Salerno - Italian Campaign 1943
The Allied Invasion of Italy was the Alliedlanding on mainland Italy on 3 September 1943, by General Harold Alexander's 15th Army Group(comprising Lieutenant General Mark Clark's US Fifth Army and General Bernard Montgomery's British Eighth Army. The operation followed the successful invasion of Sicily during the Italian Campaign. The main invasion force landed around Salerno on the western coast in Operation Avalanche, while two supporting operations took place in Calabria (Operation Baytown) and Taranto (Operation Slapstick).
143 Infantry Regiment
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143 Infantry Regiment ashore
143 Infantry Regiment ashore
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143 Infantry Regiment coming ashore
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36 Fd Artillery
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40mm AA gun
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Anti Aircraft Battery
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Briefing on board ship
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British and US troops
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Camouflaged houses
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Captured Italian flag
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Coastguard aiding US soldiers
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DUWKs unloading
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General Clark and General Erskin
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General Mark Clark
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German prisoners
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Gulf of Salerno
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Italian prisoners
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LST disembarking payload
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LST unloading
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LST unloading at Salerno.
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LST unloads its cargo
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Men unloading on beach
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Mine clearing
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Ruined city
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Ruined city
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Salerno Harbour
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Scots Guards and Gordon Highlanders
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Tanks and soldiers come ashore
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Tanks come ashore
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Tanks on Italian beach
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Tanks on LST ramp
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Troops coming ashore at Salerno
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Troops in Pesco
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US destroyer salvo
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US jeep hits land mine
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US soldiers and Italian civilians
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US soldiers prepare to load LCIs
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US soldiers under fire
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US troops and wounded
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