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The Invasion Of Sicily
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Synopsis: Codename Operation Husky an Allied invasion fleet gather for the Invasion of Sicily as part of the Italian Campaign 2007-110t.txt...(read more)
- Date: 1943
- Duration: 00:08:38
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Sicily
The Invasion Of Italy
From the shores of North Africa the United Nations Command launches the invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky. Scenes of the invasion fleet of over 3.000 ships crosses the Mediterranean Sea. Lt. General George S. Patton receives a new battle flag from Admiral Henry Kent Hewitt. Naval guns cover the landings as landing craft ferry troops to shore. Troops wading to shore from landing craft. First town to fall was Gela Sicily. Shows General Patton going ashore to take command.
American troops and tanks advancing through the town of Gela. Wreckage of an Italian armored train. American troops searching the buildings in Gela. American soldiers mingling with Italian civilians.
American and British forces joined by Canadians drive toward Messina, Sicily. American soldier carefully uncovering a land mine buried in the roadway.
Gen. Lucian Truscott near Licata. Allied planes taking off from captured airfield near Licata in pursuit of the retreating Italian and German troops. Bodies of dead Italian and German soldiers and destroyed equipment along a roadway.
