Operation TorchNovember 8, 1942

Objectives: Clear Axis powers from North Africa

Allied control of the Mediterranean Sea

Prepare for an invasion through Italy

Second Battle of el Alamein

Erwin Rommel Bernard Montgomery

Operation HuskyJuly 9, 1943

Objectives:Serve as a launching point into Europe (“soft underbelly”)

Take Italy out of the war

Take pressure off Soviets, particularly at Kursk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41EsdWzO-4M

Stage 1 – air landings

Stage 2 – sea landings

Invasion of ItalySeptember 3, 1943

Objectives

Open shipping lanes in Mediterranean

Occupy German forces, keeping themaway from the Russian forces

Operation BaytownOperation SlapstickOperation Avalanche