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Operation Torch, November 1942 Dwight Eisenhower George Patton Charles de Gaulle Henri Giraud Jean Darlan Tunis Kasserine Pass, February 1943 Casablanca Conference, January 1943 Sicily/Italy decision (“soft underbelly”) unconditional surrender Bernard Montgomery Messina
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Operation Torch, November 1942 Dwight Eisenhower George Patton Charles de Gaulle Henri Giraud Jean Darlan Tunis Kasserine Pass, February 1943 Casablanca Conference, January 1943 Sicily/Italy decision (“soft underbelly”) unconditional surrender Bernard Montgomery Messina arrest of Mussolini, July 25, 1943 Pietro Badoglio armistice Salerno, September 9, 1943
Anzio, January 22, 1944 Monte Cassino, January-May 1944 Rome, June 4, 1944
The British-American Invasion of Sicily July 1943