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The invasion of Italy

HELL IN ITALY

The Allied invasion of Italy in 1943 was envisaged as a swift push on Rome. Yet, as James Holland explains, by the end of the year, the campaign was stymied by German defences far from the capital

How Sicily was conquered

TIMELINE THE BATTLE FOR ITALY

LIBERATION V DEVASTATION

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