CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

The strategic situation Allied preparations: Operation Corkscrew Allied preparations: air superiority

CHRONOLOGY

OPPOSING COMMANDERS

Axis commanders Allied commanders

OPPOSING FORCES

Axis forces Allied forces

OPPOSING PLANS

Axis plans Allied plans

THE CAMPAIGN

Airborne assault: Husky 1 Airborne assault: Ladbroke 8th Army landings Seventh US Army landings The initial Axis response: American sector The initial Axis response: British sector The initial Axis response: air operations Axis reassessment Beyond the Yellow Line The race for Palermo The fall of Mussolini Containing the Allies Operation Lehrgang The final approach to Messina

THE CAMPAIGN IN PERSPECTIVE

THE BATTLEFIELD TODAY

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