Wednesday, March 28, 2018

The fall of Palermo and the story of Second Lieutenant Sergio Barbadoro

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An American M.P. standing on a pile of Italian rifles and helmets after the fall of Palermo, July 1943. Palermo, while having a great...

The bombing of Messina and the recollections of Francesco Alliata di Villafranca, Italian Army's cinematographer

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Francesco Alliata di Villafranca, a young member of the old Sicilian nobility, had been called up for service as a Second Lieutenant in th...
Thursday, February 22, 2018

The Seaforth Highlanders vs the Napoli Division in the battle for Augusta

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From the fine site "Operation Ladbroke"- http://www.operation-ladbroke.com/death-gates-augusta-jim-fern-6-seaforths/ The town ...

An Italian cavalry patrol in the turmoil of the invasion of Sicily

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From the fine blog "Operation Ladbroke"- http://www.operation-ladbroke.com/italian-cavalry-charge-ponte-grande-bridge-sicily/ ...
Sunday, April 3, 2016

The fall of the Lamba Doria coastal battery

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The "Lamba Doria" coastal battery was built in the Maddalena peninsula, near Capo Murro di Porco (Syracuse), in the late 1930s. I...

The Bersaglieri, the battle for Agrigento and the story of Captain Ludovico Ricciardelli

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Once the landing was over, the occupation of the western part of Sicily was up to the American 7th Army, under General George Patton’s orde...

Italian casualties in Sicily

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When the invasion of Sicily started, Italian troops in Sicily numbered 252,000 men overall, including in the total, in addition to the men ...