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Invasion of Sicily

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

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1943Date range

4Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1943

Franklin Delano Roosevelt24 January 1943

Sicily · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The Casablanca Conference agrees Sicily will be invaded in July & in August

Dwight David EisenhowerJanuary 1943

Sicily · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Supreme Allied commander for the attack of Sicily & the Axis "underbelly" in Europe

Dwight David Eisenhower3 July 1943

Sicily · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The Allies begin bombing the airfields of Siciliy as a prelude to invasion

Dwight David Eisenhower9 July 1943

Sicily · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The Allied invasion of Sicily begins

Matt Clark10 July 1943

Sicily · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Commands the 5th Army during the Allied invasion of Sicily

George Smith Patton10 July 1943

Sicily · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Lands ashore at the head of the 7th Army

George Smith Patton1943

Sicily · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Suspended during the invasion of Siciliy for assaulting a shell-shocked soldier

Names involved

Dwight David EisenhowerFranklin Delano RooseveltGeorge Smith PattonMatt Clark

Provenance

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