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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:axisWithdrawal
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German and Italian forces evacuated to mainland Italy
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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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17 August 1943
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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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Invasion 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:navalSupport
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gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:United_States_Navy
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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heavy civilian casualties
bombing of Sicilian cities
use of airborne operations
first large-scale Allied amphibious assault in Europe
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gptkbp:objective
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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:relatedEvent
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gptkb:Italian_armistice
fall of Mussolini
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Operation_Chestnut
gptkb:Operation_Mincemeat
gptkb:Operation_Fustian
gptkb:Operation_Ladbroke
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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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9 July 1943
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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:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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