ITALY: INVASION AND SURRENDER

3 SEPTEMBER — 1 OCTOBER 1943 17—24 AUGUST 1943 Allied Quadrant Conference in Quebec confirms Normandy operation and Anglo-American co-operation over atomic bomb. 7 SEPTEMBER 1943 Corsicans begin uprising against Axis occupation. 12 SEPTEMBER 1943 Mussolini is freed from prison by an SS glider unit. 19 SEPTEMBER 1943 German forces abandon the Italian island of Sardinia. 22 SEPTEMBER 1943 First bridgeheads made across the Dnepr River by the Red Army in pursuit of retreating Axis forces. 25 SEPTEMBER 1943 Smolensk recaptured by Western Army Group under General Sokolovsky. 4 OCTOBER 1943 Corsica is liberated from Axis occupation. The decision to invade Italy after the conquest of Sicily in August 1943 was accelerated by the fall of Mussolini’s regime on 25 July. The Allies hoped to be able to capitalize on…

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