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The rugged island of Sicily, dominated in the east by the snow-crowned eminence of the active volcano Mount Etna (which rises to a height of 11,000 feet), lies in the ocean just off the "toe" of the "boot" of Italy. This spectacular setting witnessed one of 1943's pivotal battles as the theater of Allied operations shifted from North Africa to Europe - Operation Husky, a mixed victory wresting control of Sicily from the Axis. The action also caused Benito Mussolini's downfall, his imprisonment, and subsequent dramatic rescue by the scar-faced Otto Skorzeny - removing significant portions of Italy from the fascist camp, but nevertheless failing to prevent a long Italian campaign. Germany's North African defeat opened up the possibility of taking the war in the west to the European continent for the first time since France's lightning conquest by the Wehrmacht in 1940. The British and Americans debated the merits of landing in France directly in 1943, but they ultimately opted against it. The Soviets railed at the Westerners as "bastards of allies" - conveniently forgetting that they aided and abetted Hitler's violent expansionism in eastern Europe for over a year, starting in 1939 - but a 1943 "D-Day" style landing in France might have proven a strategic and logistical impossibility. In fact, the lackluster Allied showing on Sicily and the escape of most of the island's garrison encouraged Hitler to alter his plans and defend Italy vigorously. With its rugged mountain ridges, deep valleys, and numerous rivers, Italy contained tens of thousands of natural defensive positions. World War II: German Raid on Bari HistoryNet 6/12/2006 World War II On the afternoon of December 2 1943 1st Lt Werner Hahn piloted his Messerschmitt Me-210 reconnaissance plane over the port of Bari Sicily - United States Army Center of Military History Introduction World War II was the largest and most violent armed conflict in the history of mankind However the half century that now separates us from that Battle of Kursk: Germany's Lost Victory in World War II 6/12/2006 World War II Following their disastrous defeat at Stalingrad during the winter of 1942-43 the German armed forces launched a climactic offensive in Siege of Malta (World War II) - Wikipedia Siege of Malta; Part of the Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre of the Second World War: Service personnel and civilians clear up debris on a heavily bomb-damaged World War II in Pictures: Tiger Tanks A look at the German heaviest tanks of World War II the Tiger I Tiger II King Tiger and the Maus Panzer VIII Military history of Italy during World War II - Wikipedia The participation of Italy in the Second World War was characterized by a complex framework of ideology politics and diplomacy where in its military actions were World War I / Useful Notes - TV Tropes The war in Anglophone popular culture consists of precisely two settings: British Tommies live in the hellish trenches where it's always raining and the muddy ground Royal Artillery in the Second World War 1939-1945 - The Royal Artillery in the Second World War The Wartime Memories Project 1943 Timeline World War II Database - WW2DB 6 Jan 1943 Doherty was commissioned into service ww2dbase [Main Article CPC] Parkash Singh of Indian 14th Division daringly rescued wounded comrades on the Mayu 1940 Timeline World War II Database - WW2DB 2 Jan 1940 The Irish government introduced emergency powers to intern IRA members without trial ww2dbase ; Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano sent a secret
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