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Germans would give battle in Calabria; if they failed to do so, the diversion would not work. He was proved correct. After Baytown, the Eighth Army marched 300 miles (480 km) north to the Salerno area against no opposition other than engineer
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resist concentrated attacks. The outermost troops were therefore withdrawn in order to reduce the perimeter. The new perimeter was held with the assistance of naval and aerial support, although the German attacks reached almost to the beaches in places.
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troops further south. The inclusion of the 82nd Airborne Division as a reserve force was possible only with the cancellation of Operation Giant II. The 1st British Airborne Division would be landed by sea near
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2366:19 November
2185:Morris 1993
2142:Gustav Line
2125:Winter Line
1895:Map of the
1834:obstacles.
1740:US General
1535:(Maj. Gen.
1525:(Maj. Gen.
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1378:US VI Corps
1080:Middle East
899:Argenta Gap
825:Gothic Line
735:Winter Line
530:603 missing
500:422 wounded
467:42 wounded
220:August 2017
118:August 2017
110:introducing
2606:Categories
2255:Grigg 1985
2172:References
2106:Campobasso
1991:Casualties
1605:Tenth Army
1491:(Paestum)
1365:(Lt. Gen.
1195:battalions
1044:Background
981:, and the
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852:Garfagnana
837:San Marino
752:San Pietro
526:840 killed
498:296 killed
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190:newspapers
93:references
57:improve it
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1459:US Ranger
1258:Avalanche
1074:) in the
987:divisions
728:Bari raid
683:Slapstick
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654:Centuripe
624:Narcissus
596:Mincemeat
589:Corkscrew
465:83 killed
63:talk page
2479:(2013).
2450:(2007).
2360:Archived
2101:Volturno
1867:Savannah
1732:Landings
1609:General
1470:Commando
1197:and two
1144:The plan
1131:deposed
1084:Far East
1014:Calabria
960:Boardman
795:Strangle
782:Cisterna
638:Ladbroke
617:Chestnut
483:5th Army
423:Strength
301:Location
2134:Barbara
2114:Termoli
2047:removed
2032:sources
1939:removed
1924:sources
1831:Baytown
1791:removed
1776:sources
1517:, USA)
1354:, USA)
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1150:Salerno
1022:Taranto
956:Top Hat
950:during
944:Salerno
916:Trieste
905:Herring
894:Bologna
874:Tombola
842:Gemmano
669:Baytown
631:Fustian
610:Animals
603:Barclay
523:Germany
494:US Navy
385:Germany
306:Salerno
204:scholar
106:improve
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1215:Panzer
1203:Naples
1179:Foggia
1162:Naples
1112:Joint
1107:Sicily
1101:, the
1064:, the
1058:Allies
991:Naples
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940:Allied
881:Bowler
867:Encore
832:Rimini
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2384:Print
2331:S2CID
2152:Notes
1748:Ancon
1369:, BA)
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