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.

Andrew Cunningham → notableEvent → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied landings in Sicily

U.S. 45th Infantry Division → campaign → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sicily campaign

U.S. 45th Infantry Division → landingOperation → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

Avalanche → precededBy → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation Avalanche

German occupation of Italy → followed → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

Jumpin' Jim → participatedIn → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

subject surface form: James M. Gavin

this entity surface form: Sicily campaign

Major-General Sidney Kirkman → participatedIn → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

subject surface form: Sidney Kirkman

Eighth Army → notableBattle → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

General Alfredo Guzzoni → participatedIn → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

subject surface form: Alfredo Guzzoni

Sicily 1943 → hasPart → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sicilian campaign

Sicily 1943 → codename → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Husky

Sicily 1943 → alsoKnownAs → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sicilian Campaign of 1943

505th Parachute Infantry Regiment → participatedIn → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

United States 1st Infantry Division → worldWarIIService → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

Tyne and Tees → participatedIn → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

subject surface form: 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division

this entity surface form: Sicily campaign

Sicily-Rome American Cemetery → commemorates → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sicilian campaign

Messerschmitts over Sicily → mainSubject → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sicily campaign

Messerschmitts over Sicily → timePeriodCovered → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sicily campaign of 1943

United Kingdom military operations in Europe → hasNotableOperation → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

Battle of the Mediterranean → hasPart → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

British V Corps → engagement → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

British XIII Corps → engagement → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

British XIII Corps → notableOperation → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Husky

British First Army → operation → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

1st Canadian Armoured Brigade → participatedIn → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

1st Canadian Armoured Brigade → notableBattle → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Sicily

1st Airborne Division → engagement → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Husky

Allied Force Headquarters → participatedIn → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Husky

USS Boise → battle → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Invasion of Sicily

Allied combined naval operations → hasPart → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Husky naval operations

Allied combined naval operations → supportedOperation → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Husky

Allied advance on Rome → precededBy → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

British 5th Division → participatedIn → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sicily Campaign

British 5th Division → participatedIn → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

European theater → hasPart → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

Ponte Grande bridge captured and later temporarily lost → partOf → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Husky

Waco CG-4 glider → notableOperation → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

subject surface form: Waco CG-4

this entity surface form: Operation Husky

Operation Fustian → partOf → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sicily campaign

Airspeed Horsa glider → usedInOperation → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

subject surface form: Airspeed Horsa

this entity surface form: Operation Husky

Airspeed Horsa glider → usedInOperation → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

subject surface form: Airspeed Horsa

this entity surface form: invasion of Sicily

Italy 1943–45 → hasPart → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

DD-419 → participatedIn → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

subject surface form: USS Wainwright (DD-419)

this entity surface form: Sicilian campaign

Ponte Grande bridge → usedDuringConflict → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

Ponte Grande bridge → operation → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Husky

Patton (1970 film) → portrays → Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sicilian campaign

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

this entity surface form: Sicily Campaign