Sicily 1943

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World War II battle military campaign

Sicily 1943 refers to the World War II Allied invasion and campaign on the island of Sicily, a major operation that marked the beginning of the Italian Campaign in 1943.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Sicily 1943 canonical	7
Gela beachhead battle	1
Sicily, 1943	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
alliedBelligerent	Canada ⓘ Free French Forces ⓘ surface form: Free French forces Poland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
alsoKnownAs	Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ surface form: Sicilian Campaign of 1943
axisBelligerent	Germany ⓘ Italy ⓘ
belligerent	Allied forces ⓘ Axis ⓘ surface form: Axis forces
codename	Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ surface form: Operation Husky
commanderAllied	Bernard Montgomery ⓘ Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ George S. Patton ⓘ
commanderAxis	Albert Kesselring ⓘ Alfredo Guzzoni ⓘ surface form: Alfred Guzzoni
conflict	World War II ⓘ
consequence	collapse of the Fascist regime in Italy ⓘ fall of Benito Mussolini ⓘ opening of the Italian mainland campaign ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
endDate	1943-08-17 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Salerno ⓘ surface form: Allied invasion of mainland Italy Operation Avalanche ⓘ Operation Baytown ⓘ
hasPart	Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ surface form: Sicilian campaign
involvedForce	British Eighth Army ⓘ German XIV Panzer Corps ⓘ Italian Sixth Army ⓘ U.S. Seventh Army ⓘ
location	Sicily ⓘ
notableEngagement	Battle of Centuripe ⓘ Battle of Gela ⓘ Battle of Primosole Bridge ⓘ Battle of Troina ⓘ
objective	capture of Sicily ⓘ force Italy out of the war ⓘ secure Mediterranean sea lanes ⓘ
operationType	airborne assault ⓘ amphibious landing ⓘ
precededBy	North African campaign ⓘ surface form: North African Campaign
result	Allied victory ⓘ
startDate	1943-07-09 ⓘ
strategicSignificance	first Allied landing on European Axis territory in the west ⓘ
theatre	Italian campaign ⓘ surface form: Italian Campaign Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

British 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division → awardedBattleHonour → Sicily 1943 ⓘ

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry → battleHonour → Sicily 1943 ⓘ

HMS Ajax → battleHonour → Sicily 1943 ⓘ

Seaforth Highlanders of Canada → battleHonour → Sicily 1943 ⓘ

Loyal Edmonton Regiment → battleHonour → Sicily 1943 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sicily, 1943

No. 54 Squadron RAF → battleHonour → Sicily 1943 ⓘ

PPCLI → battleHonoursInclude → Sicily 1943 ⓘ

HMS Tartar → battleHonour → Sicily 1943 ⓘ

Battle of Gela → alsoKnownAs → Sicily 1943 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gela beachhead battle