The Allied invasion of Italy, a phase of the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, took place on 3 September at Reggio di Calabria (Operation Baytown), and on 9 September 1943 at Taranto and Salerno (Operation Slapstick and Operation Avalanche respectively). Allied naval forces landed American and Commonwealth troops on the beaches of southern Italy where they faced resistance from Axis forces.
Allied Forces Headquarters (AFHQ), Mediterranean
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ground forces
Naval forces
Air forces
Landings across Strait of Messina
General Bernard Law Montgomery
Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey
Landings at Taranto
General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery
Landings at Salerno
Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark
Army Group Reserve[b]
Lieutenant-General Richard L. McCreery
Northern landing beaches
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Major General Ernest J. Dawley
Southern landing beaches
Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring[9]
Generaloberst Heinrich von Vietinghoff