Allies invade Sicily
July 10, 1943
British and American forces stormed the beaches of southern Sicily in Operation Husky, the beginning of the liberation of Italy. Within a few weeks Mussolini had been voted out by his own Fascist Grand Council and arrested. The soft underbelly of Europe turned out to be plenty tough, but the Italian campaign was under way.
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