Allied invasion of Sicily

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Allied military operation World War II campaign amphibious invasion military campaign

The Allied invasion of Sicily was a major 1943 World War II campaign in which British and American forces captured the island from Axis control, paving the way for the invasion of mainland Italy and the downfall of Mussolini.

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All labels observed (19)

Label	Occurrences
Allied invasion of Sicily canonical	53
Operation Husky	33
Sicily campaign	15
Sicilian campaign	8
Allied landings in Sicily	4
Sicily Campaign	4
Allied occupation of Sicily	2
Battle of Sicily	2
Invasion of Sicily	2
Sicily landings	2
Allied invasion of mainland Italy	1
Operation Husky amphibious landings	1
Operation Husky naval operations	1
Sicilian Campaign of 1943	1
Sicilian Campaign of World War II	1
Sicilian campaign of World War II	1
Sicily campaign of 1943	1
World War II Allied invasion of Sicily	1
invasion of Sicily	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Allied military operation ⓘ World War II campaign ⓘ amphibious invasion ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ surface form: Operation Husky
belligerent	Allies of World War II ⓘ Axis powers ⓘ
commander	Bernard Montgomery ⓘ Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ George S. Patton ⓘ Harold Alexander ⓘ surface form: Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved	Canada ⓘ Free French Forces ⓘ Kingdom of Italy ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	July–August 1943 ⓘ
endDate	1943-08-17 ⓘ
followedBy	Allied invasion of Italy ⓘ Operation Avalanche ⓘ
involves	airborne operations ⓘ amphibious landings ⓘ ground combat ⓘ naval bombardment ⓘ
location	Kingdom of Italy ⓘ Sicily ⓘ
objective	capture of Sicily ⓘ elimination of Axis forces from Sicily ⓘ opening route for invasion of mainland Italy ⓘ
operationCodeName	Husky ⓘ
opposingCommander	Albert Kesselring ⓘ Alfred Gause ⓘ Alfredo Guzzoni ⓘ Hans-Valentin Hube ⓘ
partOf	Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean Theater of World War II
precededBy	North African campaign ⓘ Tunisian campaign ⓘ
result	Allied invasion of Sicily self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Allied occupation of Sicily Allied victory ⓘ Axis evacuation of Sicily ⓘ collapse of Fascist regime in Italy ⓘ fall of Benito Mussolini ⓘ
startDate	1943-07-09 ⓘ
strategicEffect	encouragement of Italian armistice negotiations ⓘ loss of important Axis air and naval bases ⓘ weakening of Axis control in the Mediterranean ⓘ
theater	European theatre of World War II ⓘ surface form: European Theater of Operations Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ

Referenced by (134)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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this entity surface form: Operation Husky

North African campaign → followedBy → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

Italian campaign → includesOperation → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Husky

Allied invasion of Sicily → alsoKnownAs → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Husky

Allied invasion of Sicily → result → Allied invasion of Sicily self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied occupation of Sicily

Mediterranean Theater of Operations → includesOperation → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Husky

Operation Torch → followedBy → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Husky

Husky → hasCodename → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Allied occupation of Sicily

Husky → followedBy → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied invasion of mainland Italy

Husky → isAlsoKnownAs → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

Eighth Army (United Kingdom) → engagement → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

Alfredo Guzzoni → conflict → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

British 1st Airborne Division → notableOperation → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

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U.S. 82nd Airborne Division → conflictParticipated → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sicily campaign

George S. Patton → participatedIn → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sicily campaign

Bertram Ramsay → participantIn → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

Tunisian campaign → followedBy → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Husky

Operation Avalanche → precededBy → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

Italian armistice of 1943 → precededBy → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

Southern Italy → wasSiteOf → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied landings in Sicily

Miles Dempsey → participatedIn → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sicilian campaign

Omar Bradley → participatedIn → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

MTO → notableCampaign → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

subject surface form: Mediterranean Theater of Operations

this entity surface form: Sicily campaign

MTO → notableOperation → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Operation Husky

British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division → theatreOfOperations → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sicilian campaign

British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division → notableEngagement → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Husky

James M. Gavin → participatedIn → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sicily campaign

Audie Murphy → notableBattle → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

British Eighth Army → notableBattle → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

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8th Army → campaign → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Sicily campaign

51st (Highland) Division → battleHonour → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sicily Campaign

All American Division → participatedIn → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sicily campaign

Operation Ladbroke → partOf → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Husky

Operation Ladbroke → relatedOperation → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Husky amphibious landings

1st Airlanding Brigade → conflict → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

USS Buck (DD-420) → participatedIn → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

USS LST 393 → tookPartIn → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

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USS LST 393 → operation → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

subject surface form: USS LST-393

this entity surface form: Operation Husky

7th Armoured Division → notableBattle → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Invasion of Sicily

Mediterranean Fleet → notableEngagement → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sicily landings

War As I Knew It → describesEvent → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sicilian campaign of World War II

Battle of Salerno → precededBy → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ