Italy 1943/44, Allied invasion in the Gulf of Genoa.

Cook

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I’ve found references to both Eisenhower and Jumbo Wilson at various times contemplating an amphibious invasion in the Gulf of Genoa and it was a constant worry for Kesselring but a cursory glance doesn’t suggest any good invasion site.

Is there a good potential site in the Gulf of Genoa?
 
Not knowing enough about the region, I'm going to go with Varazze. It seems to be far enough away to bypass some of the defensive lines, yet close enough to still complete the job.
 
I know the region quite well, it's my seaside destination since childhood. There're no easy landings, any beach can be put under fire from mountains, at least in theory. Such an attack could however work, to a considerable cost (mch more than Dragoon). The obvious target would be the Ponente (west) coast of Liguria, around Savona, in whose province are the lowest passes in the region across the Apennine and Alps (ranges that meet at Cadibona pass, technically). Savona was heavily difended by germans and Fascist Republicans (my thesis dissertation was about Resistance in that zone, so I have some information); up to about August 144 when the San Marco Fascist division was called back from training in germany, the rest of the local coast was less well defended. An attack frpm Alassio to Finale Ligure maybe can do the trick, th problem would be blocking any reinforcement forom the flanks by destroying the tunnels and railway viaducts, which may be made by round the clock bombingor with the Resistance's help (less likely since there most were "reds" and thus scarcely trusted by Angloamericans).
 

Cook

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Looking at an invasion on a par with the AVALANCHE landings south of Solerno, so a front of similar width rather than an Anzio sized landing.

Any and all information regarding the area is appreciated.
 
Kesselring was of the opinion that a landing at Citiavechia instead of Salerno, that they would have cut off everything south of Rome and achieved a major victory

the allies had total air superiority to look for axis units and they chose to land where the only full strength German panzer division in the entire country was...fail
 
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