Italian campaign (World War II)

Italian Campaign
	Part of The Mediterranean and Middle East and European theatre of World War II
	; Map of the Spring 1945 offensive in Italy
Date	9 July 1943 – 2 May 1945
Location	Italy
Result	Allied victory
Belligerents
Allies; July 1943 - September 1944; United Kingdom; United States; Canada	Axis; July 1943 - September 1945; Germany; Italy
September 1943 - May 1945; United Kingdom Newfoundland; India; New Zealand; United States; Free French (until 1944); Canada (until 1945); South Africa (from 1944); Poland; Brazil (from 1944); Greece (1944); Nepal ; (and others) Italy Italian partisans; Yugoslavia	September 1943 - May 1945; Germany Salò Republic; Chetniks
Commanders and leaders
Winston Churchill; Henry Wilson; Harold Alexander; Oliver Leese; Richard McCreery; Bernard Montgomery; Franklin D. Roosevelt #; Harry S. Truman; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Mark W. Clark; Lucian Truscott; George S. Patton; ; Josip Broz Tito;	Adolf Hitler †; Albert Kesselring (WIA); Heinrich von Vietinghoff ; Eberhard von Mackensen; Joachim Lemelsen ; Traugott Herr (POW); Hans-Valentin Hube; Benito Mussolini ; Rodolfo Graziani ; Vittorio Ambrosio ; Alfredo Guzzoni (POW); Mario Arisio ;
Units involved
8th Army; 5th Army; 7th Army (1943); ; 4th Army; (1945)	14th Army; 10th Army; 6th Army (1943);

The Italian campaign of World War II, also called the Liberation of Italy, was a military campaign in the Kingdom of Italy from 1943-1945. After victory in the North African Campaign the British and American governments agreed to invade Italy before invading France. In September 1943, Italy surrendered to the allies but the German forces in the country occupied the north of the country and set up a fascist government.

↑ Nepalese Gurkhas served within the British Indian Army.
↑ World War Two (4 May 2024), Week 297 - Allied Victory in Berlin, Italy, and Burma! - WW2 - May 4, 1945, retrieved 20 November 2024
↑ on May 1 1945, Yugoslav forces reached Istria. a place that was controlled by Italy before the campaign and where the western allies wanted to liberate. ^[2]
↑ World War Two (4 May 2024), Week 297 - Allied Victory in Berlin, Italy, and Burma! - WW2 - May 4, 1945, retrieved 24 September 2024