Invasion of Italy
________________________________ In 1942 El Alamein won by British cutting Germans
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And in 9 July 1943 Allies land in Sicily The Italians deposed Mussolini during the Sicily invasion and removed the Fascist government but Hitler moved the Germans in to take over the country and rescued Mussolini by plane to Germany On the 9 Sept. 1943 Allies land at Salerno on the Italian mainland and by 4 June 1944 they arrive in Rome The Fighting continued until 2 May 1945 Mussolini ends up getting hung with his mistress near Milan in April 1945 Hitler reinstated Mussolini because the people were done with the war and didn’t want him in power Operation Husky (invasion of Italy) |
Italy was occupied by the Allies and Germany defended Italy in a series of difficult battles
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