After the defeat of the Axis forces in North Africa ... hoping that a defeat would lead to the fall of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Follow the Allied forces as they invade Sicily and ...
By delivering newspapers, munitions and secret messages to resistance groups, among many other incredible tasks, the brave ...
In September 1943, the Western Allies—the US, Britain, and Canada—invaded fascist Italy, which was allied with Nazi Germany by longtime dictator Benito Mussolini. Although the Allies had made secret ...
They point out, while often deprecating their performance and rarely crediting them with any success, that Rommel was heavily dependent on Italian troops, who always formed the bulk of Axis forces in ...
By Dr Geoffrey Best. Has an obsession with the Allied landings in Normandy given a distorted view of the achievements of the Italian campaign? By Professor Richard Holmes. How meticulous planning ...