Sicilian Campaign | |||||||
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Part of the Italian Campaign of World War II | |||||||
A map of the Allied army amphibious landing in Sicily, 10 July 1943, as part of Operation Husky. |
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Belligerents | |||||||
Allies: United Kingdom United States Canada India Free French Australia South Africa |
Axis: Italy Germany |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Dwight D. Eisenhower Harold Alexander Bernard Montgomery George S. Patton Arthur Tedder Andrew Cunningham |
Alfredo Guzzoni Rodolfo Graziani Albert Kesselring Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin Hans-Valentin Hube |
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Strength | |||||||
Initial Strength: 160,000 personnel 14,000 vehicles 600 tanks 1,800 guns Peak Strength: 467,000 personnel |
252,000 Italian personnel 40,000–60,000 German personnel 260 tanks 1,400 aircraft |
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
United Kingdom and Canada: 2,811 KIA 6,471 wounded 686 MIA |
Italy: 4,325 KIA 13,500 wounded 10,106 MIA/POW |
United Kingdom and Canada:
2,721 KIA
7,939 wounded
2,183 MIA
Italy:
4,678 KIA
32,500 wounded
152,933 MIA/POW
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.