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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military_operation
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gptkbp:airborneOperation
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gptkb:Operation_Fustian
gptkb:Operation_Ladbroke
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Allied_invasion_of_Sicily
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gptkbp:amphibiousLanding
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gptkb:Syracuse
gptkb:Gela
gptkb:Licata
gptkb:Pachino
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gptkbp:casualtiesAllied
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~24,000
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gptkbp:casualtiesGerman
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~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:historicalSignificance
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Accelerated the collapse of Fascist Italy
First major Allied assault on European Axis territory
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Sicily campaign
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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:mediaType
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Book: The Day of Battle by Rick Atkinson
Film: Patton
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gptkbp:navalOperation
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gptkb:Operation_Husky
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gptkbp:notableBattle
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gptkb:Battle_of_Centuripe
gptkb:Battle_of_Gela
gptkb:Battle_of_Primosole_Bridge
gptkb:Battle_of_Troina
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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:prisonersTakenByAllies
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~140,000
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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:George_S._Patton_Jr.
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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