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Part of World War II, Italian campaign

Allied invasion of Sicily

July 9 – August 17, 1943 · Battle site

Result Allied victory

Operation Husky: the American Seventh and British Eighth Armies took Sicily in 38 days; Mussolini fell during the fighting.

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Axis

Allies

Germany
Italy
United Kingdom
United States
Canada
Australia
Greece
France
Albert Kesselring military commander Vittorio Ambrosio military commander Alfredo Guzzoni military commander
Dwight D. Eisenhower military commander George S. Patton military commander Bernard Montgomery military commander Harold Alexander military commander Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope military commander

Strength and losses

Italy Strength 131,359–252,000 · Killed 4,678 · Wounded 32,500 · Missing 116,861 · Tanks 260 · Aircraft 1,400

Germany Strength 40,000–60,000 · Killed 4,325 · Wounded 13,500 · Missing 10,106

United States Killed 2,811 · Wounded 6,471 · Missing 686

Units

Italian 6th Army (1943) 15th Panzergrenadier Division 16th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 4th Infantry Division "Livorno"
15th Army Group Seventh United States Army II Corps (United States) XIII Corps (United Kingdom) 1st Canadian Division 2nd Armored Division (United States) 45th Infantry Division (United States) 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division 51st (Highland) Division 5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom) 82nd Airborne Division 9th Infantry Division (United States) US 1st Division US 3rd Division 1st Airlanding Brigade 16th Infantry Regiment (United States) 18th Infantry Regiment (United States) 41st Infantry Regiment (United States) 504th Infantry Regiment 75th Ranger Regiment 7th Infantry Regiment (United States) Glider Pilot Regiment 62nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion No. 3 Commando

Battles 2

Before and after

Followed from
Operation Corkscrew June 11, 1943

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Operation Corkscrew
 
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