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Liberation of Italy

Italian Campaign
Part of the Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
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American soldiers of the U.S. 92nd Infantry Division fire a bazooka at a German machine gun nest, Lucca 1944.
Date 10 July 1943 – 2 May 1945
(1 year, 10 months and 22 days)
Location Italy
Result

Allied victory;

Belligerents

Allies:
 United Kingdom

 United States
 Free France
 Canada

Italian Resistance
Kingdom of Italy Italian Royal Army (from September 1943)
Union of South Africa South Africa
Poland Poland
 Australia
Brazil Brazil
 New Zealand
Greece Greece
 Belgium
 Czechoslovakia

Axis:
 Germany

 Kingdom of Italy
 (until 8 September 1943)
Italian Social Republic Italian Social Republic
 (from 18 September 1943)
Commanders and leaders
C-in-C Allied Forces Headquarters:
United States Dwight D. Eisenhower (until January 1944)
United Kingdom Henry Maitland Wilson (January to December 1944)
United Kingdom Harold Alexander
 (from December 1944)
C-in-C Army Group C:
Nazi Germany Albert Kesselring
Nazi Germany Heinrich von Vietinghoff (POW) (Oct 44 to Jan 45 and March 45 onwards)
Kingdom of Italy Vittorio Ambrosio
Italian Social Republic Rodolfo Graziani (POW)
Strength
1,333,856 men (April 1945)
4,000 aircraft (March 1945)
Nazi Germany 439,224 men(April 1945)
Nazi Germany 79 aircraft (April 1945)
Italian Social Republic 160,180 men (April 1945)
Flag of Bohmen und Mahren.svg 5,002
Casualties and losses

Sicily: 22,000 casualties
Italian mainland: ~305,000 – 313,495 casualties
8,011 aircraft


Total: 327,000–335,495
35,828 killed
Sicily: 165,000 casualties (of whom 30,000 were Germans)
Italian mainland: 336,650 casualties–415,615
4,500+ aircraft lost
Surrender of Caserta: 500,000+ captured
Total: 1,000,000
Italian Social Republic 35,000 killed
Flag of Bohmen und Mahren.svg 10 killed, 15 wounded and 800 defected
~152,940 civilians dead

Allied victory;

Allies:
 United Kingdom

 United States
 Free France
 Canada

Axis:
 Germany


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