Operation Avalanche

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Across
  1. 5. The landings were carried out by the U.S. Fifth Army, under Lieutenant General Mark W. Clar
  2. 6. A field marshalldecided that defending Italy south of Rome was not a strategic priority
  3. 7. Its primary objectives were to seize a port to ensure resupply,
  4. 8. It took until mid-January 1944 to fight through the Volturno, Barbara and Bernhardt lines to reach the Gustav Line,
  5. 9. Germans chose to fight delaying actions
Down
  1. 1. Chief of Staff of the United States Army, and much of the American staff wanted to undertake no operations that might delay the Normandy invasion.
  2. 2. TheBritish Prime Minister,
  3. 3. Over 12–14 September the Germans organized a concerted counterattack
  4. 4. Codename for the Allied landings near the port of Salerno,