich von Vietinghoff ("Italian Campaign of World War II") → Henry Maitland Wilson ("Italian campaign (World War II)") → II Corps (United States) ("Italian mainland campaign") → Italy (1943–1945, co-belligerent with Allies) ("Italian Campaign") → James M. Gavin ("Allied invasion of Italy") → Kurt Student ("Italian Campaign (World War II)") → Leclerc ("Italian campaign of World War II") → Mark W. Clark ("Italian Campaign of World War II") → Oliver Leese ("Italian Campaign") → Oliver Leese → Sidney Kirkman ("Italian campaign (World War II)") → Southern Kingdom ("Italian Campaign") → Władysław Anders ("Italian Campaign (World War II)") →	participatedIn
Battle for Rome ("Italian Campaign") → Battle of Anzio ("Italian Campaign") → Battle of Monte Cassino ("Allied invasion of Italy") → Battle of Salerno ("Italian Campaign") → Battle of the Volturno Line ("Italian Campaign") → Battle of the Volturno Line ("Allied invasion of Italy") → German occupation of Italy ("Italian campaign of World War II") → Gothic Line offensive ("Italian Campaign") → Husky ("Italian Campaign") → Italian armistice of 1943 ("Italian Campaign") → Italian invasion of France ("Italian campaign in World War II") → Operation Avalanche ("Italian Campaign") → Operation Avalanche ("Italian Campaign") → Operation Baytown ("Italian Campaign") → Operation Baytown ("Allied invasion of Italy") → Operation Slapstick ("Italian Campaign") → Operation Slapstick ("Allied invasion of Italy") → Richard McCreery ("Italian Campaign of the Second World War") →	partOf
1st Airlanding Brigade ("Italian Campaign") → Alphonse Juin ("Italian campaign of World War II") → Bernard Freyberg ("Italian campaign (World War II)") → British Commonwealth forces ("Italian Campaign (World War II)") → British XXX Corps → Commander-in-Chief Allied Armies in Italy ("Italian Campaign") → Commonwealth War Graves cemeteries at Cassino ("Italian Campaign of World War II") → Giovanni Messe ("Italian campaign (World War II)") → Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy) ("Italian Campaign (World War II)") → Italian Co-Belligerent Army ("Italian Campaign") → Luftwaffe High Command ("Italian Campaign") → National Republican Air Force ("Italian Campaign") → National Republican Army ("Italian Campaign of World War II") → Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ("Italian Campaign") → Operation Achse ("Italian Campaign of World War II") → Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ("Italian campaign of World War II") → Wehrmacht ("Italian Campaign") →	conflict
15th Army Group ("Italian Campaign") → 1st Infantry Division ("Italian Campaign") → Commander-in-Chief Luftflotte 2 ("Italian Campaign") → Eighth Army → European theatre of World War II ("Italian Campaign") → Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin ("Italian campaign of World War II") → U.S. 45th Infantry Division → U.S. Fifth Army ("Italian Campaign") → U.S. VI Corps ("Italian Campaign") →	campaign
2nd New Zealand Division ("Italian Campaign") → 4th Indian Division ("Italian Campaign") → British 1st Airborne Division ("Italian Campaign") → British Eighth Army → Eighth Army → Eighth Army → Eighth Army (United Kingdom) → XXX Corps →	theatre
1st Canadian Division ("Italian Campaign (Second World War)") → 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis → 7th Armoured Division ("Italian Campaign") → British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division ("Italian campaign (World War II)") → British X Corps ("Italian Campaign") → Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander ("Italian Campaign") → XIII Corps ("Italian Campaign") →	theatreOfOperations
82nd Infantry Division ("Italian Campaign (World War II)") → British X Corps ("Italian Campaign") → French First Army ("Italian Campaign (World War II)") → German Tenth Army ("Allied invasion of Italy") → Irish Guards ("Italian Campaign") → XIII Corps ("Italian Campaign") →	engagement
1st Infantry Division ("Italian Campaign") → Fallschirmjäger division ("Italian Campaign") → Mediterranean Fleet ("Italian Campaign (World War II)") → Polish Armed Forces in the West ("Italian Campaign (Gustav Line and Gothic Line)") → Royal 22e Régiment ("Italian Campaign (Second World War)") →	notableEngagement
Commander-in-Chief South ("Italian Campaign") → Indian Army engineer units → Polish Armed Forces in the West ("Italian Campaign") → Polish II Corps ("Italian Campaign") → Polish forces ("Italian Campaign") →	theaterOfOperations
British X Corps ("Allied invasion of Italy") → Canadian Army (pre‑1968) ("Italian Campaign (Second World War)") → Mediterranean Allied Air Forces ("Italian Campaign") → Twelfth Air Force ("Italian Campaign") →	notableOperation
French Moroccan Goumiers ("Italian Campaign") → French Moroccan Goumiers ("Allied invasion of Italy") → Italian Co-belligerent Air Force ("Italian Campaign") →	activeDuring
Italian campaign ("Allied invasion of Italy") → Mediterranean Theater of Operations → Mediterranean Theater of Operations ("Allied invasion of Italy") →	includesOperation
Gebirgsjäger division → StuG III ("Italian Campaign") → Tiger I ("Italian Campaign") →	notableTheater
German Tenth Army ("Italian Campaign") → Gustav Line ("Italian Campaign") → New Zealand forces ("Italian Campaign") →	theater
Monty → Sidney Kirkman →	battle
Battle of Monte Cassino ("Italian Campaign") → Battle of Ortona ("Italian Campaign") →	conflictIn
Allied High Command ("Allied invasion of Italy") → Combined Chiefs of Staff ("Allied invasion of Italy") →	coordinatedOperation
Battle of Anzio ("Italian Front") → Operation Ladbroke ("Sicilian front") →	front
World War II → World War II ("Battle of Anzio") →	hasPart
Audie Murphy ("Italian Campaign") → Eighth Army ("Italian mainland campaign") →	notableBattle
Allied military engineers ("Italian Campaign") → Walter Bedell Smith ("Italian campaign of World War II") →	participantIn
Heer ("Italian Campaign") →	activeInConflict
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal →	associatedCampaigns
Hana ("Italian Campaign of World War II") →	associatedWithEvent
U.S. 82nd Airborne Division ("Italian campaign of World War II") →	conflictParticipated
New Zealand forces ("Italian Campaign on the Adriatic front") →	engagedInBattle
North African campaign →	followedBy
National Republican Army ("World War II in Italy") →	historicalPeriod
European Theater of Operations ("Italian Campaign") →	includesEvent
European theatre of World War II ("Allied invasion of Italy") →	keyEvent
Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin ("Italian Front in World War II") →	militaryTheater
Mediterranean Theater of Operations →	notableCampaign
Harold Alexander, 1st Baron Rideau ("Italian Campaign") →	notableCommand
Western Front (World War II) ("Italian Campaign (overlapping with Western Allies operations)") →	notableEvent
Operation Ladbroke ("Italian Campaign") →	partOfCampaign
Declaration on Italy ("Italian Campaign") →	relatedTo
Commander-in-Chief Allied Armies in Italy ("Italian Campaign 1943–1945") →	timePeriod
Carcano rifle ("Italian Campaign (World War II)") →	usedInConflict
Southern Italy ("Allied invasion of Italy") →	wasSiteOf