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Victory in Africa and Southern Europe

Towards the end of 1942, the war in Africa began to turn in the Allies' favour. With the ejection of Axis forces from North Africa, Allied attention turned to invading first Sicily and then Italy.

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Operation Anvil

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Further reading

Barnett, C., Engage the Enemy More Closely (London: Norton, 1991)
Playfair, I., The Mediterranean and the Middle East, vols.1-3 (London, 1954-60)
Neillands, R., Eighth Army: from the Western Desert to the Alps, 1939-1945 (London: John Murray, 2004)

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Victory in Africa and Southern Europe
Victory in North Africa
Invasion of Italy
Operation Anvil and ceasefire

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