A British soldier reads up on Sicily, the target for the next Allied invasion, July 1943. A 4.2-inch mortar of 1st Princess Louise’s Kensington Regiment in action near Adrano. The ‘Priest’ was a 105mm Howitzer mounted on an American M7 Howitzer Motor Carriage and was first used at the Battle of El Alamein in October 1942. A British self propelled ‘Priest’ gun in action against the town of Palazzolo. Although unsuccessful in achieving their primary objectives, the Airborne forces did cause considerable disruption behind the lines. An Airborne Division Horsa glider, after landing off course nose down in a field near Syracuse. An aerial photograph shows one of the last German ships to leave Messina on fire after being bombed by the Royal Air Force off the Sicilian coast. The successful German rear guard action towards the end of the campaign enabled over 100,00 Axis troops and a large quantity of equipment to be evacuated to Italy from Messina. A Martin Baltimore of the Tactical Bomber Force of the North West African Air Forces, flying over its target by a road in Sicily, while bombing retreating German forces heading for Messina. The Sicily Landings 9-10 July 1943: A small section of the vast armada of ships which took part in the invasion of Sicily as photographed from landing ship headquarters HILARY at dawn of the first day of the invasion of the island. But the mobile Axis forces, including most of the Germans, escaped to the north-east corner of the island. The Americans entered Palermo on 22 July, cutting off 50,000 Italian troops in the west of the island. Italian gunboat ‘Geniere’ lies on its side in Palermo Harbour after being hit by a bomb, 23-26 July 1943. This was the biggest gun used during the campaign. A captured Italian 305mm gun being fired at night by the British during the Battle for Catania. A German Mk III tank knocked out during the fierce street fighting in Centuripe. A German Panzer III Ausf M moves along a dusty road in Sicily, August 1943. A huge dump of German Teller mines captured by the Americans near Roccopalunba during their drive on Palermo. A jeep is loaded onto an American WACO CG-4A glider before Operation Husky. A Sherman tank passes a tram in the Via Garibaldi during the entry into Catania. Army Air Force Waco CG-4A glider (s/n 42-73623) in Sicily in July 1943. American troops advance through a damaged street in Randazzo. Anti-aircraft FlaK-38 20mm and its crew near Etna, Sicily. Crew from the tank “Eternity” check their vehicle after landing at Red Beach 2, Sicily. Civilian resident of Misterbianco, near Catania, paints the slogan ‘Viva England’ on a wall after the village had been occupied by the Eighth Army. Bombs are bursting and a column of smoke rises into the night sky from a fire. Chandelier flares light up an Allied airfield during a night raid by Axis bombers. British wounded being treated, and Italian prisoners of war waiting to be evacuated from the beach on the first day of the invasion of Sicily, 10 July 1943. British troops wade ashore during the invasion of Sicily, 10 July 1943. British ship HMS Warpite of the coast of Sicily. British Sherman tank advancing near Catania, Sicily. British dummy tanks on the Catania Plain. Bombs bursting on the docks and harbour of Pantelleria, as seen from on board the cruiser HMS ORION, in preparation for the allied invasion of the island. Destroyed palace after Allied bombing in Palermo. An Airport at Palermo, Sicily, 28 July 1943. General Bernard Law Montgomery is bid a jolly farewell by Lieutenant General George S.
Machine gun crew takes a position in a vineyard and securing standing troops. L.S.T’s lined up and waiting for tanks to come aboard. Gunners of 66 Medium Regiment Royal Artillery in action on the slopes of Mount Etna at dawn. Royal Air Force glider pilots and pilots of towing aircraft are briefed before the airborne invasion. The British Army in Sicily 1943 Men of the 2nd Seaforth Highlanders advance along a road near Noto, 11 July 1943.
The first Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire lands at an airfield, converted from a wheat field, watched by Sicilian farmers who are working on the harvested wheat. Troops from 51st Highland Division unloading stores from tank landing craft on the opening day of the Allied invasion of Sicily. 79 of the Regia Aeronautica flying over the southern coast of Sicily. Two German soldiers with machine gun camouflaged between cactuses on Sicily. in the background destroyed German aircraft. Landing craft are loaded with vehicles and equipped in preparation for the invasion. View of the dockside of Sousse Harbour, Tunisia.
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