Allied invasion of Sicily

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Allied_invasion_of_Sicily

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:airborneOperation	gptkb:Operation_Fustian gptkb:Operation_Ladbroke
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Operation_Husky
gptkbp:casualtiesAllied	over 24,000
gptkbp:casualtiesGerman	over 29,000
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Allied_forces gptkb:Axis_forces
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:Allied_invasion_of_Italy
gptkbp:heldPrisonersFrom	over 140,000 Axis soldiers
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	first major Allied assault on European Axis territory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Allied invasion of Sicily
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Sicily,_Italy
gptkbp:navalSupport	gptkb:Royal_Navy gptkb:United_States_Navy gptkb:Royal_Canadian_Navy
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Battle_of_Centuripe gptkb:Battle_of_Gela gptkb:Battle_of_Primosole_Bridge gptkb:Battle_of_Troina
gptkbp:objective	capture of Sicily
gptkbp:operator	amphibious assault airborne assault
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:North_African_campaign
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	led to the downfall of Mussolini opened the way for the Allied invasion of mainland Italy
gptkbp:significantEvent	Axis evacuation from Messina Mussolini arrested collapse of Italian Fascist government
gptkbp:startDate	9 July 1943
gptkbp:troopContributingCountries	gptkb:Australia gptkb:Canada gptkb:Italy gptkb:Nazi_Germany gptkb:New_Zealand gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States gptkb:Free_French_Forces
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Salerno_landings gptkb:Battle_of_Tunisia
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5