The Important InformationWHO-

● America (Roosevelt)● and Britain (Churchill)● vs Italy (Mussolini)

WHAT-

● Stalin persisted for Britain and America to plan an invasion on France, but Churchill and Roosevelt chose to go after Italy.

●● On July 10, 1943, Allied forces invaded the island of Sicily taking control of the land

from the Italian and German soldiers stationed there. The troops attacked by sea.

●● The Sicilian coastal defenses went down easily due to their reluctance to fight for the

prosperity of Germany. The southeastern part of Sicily was wiped out by the British troops within three days.

●● The British started their move towards Messina around Mount Etna and the Americans

moved to the east. They took over Palmero on July 22 and while all this was going on, Germany regained strength in Sicily.

● Mussolini had toppled from power in the battle for Sicily.

● On September 3, Italy surrendered. The power of northern Italy was put northern Italy was put into the hands of the Germans.

● The Italian government declared war on Germany

● On June 4, 1944, the Germans finally backed off to the north and the Allies foot in Rome.

The fighting still occurred in Italy until Germany fell around May of 1945.

WHEN-● July 10, 1943 - Allies take over Sicily● July 22 - Allies take over Palermo, Germans take over Sicily● July 25 - Mussolini resigns● August 16 - Troops make it to mainland● September 3 - Italy surrenders● April 27, 1944 - Mussolini dead

WHERE-● Italy

○ Sicily○ Messina○ Abruzzo Mountains○ Mount Etna○ Palermo○ Northern Italy○ Rome○ Foggia○ Naples

(Soldiers moving towards Messina)WHY/HOW- The Allies were pressured by Stalin to invade France, but Roosevelt and Churchill chose to invade Italy instead. The Allies fought to take over Sicily and that was their first move in Italy. They then took over Palermo, and Sicily was taken over by Germans. The Allies took Sicily back and forced Mussolini to resign. Italy then surrendered and Mussolini was freed by the Germans. The Allies moved and took Northern Italy from Germany, and they then had a direct passage to Germany, and after they found Mussolini, only Germany and Japan now stood in their way. The invasion of Italy was a major segway into D-Day and The Battle if the Bulge.