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Invasion of Italy

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What was the Casablanca Conference?It was an agreement on how the war should be run
At the Casablanca Conference, where did the Allies agree they would invade next?Italy
How did the declaration of Unconditional Surrender prove troublesome for the Allies?Hitler convinced his people that they must fight on to keep the Allies from enslaving them.
In the invasion of Italy, the first step would be to seize ________.Sicily
What island had to be taken in order to get to Sicily?Pantelleria
The invasion of Pantelleria was called ___________.Operation Husky
What did Churchill call Italy?The soft underbelly of Europe
Why did the Allies invade from three spots in the East?Hermann Goering's Superior Division was massed in the west
What did the German's build that stopped the Allied tanks?antitank traps, they would cover it with dirt to make it look like the road.
On Pantelleria, it became a race for which city and who won that race?Race for Messina which Patton Won
Why do the Italian people become upset with Mussolini?They are upset by the bombing.
Who takes over command for Italy?Marshall Badoglio
What did Badoglio do on the same day that Allies invade Italy?he surrenders his country
What did Hitler do when Badoglio surrenders?He occupies Rome, they rescue Mussolini, and destroy Naples.
Marshall con Kesselring suggested that Hitler fight a defensive battle where in Italy?In northern Italy
Why did the Allied Command in Italy change?Eisenhower was called to lead the Allied Invasion.


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Freeman Public Schools

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