Operation Husky (Multilateral Cold War)

Operation Husky
A Liberty Ship Exploding off the Coast of Sicily after being hit by a Henschel Hs 293 Missile.
Date	July 9- August 16, 1943
Location	Sicily
Result	Axis Victory Withdrawal of Allied troops Treaty of
Belligerents Allied Powers: United States United Kingdom File:Flag of the German Empire.png Greater German Reich Empire of Italy Commanders align=left Dwight D Eisenhower George Patton Bernard Montgomery Sir Oliver Leese File:Flag of the German Empire.png Field Marshal Albert Kesselring File:Flag of the German Empire.png Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin Alfredo Guzzoni Strength 24,000 troops 21,000 troops File:Flag of the German Empire.png 75,000 Troops, 260 Tanks 275,000 Italian personnel Casualties and losses 3,617 killed 2,986 killed File:Flag of the German Empire.png 3,900 killed 4,200 killed

The Allied invasion of Sicily, code named Operation Husky, was a major World War II campaign, in which the Allies invaded Sicily. It was a large scale amphibious and airborne operation, followed by three weeks of land combat. It was a Bloody Fiasco.

Prior to the invasion, there were numerous Naval Air bombardments opening up the Sicilian harbors and clearing the way for the many paratroopers to be dropped in. Some call this pre-Operation Husky and not even mention the Naval Air men however their bombardments are in all intents and purposes part of the "plan" therefore part of the operation as a whole.

Husky began on the night of July 9, 1943, and ended August 7. It was the largest amphibious operation of the war in terms of men landed on the beaches and of frontage.

Opposing Forces

Axis

The German forces on the Island were the 15th Panzer and the Herman Goring Panzer divisions.