We already knew that the forces of Allies successfully captured Sicily,from there an operation to invade Italy can be launched anytime and everywhere,the Germans also knew it,so they prepare to send the Allies to Sicily back from Italy..
1.From Sicily,the allies had a wide choice of directions for their next offensive..
a)Calabria: Toe
b)Salerno: Shin
c)Foggia: Heel
2.The 2 Army Corps of Montgomery's 8th Army crossed the Straits Of Messina and landed on the 'toe' of Italy on 3rd September 1943..
3.The mixed US-British 5th Armies under Gen Mark Clark landed on the 'shin' of Italy..
4.Kesselring just have 8 weak divisions to defend all southern and Central Italy..
5.The Allies managed to captured Taranto,Brindisi in a very short of time after their landing at Salerno..
6.The 5th Army crossed Volturno, 20 miles from Naples, while the 8th Army crossed Gariglinio and marched to Calabria(up to Adriatic Sea)..
7.The allies managed to breached German's Gustav Line through Monte Cassino and Appenines to the mouth of Sangro..
8.The bitter fighting continued until at the end of war,4 German divisions were transferred from Kesselring's command to the Western Front and in April 1945 the thin German defenses in Italy was broken by an allied attack..
9.A surrender document has been signed on 29th April 1945 when Hitler still alive..
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