U.S. and British troops had landed on the island of Sicily during the late evening and early morning of July 9-10, 1943. Codenamed Husky, the operation had as its goal the removal (by whatever means necessary) of the Italian and German military. Having done that, the island would be the staging area for the bigger [...]
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Patton’s Push to Palermo
Posted in Mediterranean, World War II (1939-1945), tagged 1943, General Bernard Montgomery, General George Patton, Messina, Operation Husky, Palermo, Sicily on July 22 | 2 Comments »
