Allies Invade Italy

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Allies Invade Italy
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Casablanca Conference

• Was an agreement on how the war should be run
• Declared they would invade Italy next
• Unconditional Surrender

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Sicily

• First step was the seizure of Sicily
• To get to Sicily, had to take small island of
  Pantelleria between Tunisia and Sicily
• Had an airfield to launch invasion from
• Was called Operation Husky
• Allies invade Italy from 3 sides

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Sicily

• Germans build antitank traps
• Sicily falls to the Allies

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Invasion of Italy

• Bombing cause people to become upset with
  Mussolini
• Mussolini is imprisoned
• Marshall Badoglio takes over command
• They are afraid to quit the war

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Invasion of Italy

• Allies invade Italy
• On same day, Badoglio surrendered his country
• Germans come in and occupy Rome
• Hitler rescues Mussolini
• Fierce fighting continues
• Allies find Naples in near ruins

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Invasion of Italy

• Northern Italian front was sheer misery
• Only way to dislodge them was by a direct assault.

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Interactive Map

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