1943 Allied invasion of Sicily

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1943_Allied_invasion_of_Sicily

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Operation_Husky
gptkbp:casualtiesAllied	over 24,000
gptkbp:casualtiesGerman	over 29,000
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Allied_forces gptkb:Axis_powers
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower gptkb:George_S._Patton gptkb:Alfredo_Guzzoni gptkb:Albert_Kesselring Bernard Montgomery Harold Alexander
gptkbp:endDate	17 August 1943
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Italian_campaign
gptkbp:heldPrisonersFrom	over 140,000 Axis soldiers
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	1943 Allied invasion of Sicily
gptkbp:involvedCountry	gptkb:Australia gptkb:Canada gptkb:Italy gptkb:Nazi_Germany gptkb:New_Zealand gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States gptkb:Free_French_Forces
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Sicily,_Italy
gptkbp:mediaType	film 'Patton' documentary 'World War II in Colour'
gptkbp:notableEvent	use of airborne troops Messina captured by Allies Palermo captured by Allies first large-scale Allied landing in Europe heavy bombing of Axis positions
gptkbp:objective	capture of Sicily
gptkbp:operator	amphibious assault airborne operation
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:North_African_campaign
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Operation_Slapstick gptkb:Operation_Avalanche gptkb:Operation_Baytown
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	led to the downfall of Mussolini opened the way for the Allied invasion of mainland Italy
gptkbp:significantUnit	gptkb:Italian_Sixth_Army gptkb:U.S._Seventh_Army gptkb:British_Eighth_Army gptkb:German_XIV_Panzer_Corps
gptkbp:startDate	9 July 1943
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Eastern_Sicily
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7