Timeline Saturday 10 July 1943

Events on Saturday 10 July 1943 3

• 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily Operation Husky opens the Italian campaign American, British and Canadian forces landed in southern Sicily in one of the largest amphibious operations of the war. They took the island in 38 days, although many German troops escaped across the Strait of Messina. The invasion hastened the fall of Mussolini.
• 1943 Allies invade Sicily Operation Husky — first Allied landing in Europe Allied forces under Eisenhower landed in Sicily on July 10, 1943, in the largest amphibious operation in history at that time. Sicily fell in 38 days and Mussolini was deposed.
• 1943 – 1993 Arthur Ashe The Trailblazer First Black man to win Wimbledon and the US Open; the US Open stadium is named for him.