Dates
The beginning of the Italian Campaign
July 10, 1943
Prime minister of Italy
Benito Mussolini
The Allied leaders decided to use their massive military resources to launch an invasion of Italy, (Month,Year)
January 1943
Winston Churchill
Prime Minister Benito Mussolini was arrested
July 24, 1943
Leader of Germany
Allied forces marched on the port city of Messina and discovered 100,000 German and Italian troops.
August 17, 1943
Leader of Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
American troops landed on the Italian coast and were pushed back to the Tyrrhenian Sea on this day
September 9, 1943
U.S Army General that moved into Rome on June 4, 1944.
General Clark