View from below of American soldiers atop an Italian artillery blockhouse, at Cape Rasocolmo, Sicily, Italy during World War 2. A tall radio antenna extends above the structure. View from the blockhouse as U.S. soldiers lower and fold up a flag of the Kingdom of Italy. The Mediterrean Sea in background. A soldier climbs atop a tracked vehicle on which a large steel drum is mounted (apparently a large searchlight). They rotate light and one soldier attempts (successfully) to move move it by hand.
Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. The nose of a U.S. Army Air Forces A-36 Invader aircraft. A sign on the fuselage 'The Invaders'. A-36 Invader aircraft in flight. An aircraft dives down and strafes enemy targets. The aircraft in flight.
Allied troops practice amphibious landings at Blackpool Sands beach, close to Slapton Sands, near Dartmouth, England, during World War 2. Landing craft underway at sea head beachwards. The craft arrive at the beach and American soldiers debark. Another group of landing craft arrive at the beach. U.S. troops near the landing craft. Ships underway at sea.
British troops land at Marzamemi during Sicily, Italy invasion operations in World War II. Freighters and transports lying off shore. Landing barges head towards a beach. British soldiers debark. Men, equipment, vehicles and armor being unloaded at the beach. Gasoline and oil cans stacked on the beach. British soldiers form a bucket brigade as they pass more cans from an LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) to the beach.
British troops at Marzamemi in Sicily, Italy during World War 2. British soldiers loaded onto tanks and trucks advance. A sign reads 'Marzamemi'. Amphibious trucks, Bren carriers, M-4 tanks (M4A2 variants) and M-7 howitzer motor carriages move along a road into a town. Soldiers loaded on vehicles as they advance.
Canadian troops in Sicily, Italy during World War 2. Canadian soldiers on foot and tank units (with M4A4s) advance. A soldier loaded onto a tank. Another soldier drinks water offered by locals. Mt. Etna's dead craters and lava streams. Three Canadian soldiers climb a mountain. Mountain top city of Taormina. An ambulance moves down a road. A view of hills.
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