Operation+Husky+2012-13

__//**Allies: US and Great Britain**//__ __//**Axis: Germany and Italy **//__
 * [|General Dwight D. Eisenhower]
 * [|General Sir Harold Alexander]
 * [|Lt. General George S. Patton]
 * [|General Sir Bernard Montgomery]
 * [|Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham]
 * [|Vice Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay]
 * 160,000 men
 * Gen. Alfredo Guzzoni
 * Field Marshall Albert Kesselring
 * 405,000 men

Operation Husky - Dates:
 Allied troops landed on July 9, 1943 and officially secured the island The Operation ended August 17, 1943  __**Purpose:**__  The invasion of Sicily was designed to open the shipping lanes in the Mediterranean, eliminate the island as an Axis base, and to encourage the fall of Mussolini's government.  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: inherit;"> The ** Allied invasion of Sicily **, codenamed ** Operation Husky ** , was a major [|World War II] campaign, in which the [|Allies] took [|Sicily] from the Axis ([|Italy] and [|Nazi Germany]). It was a large scale [|amphibious] and [|airborne] operation, followed by six weeks of land combat. It launched the [|Italian Campaign]. media type="custom" key="22443408" =media type="custom" key="22443542"=

__**Airplanes**__
On the night of July 9/10, Allied airborne units began landing, while the main ground forces came ashore three hours later on the southeast and southwest coasts of the island. (Inside a carrier plane) (Fighter Planes)



On the night of July 9/10, Allied airborne units began landing, while the main ground forces came ashore three hours later on the southeast and southwest coasts of the island.

__**Quiz and Test Questions**__

1. What were two of the nations involved? 2. Who was one of the two Generals of the Axis Powers? 3. What year did this Operation start? 4. What was the purpose of this Invasion?

__**Bibliography VVV**__ - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Sicily - http://prezi.com/gjo4hets943-/operation-husky/ - http://www.theculturalexperience.com/battlefield_tours/Operation_Husky_1943.php __**Resources**__ http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/worldwarii/p/husky.htm http://www.theculturalexperience.com/battlefield_tours/Operation_Husky_1943.php