Foggia Airfield

The Foggia Complex referred to multiple airfields located near the “heel” of Italy; such airfields had refueled and rearmed Axis bombers for strikes on Malta, Greece, Gibraltar, Egypt and Cyprus since the outbreak of war. Their capture was imperative. Under Allied control, these airfields would finally put crucial cities and manufactories in Northern Italy, the Balkans and Central Europe within range of the USAAF and RAF. Through Foggia, Europe’s soft underbelly could be truly exposed.