Italy 1943–45

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Italy 1943–45 refers to the Italian Campaign of the Second World War during which Allied forces fought to liberate Italy from Axis control, encompassing major operations from the 1943 invasion of the Italian mainland through to the end of the war in Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military campaign ⓘ
theatre of war ⓘ
characterizedBy amphibious landings ⓘ
mountainous terrain ⓘ
partisan warfare ⓘ
static defensive lines ⓘ
urban warfare ⓘ
follows North African Campaign ⓘ
hasCause Allied plan to open a second front in Europe ⓘ
Allied strategy to knock Italy out of the war ⓘ
hasCommander Albert Kesselring ⓘ
Bernard Montgomery ⓘ
Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
Harold Alexander ⓘ
Heinrich von Vietinghoff ⓘ
Mark W. Clark ⓘ
hasEffect collapse of the Fascist regime in Italy ⓘ
establishment of the Italian Social Republic in northern Italy ⓘ
heavy civilian casualties in Italy ⓘ
liberation of most of Italy from Axis control ⓘ
surrender of Italy to the Allies ⓘ
widespread destruction of Italian cities and infrastructure ⓘ
hasEndTime 1945 ⓘ
hasFrontLine Gothic Line ⓘ
Gustav Line ⓘ
Winter Line ⓘ
hasLocation Adriatic Sea ⓘ
Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Italian mainland ⓘ
Sardinia ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
Tyrrhenian Sea ⓘ
hasOpposingForce Army Group C ⓘ
German Fourteenth Army ⓘ
German Tenth Army ⓘ
hasOutcome Allied victory ⓘ
German forces in Italy surrendered in May 1945 ⓘ
hasPart Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ
Allied invasion of mainland Italy ⓘ
Battle of Anzio ⓘ
Battle of Monte Cassino ⓘ
Battle of Salerno ⓘ
German occupation of Italy ⓘ
Gothic Line offensive ⓘ
Italian Civil War ⓘ
Operation Avalanche ⓘ
Operation Baytown ⓘ
Operation Slapstick ⓘ
Spring 1945 offensive in Italy ⓘ
Winter Line campaign ⓘ
armistice of Cassibile ⓘ
liberation of Bologna ⓘ
liberation of Florence ⓘ
liberation of Milan ⓘ
liberation of Rome ⓘ
hasParticipant Allied forces ⓘ
Axis powers ⓘ
Brazilian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Free French forces ⓘ
linked to: Free French Forces

Indian Army units ⓘ
linked to: Indian Army

Italian Co-belligerent Army ⓘ
Italian Social Republic ⓘ
Italian partisans ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
New Zealand forces ⓘ
Polish II Corps ⓘ
South African forces ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
hasStartTime 1943 ⓘ
hasStrategicObjective divert German forces from the Eastern Front ⓘ
remove Italy from the Axis alliance ⓘ
secure Mediterranean sea lanes ⓘ
historicalPeriod late phase of the European theatre of World War II ⓘ
notableFor destruction of the Abbey of Monte Cassino ⓘ
heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ
massacres of civilians by occupying forces ⓘ
slow Allied advance up the peninsula ⓘ
partOf Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
temporalRelation continued after the liberation of Rome in June 1944 ⓘ
overlapped with preparations for Operation Overlord ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

HMS Ajax → battleHonour → Salerno 1943 ⓘ
linked to: Italy 1943–45
British X Corps → notableBattleHonour → Italy 1943–45 ⓘ
French I Corps → engagement → Italian Campaign (1943–1945) ⓘ
linked to: Italy 1943–45
Battle of the Moro River → partOf → Italian Front of World War II ⓘ
linked to: Italy 1943–45
Joachim Peiper → participatedIn → Italian Front operations in World War II ⓘ
linked to: Italy 1943–45
2nd Armoured Brigade → campaign → Italian Campaign (1943–1945) ⓘ
linked to: Italy 1943–45
PPCLI → battleHonoursInclude → Italy 1943–45 ⓘ
Marina Nazionale Repubblicana → historicalPeriod → World War II in Italy ⓘ
linked to: Italy 1943–45
Verona trial → partOf → World War II in Italy ⓘ
linked to: Italy 1943–45
HMS Eskimo → battleHonour → Salerno 1943 ⓘ
linked to: Italy 1943–45
Battle of Troina → front → Italian Front in World War II ⓘ
linked to: Italy 1943–45
Paisan → depicts → World War II in Italy ⓘ
linked to: Italy 1943–45
Luce film archive → subjectArea → World War II in Italy ⓘ
linked to: Italy 1943–45
Rome-Arno → category → World War II operations in Italy ⓘ
linked to: Italy 1943–45
HMS Sheffield → battleHonour → Salerno 1943 ⓘ
linked to: Italy 1943–45
Eberhard von Mackensen → theatreOfOperations → Italian Front in World War II ⓘ
linked to: Italy 1943–45
The Loyal Eddies → battleHonour → Italy 1943–1945 ⓘ
linked to: Italy 1943–45
Cape Town Highlanders Regiment → hasBattleHonour → Italy (World War II) ⓘ
linked to: Italy 1943–45
3rd Algerian Infantry Division → notableEngagement → Italian Campaign (1943–1945) ⓘ
linked to: Italy 1943–45
The British Columbia Dragoons → battleHonour → Italy 1943–1945 ⓘ
linked to: Italy 1943–45
11th Canadian Infantry Brigade → notableEngagement → Italian Campaign (1943–1945) ⓘ
linked to: Italy 1943–45
Volturno → hasHistoricalSignificance → World War II military operations in Italy ⓘ
linked to: Italy 1943–45
There’s No Home → hasSubject → World War II in Italy ⓘ
linked to: Italy 1943–45
Howard Kippenberger → woundedInAction → Italian campaign 1944 ⓘ
linked to: Italy 1943–45
Tenth Army (Wehrmacht) → engagedIn → Italian Campaign (1943–1945) ⓘ
subject linked to: Tenth Army
linked to: Italy 1943–45
Giuseppe Castellano → historicalPeriod → World War II in Italy ⓘ
linked to: Italy 1943–45
Walter Reder → conflict → World War II in Italy ⓘ
linked to: Italy 1943–45