Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Colonel Cancellara's march from Noto to Caltagirone

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After the fall of Noto, the remnants of the 146th Coastal Regiment, about 600 men led by Colonel Felice Bartimmo Cancellara, started their...
Thursday, June 21, 2018

The battle of Avola

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Avola, British soldiers standing next to three Italian soldiers killed during the battle for the capture of the town The two beaches ...
Tuesday, June 12, 2018

The landing in Scoglitti and the fighting near Santa Croce Camerina

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From the mouth of the Dirillo River to Braccetto Point, the beaches were defended by the men of the 178th Infantry Regiment of Colonel Tom...
Friday, June 8, 2018

Letter from a seaman in Palermo

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From a letter written by an unnamed Leading Seaman of the Royal Italian Navy, of Sicilian origin and stationed in Sicily, to his girlfrien...
Saturday, May 5, 2018

The last day

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The wreck of the Italian ferry Reggio, sunk by bombers in Messina, in a color picture presumably taken by American forces World War I...
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...