Salerno landings

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Salerno_landings

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Operation_Avalanche
gptkbp:casualties	Allied: ~2,000 killed, ~7,000 wounded Axis: ~840 killed, ~2,000 wounded
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Allied_forces gptkb:Axis_forces
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Mark_W._Clark gptkb:Heinrich_von_Vietinghoff
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:date	9 September 1943
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Battle_of_Monte_Cassino
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:partOf	gptkb:Allied_invasion_of_Italy
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Allied_invasion_of_Sicily
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Italian_armistice_announcement
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	first major Allied landing on mainland Italy
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:marine air support
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:82nd_Airborne_Division
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Salerno landings