Salerno landings

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Salerno_landings
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Salerno landings
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 4