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Photomosaic map of Italian coast at Gulf of Salerno noting Axis defense positions and coastal features.

Photomosaic Maps of the Allied Invasion of Italy

Posted by: Ryan Moore

In World War II, the Allies opened an offensive against Fascist Italy in 1943 after successfully defeating German and Italian forces in North Africa. The Allies first captured Sicily and then launched Operation Avalanche, a plan devised to seize the port of Naples, thus ensuring the Allies could resupply, and then to cut across to …