10 July 1943
Invasion of Italy
Allied forces land on the Italian mainland at Salerno, almost 400 landing craft and supply ships involved in landings
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Salerno in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Allied forces land on the Italian mainland at Salerno, almost 400 landing craft and supply ships involved in landings
Prevents the Germans from separating the American & British forces
Requested to push on & threaten the German forces attacking the US 5th Army
The head of the Eighth Army joins with the right flank of the 5th US Army
Joins up with the US forces at Salerno
Provenance
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