ETO

Shoulder insignia, original Second World War, of the European Theater of Operations, second model patch used from February 1944, worn, jus.

. The 16 officially recognized American military campaigns in the European Theater of Operations are: North African Campaigns: Egypt-Libya: June 11, 1942 – February 12, 1943, American participation in the Western Desert Campaign Algeria-French Morocco: November 8–11, 1942, the Allied landings in North Africa Tunisia: November 17, 1942 – May 13, 1943, the Tunisian Campaign Italian Campaigns: Sicily: July 9 – August 17, 1943, the Allied invasion and liberation of Sicily Naples-Foggia: Air: August 18, 1943 – January 21, 1944 Ground: September 9, 1943 – January 21, 1944, from the Allied invasion of Italy to the Battles of the Winter Line Anzio: January 22 – May 24, 1944, the landings and the battle Anzio Rome-Arno: 22 January - 9 September 1944, from the Anzio landings to the arrival at the Gothic Line Northern Apennines: 10 September 1944 - 4 April 1945, the battles of the Gothic Line Po Valley: 5 April - 8 May 1945, Allied Spring Offensive 1945 Western European Campaigns: Air Offensive Europe: 4 July 1942 - 5 June 1944, from the first American bombing mission over enemy-occupied territory in Europe to the night before D-Day Normandy: 6 June - 24 July 1944, the Allied landings in Normandy Northern France: 25 July - 14 September 1944, from Operation Cobra to the start of Operation Market Garden Southern France: 15 August - 14 September 1944, the Allied landings in the Southern France Rhineland: September 15, 1944 - March 21, 1945, from Operation Market Garden to the start of the Allied invasion of Germany Ardennes-Alsace: December 16, 1944 - January 25, 1945, the Battle of the Bulge Central Europe: March 22 - May 11, 1945, the Allied invasion of Germany