Operation Baytown

Operation Baytown
	Part of the Allied invasion of Italy
	; British troops, presumably of the 5th Infantry Division, come ashore at Reggio, during the Allied invasion of Italy, September 1943.
Date	3 - 8 September 1943
Location	Reggio Calabria, Italy38°06′35.0″N 15°38′31.3″E / 38.109722°N 15.642028°E
Result	British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom; Canada	Italy; Germany
Commanders and leaders
Bernard Montgomery; Miles C. Dempsey; Guy Simonds	Mario Arisio; Camillo Mercalli; Traugott Herr
Units involved
8th Army; XIII Corps;	7th Army XXXI Corps; LXXVI Panzer Corps

Operation Baytown was an Allied amphibious landing on the mainland of Italy that took place on 3 September 1943, part of the Allied invasion of Italy, itself part of the Italian Campaign, during the Second World War.