Invasion of Italy: Operation Husky
- 1942 El Alamein won by British cutting Germans off from middle east oil
- 1943 Germans finally defeated in North Africa - 9 July Allies finally land in Sicily - Italians deposed Mussolini during the Sicily invasions and removed fascist government - Hitler moved the Germans in to take over the country and rescued Mussolini by plane - 9 Sept 1943 Allies land at Salerno on the Italian mainland - 4 June 1944 to get to Rome - Fighting continued until 2 May 1945 - Mussolini hanged with his mistress near Milan April 1945 "The Mediterranean will be turned into an Italian lake!"
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Allies invade Italy. Germans put up good fight, but eventually lose.
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