German soldiers emerge from underground bunker, move through trench to respond to Allied invasion of Sicily in World War II. Leaning on a trench parapet, a German soldier fires his MG34 machine gun at incoming American troops. Allied troops and vehicles move through beachhead in Sicily during invasion.
United States Army engineers lay down matting on the beach during the Allied landing in Sicily (WWII). A “general purpose vehicle” truck moves away from a docked landing craft, moves over matting. A half-track with a 105 mm howitzer moves out of landing craft. Landing crafts unload military vehicles on the beach. Soldiers on top of a moving tank. Trucks parked on the side of a road. Soldiers and vehicles move on the beach. An infantry landing craft docked on the beach. A damaged craft stuck on the beach. Damaged boats, equipment, debris scattered on the beach. Landing craft tilting on the side. United States troops moving on a beachhead, along with artillery pieces, and vehicles. An Army Jeep moves in front of a landing craft. Amphibious vehicles wading to the shore. Soldiers setting up equipment on the beach. Soldiers form pontoon bridges using boats. A tractor pulls a pontoon to the shore. Troops cross the pontoon bridge into the beach. A truck disembarks from pontoon bridge.
Italian and German forces strike United States landing boats and Liberty Ships with bombs during the Battle of Gela in Sicily (Operation Husky, WWII). Italian forces attack a United States landing boat with bombs. Landing boat on fire, with its deck full of halftrack and personnel carrier vehicles. Half-tracks and other vehicles on boat are on fire. More bombings near the shore of southern Sicily. The SS Robert Rowan, a Liberty Ship and part of the 2nd Armored Division, caught on fire after being hit by three 500 kg German bombs. Thick black smoke covers the burning Liberty Ship. A dramatic explosion and smoke formation from the SS Robert Rowan. Other soldiers view the burning ship.