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Operation Husky:
- 1942 El Alamein won by British cutting Germans off from Middle East oil
- 1943 Germans finally defeated in North Africa
- 9 July 1943 Allies land in Sicily
- Italians deposed Mussolini during the Sicily invasion and removed the Fascist government
- Hitler moved the Germans in to take over the country and rescued Mussolini by plane to Germany
- 9 sept, 1943 Allies land at Salerno on the Italian mainland
- 4 June 1944 to get to Rome
- Fighting continued until 2 May 1945
- Mussolini hung with his mistress near Milan in April 1945
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Invasion of Italy was known as Operation Husky. El Alamein was by the British as they cut off the Germans from the Middle East oil and finally defeated the Germans. Allies used the ports to in North Africa to attack Sicily in 1943. Italians getting rid of Mussolini, and removing the fascist government with him. Hitler moves in Germans to take country, and rescues Mussolini to take back to Germany. In the end, Mussolini and his mistress are hung in Milan in 1945.
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Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands, and an infinite scorn in our hearts.- Benito Mussolini
Subjunctive Question
If Mussolini had not been saved by Hitler, would he have been executed right away?