Video: '211 - The Allies' Latest Victory - WW2 - September 10, 1943' (Allied invasion of Italy at 2:45)
(Thursday, September 9, 1943, 3:20 a.m. Central European Summer Time; during the Allied invasion of Italy, part of the Italian Campaign of World War II) — The second and main phase of the Allied invasion of Italy, Operation Avalanche, commenced today, as the U.S. Army VI Corps and the British Army X Corps stormed the beaches at the Gulf of Salerno, and encountered heavy resistance from German forces. Continue reading Allied forces land on Italian mainland at Salerno and Taranto during World War II 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 9 1943)