Invasion of Italy: Operation Husky
1942 El Alamein won by British cutting Germans off from Middle East oil
1943 Germans finally defeated in North Africa
9 July 1943 Allies land in Sicily
Italians deposed Mussolini during the Sicily invasion and removed the Fascist government
Hitler moved the Germans in to take over the country and rescued Mussolini by plane to Germany
9 Sept. 1943 Allies land at Salerno on the Italian mainland
4 June 1944 to get to Rome
Fighting continued until 2 May 1945
Mussolini hung with his mistress near Milan in April 1945
1943 Germans finally defeated in North Africa
9 July 1943 Allies land in Sicily
Italians deposed Mussolini during the Sicily invasion and removed the Fascist government
Hitler moved the Germans in to take over the country and rescued Mussolini by plane to Germany
9 Sept. 1943 Allies land at Salerno on the Italian mainland
4 June 1944 to get to Rome
Fighting continued until 2 May 1945
Mussolini hung with his mistress near Milan in April 1945