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Capture of Messina

Name: Capture of Messina – Germany factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Germany · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1943Date range

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Chronological records

1943

Adolf Hitler16 August 1943

Messina · Warfare / World War, 2nd

A joint Anglo-American complete the capture Sicily after taking Messina

Names involved

Adolf Hitler

Provenance

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