Naples to Rome: Volturno Line Bernhardt Line Anzio Gustav Line/Cassino#1 Cassino#2&3 Cassino to Rome
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The first German defensive line north of Naples was the Volturno Line, which reached from the lower Volturno River north of Naples to near Termoli on the Adriatic Sea.
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The first German defensive line north of Naples was the Volturno Line, which reached from the lower Volturno River north of Naples to near Termoli on the Adriatic Sea.
The German Defensive Lines in Southern Italy
The Allied Advance, October to mid-November 1943
The accompanying maps show Allied gains from October to mid-November 1943.
During this period, the US Fifth Army fought through the Volturno line, after 12 days preparation fought through the Barbara Line, and then fought the first phase of the Battle of the Bernhardt Line before pausing in late November. The timeline below is taken from wikipedia.
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██ Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead - WWII Germany > The MTO > Italy > The Volturno Line ██
- Taken from the bigpigeon.us WWII Dead module.
† Card, Earl E., SN 20-706-381, US Army, Pott Co.
- Co. B, 4th Ranger Bn., VI Corps, Fifth Army; KIA 12 Nov 1943, Venafro, Molise, Italy, 16 miles E of Cassino; The MTO > Italy > The Volturno Line.
- Co. K, 30th Inf. Regt., 3rd Inf. Div., VI Corps, Fifth Army; KIA 26 Oct 1943, near Pietravairano, SE of Cassino & NW of Caserta, Italy; The MTO > Italy > The Volturno Line.
- Co. L, 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., transferred to 30th Inf. Regt., 3rd Inf. Div., VI Corps, Fifth Army; KIA 7 Nov 1943, Mt. Rotondo, SE of Cassino, Italy; The MTO > Italy > The Volturno Line.
- Co. M, 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., VI Corps, Fifth Army; KIA 4 Nov 1943 near Hill 400, NE of Venafro, 20 miles E of Cassino, Italy, sniper fire; The MTO > Italy > The Volturno Line.
- Co. H, 7th Inf. Regt., 3rd Inf. Div., VI Corps, Fifth Army; KIA 16 Oct 1943 Dragoni, N of Caserta, Italy; The MTO > Italy > The Volturno Line.
- Service Co., 168th Inf. Regt., 34th Inf. Div., VI Corps, Fifth Army; KIA 29 Oct 1943 near Naples, Italy; The MTO > Italy > The Volturno Line.
██ Allied Order of Battle - The Volturno Line ██
◼ US Fifth Army (Clark)
⏶ British X Corps
- British 46th Infantry Division
- British 56th Infantry Division
- British 7th Armoured Division
- British 5th Infantry Division
- US 36th Infantry Division
- US 45th Infantry Division
- US 3rd Infantry Division
- US 34th Infantry Division
Under direct British Eighth Army control
- 2nd New Zealand Division - landed Taranto, Italy from Egypt October 1943; to British V Corps November 1943
- British 5th Infantry Division
- 1st Canadian Infantry Division
- 2nd New Zealand Division
- 4th Indian Infantry Division
- British 78th Infantry Division
- 8th Indian Infantry Division
- British 78th Infantry Division
- 2nd New Zealand Division
- 1st Canadian Infantry Division
██ Sources for Big Pigeon's WWII Germany > The MTO > Italy > The Volturno Line webpage ██
This list will be edited.
- Salerno to Cassino (scalable maps) (United States Army in World War II, Mediterranean Theater of Operations series, Martin Blumenson, 1993, CMH #6-3) - http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-MTO-Salerno/index.html#index.
- From the Volturno to the Winter Line, 6 October-15 November 1943 (scalable maps) (American Forces in Action series, U.S. Army Center of Military History, CMH #100-8) - https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/volturno/volturno-fm.htm.
- Fifth Army at the Winter Line, 15 November 1943 - 15 January 1944 (scalable maps) (American Forces in Action series, U.S. Army Center of Military History, CMH #100-8) - https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/winterline/winter-fm.htm#cont.
- Naples-Foggia, 9 September 1943-21 January 1944 (The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II, The U.S. Army Center of Military History, Kenneth V. Smith, illustrated brochure, CMH #72-17) - https://history.army.mil/html/books/072/72-17/CMH_Pub_72-17.pdf.
- The webpage header photo, 168th Infantry in Combat, www.nationalguard.mil/Resources/Image-Gallery/Historical-Paintings/Heritage-Series/Red-Bull-in-the-Winter-Line/FileId/50771/.
- The Italian Campaign - The German Defensive Lines map - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Line#/media/File:ItalyDefenseLinesSouthofRome1943_4.jpg.
- Allied Gains, 6 October - 15 November 1943 map - https://history.army.mil/brochures/naples/map3.JPG.
- Summary of Fifth Army Operations, 12 October -15 November 1943 map - https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/volturno/map30.jpg.
- https://erniepyle.iu.edu/wartime-columns/captain-waskow.htm
- Anzio Beachhead - https://history.army.mil/catalog/pubs/100/100-10.html