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'.
Allied artillery and aircraft strike coast of Sicily, Italy during World War II. An Italian ship underway at sea off the cost of Sicily. Smoke rises from the coast as Allied aircraft bombard it. Italian MZ boats and ships in a harbor as they evacuate Axis troops. Explosions occur at sea due to Allied bombing.
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. U.S. Army Lieutenant General George S. Patton, Commander of the U.S. Seventh Army, along with a soldier aboard a troop ship. Soldiers mark a sheet. Lt. Gen. Patton with a cigar in his mouth as he goes over the side of the ship. He climbs down a rope net into a landing craft. Lt. Gen. Patton seated aboard the landing craft, accompanied by several armed soldiers and officers, including a Brigadier General, as it approaches a beach in the Gulf of Gela, South-Central Sicily. A captain and soldier help Lt. General Patton to get off the landing craft. Patton and officers, including the Brigadier General who accompanied him on the landing craft, stand together on the beach. Patton and the Brigadier General both wear 1st Armored Division patches on their uniforms. General Patton stands watching as army vehicles including trucks,halftracks,jeeps, and heavy armor, offload from Landing ships. Officers and soldiers on the beach take temporary cover as explosions occur close offshore, from enemy artillery fire.
Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. Ships off the coast of Sicily. An LST (Landing ship Tank) burns due to enemy bombing. Smoke envelopes it completely. Wrecked landing crafts at a beach. Vehicles move on the beach in the foreground. Wrecked German railroad guns. The area around Licata harbor. Allied soldiers march ahead into a town.
USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) A-36 dive bombers over Sicily, Italy during its invasion in World War II. The nose of a parked A-36 aircraft. A-36 aircraft in flight. Aerial view of Sicily.
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