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US General George S. Patton’s Seventh Army lands on the southern coast of Sicily and British General Bernard Montgomery’s Eighth Army on the southeastern coast. Their two armies comprise the Fifteenth Army Group, led by British General Harold Alexander.
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General Clark is promoted to Commander-in-Chief of Allied forces in Italy (Fifteenth Army Group), while General Lucian K. Truscott is appointed to command of US Fifth Army. December 20-21 Polish and Canadian troops completely drive the Germans across the Senio River.
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General Sir Richard McCreery’s Eighth Army is dug in along the Senio and General Lucien K. Truscott’s Fifth Army is ten miles from Bologna. General Heinrich von Vietinghoff uses this time to regroup and replenish the German Tenth and Fourteenth Armies.
Aug 31, 2017 · The following map is a result of a collaborative project between the United States Military Academy and the United States Air Force Academy. Vietnam and Vicinity, Rolling Thunder Wars and Conflicts Since 1958 Eastern and Western Hemisphere
Feb 27, 2017 · United States Army in World War II Reader's Guide This pamphlet contains a brief analytical description of each volume in the United States Army in World War II series published to date or to be published in the near future.
'Salerno to Cassino' begins the story of the Allied effort to wrest control of Italy from its German occupiers, while 'Cassino to the Alps' provides the conclusion.
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This volume continues the story of the Italian campaign with the Allied spring offensive in May 1944 which carried two Allied armies-the U.S. Fifth and the British Eighth-to Rome by 4 June and to the final German capitulation in May 1945.
