Allied Invasion of Italy
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, World War II, Invasions, Raids, Conquests, Sieges
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, Italian History, 20th & 21st Century European History, British History, French History
- Geographical Location: Italy
- Date: September 3 and 9, 1943
Article abstract: The Allied invasion of Italy is initially planned as a temporary substitute for the cross-Channel invasion of France, but becomes an unexpectedly costly effort surrounded by controversy and mixed results.
Summary of Event
After the American and British leaders had agreed at the Casablanca Conference upon an invasion of Sicily after the Axis powers were defeated in North Africa, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain came to Washington, D.C., in May, 1943, to confer with President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Noting the rapidity...
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