V Corps role was limited , as most of the Allied resources were transferred to the Western side of Italy , to Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark 's American Fifth Army .
Was to hold a 30 - mile sector of the front with just two divisions .
V Corps role was limited , as most of the Allied resources were transferred to the Western side of Italy , to Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark 's American Fifth Army , and was to hold a 30 - mile sector of the front with just two divisions .