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Sept 9-16, 1943. US General Mark Clark's Fifth Army made an amphibious assault on Salerno, Italy (Operation Avalanche), at 3:30 AM. The British 1st Airborne Division seized the southern Italian port of Taranto (Operation Slapstick) without opposition. Initial gains along the western coast of Italy were checked by strong German forces by Sept 12. In some places the Allied forces were pushed back to within two miles of the coast. On Sept 15 US 82nd Airborne and British 7th Armoured counterattacked, and on Sept 16 units of the American 5th Army and the British 8th Army joined up near Vallo di Lucania.Product Identifiers
UPC0076930530726
ModelG.I.JOE HISTORICAL EDITIONS BATTLE OF SALERNO ITALIAN CAMPAIGN OF WWII
eBay Product ID (ePID)139667655
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Size12in
TypeAction Figure