Allied invasion of Italy order of battle Reggio di Calabria) British XIII Corps commanded by Lieutenant-General Miles Dempsey Commanded by Field Marshal ("Generalfeldmarschall") Albert Kesselring Commanded by General ("Generaloberst") Heinrich von Vietinghoff Commanded by Major-General ("Generalleutnant") Hermann Balck (acting commander). Commanded by Lieutenant-General ("General der Panzertruppe") Traugott Herr. Allied invasion of Italy order of battle Allied Invasion of Italy Order of Battle is a listing of the significant Allied and Axis formations that were involved during the Allied invasion of Italy (the landings at Salerno, Reggio and Taranto) 3 September – 16 September 1943. Allied 15th Army Group under the command of General Sir Harold Alexander. (Operation
Allied invasion of Italy a condition of the Italian armistice. Because the distance from the Allied beachheads precluded any substantial Allied support of the airborne troops, Brigadier General Maxwell D. Taylor, the acting assistant division commander (ADC) of the 82nd Airborne Division, was spirited into Rome to assess the willingness of Italian troops to cooperate with the Americans. Taylor's judgment was that the operation would be a trap and he advised cancellation, which occurred late on the afternoon of 8 September after pathfinders had already taken off aboard their troop carrier aircraft. The main landings (Operation Avalanche) were scheduled to take place on 9