Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. Allied warships underway in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Sicily. Explosions occur in the background on the coast. Soldiers come down a landing net onto a landing craft. Soldiers loaded onto a landing craft as it pulls away. Landing crafts head for the beach. U.S. Army Lieutenant General George S. Patton looks through a pair of binoculars towards the shore.
Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. Ships underway in the Mediterranean Sea. Liberty ship SS Robert Rowan after being hit with an incendiary bomb dropped by a German aircraft. Explosives on the ship blow up. A huge column of black smoke rises from the ship. Other ships in the background and landing barges in the foreground. A long trail of smoke left by the burning ship.
German soldiers firing artillery at Allied and United States invasion forces, probably during the Allied invasion of Sicily in World War 2. German soldier uses binoculars. A group of German soldiers fires a Howitzer field artillery at Allied forces. Howitzer turrets fire shells. Allied ships in the Mediterranean Sea exchange fire with Italian and Nazi German soldiers. A group of Landing Craft Assault (LCA) carries Allied soldiers toward Sicily. United States soldiers on board an Landing Craft Assault (LCA). United States soldiers and military equipment land in Sicily from Landing Craft Assault (LCA).
United States Army Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers fly in formation over Libya and the Mediterranean Sea during World War II. Aerial view of the Libyan coast. Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers with the old United States Army Air Force insignia in flight. Aerial view of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers in formation. Silhouettes of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers against a picturesque blue sky.