article: Allied invasion of Sicily
links: Kingdom of Italy Palermo Axis Powers Cagliari Benito Mussolini Spain North African Campaign Allied invasion of Italy Axis powers Italian Campaign (World War II) Sardinia Licata Messina Dwight D. Eisenhower Albert Kesselring Sicily Calabria Free France Paratroopers Naples Union of South Africa Greece Dwight Eisenhower Allies of World War II Catania Mediterranean Sea Nazi Germany World War II Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein British Raj George S. Patton POW Operation Mincemeat