Battle of the Sangro

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The Battle of the Sangro was a World War II engagement in late 1943 in which Allied forces fought German defensive positions along the Sangro River in Italy as part of the Italian Campaign.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of the Sangro canonical 2
Sangro River battle 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sangro River battle ⓘ
belligerent Allied forces ⓘ
German forces ⓘ
campaignPhase Allied autumn–winter offensive in Italy 1943–44 ⓘ
commander Bernard Montgomery ⓘ
Heinrich von Vietinghoff ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Germany ⓘ
India ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
date 1943 ⓘ
defensiveLine German Winter Line ⓘ
endDate 1943-12-04 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Ortona ⓘ
attacks on the Gustav Line ⓘ
front Italian Front ⓘ
involvesMilitaryUnit British Eighth Army ⓘ
Indian divisions of the Eighth Army ⓘ
linked to: 8th Indian Division

New Zealand 2nd Division ⓘ
location Abruzzo ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Sangro River ⓘ
notableFeature mountainous terrain and poor weather conditions ⓘ
river crossing under fire ⓘ
objective breach German defensive positions on the Adriatic sector ⓘ
force German withdrawal from the Sangro River line ⓘ
opponent Eighth Army (United Kingdom) ⓘ
German Tenth Army ⓘ
partOf Allied advance to the Gustav Line ⓘ
Italian Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Italian campaign
precededBy Allied landings at Salerno ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
riverCrossed Sangro River ⓘ
startDate 1943-11-20 ⓘ
theater Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

German Wehrmacht in Italy → engagedInBattle → Battle of the Sangro ⓘ
Indian 4th Infantry Division → notableEngagement → Battle of the Sangro ⓘ
Battle of the Sangro → alsoKnownAs → Sangro River battle ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Sangro