Battle of Salerno

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World War II battle amphibious landing battle

The Battle of Salerno was a major World War II Allied amphibious landing and ensuing campaign in September 1943 that marked the beginning of the liberation of mainland Italy from German control.

Aliases (5)

Allied invasion of Italy ×5
Salerno landings ×5
Allied landings at Salerno ×3
Allied advance from Salerno ×1
Allied invasion of mainland Italy ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle → amphibious landing → battle →
allianceInvolved	Allies → Axis →
alsoKnownAs	Operation Avalanche →
belligerent	British Army → German Tenth Army → Italian forces (co-belligerent with Allies) → Kriegsmarine → Royal Canadian Navy → Royal Navy → United States Army → Wehrmacht →
casualties	heavy on both sides →
commander	Albert Kesselring → Bernard Montgomery → Harold Alexander → Heinrich von Vietinghoff → Mark W. Clark →
conflict	World War II →
countryInvolved	Canada → Germany → Italy → United Kingdom → United States →
date	September 1943 →
endDate	1943-09-16 →
followedBy	Allied advance on Naples → Battle of Monte Cassino → Battle of San Pietro Infine →
front	Italian Front →
involvedUnit	British X Corps → German XIV Panzer Corps → U.S. Fifth Army → U.S. VI Corps →
location	Campania → Italy → Salerno →
objective	capture Naples → secure a beachhead in mainland Italy →
operationType	amphibious assault →
partOf	Italian Campaign →
precededBy	Allied invasion of Sicily →
result	Allied victory →
startDate	1943-09-09 →
strategicSignificance	beginning of the liberation of mainland Italy → forced German defensive withdrawal in southern Italy →
theater	Mediterranean Theater of Operations →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
British X Corps ("Salerno landings") → German Tenth Army ("Salerno landings") → German Tenth Army →	engagement
Battle of the Volturno Line ("Allied advance from Salerno") → Operation Avalanche ("Allied invasion of Italy") → Operation Avalanche ("Allied invasion of mainland Italy") →	partOf
U.S. Fifth Army → U.S. VI Corps →	notableBattle
U.S. Fifth Army ("Salerno landings") → U.S. VI Corps ("Salerno landings") →	notableOperation
Italy (1943–1945, co-belligerent with Allies) ("Allied invasion of Italy") → Mark W. Clark ("Allied invasion of Italy") →	participatedIn
Allied operations in Western Europe ("Allied invasion of Italy") → Battle of the Volturno Line ("Allied landings at Salerno") →	precededBy
Operation Avalanche ("Salerno landings") →	alsoKnownAs
German Tenth Army ("Allied landings at Salerno") →	opposedLanding
Southern Kingdom ("Allied landings at Salerno") →	significantEvent
USS LST-393 ("Allied invasion of Italy") →	tookPartIn
Southern Italy →	wasSiteOf