Operation Avalanche Operation Avalanche Operation Avalanche was the codename for the Allied landings near the port of Salerno, executed on 9 September 1943, part of the Allied invasion of Italy. The Italians withdrew from the war the day before the invasion, but the Allies landed in an area defended by German troops. Planned under the name "Top Hat", it was supported by the deception plan Operation Boardman. The landings were carried out by the US Fifth Army, under American General Mark W. Clark. It comprised the U.S. VI Corps, the British X Corps and the US 82nd Airborne Division, a total of
Invasion of Tabriz, World War I Invasion of Tabriz, World War I Invasion of Tabriz during World War I was multiple occupations and re-occupations of the city of Tabriz in Iranian Azerbaijan by forces of the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire during World War I. Before World War I Tabriz was already held by Russian forces and had been since the Russian Invasion of Tabriz, 1911. On June 31, 1914, three days after the war began, the Iranian government declared neutrality. Despite this, once the Russians started their campaign in autumn, they sent additional forces to northwestern Iran, reinforcing the 10,000 men already there with