Sicily Campaign
The Sicily Campaign was an offensive made by the Allies to make safer shipping conditions and to start crippling the Axis Powers slowly by taking over the Italian peninsula and eventually taking out a major leader, Benito Mussolini.
This campaign, also known as Operation Husky, started in July of 1943 and only lasted until the next month, so it didn't take long for the Allies to overtake Sicily. The Allies were outnumbered for they had 160,000 men and the Axis Powers had 405,000 men, but that didn't stop them from making advances towards the island's capital, Palermo, and also Messina, which had an important port that if they overtook it, it would definitely cripple the opposing side. Despite General Patton taking his men towards Palermo when he was asked to stop over radio, both cities were taken over and the island of Sicily was obtained by the Allies from the Axis Powers.
The overtaking of Sicily was a push towards an Allied win of World War II. When the island's capital was taken over by the Allies and the Allies asked the people to choose between life or Benito Mussolini, Italy's leader, they chose life and brought down Mussolini. This took out a major leader for the Axis Powers.
This campaign, also known as Operation Husky, started in July of 1943 and only lasted until the next month, so it didn't take long for the Allies to overtake Sicily. The Allies were outnumbered for they had 160,000 men and the Axis Powers had 405,000 men, but that didn't stop them from making advances towards the island's capital, Palermo, and also Messina, which had an important port that if they overtook it, it would definitely cripple the opposing side. Despite General Patton taking his men towards Palermo when he was asked to stop over radio, both cities were taken over and the island of Sicily was obtained by the Allies from the Axis Powers.
The overtaking of Sicily was a push towards an Allied win of World War II. When the island's capital was taken over by the Allies and the Allies asked the people to choose between life or Benito Mussolini, Italy's leader, they chose life and brought down Mussolini. This took out a major leader for the Axis Powers.