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Allied invasion of Italy
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Allied invasion of Italy
The
Allied invasion of Italy
was the
Allied
amphibious landing
on mainland
Italy
that took place on 3 September 1943 during the early stages of the
Italian Campaign
of
World War II
. The operation was undertaken by
General
Sir Harold Alexander
's
15th Army Group
(comprising
Lieutenant General
Mark Clark
's
U.S. Fifth Army
and General
Bernard Montgomery
's
British Eighth Army
) and followed the successful
invasion of Sicily
. The main invasion force landed around
Salerno
on 9 September on the western coast in
Operation
Avalanche
, while two supporting operations took place in
Calabria
(
Operation Baytown
) and
Taranto
(
Operation Slapstick
).
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