Spring 1945 offensive in Italy

Operation Grapeshot
Part of the Italian campaign of the Second World War
British troops of the 5th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, part of 11th Brigade of 78th Division, pick their way through the ruins of Argenta, 18 April 1945.
Date 6 April 1945 – 2 May 1945 Location Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna, Liguria, Piedmont, Lombardy and the Veneto regions, Northern Italy Result Allied victory German forces withdraw from Italy Fall of the Italian Social Republic Execution of Benito Mussolini (1945) Surrender of all Axis forces in Italy
Belligerents
United Kingdom British India Newfoundland Palestine United States Poland Italy Italian Resistance Brazil New Zealand South Africa Yugoslavia	Germany Italian Social Republic Kosakenland Chetniks (1945) Serbian Volunteer Corps (1945) Serbian State Guard (1945)
Commanders and leaders
Harold Alexander Mark Clark Lucian Truscott Richard McCreery	H. von Vietinghoff  Traugott Herr   J. Lemelsen   Benito Mussolini  Rodolfo Graziani
Units involved
15th Army Group 5th Army 8th Army ...and others	Army Group C 10th Army 14th Army Army Liguria ...and others
Strength
Total: 1,333,856 5th Army: 266,883 fighting strength Eighth Army: 632,980 fighting strength	Total: 585,000 394,000 fighting strength 100,000 local police units 91,000 lines of communication and AA troops
Casualties and losses
16,258 casualties incl. 2,860 killed	30,000–32,000 casualties

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 in the Lombard Plain by the 15th Allied Army Group started on 6 April 1945 and ended on 2 May with the surrender of all Axis forces in Italy.