World War II: The <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Seventh_Army" id="mwASQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="U.S. Seventh Army">U.S. Seventh Army</a> under General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Patton" id="mwASU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="George S. Patton">George S. Patton</a> arrives in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messina" id="mwASY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Messina">Messina</a>, Italy, followed several hours later by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Army_(United_Kingdom)" id="mwASc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Eighth Army (United Kingdom)">British 8th Army</a> under Field Marshal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Montgomery" id="mwASg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bernard Montgomery">Bernard Montgomery</a>, thus completing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" id="mwASk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Sicily" id="mwASo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Allied invasion of Sicily">conquest of Sicily</a>.