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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Churchill_tanks_being_filmed_by_an_AFPU_cameraman_during_the_advance_of_56th_Division_north-east_of_Argenta%2C_Italy%2C_17_April_1945._NA24288.jpg/450px-Churchill_tanks_being_filmed_by_an_AFPU_cameraman_during_the_advance_of_56th_Division_north-east_of_Argenta%2C_Italy%2C_17_April_1945._NA24288.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Churchill_tanks_being_filmed_by_an_AFPU_cameraman_during_the_advance_of_56th_Division_north-east_of_Argenta%2C_Italy%2C_17_April_1945._NA24288.jpg/600px-Churchill_tanks_being_filmed_by_an_AFPU_cameraman_during_the_advance_of_56th_Division_north-east_of_Argenta%2C_Italy%2C_17_April_1945._NA24288.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="798" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Churchill_tank" title="Churchill tank">Churchill tanks</a> advance with the <a href="/wiki/56th_(London)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="56th (London) Division">British 56th Infantry Division</a> north-east of Argenta.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><table style="width:100%;margin:0;padding:0;border:0;display:inline-table"><tbody><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Date</th><td>12–19 April 1945</td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Location</th><td><div class="location"><a href="/wiki/Argenta,_Emilia%E2%80%93Romagna" title="Argenta, Emilia–Romagna">Argenta, Emilia–Romagna</a></div></td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Result</th><td class="status"> Allied victory</td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Territorial<br />changes</th><td> Territory south of the River Po falls into Allied hands.</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Belligerents</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Germany</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders and leaders</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Charles_Keightley" title="Charles Keightley">Charles Keightley</a></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Operation_Diadem" title="Operation Diadem"><i>Diadem</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Strangle_(World_War_II)" title="Operation Strangle (World War II)"><i>Strangle</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Chesterfield" title="Operation Chesterfield"><i>Chesterfield</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trasimene_Line" title="Trasimene Line">Trasimene Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ancona" title="Battle of Ancona">Ancona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Elba" title="Invasion of Elba">Elba</a></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Gothic_Line" title="Gothic Line">Gothic Line</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rimini_(1944)" title="Battle of Rimini (1944)">Rimini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_San_Marino" title="Battle of San Marino">San Marino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gemmano" title="Battle of Gemmano">Gemmano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Monte_Castello" title="Battle of Monte Castello">Monte Castello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Garfagnana" title="Battle of Garfagnana">Garfagnana</a></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Spring_1945_offensive_in_Italy" title="Spring 1945 offensive in Italy"><b>1945 Spring Offensive</b></a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Encore" title="Operation Encore"><i>Encore</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tombola" title="Operation Tombola"><i>Tombola</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bowler" title="Operation Bowler"><i>Bowler</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Roast" title="Operation Roast"><i>Roast</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bologna" title="Battle of Bologna">Bologna</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Argenta Gap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Herring" title="Operation Herring"><i>Herring</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Collecchio" title="Battle of Collecchio">Collecchio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Race_for_Trieste" title="Race for Trieste">Trieste</a></li></ul> <hr /> <b><a href="/wiki/Italian_Civil_War" title="Italian Civil War">Italian Civil War</a></b></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div> <p>The <b>Battle of the Argenta Gap</b> was an engagement which formed part of the <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> <a href="/wiki/Spring_1945_offensive_in_Italy" title="Spring 1945 offensive in Italy">spring 1945 offensive</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Italian_campaign_(World_War_II)" title="Italian campaign (World War II)">Italian campaign</a> in the final stages of the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>. It took place in northern Italy from 12 to 19 April 1945 between troops of <a href="/wiki/V_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="V Corps (United Kingdom)">British V Corps</a> commanded by <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-general_(United_Kingdom)" title="Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)">Lieutenant-General</a> <a href="/wiki/Charles_Keightley" title="Charles Keightley">Charles Keightley</a> and German units of <a href="/wiki/LXXVI_Panzer_Corps" title="LXXVI Panzer Corps">LXXVI Panzer Corps</a> commanded by <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general" title="Lieutenant general">Lieutenant General</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/General_der_Panzertruppe" title="General der Panzertruppe">General der Panzertruppe</a></i>) <a href="/wiki/Gerhard_von_Schwerin" title="Gerhard von Schwerin">Gerhard von Schwerin</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_the_Argenta_Gap&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Italy" title="Allied invasion of Italy">Allied invasion of Italy</a></div> <p>The Allied invasion of Italy occurred during September 1943, for a number of key reasons not least important of which was that support for the war in Italy had been declining and it was thought that an invasion would hasten the efforts of the new government that had deposed <a href="/wiki/Benito_Mussolini" title="Benito Mussolini">Benito Mussolini</a>, which was seeking peace. Furthermore, the weakening of Axis control of the Mediterranean supply routes eased the pressure on Allied forces operating in the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_and_Middle_East_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II">Middle</a> and <a href="/wiki/South-East_Asian_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="South-East Asian theatre of World War II">Far East</a>, as well as on the efforts to supply to <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Sicily" title="Allied invasion of Sicily">Operation Husky</a> – the <a href="/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Sicily" title="Allied invasion of Sicily">invasion of Sicily</a> in July 1943 – was successful, serving as a springboard for the invasion of the mainland. In September, the first Allied troops to <a href="/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Italy" title="Allied invasion of Italy">land in Italy</a> were of the <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Army_(United_Kingdom)" title="Eighth Army (United Kingdom)">British Eighth Army</a> under the then General <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Montgomery,_1st_Viscount_Montgomery_of_Alamein" class="mw-redirect" title="Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein">Bernard Montgomery</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Baytown" title="Operation Baytown">Operation Baytown</a>. Further landings on 9 September 1943 saw the <a href="/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Italy#Salerno_landings" title="Allied invasion of Italy">main attack force landing</a>, despite the Italian surrender to the Allied forces on the previous day. After securing the beachheads, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_North" title="United States Army North">U.S. Fifth Army</a> began its advance northwards. </p><p>By the winter of 1944–45 the Allied armies had penetrated the main defences of the <a href="/wiki/Gothic_Line" title="Gothic Line">Gothic Line</a> but had failed to break out into the Po river valley. A new major offensive was planned for the spring of 1945, when improving weather would allow the Allies to take advantage of their superior airpower and armoured and motorized ground forces. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Order_of_battle">Order of battle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_the_Argenta_Gap&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Order of battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Formations and units involved in the battle: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/15th_Army_Group" title="15th Army Group">15th Army Group</a> – <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant general (United States)">Lieutenant General</a> <a href="/wiki/Mark_W._Clark" title="Mark W. Clark">Mark Clark</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Army_(United_Kingdom)" title="Eighth Army (United Kingdom)">British Eighth Army</a> – <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-general_(United_Kingdom)" title="Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)">Lieutenant-General</a> <a href="/wiki/Richard_McCreery" title="Richard McCreery">Richard McCreery</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/V_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="V Corps (United Kingdom)">British V Corps</a> – Lieutenant-General <a href="/wiki/Charles_Keightley" title="Charles Keightley">Charles Keightley</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/56th_(London)_Infantry_Division" title="56th (London) Infantry Division">56th (London) Infantry Division</a> – <a href="/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Yeldham_Whitfield" title="John Yeldham Whitfield">John Y. Whitfield</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/24th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="24th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">24th Guards Brigade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/167th_(1st_London)_Brigade" title="167th (1st London) Brigade">167th (London) Infantry Brigade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/169th_(3rd_London)_Brigade" title="169th (3rd London) Brigade">169th (London) Infantry Brigade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Special_Service_Brigade" title="2nd Special Service Brigade">2nd Commando Brigade</a> (under command)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Armoured_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="9th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)">9th Armoured Brigade</a>(under command)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/78th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="78th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">78th Infantry Division</a> – Major-General <a href="/wiki/Keith_Arbuthnott,_15th_Viscount_of_Arbuthnott" title="Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott">Keith Arbuthnott</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/11th_Infantry_Brigade_and_Headquarters_South_East" class="mw-redirect" title="11th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters South East">11th Infantry Brigade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="36th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">36th Infantry Brigade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/38th_(Irish)_Infantry_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade">38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Armoured_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)">2nd Armoured Brigade</a> (under command)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Group_C" title="Army Group C">German Army Group C</a> – General (<i><a href="/wiki/Generaloberst" title="Generaloberst">Generaloberst</a></i>) <a href="/wiki/Heinrich_von_Vietinghoff" title="Heinrich von Vietinghoff">Heinrich von Vietinghoff</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/10th_Army_(Wehrmacht)" title="10th Army (Wehrmacht)">German Tenth Army</a> – Lieutenant-General (<i><a href="/wiki/General_der_Panzertruppe" title="General der Panzertruppe">General der Panzertruppe</a></i>) <a href="/wiki/Traugott_Herr" title="Traugott Herr">Traugott Herr</a> <ul><li>LXXVI Panzer Corps – Lieutenant-General (<i>General der Panzertruppe</i>) <a href="/wiki/Gerhard_von_Schwerin" title="Gerhard von Schwerin">Gerhard von Schwerin</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/162nd_Turkoman_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="162nd Turkoman Division">162nd (Turkestan) Infantry Division</a> – Major-General (<i><a href="/wiki/Generalleutnant" title="Generalleutnant">Generalleutnant</a></i>) <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ralph_von_Heygendorff&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ralph von Heygendorff (page does not exist)">Ralph von Heygendorff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42nd_J%C3%A4ger_Division" title="42nd Jäger Division">42nd Jäger Division</a> – Major-General (<i>Generalleutnant</i>) <a href="/wiki/Walter_Jost" title="Walter Jost">Walter Jost</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/362nd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="362nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">362nd Infantry Division</a> – Brigadier-General (<i><a href="/wiki/Generalmajor" title="Generalmajor">Generalmajor</a></i>) <a href="/wiki/Alois_Weber_(general)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alois Weber (general)">Alois Weber</a></li></ul></li> <li>In Army reserve <ul><li><a href="/wiki/29th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="29th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)">29th Panzergrenadier Division</a> – Major-General (<i>Generalleutnant</i>) <a href="/wiki/Fritz_Polack" title="Fritz Polack">Fritz Polack</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prelude">Prelude</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_the_Argenta_Gap&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Prelude"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LocationPoRiver.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/LocationPoRiver.PNG/220px-LocationPoRiver.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/LocationPoRiver.PNG/330px-LocationPoRiver.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/LocationPoRiver.PNG/440px-LocationPoRiver.PNG 2x" data-file-width="451" data-file-height="306" /></a><figcaption>The location of the Po River.</figcaption></figure> <p>As a preliminary to the main operation, a <a href="/wiki/British_Commandos" class="mw-redirect" title="British Commandos">commando</a> assault (<a href="/wiki/Operation_Roast" title="Operation Roast">Operation Roast</a>) was launched across Lake Comacchio on 1 April to secure the right flank of the Eighth Army for the coming battle to seize "the Spit", the narrow isthmus between the eastern shore of Lake Comacchio and the <a href="/wiki/Adriatic_Sea" title="Adriatic Sea">Adriatic Sea</a>. This would secure the eastern flank of the Eighth Army and also allow trials to be carried out in secret of the suitability of using newly arrived <a href="/wiki/Landing_Vehicle_Tracked" title="Landing Vehicle Tracked">LVT tracked landing craft</a> for subsequent larger operations in the muddy and difficult conditions of Lake Comacchio.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The operation was successful, although the LVTs failed dismally, becoming hopelessly bogged down.<sup id="cite_ref-Jackson258_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jackson258-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was in this raid that <a href="/wiki/Corporal" title="Corporal">Corporal</a> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Peck_Hunter" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Peck Hunter">Thomas Peck Hunter</a> of 43 Commando posthumously received the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a> for his actions. Two nights later further actions by the <a href="/wiki/Special_Boat_Service" title="Special Boat Service">Special Boat Service</a> (SBS) supported by Italian Partisans of the 28th Garibaldi Brigade captured islands in the middle of the lake. Danish national, Major <a href="/wiki/Anders_Lassen" title="Anders Lassen">Anders Lassen</a> a patrol commander of the <a href="/wiki/Special_Boat_Service" title="Special Boat Service">Special Boat Service</a> (SBS) was killed in a subsequent fighting reconnaissance and was awarded a <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a> posthumously.<sup id="cite_ref-Jackson258_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jackson258-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 56th Infantry Division also made a preliminary attack on 5/6 April to secure its starting line for the Argenta gap operation. By 8 April, after meeting stiff resistance, it had completed its task in clearing "the Wedge", an area from the southern tip of Lake Comacchio where it meets the Reno river to the Fossa di Navigazione.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The main Eighth Army offensive across the Senio river commenced on 9 April and by 12 April the assault units had advanced to consolidate across the Santerno river and allow 78th Infantry Division to pass through towards the Reno river and the Argenta gap. The Argenta Gap was a well defended strip of land some 2 miles (3.2 km) wide and 8 miles (13 km) deep between <a href="/wiki/Lake_Comacchio" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Comacchio">Lake Comacchio</a> and the Lombardy marshes, south of the town of <a href="/wiki/Ferrara" title="Ferrara">Ferrara</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_battle">The battle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_the_Argenta_Gap&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ArgentaGap_1945_04_en.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/ArgentaGap_1945_04_en.svg/220px-ArgentaGap_1945_04_en.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/ArgentaGap_1945_04_en.svg/330px-ArgentaGap_1945_04_en.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/ArgentaGap_1945_04_en.svg/440px-ArgentaGap_1945_04_en.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2456" data-file-height="1935" /></a><figcaption>Map of the Argenta Gap showing the Allied lines of advance.</figcaption></figure> <p>On the night of 10/11 April, <a href="/wiki/V_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="V Corps (United Kingdom)">British V Corps</a> launched Operation <i>Impact Plain</i> to widen and deepen its bridgehead in the Wedge: <a href="/wiki/40_Commando" title="40 Commando">40th (Royal Marine) Commando</a> advanced along the raised causeway bordering the lake while, from <a href="/wiki/56th_(London)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="56th (London) Division">56th (London) Division</a>, <a href="/wiki/169th_(3rd_London)_Brigade" title="169th (3rd London) Brigade">169th (Queen's) Brigade</a> advanced on the commando's left across the flooded margins of the lake with two battalions in LVTs. The 56th Division's <a href="/wiki/167th_(1st_London)_Brigade" title="167th (1st London) Brigade">167th Brigade</a> advanced from the Wedge along the Reno flood banks.<sup id="cite_ref-Jackson267_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jackson267-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The commando column met stiff resistance at the bridge north east of Menate and took heavy casualties but were able to take the objective with the assistance of air support.<sup id="cite_ref-Jackson267_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jackson267-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 42nd <i>Jaeger</i> Division seems to have been taken by surprise by their opponents' amphibious capacity and seemed somewhat unnerved by the LVTs emerging from the water so that by daylight on 12 April all three columns had made some 4 miles (6.4 km) headway, linking up in the Menate-Longastrino area. 169th Brigade then pushed forward on the road towards Filo and 167th Brigade continued up the Reno, rolling up the German defences as far as the confluence with the Santerno river to link with the Italian Cremona Combat Group which had advanced from the south.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Reacting to the Allied attack, von Vietinghof ordered <a href="/wiki/29th_Panzergrenadier_Division_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="29th Panzergrenadier Division (Wehrmacht)">29th <i>Panzergrenadier</i> Division</a> south to reinforce the Argenta gap. Its <a href="/w/index.php?title=15th_Panzergrenadier_Regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="15th Panzergrenadier Regiment (page does not exist)">15th <i>Panzergrenadier</i> Regiment</a> arrived to reinforce 42nd <i>Jaeger</i> Division on 12 April but the rest of the division had been north of the Po and, delayed by air damage and fuel shortages was not in position until 14 April.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Early on 13 April the <a href="/wiki/38th_(Irish)_Infantry_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade">38th (Irish) Brigade</a>, of <a href="/wiki/78th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="78th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">78th <i>Battleaxe</i> Division</a>, attacked northward from <a href="/wiki/8th_Infantry_Division_(India)" title="8th Infantry Division (India)">Indian 8th Division</a>'s bridgehead across the Santerno river with the objective of seizing a bridgehead across the Reno at Bastia, in the mouth of the Argenta gap.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, to their right, 56th Infantry Division launched the second phase of its operation, <i>Impact Royal</i>. This involved <a href="/wiki/No._9_Commando" title="No. 9 Commando">No. 9 Commando</a> of <a href="/wiki/2nd_Special_Service_Brigade" title="2nd Special Service Brigade">2nd Commando Brigade</a> and <a href="/wiki/24th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="24th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">24th Guards Brigade</a> advancing up the flooded margins of Lake Comacchio in LVTs to concentrate near Chiesa del Bando, 6 miles (9.7 km) north west of Menate and develop a threat to Argenta which lay some 3 miles (4.8 km) to the south west of this objective.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A foothold was established on the Fossa Marina, a canal running roughly east to west from Argenta to the lake and a 1 mile (1.6 km) short of their objective but then the newly arrived 15th Panzer Grenadier Regiment blocked further progress and an attempt to take the bridge across the Fossa on 14 April was beaten back.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the morning of 14 April forward elements of 38th Brigade had crossed the bridge over the Reno at Bastia but had been forced back by an armoured counterattack. It was decided to confine immediate activity to mopping up south of the Reno and await the approach of 167th Brigade which,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> advancing on both banks of the Reno, would shortly threaten the flank of the defenders north of the river in Bastia and oblige them to retire. Rather than wait for the bridge at Bastia to be cleared, V Corps commander, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-general_(United_Kingdom)" title="Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)">Lieutenant-General</a> <a href="/wiki/Charles_Keightley" title="Charles Keightley">Charles Keightley</a> ordered 78th Division's <a href="/wiki/11th_Infantry_Brigade_and_Headquarters_South_East" class="mw-redirect" title="11th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters South East">11th Infantry Brigade</a> to use 56th Division's bridges over the Reno in order to get forward towards Argenta without delay.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_British_Army_in_Italy_1945_NA24311.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/The_British_Army_in_Italy_1945_NA24311.jpg/220px-The_British_Army_in_Italy_1945_NA24311.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/The_British_Army_in_Italy_1945_NA24311.jpg/330px-The_British_Army_in_Italy_1945_NA24311.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/The_British_Army_in_Italy_1945_NA24311.jpg/440px-The_British_Army_in_Italy_1945_NA24311.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Men of 56th Reconnaissance Regiment, of 78th Division, with a <a href="/wiki/Humber_Light_Reconnaissance_Car" class="mw-redirect" title="Humber Light Reconnaissance Car">Humber Light Reconnaissance Car</a> in Argenta, 18 April 1945.</figcaption></figure> <p>On 15/16 April 56th Division renewed their attack on the Fossa Marina but failed again. However, the cumulative effect of heavy air attacks since 13 April took their toll and on the night of 16 April the 24th Guards Brigade were able to cross the canal with relatively little trouble although their advance was once again halted by resistance about 0.5 miles (800 m) north of the canal. On the west side of the Argenta gap 11th Brigade was able to get across the Fossa Marina east of Argenta. The 2nd Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_Fusiliers" title="Lancashire Fusiliers">Lancashire Fusiliers</a> were able to hold on to a small bridgehead under heavy fire and counterattack while engineers positioned <a href="/wiki/Hobart%27s_Funnies" title="Hobart's Funnies">ARK armoured mobile bridges</a> to allow supporting tanks to cross the canal.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Jackson282_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jackson282-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 17 April 38th (Irish) Brigade arrived from newly cleared Bastia and passed through 11th Brigade's bridgehead, tasked with widening the bridgehead to provide space to allow an armoured breakout. By dark the brigade had advanced 1,000 yards (910 m) against determined resistance, working around the rear of Argenta. Meanwhile, 11th Brigade advanced into the town to clear it with the support of <a href="/wiki/Hobart%27s_Funnies" title="Hobart's Funnies">Crocodile</a> armoured flame-throwers. An armoured counterattack early on 18 April was forced back towards 38th (Irish) Brigade. Meanwhile, on the west outskirts of the town the bridges over the Reno had been attacked and captured by 2nd Commando Brigade which had been advancing up the line of the river from Bastia. Attempted counterattacks on the bridges were broken up by supporting artillery.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also on 17 April 56th Division's 169th (Queen's) Brigade was passed through 11th Brigade's bridgehead across the Fossa Marina in order to drive eastwards to clear the north bank of the canal and link with the Guards Brigade.<sup id="cite_ref-Jackson283_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jackson283-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 18 April 78th Division brought forward <a href="/wiki/36th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="36th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">36th Infantry Brigade</a> from reserve to pass through 38th (Irish) Brigade and conduct a series of right hooks north of Argenta. By dawn the brigade had reached Consandolo some 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Argenta, where German resistance stubbornly held until well into the afternoon. Meanwhile, a mobile force under the command of <a href="/wiki/2nd_Armoured_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)">2nd Armoured Brigade</a> Headquarters comprising one infantry battalion, a tank regiment, a regiment of armoured personnel carriers and supporting self-propelled guns and assault engineers (the "Kangaroo Army") was brought forward and, bypassing Consonaldo, secured a bridgehead over the Fossa Benvignante 1 mile (1.6 km)north of the town. Advanced elements then pushed forward and before dark overran the artillery gun lines of 42nd <i>Jaeger</i> Division.<sup id="cite_ref-Jackson283_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jackson283-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 78th Division's advance created flank pressure on the German units facing 56th Division so that at midday on 18 April 169th (Queen's) Brigade detected a lessening resistance in front of them. Pushing forward, the brigade advanced to the Fossa Benvignante and captured a bridge intact. To their right the 24th Guards Brigade were finally able to clear Chiesa del Bando and advance towards the Fossa Benvignante as well.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_the_Argenta_Gap&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With 56th and 78th Division now clear of the northern end of the Argenta gap, British 6th Armoured Division, from Eighth Army reserve, was released through the left wing of the advancing 78th Division to swing left to race north west along the line of the river Reno to Bondeno and link up with the U.S. Fifth Army units advancing north from west of Bologna and to complete the encirclement of the German armies defending Bologna. Effective Allied bombing of the crossings of the Po and shortage of fuel left much of the German Army Group's strength and almost all its heavy equipment and armament stranded south of the river, sealing its fate. On 29 April an instrument of surrender was signed by German emissaries at Allied Army HQ and hostilities formally ceased on 2 May. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="War_Cemetery">War Cemetery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_the_Argenta_Gap&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: War Cemetery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An Allied war cemetery is now located at Argenta. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_burials">Notable burials</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_the_Argenta_Gap&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notable burials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Banks" title="Arthur Banks">Arthur Banks</a> <a href="/wiki/George_Cross" title="George Cross">GC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Hunter_(VC)" title="Tom Hunter (VC)">Tom Hunter (VC)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anders_Lassen" title="Anders Lassen">Anders Lassen</a> <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">VC</a>, <a href="/wiki/Military_Cross" title="Military Cross">MC</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_the_Argenta_Gap&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Citations">Citations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_the_Argenta_Gap&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jackson, p.200.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Jackson258-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Jackson258_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jackson258_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Jackson, p. 258.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jackson, pp.259-260.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jackson, p. 199.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Jackson267-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Jackson267_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jackson267_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Jackson, p.267.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jackson, p. 268.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jackson, p. 269.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jackson, p. 272.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jackson, p. 271.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jackson, p.272.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jackson, p. 273.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jackson, p. 281.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jackson, p. 284(footnote).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Jackson282-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Jackson282_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jackson, p. 282.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jackson, pp. 282-283</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Jackson283-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Jackson283_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Jackson283_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Jackson, p. 283.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jackson, p.284.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_the_Argenta_Gap&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> 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P. (2004) [1988]. <a href="/wiki/James_Ramsay_Montagu_Butler" class="mw-redirect" title="James Ramsay Montagu Butler">Butler, Sir James</a> (ed.). <i>The Mediterranean and Middle East: Victory in the Mediterranean, Part 3 – November 1944 to May 1945</i>. History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series. Vol. VI (facs. repr. Naval & Military Press Uckfield, UK ed.). London: <a href="/wiki/HMSO" class="mw-redirect" title="HMSO">HMSO</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84574-072-6" title="Special:BookSources/1-84574-072-6"><bdi>1-84574-072-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Mediterranean+and+Middle+East%3A+Victory+in+the+Mediterranean%2C+Part+3+%E2%80%93+November+1944+to+May+1945&rft.place=London&rft.series=History+of+the+Second+World+War%2C+United+Kingdom+Military+Series&rft.edition=facs.+repr.+Naval+%26+Military+Press+Uckfield%2C+UK&rft.pub=HMSO&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=1-84574-072-6&rft.aulast=Jackson&rft.aufirst=General+Sir+William&rft.au=Gleave%2C+Group+Captain+T.+P.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABattle+of+the+Argenta+Gap" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.warlinks.com/pages/8thdeeds.html">http://www.warlinks.com/pages/8thdeeds.html</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.britishsoldier.com/argenta2.htm">http://www.britishsoldier.com/argenta2.htm</a> (Kindly providing the images)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_the_Argenta_Gap&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Dictionary of Battles</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_the_Argenta_Gap&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.irishbrigade.co.uk">The Irish Brigade</a> Contains accounts of the 38th (Irish) Brigade in the Battle Argenta Gap including The Official Histories of the 1st and 2nd Battalion of the London Irish Rifles and their role in the battle.</li></ul> <p><span class="metadata coord-missing"></span> </p>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=0" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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