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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:military_campaigns
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gptkbp:aftermath
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led to the Italian Campaign
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gptkbp:air_support
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gptkb:Allied_air_forces
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gptkbp:campaigns
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gptkb:Allied_occupation_of_Sicily
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gptkbp:casualties
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approximately 200,000
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:Axis_powers
gptkb:Allied_forces
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:General_Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:General_George_S._Patton
gptkb:General_Bernard_Montgomery
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gptkbp:commemoration
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annual remembrance events
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gptkbp:cultural_impact
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depicted in films and literature
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gptkbp:election_result
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fall of Mussolini
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gptkbp:end_date
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August 17, 1943
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gptkbp:historical_analysis
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studied in military academies
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gptkbp:historical_context
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involved multiple nations
prelude to the Italian Campaign
response to Axis expansion in Europe
part of the larger Mediterranean theater of operations
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gptkbp:historical_documentation
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Sicilian Campaign reports
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gptkbp:historical_impact
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shifted balance in Mediterranean theater
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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opened up southern Europe to Allied forces
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Sicilian Campaign
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gptkbp:intelligence
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gptkb:Operation_Mincemeat
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gptkbp:involved_forces
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gptkb:British_Eighth_Army
gptkb:U._S._Seventh_Army
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gptkbp:key_battles
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gptkb:Battle_of_Messina
gptkb:Battle_of_Troina
gptkb:Battle_of_Gela
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gptkbp:key_figures
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gptkb:Field_Marshal_Erwin_Rommel
gptkb:General_Sir_Harold_Alexander
General Giovanni Messe
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gptkbp:legacy
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influenced future amphibious operations
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gptkbp:local_support
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Sicilian population
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Sicily
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gptkbp:logistics
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large-scale supply operations
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gptkbp:media_coverage
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extensive press coverage
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gptkbp:memorials
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memorials in Sicily
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gptkbp:military_lessons
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importance of air superiority
coordination between land and naval forces
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gptkbp:military_strategy
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amphibious assault
combined arms operations
paratrooper drops
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gptkbp:notable_ships
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gptkb:Operation_Husky
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gptkbp:operations
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gptkb:Operation_Husky
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gptkbp:part_of
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:result
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Allied victory
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gptkbp:significance
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first major Allied invasion of Europe
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gptkbp:start_date
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July 9, 1943
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gptkbp:strategic_goals
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disruption of Axis supply lines
capture Sicily
capture of Catania
capture of Palermo
capture of Syracuse
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gptkbp:terrain
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mountainous and urban areas
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gptkbp:veterans
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Sicilian Campaign veterans
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gptkbp:weather_conditions
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hot summer climate
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:George_S._Patton
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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3
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