On 10 July 1943, a combined force of American and British Commonwealth troops invaded Sicily.Axis generals, althogh they lost the island after weeks of bitter fights, succeeded in ferrying large numbers of German and Italian forces safely off Sicily to the Italian mainland.
On 10 July 1943, a combined force of American and British Commonwealth troops invaded Sicily. German generals again took the lead in the defence and, although they lost the island after weeks of bitter fights, they succeeded in ferrying large numbers of German and Italian forces safely off Sicily to the Italian mainland.