<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mw7A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: Allied forces capture Palermo during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Sicily" id="mw7Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Allied invasion of Sicily">Allied invasion of Sicily</a>.