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This is a collection of sources used in the Italian Campaigns submodule of Big Pigeon. Individual webpages usually contain additional sources.
This webpage is under development August 2024.

      ██  Sources for Big Pigeon's WWII Germany > The MTO > Italy webpages  ██

+++ Wikipedia's Italian campaign webpages +++ 

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Anzio
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Monte_Cassino​ - the four battles of Monte Cassino
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Diadem - fourth Battle of Monte Cassino
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_1945_offensive_in_Italy

+++ Official US Army Italian campaign histories for Italy +++

US Army Center for Military History campaign brochures for WWII campaigns in Italy:​​​

• Sicily 1943, https://history.army.mil/Brochures/72-16/72-16.htm
• Naples–Foggia 1943–1944, https://history.army.mil/brochures/naples/72-17.htm
• Anzio 1944, https://history.army.mil/brochures/anzio/72-19.htm
• Rome–Arno 1944, https://history.army.mil/brochures/romar/72-20.htm
• North Apennines `1944–1945, https://history.army.mil/brochures/nap/72-34.htm
• Po Valley 1945, https://history.army.mil/brochures/po/72-33.htm​

​Links to maps from the above brochures. Generally not high resolution.

• Anzio - The Landing, 22 January 1944 From the Anzio Campaign Brochure by Clayton D. Laurie (129K)
• Anzio - Expanding The Beachhead, 1 February 1944 From the Anzio Campaign Brochure by Clayton D. Laurie (129K)
• Anzio - The Breakthrough, 25 - 26 May 1944 From the Anzio Campaign Brochure by Clayton D. Laurie (129K)
• Naples-Foggia - Invasion of Italy, September 1943 From the Naples-Foggia Campaign Brochure by Col. Kenneth V. Smith (129K)
• Naples-Foggia - Fifth Army Landings, 9 - 13 September 1943 From the Naples-Foggia Campaign Brochure by Col. Kenneth V. Smith (194K)
• Naples-Foggia - Allied Gains, 6 October - 15 November 1943 From the Naples-Foggia Campaign Brochure by Col. Kenneth V. Smith (194K)​
• North Apennines - Approach to the Gothic Line / Concept of Operation Olive, 25 August 1944 From the North Apennines Campaign Brochure by Dwight D. Oland (387K)
• North Apennines - II Corps Attack on the Gothic Line, 10 - 18 September 1944 From the North Apennines Campaign Brochure by Dwight D. Oland (387K)
• North Apennines - Thrust Towards Imola 88th Division, 24 September - 1 October 1944 From the North Apennines Campaign Brochure by Dwight D. Oland (323K)
• North Apennines - II Corps Attack on the Livergnano, 1 - 15 October 1944 From the North Apennines Campaign Brochure by Dwight D. Oland (258K)
• North Apennines - Operation Encore, 19 February - 5 March 1945 From the North Apennines Campaign Brochure by Dwight D. Oland (129K)
• Po Valley - The Spring Offensive, 9 April - 2 May 1945 From the Po Valley Campaign Brochure by Thomas A. Popa (387K)
• Po Valley - Breakthrough into the Po Valley IV and II Corps, 14 - 21 April 1945 From the Po Valley Campaign Brochure by Thomas A. Popa (258K)
• Rome-Arno - Allied Strategy in Italy, January 1944 From the Rome-Arno Campaign Brochure by Clayton D. Laurie (129K)
• Rome-Arno - Operation Diadem, 11 - 18 May 1944 From the Rome-Arno Campaign Brochure by Clayton D. Laurie (129K)
• Rome-Arno - Rome to the Arno River, 5 June - 5 August 1944 From the Rome-Arno Campaign Brochure by Clayton D. Laurie (194K)
• Sicily - Assault on Sicily, 10 July 1943 From the Sicily Campaign Brochure by Andrew J. Birtle (194K)
• Sicily - The Fight for Sicily, 12 July - 17 August 1943 From the Sicily Campaign Brochure by Andrew J. Birtle (129K)

Maps that belong elsewhere:

• Europe - Southern Approaches to Europe, 1942-1945 From American Military History, United States Army Center of Military History, 1989(258K)

 

• Salerno, American Operations from the Beaches to the Volturno, 9 September-6 October 1943 (American Forces in Action series, U.S. Army Center of Military History, CMH #100-7) - https://history.army.mil/html/books/100/100-7/CMH_Pub_100-7.pdf.

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​Major US Army Center for Military History histories of WWII in Italy, including links to scalable maps:
Salerno to Cassino, https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-MTO-Salerno/index.html

• ​I. Fifth Army Landings, 9-13 September 1943
• II. Advance to the Volturno, 20 September-6 October 1943
• III. Fifth Army Crosses the Volturno, 12-14 October 1943
• IV. The Fifth Army Advances, 14-25 October 1943
• V. Advances at Anzio, 22-31 January 1944
• VI. Enemy Offensive, 16 February-3 March 1944
• VII. Stalemate, Spring 1944

Cassino to the Alps, https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-MTO-Cassino/index.html#index

• I.Jump-Off, 11 May 1944 
• II.Attack on Santa Maria Infante, 351st Infantry, 11-12 May 1944 
• III.Collapse of the Gustav Line, II Corps, 13-15 May 1944 
• IV.Approach and Breakthrough, the Hitler Line, 15-23 May 1944 
• V.Capture of Cisterna, 23-25 May 1944 
• VI.Shifting the Attack, 25-26 May 1944 
• VII.The Drive for Rome, 31 May-4 June 1944 
• VIII.Pursuit From Rome to the Trasimeno Line, 5-20 June 1944 
• IX.From the Trasimeno Line to the Arno River, 21 June-5 August 1944 
• X.The Approach to the Gothic Line: Concept of Operation OLIVE, 25 August 1944 
• XI.II Corps Attack on the Gothic Line, 10-18 September 1944 
• XII.Thrust Towards Imola, 88th Division, 24 September-1 October 1944 
• XIII.II Corps Attack on the Livergnano Escarpment, 1-15 October 1944 
• XIV.The Winter Line, 31 January 1945 
• XV.Breakthrough Into the Po Valley, IV and II Corps, 14-21 April 1945 
• XVI.The Spring Offensive, 9 April-2 May 1945

​+++ Allied campaigns in Italy order of battle webpages +++
Wikipedia order of battle webpages:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Husky_order_of_battle - Sicily Campaign
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Italy_order_of_battle
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anzio_order_of_battle
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Monte_Cassino_order_of_battle_January_1944
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Diadem_order_of_battle - 4th Battle of Monte Cassino
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_Line_order_of_battle
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Grapeshot_order_of_battle - Po Valley Campaign

British military history order of battle webpages:

• https://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/124/2020/06/43.09-Order-of-Battle-A.A.I..pdf - Italy, September 1943
• https://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/124/2020/06/44.01-Order-of-Battle-A.A.I..pdf - Italy, January 1944
• https://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/124/2020/06/44.05-Order-of-Battle-A.A.I..pdf - Italy, March–May 1944
• https://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/124/2020/06/44.08.25-Order-of-Battle-A.A.I.pdf - Italy, 25 August 1944
• https://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/124/2020/06/45.04.09-Order-of-Battle-A.A.I..pdf - Italy, 9 April 1945​​

+++ Maps from West Point Military Academy Dept. of History atlases for the Allied campaigns in Italy +++ 

• Map #45, Campaign In Sicily, Allied Plan And Axis Dispositions, 10 July, 1943, https://s3.amazonaws.com/usma-media/inline-images/academics/academic_departments/history/WWII%20Europe%20Med/WWIIEurope45.jpg
• Map #46, Campaign In Sicily, 12 July - 17 August, 1943, https://s3.amazonaws.com/usma-media/inline-images/academics/academic_departments/history/WWII%20Europe%20Med/WWIIEurope46.jpg
• Map #47, Allied Invasion Of Italy And Operations, September 1943, https://s3.amazonaws.com/usma-media/inline-images/academics/academic_departments/history/WWII%20Europe%20Med/WWIIEurope47.jpg
• Map #48, Allied Advances To Volturno River And Attack On Gustav Line, 17 January-11 May 1944, https://s3.amazonaws.com/usma-media/inline-images/academics/academic_departments/history/WWII%20Europe%20Med/WWIIEurope48.jpg
• Map #49, Attempts To Cross Rapido And Garigliano Rivers And German Counterattack, 17-19 February 1944, https://s3.amazonaws.com/usma-media/inline-images/academics/academic_departments/history/WWII%20Europe%20Med/WWIIEurope49.jpg
• Map #50, Operations At Anzio And Cassino, 11-30 May 1944, https://s3.amazonaws.com/usma-media/inline-images/academics/academic_departments/history/WWII%20Europe%20Med/WWIIEurope50.jpg
• Map #51, Allied Offensives In Italy, 5 June- 31 December 1944, https://s3.amazonaws.com/usma-media/inline-images/academics/academic_departments/history/WWII%20Europe%20Med/WWIIEurope51.jpg
• Map #52, Allied Plan Of Northern Italy Attack, April 1945, https://s3.amazonaws.com/usma-media/inline-images/academics/academic_departments/history/WWII%20Europe%20Med/WWIIEurope52.jpg

Other individual Italian campaign maps:​

• https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/cnuu47/the_italian_front_ww2_us_uk_forces_highlighted/#lightbox
• https://custermen.com/Maps/MapGustav.jpg
• https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/WWII51_Gothic_Line.jpg

Other collections of Italian campaign maps:

• The Italian Campaign in Sicily and the Mainland map is courtesy of Infobase Publishing and is included in the maps at https://inflab.medium.com/southern-front-maps-of-world-war-ii-ffbd40467bc3. Note an error, the Anzio Beachhead breakout didn't occur until the end of May.
• http://liberationtrilogy.com/books/day-of-battle/maps-from-the-day-of-battle/images-of-maps-from-the-day-of-battle/ - access maps from The Day of Battle.
• https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Atlas_of_the_World_Battle_Fronts_in_Semimonthly_Phases_to_August_15_1945​

+++ US WWII not specific to Italy +++

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_formations_of_the_United_States_Army_during_World_War_II#Field_Armies - portal to wikipedia entries for WWII US Army army groups, field armies, corps, and divisions.​
• U.S. Army World War II Corps Commanders:, A Composite Biography, by Robert H. Berlin, https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/combat-studies-institute/csi-books/berlin2.pdf.
• List of United States Divisions during World War II, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_divisions_during_World_War_II.
• https://history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/cbtchron/cbtchron.html - WWII US Army divisional combat chronicles.
• Army Battle Casualties and Nonbattle Deaths in World War II, pp. 92-95, https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/ref/Casualties/Casualties-1.html

+++ Italy Information not specific to WWII +++

• The Regions of Italy map is courtesy of italiantourism.us.
• http://www.italyouritaly.com/blog/2021/4/13/regions-provinces-comuni-of-italy contains more information about the current political organization (regions, provinces and communes) of Italy.
• The Physical Map of Italy map is courtesy of privateinternetaccess.com. (broken link May 2024)

+++ Other books on the Italian campaigns +++ 

• ​Backwater War: The Allied Campaign in Italy, 1945–1945 (Edwin P. Hoyt, Praeger, 2002) ​https://www.88thinfantrydivisionarchive.com/italy/backwaterwar-thealliedcampaigninitaly-249pgs.pdf - less detail than the official histories; no maps
• Potential source, only partially on-line: The War North of Rome, June 1944–May 1945 by Thomas R. Brooks, Hachette Books, 1996, https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_War_North_Of_Rome/HTPqSdxHb18C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22indice+river%22+april+1945&pg=PA378&printsec=frontcover - may lack maps
• Potential source: "15th Army Group History: 16 December 1944 - 2 May 1945" - Battery Press, 1989. 
• A major source for me but not on-line and ends with the capture of Rome: The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943–1944 (Rick Atkinson, Henry Holt & Co., 2007)

+++  Sources specific for this page +++ 

• none at this time