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.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Allied invasion of Italy	14
Salerno landings	14
Allied invasion of mainland Italy	5
Allied landings at Salerno	5
Battle of Salerno canonical	5
Allied advance from Salerno	1
Salerno beachhead defensive positions	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ amphibious landing ⓘ battle ⓘ
allianceInvolved	Allies of World War II ⓘ surface form: 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 of America ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: 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 (45)

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

Southern Italy → wasSiteOf → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

Italy (1943–1945, co-belligerent with Allies) → participatedIn → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Italy

United States Army General Mark W. Clark → participatedIn → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

subject surface form: Mark W. Clark

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Italy

Allied operations in Western Europe → precededBy → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Italy

USS LST 393 → tookPartIn → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

subject surface form: USS LST-393

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Italy

Avalanche → partOf → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation Avalanche

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Italy

Avalanche → partOf → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation Avalanche

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of mainland Italy

Avalanche → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation Avalanche

this entity surface form: Salerno landings

British X Corps → engagement → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salerno landings

U.S. Fifth Army → notableOperation → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salerno landings

U.S. Fifth Army → notableBattle → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

German Tenth Army → engagement → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salerno landings

German Tenth Army → engagement → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

German Tenth Army → opposedLanding → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied landings at Salerno

U.S. VI Corps → notableOperation → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salerno landings

U.S. VI Corps → notableBattle → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

Battle of the Volturno Line → precededBy → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied landings at Salerno

Battle of the Volturno Line → partOf → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied advance from Salerno

Southern Kingdom → significantEvent → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied landings at Salerno

Sicily 1943 → followedBy → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of mainland Italy

Salerno → eventLocation → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Italy

British XIII Corps → engagement → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Italy

Commander-in-Chief, AAI → associatedCampaign → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of mainland Italy

Commander 15th Army Group → engagedIn → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

subject surface form: 15th Army Group

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Italy

Allied advance on Rome → precededBy → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of mainland Italy

Allied advance on Rome → includedEvent → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salerno landings

Winter Line → after → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied landings at Salerno

VI Corps → engagement → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salerno landings

European theater → hasPart → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Italy

Italy 1943–45 → hasPart → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

E. L. M. Burns → conflict → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Italy

USS Ludlow (DD-438) → participatedIn → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salerno landings

Fritz X guided bomb → notableEngagement → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

subject surface form: Fritz X

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Italy

battleship HMS Nelson → participatedIn → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

subject surface form: HMS Nelson

this entity surface form: Allied landings at Salerno

Allied advance on Naples → precededBy → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of mainland Italy

U.S. 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment → engagement → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

subject surface form: 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment

this entity surface form: Salerno landings

56th (London) Infantry Division → engagement → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salerno landings

46th Infantry Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salerno landings

U.S. 36th Division → participatedIn → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salerno landings

Volturno Line → precededBy → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salerno beachhead defensive positions

German Volturno defensive line → after → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Italy

36th Infantry Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

this entity surface form: Salerno landings

British cruiser Orion → participatedIn → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

subject surface form: HMS Orion

this entity surface form: Salerno landings

Allied occupation of Italy → hasCause → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Italy

Paisan → setDuring → Battle of Salerno ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of Italy