Allied invasion of Sicily
- Operation Barclay/Operation Mincemeat: Deception operations aimed at misleading Axis forces as to the actual date and location of the Allied landings.
- Operation Chestnut: Advanced air drop by 2 SAS to disrupt communications on 12 July 1943.
- Operation Corkscrew: Allied invasion of the Italian island Pantelleria on 10 June 1943.
- Operation Fustian: Airborne landing at Primasole Bridge ahead on 13 July - 14 July 1943.
- Operation Ladbroke: Glider landing at Syracuse on 9 July 1943.
- Operation Narcissus: Commando raid on a lighthouse near the main landings on 10 July 1943.
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See also
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References
- Atkinson, Rick (2007). Volume II: The Day of Battle, The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944, The Liberation Trilogy. New York: Henry Holt, 816 pages. ISBN 978-0805062892.
- Bimberg, Edward L. (1999). The Moroccan Goums. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Publishing. ISBN 0313309132.
- Birtle, Andrew J.. CMH Online bookshelves: WWII Campaigns, Sicily 1943. Washington: US Army Center of Military History. CMH Pub 72-16.
- Carver, Field Marshal Lord (2001). The Imperial War Museum Book of the War in Italy 1943-1945. London: Sidgwick & Jackson. ISBN 0330482300.
- Ferguson, Gregor; Lyles, Kevin (1984). The Paras 1940-1984: British airborne forces 1940-1984. Oxford: Osprey. ISBN 0850455731.
- Follain, John (2005). Mussolini's Island: The Invasion of Sicily Through The Eyes Of Those Who Witnessed The Campaign. Hodder & Stoughton.
- Grigg, John (1982). 1943: The Victory that Never Was. Kensington Pub Corp. ISBN 0-8217-1596-8.
- Hoyt, Edwin P. [2002] (2007). Backwater War: The Allied Campaign in Italy, 1943-45. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978 0 8117 9982 3.
- Jowett, Philip S.; Andrew, Stephen (2001). The Italian Army 1940-45. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1855328666.
- Mitcham, Samuel W.; von Stauffenberg, Friedrich [1991] (2007). The Battle of Sicily: How the Allies Lost Their Chance for Total Victory. Mechanicsberg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 081173403X.
- Newark, Tim (2007). Mafia Allies: The True Story of America's Secret Alliance with the Mob in World War II. St. Paul: Zenith Press. ISBN 0-7603-2457-3.
- Tomblin, Barbara (2004). With Utmost Spirit: Allied Naval Operations in the Mediterranean, 1942-1945. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0813123380.
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External links
- Describes Operation Mincemeat
- Italian 3rd Battalion, 34th Regiment, "Livorno" Infantry Division in the Gela Beachhead Counterattack
- Husky Operations Plan Sicily
- Excerpt from The Day Of Battle by Rick Atkinson
- March From The Beaches, Time, July 26, 1943
- Canadians in Sicily, 1943 Canadians in Sicily: Photos, battle info, video footage and newspaper archives.
- US Army account of the battle
- World War Two Online Newspaper Archives - The Sicilian and Italian Campaigns, 1943-1945
- Operation Husky: The Allied Invasion of Sicily, 1943 by Thomas E. Nutter
- Royal Engineers Museum Royal Engineers and Second World War (Sicily)
- 2nd World War Best of Sicily History of the Allied Campaign and its social context
- The 82nd Airborne during World War II
- Historical Museum of the Military Invasion of Sicily, 1943 (Museo Storico dello Sbarco in Sicilia 1943) Dedicated to the historical event which culminated in the liberation of Sicily and Italy from the German occupation.
- German Soldiers' Cemetery, Motta S. Anastasia, Sicily (in German)
- Commonwealth War Cemetery, Catania, Sicily
- Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily
- Agira Canadian War Cemetery, Sicily
- Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial
- COHQ bulletin Y6 digest of reports on Operation 'Husky'
- COHQ bulletin Y1 notes on the planning and assault phase of the Sicilian operation
- 45th Infantry Division in the Sicilian Campaign
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Notes
- ^ a b Jowett & Andrew (2001), p.3
- ^ Atkinson (2007), p. 173.
- ^ Hoyt (2007), p. 12
- ^ Hoyt (2007), p. 21
- ^ Ferguson & Lyles (1984), p. 12
- ^ Mitcham & von Stauffenberg (2007), p. 75
- ^ Bauer, Eddy; Kilpi, Mikko (1975). Toinen maailmansota : Suomalaisen laitoksen toimituskunta: Keijo Mikola, Vilho Tervasmäki, Helge Seppälä. 4 (in Finnish). Helsinki: Werner Söderström.
- ^ The New York Times (Tuesday, 13 July, 1943): page 2
- ^ Carver, p31
- ^ Rissik, David (1953). The D.L.I. at War: The History of the Durham Light Infantry, 1939-1945. Durham Light Infantry, p. 123.
- ^ Carver, R.M.P. (1945). "Chapter 4: Sicily, Italy and Home - June 1943 to June 1944", History of 4th Armoured Brigade.
- ^ Follain (2005), p. 130
- ^ Gazzi, Alessandro. Flesh vs. Iron: 3rd Battalion, 34th Regiment, "Livorno" Infantry Division in the Gela Beachhead Counterattack: Sicily, July 11th-12th, 1943.. Comando Supremo, Italy at War website. Retrieved on 2008-05-30.
- ^ Hoyt (2007), p. 29
- ^ Mitcham & von Stauffenberg (2007), p. 194
- ^ Tomblin (2004), p. 206
- ^ Mitcham & von Stauffenberg (2007), p. 261
- ^ Mitcham & von Stauffenberg (2007), p. 263
- ^ Mitcham & von Stauffenberg (2007), p. 264
- ^ Bracker, Milton. "Canadians Seize Key Defense Town, Yanks Pass Troina". Toronto Globe & Mail (4 August 1943).
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