Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. An Allied invasion convoy underway in the Mediterranean Sea. Three Allied soldiers in the foreground. An Allied naval fleet at sea and a naval gun in the foreground. A gun crew member looks through a pair of binoculars for enemy aircraft. Landing crafts at sea. Explosions occur on a coast in the far background.
German troops in Sicily, Italy during World War II. A map of Italy. German ships at a coast. Allied aircraft in flight as a German convoy moves across the Strait of Messina. An aircraft drops bombs at the convoy and explosions occur at sea. Landing crafts in water. German troops aboard an aircraft. German anti aircraft guns fire at the Allied aircraft. Smoke rises as an aircraft is shot down. German crafts are anchored at a beach and equipment being unloaded. Troops disembark from vessels. A soldier smokes a cigarette. A damaged U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft after it was shot down. German General Hans Hube being congratulated for successful withdrawal.
Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. Water ambulances come in to a pier. A wounded soldier on a litter is placed in a new ambulance. A medical officer decorates U.S. soldiers with the Purple Hearts ion Palermo. Other soldiers lined up in the background. A dead German soldier on a dirt road. Surgeons perform an operation in artificial lights. The medical officer decorates the soldiers.
Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. Allied soldiers aboard a water ambulance underway at sea. Allied officers aboard a ship. German and British aircraft on a field in Palermo. A wrecked aircraft on a field.
Damage caused by Allied bombings in Palermo, Sicily, Italy during World War II. A damaged lighthouse with a harbor in the background. Sailors repair a hole in the hull of a U.S. Navy destroyer escort ship in the harbor. Men on the dock lower a wooden cover to the hole.
Damage caused by Allied bombings in Palermo, Sicily, Italy during World War II. Damaged buildings and rubble in a street. Damaged buildings along a road. A U.S. Army tank with soldiers loaded onto it moves down a street past damaged buildings. A gutted building as an army truck moves past a sentry standing in the foreground.