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Light cruiser Philadelphia and a motor minesweeper making a smoke screen to cover the landing area from German air attack, Salerno, Italy, 9 Sep 1943	Map depicting Operation Avalanche against mainland Italy, 9 Sep 1943

RAAF Flight Sergeant Roberts Dunstan posing outside of a tail gun position of a Lancaster bomber, Britain, 9 Sep 1943	Vice Admiral H. Kent Hewitt and Rear Admiral Spencer Lewis aboard USS Ancon off Salerno, Italy, Sep 1943

Baltimore off Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, United States, 10 Sep 1943; note two OS2U Kingfisher floatplanes on catapults	Unloading equipment on a beach near Salerno, Italy, Sep 1943

Valiant led the line as the Italian fleet steamed into Malta, under the terms of the Italian Armistice, 10 Sep 1943; note Warspite's 15in guns in foreground	Cruiser Savannah immediately after she was hit by a German guided bomb during the Salerno operation, 11 Sep 1943, photo 1 of 2

Cruiser Savannah immediately after she was hit by a German guided bomb during the Salerno operation, 11 Sep 1943, photo 2 of 2	German crew of a 7.5 cm PaK 40 anti-tank gun resting in front of the Italian State Radio at the corner of Via Asiago and Via Montello, Rome, Italy, 11 Sep 1943.

Map depicting Operation Avalanche progress at Salerno, Italy as of the end of the day 11 Sep 1943	USS Intrepid entering the deperming station at Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 11 Sep 1943. Note the outline of the ship’s waterline painted on the flight deck. Photo 1 of 3.

USS Intrepid entering the deperming station at Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 11 Sep 1943. Note the outline of the ship’s waterline painted on the flight deck. Photo 2 of 3.	USS Intrepid entering the deperming station at Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 11 Sep 1943. Note the outline of the ship’s waterline painted on the flight deck. Photo 3 of 3.

A building at Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943	A German glider trooper next to a DFS 230 C-1 glider damaged during landing, Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943

Benito Mussolini shortly after departing from Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943	Benito Mussolini with Otto Skorzeny and other rescuers, Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943, photo 1 of 2

Benito Mussolini with Otto Skorzeny and other rescuers, Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943, photo 2 of 2	Benito Mussolini, Giuseppe Gueli, and others at Gran Sasso, Italy, 12 Sep 1943