Operation Diadem

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Operation Diadem was a major Allied offensive in Italy during World War II aimed at breaking the German Gustav Line and enabling the liberation of Rome.

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Operation Diadem canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
aim break the Gustav Line ⓘ
enable the liberation of Rome ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Fourth Battle of Monte Cassino ⓘ
commander Alphonse Juin ⓘ
Harold Alexander ⓘ
Mark W. Clark ⓘ
Oliver Leese ⓘ
Władysław Anders ⓘ
conflict Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
countryInvolved Canada ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
India ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
date May 1944 ⓘ
endDate 1944-06-04 ⓘ
front Italian Front ⓘ
involves Anzio beachhead ⓘ
linked to: Operation Shingle

Garigliano River ⓘ
Gustav Line ⓘ
Liri Valley ⓘ
Rapido River ⓘ
involvesUnit British Eighth Army ⓘ
Canadian I Corps ⓘ
French Expeditionary Corps ⓘ
II Polish Corps ⓘ
linked to: Polish II Corps

New Zealand Corps ⓘ
U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
location Italy ⓘ
opposedByCommander Albert Kesselring ⓘ
Heinrich von Vietinghoff ⓘ
opposingForce Allied Armies in Italy ⓘ
German Fourteenth Army ⓘ
German Tenth Army ⓘ
partOf Italian Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Italian campaign
precededBy Third Battle of Monte Cassino ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
German withdrawal to the Hitler Line ⓘ
breakthrough of the Gustav Line ⓘ
liberation of Rome ⓘ
startDate 1944-05-11 ⓘ
strategicObjective force German retreat north of Rome ⓘ
relieve pressure on the Anzio beachhead ⓘ
theater Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ

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

French I Corps → engagement → Operation Diadem ⓘ
British XIII Corps → notableOperation → Operation Diadem ⓘ