Sicily
Stars in the Sicilian campaign: Alan Whicker
Holding his camera over his head, Alan Whicker waded ashore near Pachino from a tank landing craft soon after dawn on 10 July 1943. “I took my first sodden steps on the long march towards the Alps,” Whicker wrote in his 2005 book Whicker at War. “So far, so surprisingly good…Standing tense on that soft…
Read MoreHow Operation Husky in July 1943 made Overlord possible in June 1944
Allied commanders of Operation Husky in Tunisia in 1943. Commander-in-chief General Dwight Eisenhower (left), Air Commander-in-chief Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder (second left) and General Montgomery (not in the picture) were commanders in Operation Overlord. General Harold Alexander, land forces commander in Husky (second right), remained in Italy. (© IWM CNA 1075) AT a…
Read MoreFDR’s 1943 journey to Casablanca and the decision to invade Sicily
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the press conference following the end of the Casablanca conference in Hotel Anfa on 24 January 1943 On 9 January 1943, President Roosevelt at the start of the tenth year as America’s head of state boarded his special train at Washington DC’s Union Station and headed north.…
Read MoreLance Corporal Joseph Ransley
We have received a note from Gary Sherrington about his grandfather, Lance Corporal Joseph Ransley, who served with the Irish Brigade in North Africa and Italy. In his note, Gary told us: “My grandfather served with the 2nd Battalion London Irish Rifles during 1943. Incidentally, like your father Edmund, he was also from Peckham and…
Read MoreSicily filming – Day 6.
Today’s filming took us to: CWGC Cemetery, Catania. Primosole Bridge.
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Today’s filming took us to: Patti. Milazzo. Piedimonte Eteno.
Read MoreSicily filming – Day 4
Today’s filming took us to: Simeto River Maletto. Randazzo.
Read MoreSicily filming – Day 3
Today’s filming took us to: Centuripe. Salso River. Carcaci.
Read MoreSicily filming – Day 2
Today’s filming took us to: Catenanuova. Centuripe.
Read MoreSicily filming – Day 1
Today’s filming in Sicily took us to: Fontane Blanche. Palazzolo. Vizzini.
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