Italy (July 1943-May 1945)

By the middle of 1943, the Germans had been defeated and removed from ___.

• USSR

• Africa

• Italy

• France

In the East, the Germans were engaged in a ‘fighting retreat’ back towards Berlin. Each day, thousands of ___ and ___ troops were dying.

(2 answers)

• Italians

• Russians

• Germans

• Americans

In the East, the Germans were engaged in a ‘fighting retreat’ back towards Berlin. Each day, thousands of Germans and Russians troops were dying. Therefore, Stalin put pressure on the western Allies to open up a 2nd front in ___ Europe.

• Northern

• Southern

• Western

• Eastern

Western Allies response: ___ not prepared until spring of 1943, at the earliest

• Germany

• USA

• Italy

• France

USA, Britain, and Canada decided to invade ___ (9 July 1943). And use it as a launching point to invade Italy.

• Paris

• Moscow

• Sicily

• London

USA, Britain, and Canada decided to invade Sicily (9 July 1943). And use it as a launching point to invade ___.

• Egypt

• Italy

• North Africa

• France

During the fighting on Sicily, ___ was overthrown, and on 8 September 1943, Italy announced its surrender.

• Stalin

• Hitler

• Mussolini

During the fighting on Sicily, Mussolini was overthrown, and on ___, Italy announced its surrender.

• 8 September 1943

• 8 October 1943

• 8 November 1943

• 8 December 1943

For the remainder of the Italian campaign, ___ would fight on its own

• Britain

• Canada

• Germany

• USA

Allied forces invaded Italy on _ September 1943. The fight to oust Germans from Italy would be some of the toughest fighting of the war.

• 7

• 8

• 9

• 10