• Operation Husky is the name for the Allied invasion of Sicily that took place in 1943.
• The invasion took about a month and led to the fall of the dictator Benito Mussolini and the surrender of the Italian government to the allies.
• The invasion left only Germany and Japan as the great powers in the Axis.
• Africa would be a base of operations when planning for the invasion.
• Italy was generally quite weak so the invasion wasn't extremely difficult for the British and American forces.