Invasion of Italy
- July.9, 1943 Allies land in Sicily
- wanted to gain the 'soft underbelly of Europe'
- mostly street to street fighting
- Italians deposed Mussolini during the invasion and removed fascist government
- Hitler moved Germans into Italy
- rescued Mussolini and brought him to Germany
- Sept.9, 1943 Allies land in Salerno on the mainland
- June.4, 1944 get to Rome
- fighting stops at May.2, 1945
- Mussolini hung and killed with his mistress by Italians in Milan in April 1945
Summery
Allies landed in sicily and fought there way to rome and over through the Fascist government but the germans pushed them back out once again establishing Mussolini's power. Mussolini and his girlfriend where then hung and brutally beaten by his own citizens
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