A British naval convoy, including transports, cruisers, destroyers, and other vessels, moves toward the island. Shows a line of troop transport ships in convoy. A WWII naval convoy of ships. Footage of a soldier transferred from ship to ship by breech buoy.
Troops aboard transport ship read and man battle stations. Naval convoy of ships underway in gale force wind and rought sea. Transport planes, loaded with supplies and paratroops take off from a field in North Africa for Sicily. Paratroopers are checked and climbed aboard planes.
Night time naval bombardment. Canadian troops spearhead invasion. 8th Army troops and other Allied Forces land on Sicily under a naval barrage and regroup on the beach. Trucks and tanks are taken ashore.
