Allied landings at Salerno

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Operation_Avalanche
gptkbp:beachheadSecured	September 16, 1943
gptkbp:casualties	Allied: ~2,000 killed, 7,000 wounded German: ~840 killed, 2,000 wounded
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Allied_forces gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Mark_W._Clark gptkb:Heinrich_von_Vietinghoff
gptkbp:date	September 9, 1943
gptkbp:followedBy	Allied advance to Naples
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Allied landings at Salerno
gptkbp:involvedIn	gptkb:British_X_Corps gptkb:German_10th_Army gptkb:U.S._Fifth_Army
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Salerno,_Italy
gptkbp:objective	secure a beachhead in southern Italy
gptkbp:opposedBy	German counterattacks
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II gptkb:Italian_Campaign
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Allied_invasion_of_Sicily
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	first major Allied landing on mainland Italy
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:marine air support
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Battle_Honour:_Salerno_1943 gptkb:Battle_of_Venafro_(1943)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7