THE INVASION OF SICILY

WHO?

• United States/Great Britain vs Germany/Italy
• Great Britain: General bernard Montgomery
• United States: General Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Germany: Albert Kesselring
• Italy: Benito Mussolini

WHAT ?

• Started out as an air attack, progresses to land for 6 weeks
• Two of the British and American attacks were airborne
• Axis: about 200,000 Italian and 32,000 German troops
• Allies: 150,000 troops
• Code name: "Operation Husky"

WHEN?

• Started:July 9, 1943
• Ended: August 17, 1943
• Happened near the end of World War 2

WHERE?

• Sicily, an island South of Italy
• Messina, Sicily

WHY?

• America and britain won the battle
• Allies, USA & Britain, wanted to expose German/ Italian forces
• Done to eliminate the island as a axis base
• Opened shipping lanes in the Mediterranean sea
• It was deemed impossible to land para-troopers in France

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