Which operation began first, Spring 1945 offensive in Italy or Operation Overlord?
Spring 1945 offensive in Italy The Spring 1945 offensive in Italy, codenamed Operation Grapeshot, was the final Allied attack during the Italian Campaign in the final stages of the Second World War. The attack into the Lombardy Plain by the 15th Allied Army Group started on 6 April 1945, ending on 2 May with the formal surrender of German forces in Italy.
List of ships of Force U Bombardment Group Force U Bombardment Group, commanded by Rear Admiral Morton Deyo, was a group of eighteen warships assigned to bombard Utah Beach as part of the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944, the opening day of Operation Overlord, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied western Europe during World War II.