Canadian troops in Giardini, Sant' Alessio Siculo, near Letojanni, Sicily, Italy during World War 2. A banner reads 'Welcome the liberators'. A truck moves down a road. Many trucks loaded with Canadian soldiers pass through a town. Military policeman of Canada wearing white armband, directs truck traffic in center of town. View of ancient Sant' Alessio Siculo Castle on top of hill overlooking the town, in the background. (Castello de Capo Sant'Alessio).
Canadian troops in Sicily, Italy during World War II. A car carrying British Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery leaves divisional headquarters and moves down a road. A Canadian officer at a map. Four Canadian officers at an outpost overlooking a coast. An officer with binoculars around his neck. An officer seated in a jeep talks to another officer.
Canadian troops in Sicily, Italy during World War II. Landing crafts at a beach. Ships in the background. A naval control tower at the coast as a naval officer looks through binoculars and directs beach operations. Trucks along the beach. A truck backs into an LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized). Canadian mule troops embark onto a landing craft. View of a coast as seen from a landing craft leaving for another Italian coast. View of the Italian coast as seen from the landing craft. Artillery being fired to support landing operations. Smoke rises due to artillery fire.
Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. Allied convoy of ships underway in the Mediterranean Sea between Gela and Scoglitti. Landing crafts circle around the ships. A soldier comes down a landing net alongside a ship. Ships anchored off the coast of Sicily. A barge comes alongside a ship.
Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. A Landing Craft Vehicle comes onto a beach and a 2 1/2 ton truck rolls off it. Landing crafts at the beach. A bulldozer makes a beach head. Allied soldiers unload supplies from a landing craft. DUKWs (amphibious trucks) move out of water and up the beach. A DUKW backs up on the beach.
U.S. troops in Sicily, Italy during World War II. U.S. troops enter a town in Sicily. Soldiers walk past cheering civilians in a street. Soldiers in a jeep as people gather around them to welcome them. An American soldier drinks from a bottle. Soldiers and civilians loaded onto a truck as they drive past a cheering crowd. American soldiers march past buildings in a street. A sign in Italian on a building. Another sign reads 'Menfi'.
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