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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military_operation
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Operation_Husky
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gptkbp:casualties
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Allied: ~24,000
Axis: ~29,000
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkb:Axis_forces
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:George_S._Patton
gptkb:Alfredo_Guzzoni
gptkb:Albert_Kesselring
Bernard Montgomery
Harold Alexander
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gptkbp:endDate
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1943-08-17
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Italian_campaign
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gptkbp:heldPrisonersFrom
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Axis: ~140,000
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Allied landing in Sicily
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gptkbp:involvedCountry
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gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Free_French_Forces
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Sicily,_Italy
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gptkbp:mainLandingSites
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gptkb:Syracuse
gptkb:Augusta
gptkb:Gela
gptkb:Licata
gptkb:Pachino
gptkb:Scoglitti
gptkb:Avola
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gptkbp:navalSupport
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gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:United_States_Navy
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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Evacuation of Axis troops to mainland Italy
Heavy bombing of Axis positions
Use of airborne troops
First large-scale Allied amphibious assault in Europe
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gptkbp:objective
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gptkb:Capture_of_Sicily
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:North_African_campaign
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gptkbp:result
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Allied victory
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gptkbp:significance
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Led to the downfall of Mussolini
Opened the way for the Allied invasion of mainland Italy
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gptkbp:startDate
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1943-07-09
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gptkbp:supports
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gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Italian_Campaign_(World_War_II)
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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