<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwATM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Sicily" id="mwATQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Allied invasion of Sicily">Allied invasion of Sicily</a> begins, leading to the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25_Luglio" id="mwATU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="25 Luglio">downfall of Mussolini</a> and forcing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" id="mwATY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Adolf Hitler">Hitler</a> to break off the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kursk" id="mwATc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Kursk">Battle of Kursk</a>.