There was a combined attack which included the British-Canadian-American armies in Sicily. On July 10, 1943. They had originally planned for this invasion to last a few weeks, but they were shocked when it took them a year to reach Rome. By September of 1943 the U.S. troops and British troops had about 189,000 soldiers and over 30,000 vehicles in Italy.
Bridges were blown up and roads were blocked but the Allies covered 300 miles of Italian land in 17 days. Allied forces were suddenly stopped by German forces and a cruel Italian winter. American forces landed in Anzio. After a while of building up American forces in Anzio the Americans were finally ready to break out of Anzio.
American forces broke out of Anzio whent the Germans were running out of supplies and man power. German forces were retreating and the Allied forces pushed them Eastward. Then the Allied forces entered Rome.
After a lot of retreating German forces surrendered to the Allied powers and Italy was overtook. The whole Italian campaign could have and should have been fought more smartly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Campaign_%28World_War_II%29
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