Video: 'Invasion Of Sicily - First Pictures (1943)'
(Saturday, July 10, 1943, just after midnight Central European Summer Time; during the Allied invasion of Sicily, part of the Italian Campaign of World War II) — Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily, a major campaign of World War II in which the Allied forces invaded the island of Sicily and took it from the Axis powers (Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany), began early this morning as two American and two British attacks by airborne troops were carried out. Continue reading Allied invasion of Sicily during World War II begins 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 10 1943)
