| 词条 | Operation Baytown |
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| conflict = Operation Baytown | partof = the Allied invasion of Italy | image = The Allied Landings in Italy, September 1943- Reggio, Taranto and Salerno NA6258.jpg | image_size = 300px | caption = British troops, presumably of the 5th Infantry Division, come ashore at Reggio, during the Allied invasion of Italy, September 1943. | coordinates ={{coord|38|06|35.0|N|15|38|31.3|E|type:event_scale:10000_region:IT|}} | date = 3 September 1943 | place = Reggio Calabria, Italy | result = British victory | combatant1 = {{flag|United Kingdom}} {{flag|Canada|1921}} | combatant2 = {{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}} {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}} | commander1 = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Bernard Montgomery {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} Miles C. Dempsey | commander2 = {{flagicon|Nazi Germany|1935}} Traugott Herr | units1 ={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} XIII Corps | units2 ={{flagicon|Nazi Germany|1935}} LXXVI Panzer Corps | strength1 = | strength2 = | casualties1 = | casualties2 = | notes }}{{Campaignbox Italy}} Operation Baytown was an Allied amphibious landing on the mainland of Italy that took place on 3 September 1943, part of the Allied invasion of Italy, itself part of the Italian Campaign, during the Second World War. PlanningThe attack was made by Lieutenant-General Miles C. Dempsey's British XIII Corps, which had under command the 1st Canadian Infantry Division (Major-General Guy Simonds) and the British 5th Infantry Division (Major-General Gerard C. Bucknall). XIII Corps was part of the British Eighth Army, commanded by General Sir Bernard Montgomery. XIII Corps crossed the Straits of Messina from Sicily to Reggio di Calabria, covered by a heavy artillery barrage from Sicily and air cover from the Desert Air Force operating from Sicilian airfields. The intent was to tie down German forces in the area and gain an Allied foothold at the 'toe' of Italy.[1] Montgomery had objected to Baytown as ineffective, preferring to prioritise Operation Avalanche, but followed orders and prepared to carry it out anyway. However, when essential landing craft and naval resources were diverted to Avalanche he complained again.[2] The German commander, Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring, and his staff did not believe the Calabria landing was the main Allied attack, which they expected at Salerno, or possibly north of Naples, or even near Rome. He therefore ordered General der Panzertruppe Traugott Herr's LXXVI Panzer Corps, part of the German 10th Army under Generaloberst Heinrich von Vietinghoff to pull back from engagement with the Eighth Army and delay them by the demolition of bridges and other infrastructure. A single German regiment was left to defend 17 miles of coast.[3] ExecutionMontgomery's objections were proved correct: German troops refused battle and the Eighth Army tied down none of them. The main obstacle to the Allied advance was the terrain and German demolitions.[3][4][5] Opposition to the landings was very light, because the few German troops in the area rapidly withdrew northward.[3] Italian troops on the coast, belonging to the coastal divisions, were poorly equipped, demoralized by the political situation and the massive Allied bombardment; they offered no resistance to the landing. An exception was the 184th Airborne Division Nembo, which provided more determined resistance on the Aspromonte massif, but was eventually overcome on 8 September 1943 {{citation needed|date=April 2017}} AftermathOperation Baytown was followed by Operation Slapstick, with the British 1st Airborne Division (Major-General George Hopkinson), and Operation Avalanche, the main landings at Salerno by elements of Lieutenant General Mark Clark's U.S. Fifth Army. Both operations took place on 9 September, following the Italian surrender the day before. The surrender had been agreed on 3 September, but was not publicly announced until 8 September, and had no direct effect on Baytown.[6] See also
Notes1. ^Molony, pp. 223, 231–6, 238. 2. ^Montgomery, pp. 190–2. 3. ^1 2 Molony, pp. 23–42. 4. ^Anon, Lewisham Gunners, p. 40. 5. ^Montgomery, p. 194. 6. ^Montgomery, pp. 194–5. References
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