Operations during the invasion and conquest of Sicily and the military diplomacy that led to Italy's surrender.

Originally published: Washington, D.C. : Office of the Chief of Military History, 1965.

Allied strategy in the Mediterranean -- The Axis on the defensive -- Preparations and preliminaries -- The Axis situation -- Final Allied preparations -- The assault -- The first day -- The Axis threat -- Airborne reinforcement -- The beachhead secure -- Continuing the campaign : the decisions -- Seventh Army changes directions -- The drive to the climax -- The climax -- Dissolution of the Rome-Berlin axis -- The drive to the East -- The Battle of Troina -- Breaking the San Fratello line -- Evacuation -- Brolo -- The end of the campaign -- The quadrant conference and the Quebec memorandum -- The surrender preliminaries -- The Italian decision -- The armistice -- The renunciation -- The surrender -- The dissolution -- The second capitulation.