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When did George S. Patton's forces capture Palermo during the Sicily campaign?
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George S. Patton, 1945.
During the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943, General George S. Pattonās U.S. Seventh Army captured Palermo on July 22, 1943. This action effectively cut off Italian forces in the western half of the island from German divisions positioned in the east.12