In 1943, The British And American Allies Shared A Common A WWII thriller about the Mafia and the Allied invasion of Sicily. Operation Husky: The Allied Invasion of Sicily July 12, 2017 By May 1943, the US Army had acquired hard-won experience and tasted success in North Africa as Axis forces composed of more than 250,000 German and Italian troops surrendered at Tunisia. Focusing on Patton’s Seventh Army, he would utilize his well-disciplined. In Rome, the Allied invasion of Sicily, a region of the kingdom of Italy since 1860, led to the collapse of Mussolini’s government. Continue Reading. The Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II, in which the Allies took the island of Sicily from the Axis powers (Italy and Nazi Germany).It was a large amphibious and airborne operation, followed by a six-week land campaign and was the beginning of the Italian Campaign.. Husky began on the night of 9/10 July 1943, and ended on 17 August. The showcase was codenamed Operation Husky, the allied invasion of Sicily, which marked the Allies push to liberate Europe. On the night of 9–10 July 1943 the Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky began. In Higgins’s imagination, a British special operations officer, acting under the authority of General Dwight Eisenhower and President Franklin Roosevelt, springs Luciano from prison to help smooth the way for the Allied invasion of Sicily in the summer of 1943. After 38 days of fighting Allies troops successfully drove Axis troops from Sicily and prepared to assault the Italian mainland. The Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II, in which the Allies took the island of Sicily from the Axis powers (Italy and Nazi Germany).It began with a large amphibious and airborne operation, followed by a six-week land campaign, and initiated the Italian Campaign.. Husky began on the night of 9–10 July 1943, and ended on 17 August. It should come as little surprise, then, that during the 2nd World War the island was the first part of Europe to be reclaimed from the Axis by Allied forces. The Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II, in which the Allies took Sicily from the Axis Powers (Italy and Nazi Germany).It was a large amphibious and airborne operation, followed by a six-week land campaign and was the beginning of the Italian Campaign.. Husky began on the night of 9/10 July 1943, and ended on 17 August. Allied invasion of Sicily The history of Sicily. The collapse of fascist Italy necessitated German troops to be relocated to Italy, weakening the Eastern Front of Germany. Since time immemorial, Sicily has been coveted by those hoping to dominate the Mediterranean basin.