Allied landings at Sicily

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Operation_Husky
gptkbp:casualties	Allied: ~24,000 Axis: ~167,000
gptkbp:codename	gptkb:Operation_Husky
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:Italian_campaign
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Allied landings at Sicily
gptkbp:involves	Airborne operations Amphibious assault Naval bombardment
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Sicily,_Italy
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Battle_of_Centuripe gptkb:Battle_of_Gela gptkb:Battle_of_Primosole_Bridge gptkb:Battle_of_Troina
gptkbp:notableLanding	gptkb:Syracuse gptkb:Augusta gptkb:Gela gptkb:Licata gptkb:Pachino gptkb:Scoglitti
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:Italian_Sixth_Army gptkb:U.S._Seventh_Army gptkb:British_Eighth_Army gptkb:German_XIV_Panzer_Corps
gptkbp:objective	gptkb:Capture_of_Sicily
gptkbp:operator	Amphibious invasion
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:plannedBy	gptkb:Allied_High_Command
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:North_African_campaign
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Invasion_of_Italy gptkb:Fall_of_Mussolini
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	Led to the downfall of Mussolini Opened the way for the Allied invasion of mainland Italy
gptkbp:startDate	9 July 1943
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:Royal_Air_Force gptkb:Royal_Navy gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Lucian_King_Truscott_Jr.
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6