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Spring 1945 offensive in Italy
1945 Allied attack into the Lombardy Plain during WWII / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Spring 1945 offensive in Italy was given the code name Operation Grapeshot.[5] It was the Allied attack by Fifth United States Army and British 8th Army into the Lombardy Plain. It started on 6 April 1945 and ended on 2 May with the surrender of German forces in Italy.
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Spring 1945 Offensive | |||||||
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Part of the Italian Campaign of World War II | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
15th Army Group[nb 1] British 8th Army 632,980 fighting strength[2] U.S. 5th Army 266,883 fighting strength[1] | Army Group C 394,000 fighting strength[3][nb 2] | ||||||
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16,258 casualties[nb 3] incl. 2.860 killed [4] | 30–32,000 casualties[nb 4] |
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