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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Allied_invasion_of_Sicily
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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_powers
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:George_S._Patton
gptkb: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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Battle of Sicily
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gptkbp:involvedCountry
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gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Sicily,_Italy
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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Amphibious landings at Gela, Licata, and Syracuse
First large-scale Allied airborne operation
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gptkbp:operator
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gptkb:Operation_Husky
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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:bfsParent
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gptkb:Mediterranean_Theater_of_Operations,_United_States_Army
gptkb:US_1st_Infantry_Division
gptkb:World_War_II_casualties
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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