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Invasion of Italy 1943-1944 
Although the Red Army had engaged the majority of German forces in Russia 
and Eastern Europe, the fighting in Italy was still severe. Anglo-American 
forces (including British Imperial Forces and various ‘free’ contingents such as 
the Poles) slowly forced their way through a succession of German defensive 
lines, often in atrocious weather conditions. 
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The invasion of Italy began on 10 July 1943 with Allied landings on the south-
eastern coast of Sicily. 
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On 3 September 1943 General Eisenhower ordered forces onto the Italian 
mainland between Catona and Reggio Calabria. Large-scale landings took place 
on 9 September in the Bay of Salerno. 
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Monte Cassino was the focus for an Allied assault in a drive to break the 
German Winter Line (Gustav Line) and seize Rome. The map shows the 
position during the first battle that lasted from 24 January to 11 February 
1944. 
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Eastern Front 1944 
In mid-1944 Soviet forces launched their major counter-attack against the 
German army -Operation Bagration. The first map shows the situation in 
spring 1944, with German forces still deep inside the Soviet Union. The second 
map shows the transformation six months later, when Soviet thrusts north of 
the Pripet Marshes and deep into occupied Poland had pushed back Axis forces. 
Hungary and the German occupied Baltic States were now threatened. In four 
months Soviet forces were advancing into the German heartlands of western 
and eastern Prussia. 
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By March 1944 the Germans had been pushed back east of Ostrov in northern 
Russia while Soviet troops had cut major supply routes in the south