Mediteranean Front/ April 30

We had a work day and i'm looking for more info on my topic. Tara and Zach presented again.

Churchill and Roosevelt started to relieved pressure from the Soviet Union

Allied invasion of Silicy began in July 1943, condenamed Operation Husky

Resulted in evacuationg the German and Italian Forces, the last left on August 17, 1943

In Operation Baytown British 8th Army landed on toe of Italy on 9-3-1943

Italian Government agreed to an armistice with the Allies

Allies advances to Rome in the Apennine Mountains but it was hard for them because they're 3,000 ft high

During Operation Olive, the major Allied offensive on Aug. 24, 1944. The Gothic line defenses were penetrated on the both Eighth Army and Fifth Army Fronts

April 18- forces broke through the Argenta Gap met US lV Corp advancing from the Apennines in central Italy

They trapped the remaining defenders of Bologna

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