<p>#: ______Name: ______Phase 3: July 1943 to June 1944</p><p>From 1943 onward, the Allies were on the ______on all fronts.</p><p>Global Context U.S. forces pushed the ______back and recaptured the ______. On the eastern front in Europe, the Soviet army pushed the ______army back to Berlin. Canada's Contribution Canada's ______had expanded greatly in size, and by 1943 there was an ______group. The bombing of the industrial sections of German cities was carried out around the clock. The goal was to destroy Germany's ______and therefore its ability to ______. The Canadian fighting force had expanded from a single division to a ______. The Allies, including the First Canadian Division, invaded the island of ______, known as the "______” of Italy. </p><p>Sicily fell to the Allies, who then invaded mainland Italy who was Germany's ally. </p><p>The loss of Sicily led to the overthrow of the ______government. A new government was formed and it surrendered in September. </p><p>Additional ______forces were quickly sent to Italy to replace the Italian forces, and the campaign continued. </p><p>As the fighting intensified in Italy, more ______units were moved there from Britain, dividing the Canadian army into two groups. The ______was a slow, hard-fought battle. German soldiers were skilled ______and inflicted heavy casualties. In the spring of 1944, Canadian soldiers also took part in the attack against the German army at the town of ______. Canadian soldiers continued to fight in Italy until ______, when they were moved to northwest Europe to rejoin the rest of the Canadian army.</p>