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Operation Herring
Part of the Italian Campaign/Italian Civil War of World War II

Italian parachutists departing from Rosignano on 20 April 1945
Date19–23 April 1945
Location
Key Axis positions behind the Po River Valley
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Italy Italy
Operation Herring United Kingdom
Operation Herring United States
Operation Herring Germany
Operation Herring Italian Social Republic
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of Italy Captain Carlo Gay
Kingdom of Italy Lieutenant Guerrino Ceiner
Unknown
Strength
Kingdom of Italy 226 parachutists
United Kingdom 1+
United States 14 C-47s

Operation Herring Germany

7,000 soldiers
200 APCs, tanks, and other vehicles
Casualties and losses
Kingdom of Italy Italy:
30 killed
10-12 wounded
United Kingdom United Kingdom:
1 killed
481 killed
1983 captured
44 vehicles destroyed

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